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/export.h>
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 #include <linux/sched.h>
23 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
24 #include <linux/kthread.h>
25 #include <linux/freezer.h>
26 #include <linux/writeback.h>
27 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
28 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
29 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
33 * 4MB minimal write chunk size
35 #define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES (4096UL >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10))
38 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
40 struct wb_writeback_work
{
42 struct super_block
*sb
;
43 unsigned long *older_than_this
;
44 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
45 unsigned int tagged_writepages
:1;
46 unsigned int for_kupdate
:1;
47 unsigned int range_cyclic
:1;
48 unsigned int for_background
:1;
49 enum wb_reason reason
; /* why was writeback initiated? */
51 struct list_head list
; /* pending work list */
52 struct completion
*done
; /* set if the caller waits */
56 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
57 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
59 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
62 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
64 return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &bdi
->state
);
66 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_in_progress
);
68 static inline struct backing_dev_info
*inode_to_bdi(struct inode
*inode
)
70 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
72 if (strcmp(sb
->s_type
->name
, "bdev") == 0)
73 return inode
->i_mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
78 static inline struct inode
*wb_inode(struct list_head
*head
)
80 return list_entry(head
, struct inode
, i_wb_list
);
84 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
85 * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition
86 * remains local to this file.
88 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
89 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
91 /* Wakeup flusher thread or forker thread to fork it. Requires bdi->wb_lock. */
92 static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
95 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
98 * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
99 * will create and run it.
101 wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info
.wb
.task
);
105 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
106 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
108 trace_writeback_queue(bdi
, work
);
110 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
111 list_add_tail(&work
->list
, &bdi
->work_list
);
113 trace_writeback_nothread(bdi
, work
);
114 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi
);
115 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
119 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
120 bool range_cyclic
, enum wb_reason reason
)
122 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
125 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
126 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
128 work
= kzalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
131 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi
);
132 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
137 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
;
138 work
->nr_pages
= nr_pages
;
139 work
->range_cyclic
= range_cyclic
;
140 work
->reason
= reason
;
142 bdi_queue_work(bdi
, work
);
146 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
147 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
148 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
149 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
152 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
153 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
154 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
157 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
158 enum wb_reason reason
)
160 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, true, reason
);
164 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
165 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
168 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
169 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
170 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
171 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
173 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
176 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
177 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
179 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi
);
180 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
181 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi
);
182 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
186 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
188 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode
*inode
)
190 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
192 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
193 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
194 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
198 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
199 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
201 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
202 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
203 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
204 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
206 static void redirty_tail(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
208 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
209 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_dirty
)) {
212 tail
= wb_inode(wb
->b_dirty
.next
);
213 if (time_before(inode
->dirtied_when
, tail
->dirtied_when
))
214 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
216 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_dirty
);
220 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
222 static void requeue_io(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
224 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
225 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_more_io
);
228 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode
*inode
)
230 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_SYNC
;
231 /* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */
233 wake_up_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
236 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode
*inode
, unsigned long t
)
238 bool ret
= time_after(inode
->dirtied_when
, t
);
241 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
242 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
243 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
244 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
246 ret
= ret
&& time_before_eq(inode
->dirtied_when
, jiffies
);
252 * Move expired (dirtied after work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
253 * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
255 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head
*delaying_queue
,
256 struct list_head
*dispatch_queue
,
257 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
260 struct list_head
*pos
, *node
;
261 struct super_block
*sb
= NULL
;
266 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue
)) {
267 inode
= wb_inode(delaying_queue
->prev
);
268 if (work
->older_than_this
&&
269 inode_dirtied_after(inode
, *work
->older_than_this
))
271 if (sb
&& sb
!= inode
->i_sb
)
274 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &tmp
);
278 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
280 list_splice(&tmp
, dispatch_queue
);
284 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
285 while (!list_empty(&tmp
)) {
286 sb
= wb_inode(tmp
.prev
)->i_sb
;
287 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos
, node
, &tmp
) {
288 inode
= wb_inode(pos
);
289 if (inode
->i_sb
== sb
)
290 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, dispatch_queue
);
298 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
300 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
301 * =============> gf edc BA
303 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
304 * =============> g fBAedc
306 * +--> dequeue for IO
308 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
311 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
312 list_splice_init(&wb
->b_more_io
, &wb
->b_io
);
313 moved
= move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty
, &wb
->b_io
, work
);
314 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb
, work
, moved
);
317 static int write_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
319 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
))
320 return inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
325 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held.
326 * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock.
328 static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
329 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
330 __acquires(inode
->i_lock
)
332 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
333 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
335 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
336 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
337 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
338 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, inode_wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
339 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
344 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
346 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
348 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
349 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
350 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
354 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
355 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
356 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
358 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
359 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
362 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
365 prepare_to_wait(wqh
, &wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
366 sleep
= inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
;
367 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
370 finish_wait(wqh
, &wait
);
374 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
375 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we
376 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
377 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
378 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
379 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
381 static void requeue_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
382 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
384 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
388 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one
389 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update
390 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
392 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
393 (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
))
394 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
396 if (wbc
->pages_skipped
) {
398 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
399 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
401 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
405 if (mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
407 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
408 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
410 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
411 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
412 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
415 * Writeback blocked by something other than
416 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
417 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
418 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
419 * that cannot be performed immediately.
