4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
6 * Contains all the functions related to writing back and waiting
7 * upon dirty inodes against superblocks, and writing back dirty
8 * pages against inodes. ie: data writeback. Writeout of the
9 * inode itself is not handled here.
11 * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
12 * Split out of fs/inode.c
13 * Additions for address_space-based writeback
16 #include <linux/kernel.h>
17 #include <linux/module.h>
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 #include <linux/sched.h>
23 #include <linux/kthread.h>
24 #include <linux/freezer.h>
25 #include <linux/writeback.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
28 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
29 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
33 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
35 struct wb_writeback_work
{
37 struct super_block
*sb
;
38 unsigned long *older_than_this
;
39 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
40 unsigned int tagged_writepages
:1;
41 unsigned int for_kupdate
:1;
42 unsigned int range_cyclic
:1;
43 unsigned int for_background
:1;
45 struct list_head list
; /* pending work list */
46 struct completion
*done
; /* set if the caller waits */
50 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
51 * wb_writeback_work structure so that the definition remains local to this
54 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
55 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
58 * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
60 int nr_pdflush_threads
;
63 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
64 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
66 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
69 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
71 return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &bdi
->state
);
74 static inline struct backing_dev_info
*inode_to_bdi(struct inode
*inode
)
76 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
78 if (strcmp(sb
->s_type
->name
, "bdev") == 0)
79 return inode
->i_mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
84 static inline struct inode
*wb_inode(struct list_head
*head
)
86 return list_entry(head
, struct inode
, i_wb_list
);
89 /* Wakeup flusher thread or forker thread to fork it. Requires bdi->wb_lock. */
90 static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
93 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
96 * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
97 * will create and run it.
99 wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info
.wb
.task
);
103 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
104 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
106 trace_writeback_queue(bdi
, work
);
108 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
109 list_add_tail(&work
->list
, &bdi
->work_list
);
111 trace_writeback_nothread(bdi
, work
);
112 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi
);
113 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
117 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
120 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
123 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
124 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
126 work
= kzalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
129 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi
);
130 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
135 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
;
136 work
->nr_pages
= nr_pages
;
137 work
->range_cyclic
= range_cyclic
;
139 bdi_queue_work(bdi
, work
);
143 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
144 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
145 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
148 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
149 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
150 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
153 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
)
155 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, true);
159 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
160 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
163 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
164 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
165 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
166 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
168 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
171 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
172 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
174 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi
);
175 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
176 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi
);
177 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
181 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
183 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode
*inode
)
185 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
187 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
188 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
189 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
193 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
194 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
196 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
197 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
198 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
199 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
201 static void redirty_tail(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
203 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
204 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_dirty
)) {
207 tail
= wb_inode(wb
->b_dirty
.next
);
208 if (time_before(inode
->dirtied_when
, tail
->dirtied_when
))
209 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
211 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_dirty
);
215 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
217 static void requeue_io(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
219 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
220 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_more_io
);
223 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode
*inode
)
226 * Prevent speculative execution through
227 * spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
231 wake_up_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
234 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode
*inode
, unsigned long t
)
236 bool ret
= time_after(inode
->dirtied_when
, t
);
239 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
240 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
241 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
242 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
244 ret
= ret
&& time_before_eq(inode
->dirtied_when
, jiffies
);
250 * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
252 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head
*delaying_queue
,
253 struct list_head
*dispatch_queue
,
254 unsigned long *older_than_this
)
257 struct list_head
*pos
, *node
;
258 struct super_block
*sb
= NULL
;
263 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue
)) {
264 inode
= wb_inode(delaying_queue
->prev
);
265 if (older_than_this
&&
266 inode_dirtied_after(inode
, *older_than_this
))
268 if (sb
&& sb
!= inode
->i_sb
)
271 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &tmp
);
275 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
277 list_splice(&tmp
, dispatch_queue
);
281 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
282 while (!list_empty(&tmp
)) {
283 sb
= wb_inode(tmp
.prev
)->i_sb
;
284 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos
, node
, &tmp
) {
285 inode
= wb_inode(pos
);
286 if (inode
->i_sb
== sb
)
287 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, dispatch_queue
);
295 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
297 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
298 * =============> gf edc BA
300 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
301 * =============> g fBAedc
303 * +--> dequeue for IO
305 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, unsigned long *older_than_this
)
308 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
309 list_splice_init(&wb
->b_more_io
, &wb
->b_io
);
310 moved
= move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty
, &wb
->b_io
, older_than_this
);
311 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb
, older_than_this
, moved
);
314 static int write_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
316 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
))
317 return inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
322 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
324 static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
,
325 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
327 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
328 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
330 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
331 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
332 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
333 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
334 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, inode_wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
335 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
336 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
341 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under wb->list_lock and
342 * inode->i_lock. Either the caller has an active reference on the inode or
343 * the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
345 * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
347 * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile. We want to avoid
348 * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
352 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
353 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
355 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
356 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
360 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
361 assert_spin_locked(&inode
->i_lock
);
363 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
364 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
366 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
368 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
370 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
371 * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
372 * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
374 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
375 * completed a full scan of b_io.
377 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
378 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
379 trace_writeback_single_inode_requeue(inode
, wbc
,
385 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait.
387 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
, wb
);
390 BUG_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
392 /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
393 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
394 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
395 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
396 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
398 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
401 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
402 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
405 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
406 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
412 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
413 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
416 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
417 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
418 inode
->i_state
&= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
);
419 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
420 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
421 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
422 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
427 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
428 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
429 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_SYNC
;
430 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)) {
432 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in
433 * one shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below.
434 * Update the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
436 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
437 (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
))
438 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
440 if (mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
442 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
443 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
445 inode
->i_state
|= I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
446 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
448 * slice used up: queue for next turn
450 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
453 * Writeback blocked by something other than
454 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
455 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
456 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
457 * that cannot be performed immediately.
459 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
461 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
463 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback
464 * operations, such as delayed allocation during
465 * submission or metadata updates after data IO
468 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
471 * The inode is clean. At this point we either have
472 * a reference to the inode or it's on it's way out.
473 * No need to add it back to the LRU.
475 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
478 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
479 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
483 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
484 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
489 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
490 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
491 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
493 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
496 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
497 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
498 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
499 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
501 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
504 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
505 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
506 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
507 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
508 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
515 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
517 * If @only_this_sb is true, then find and write all such
518 * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
521 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
523 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
524 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
525 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
527 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
528 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
529 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
530 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
531 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
532 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
534 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
536 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
538 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
540 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
541 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
543 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
546 * We only want to write back data for this
547 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
548 * to it back onto the dirty list.
550 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
555 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
556 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
557 * pin the next superblock.
563 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes beeing freed, first
564 * kind does not need peridic writeout yet, and for the latter
565 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
567 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
568 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
569 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
570 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
574 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
575 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
576 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
578 writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
580 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
581 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
582 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
584 if (wbc
.pages_skipped
) {
586 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
587 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
589 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
591 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
592 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
595 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
597 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
598 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
601 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
603 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
610 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
611 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
613 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
616 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
617 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
618 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
620 if (!grab_super_passive(sb
)) {
621 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
624 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
627 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
629 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
631 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
635 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
639 long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
)
641 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
642 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
643 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
647 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
648 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
650 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
651 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
653 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
656 static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
658 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
660 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
662 return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
663 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
);
667 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
668 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
670 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
671 unsigned long start_time
)
673 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
677 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
679 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
680 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
681 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
682 * older than a specific point in time.
684 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
685 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
688 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
689 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
691 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
692 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
694 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
695 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
696 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
700 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
701 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
703 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
706 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
708 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
712 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
713 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
714 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
715 * after the other works are all done.
717 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
718 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
722 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
723 * background dirty threshold
725 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh())
728 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
729 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
730 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
731 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
734 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
735 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
736 queue_io(wb
, work
->older_than_this
);
738 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
740 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
741 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
743 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
746 * Did we write something? Try for more
748 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
749 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
750 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
751 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
756 * No more inodes for IO, bail
758 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
761 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
762 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
763 * we'll just busyloop.
765 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
766 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
767 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
768 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
769 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
, wb
);
770 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
773 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
775 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
779 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
781 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
782 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
784 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
786 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
787 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
788 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
789 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
790 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
792 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
797 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
798 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
800 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
802 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
803 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
804 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
807 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
809 if (over_bground_thresh()) {
811 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
812 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
813 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
818 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
824 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
826 unsigned long expired
;
830 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
832 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
835 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
836 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
837 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
840 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
841 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
844 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
845 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
846 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
851 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
858 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
860 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, int force_wait
)
862 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
863 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
866 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
867 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
869 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
870 * because this thread is exiting now.
873 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
;
875 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
877 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
880 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
881 * work item, otherwise just free it.
884 complete(work
->done
);
890 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
892 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
893 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
894 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
900 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
901 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
903 int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data
)
905 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= data
;
906 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
909 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
911 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
914 * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
916 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
918 trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi
);
920 while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
922 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
923 * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
925 del_timer(&wb
->wakeup_timer
);
927 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
, 0);
929 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
932 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
934 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
935 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
) || kthread_should_stop()) {
936 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
940 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
941 schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10));
944 * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
945 * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
946 * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
954 /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
955 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
956 wb_do_writeback(wb
, 1);
958 trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi
);
964 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
967 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
)
969 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
972 nr_pages
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
973 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
977 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
978 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
980 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false);
985 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
987 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
988 struct dentry
*dentry
;
989 const char *name
= "?";
991 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
993 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
994 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
997 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
998 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
999 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1001 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1008 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1009 * @inode: inode to mark
1010 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1011 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1012 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1014 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1016 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1017 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1018 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1019 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1021 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1024 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1025 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1026 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1027 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1028 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1031 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1033 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1034 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1037 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1038 * dirty the inode itself
1040 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
1041 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1042 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1046 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1051 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1052 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
1055 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1056 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1058 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1059 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1060 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1062 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1065 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1066 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1067 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1069 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1070 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1073 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1074 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1076 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1077 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1078 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1080 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1081 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1084 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1085 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1088 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1089 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1091 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1092 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1093 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1096 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1097 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1098 * bdi thread to make sure background
1099 * write-back happens later.
1101 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1105 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1106 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1107 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1108 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1109 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1112 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1117 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1120 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1123 * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes. A wait will be performed
1124 * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
1126 * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
1127 * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
1129 * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
1130 * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
1131 * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks,
1132 * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
1134 * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io. They are moved back onto
1135 * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing. This way, none can be missed
1136 * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
1137 * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
1139 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1141 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1144 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1145 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1147 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1149 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1152 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1153 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1154 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1155 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1156 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1158 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1159 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1161 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1162 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1163 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1164 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1168 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1169 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1172 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1173 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1174 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1175 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1176 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1182 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1186 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1188 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1193 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1194 * @sb: the superblock
1195 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1197 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1198 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1199 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1201 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
, unsigned long nr
)
1203 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1204 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1206 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1207 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1212 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1213 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1214 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1216 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1219 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1220 * @sb: the superblock
1222 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1223 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1224 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1226 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1228 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages());
1230 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1233 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1234 * @sb: the superblock
1236 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1237 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1239 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
)
1241 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1242 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1243 writeback_inodes_sb(sb
);
1244 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1249 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle
);
1252 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1253 * @sb: the superblock
1254 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1256 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1257 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1259 int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
,
1262 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1263 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1264 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
);
1265 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1270 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle
);
1273 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1274 * @sb: the superblock
1276 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1279 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1281 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1282 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1284 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1285 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1290 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1292 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1293 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1297 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1300 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1301 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1302 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1304 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1305 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1307 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1309 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1311 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1313 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1314 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1315 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1317 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1320 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1321 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1324 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1325 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1326 ret
= writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1327 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1328 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1330 inode_sync_wait(inode
);
1333 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1336 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1337 * @inode: the inode to sync
1338 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1340 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1341 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1342 * update inode->i_state.
1344 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1346 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1348 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1351 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1352 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1353 ret
= writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, wbc
);
1354 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1355 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1358 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1361 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1362 * @inode: the inode to sync
1363 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1365 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1367 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1369 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1371 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1372 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1373 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1376 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1378 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);