421 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
423 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
425 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
426 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
427 * updates after data IO completion.
429 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
431 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
432 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
437 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
438 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
439 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
442 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
444 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
445 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
449 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
));
451 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
454 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
455 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
458 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
459 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
465 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
466 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
469 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
470 /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */
471 if (!mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
))
472 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
473 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
474 inode
->i_state
&= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
);
475 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
476 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
477 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
478 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
482 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
487 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
488 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
490 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
491 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
492 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
495 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
496 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
500 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
501 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
502 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
504 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
506 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
507 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
)
510 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
511 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
514 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
516 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
518 * Skip inode if it is clean. We don't want to mess with writeback
519 * lists in this function since flusher thread may be doing for example
520 * sync in parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So
521 * here we make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there
522 * unless we have completely cleaned the inode.
524 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
526 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
527 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
529 ret
= __writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
);
531 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
532 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
534 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
535 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
537 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
538 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
539 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
540 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
542 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
546 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
547 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
552 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
553 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
554 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
556 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
559 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
560 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
561 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
562 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
564 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
567 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
568 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
569 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
570 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
571 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
578 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
580 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
582 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
583 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
584 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
586 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
587 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
588 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
589 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
590 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
591 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
593 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
595 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
597 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
599 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
600 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
602 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
605 * We only want to write back data for this
606 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
607 * to it back onto the dirty list.
609 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
614 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
615 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
616 * pin the next superblock.
622 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
623 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
624 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
626 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
627 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
628 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
629 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
632 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) && wbc
.sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
634 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
635 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
636 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
637 * other inodes on s_io.
639 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
640 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
642 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
643 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
644 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode
);
647 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
650 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
651 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
654 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
655 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
656 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
657 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
658 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
661 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
662 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
664 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
665 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
666 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
669 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
670 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
672 __writeback_single_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
674 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
675 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
676 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
677 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
678 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
680 requeue_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
681 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
682 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
683 cond_resched_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
685 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
686 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
689 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
691 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
698 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
699 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
701 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
704 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
705 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
706 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
708 if (!grab_super_passive(sb
)) {
710 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
711 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
712 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
714 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
717 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
720 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
722 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
724 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
728 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
732 long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
,
733 enum wb_reason reason
)
735 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
736 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
737 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
742 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
743 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
745 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
746 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
748 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
751 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
753 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
755 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
757 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
758 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
)
761 if (bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) >
762 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, background_thresh
))
769 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
770 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
772 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
773 unsigned long start_time
)
775 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
779 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
781 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
782 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
783 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
784 * older than a specific point in time.
786 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
787 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
790 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
791 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
793 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
794 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
796 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
797 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
798 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
802 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
803 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
805 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
808 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
810 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
814 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
815 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
816 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
817 * after the other works are all done.
819 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
820 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
824 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
825 * background dirty threshold
827 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
))
831 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
832 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
833 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
836 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
837 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
838 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
839 } else if (work
->for_background
)
840 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
842 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
843 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
846 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
848 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
849 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
851 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
854 * Did we write something? Try for more
856 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
857 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
858 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
859 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
864 * No more inodes for IO, bail
866 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
869 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
870 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
871 * we'll just busyloop.
873 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
874 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
875 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
876 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
877 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
878 /* This function drops i_lock... */
879 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
880 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
883 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
885 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
889 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
891 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
892 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
894 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
896 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
897 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
898 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
899 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
900 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
902 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
907 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
908 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
910 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
912 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
913 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
914 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
917 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
919 if (over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
)) {
921 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
922 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
923 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
926 .reason
= WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
,
929 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
935 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
937 unsigned long expired
;
941 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
943 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
946 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
947 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
948 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
951 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
952 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
955 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
956 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
957 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
960 .reason
= WB_REASON_PERIODIC
,
963 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
970 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
972 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, int force_wait
)
974 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
975 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
978 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
979 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
981 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
982 * because this thread is exiting now.
985 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
;
987 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
989 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
992 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
993 * work item, otherwise just free it.
996 complete(work
->done
);
1002 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
1004 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
1005 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
1006 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
1012 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1013 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1015 int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data
)
1017 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= data
;
1018 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
1021 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1023 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
1026 * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
1028 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
1030 trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi
);
1032 while (!kthread_freezable_should_stop(NULL
)) {
1034 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
1035 * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
1037 del_timer(&wb
->wakeup_timer
);
1039 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
, 0);
1041 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1044 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
1046 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
1047 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
) || kthread_should_stop()) {
1048 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
1052 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
1053 schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10));
1056 * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
1057 * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
1058 * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
1064 /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
1065 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
1066 wb_do_writeback(wb
, 1);
1068 trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi
);
1074 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
1077 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1079 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
1082 nr_pages
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
1083 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
1087 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
1088 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
1090 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, reason
);
1095 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
1097 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
1098 struct dentry
*dentry
;
1099 const char *name
= "?";
1101 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
1103 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1104 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
1107 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1108 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
1109 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1111 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1118 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1119 * @inode: inode to mark
1120 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1121 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1122 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1124 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1126 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1127 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1128 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1129 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1131 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1134 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1135 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1136 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1137 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1138 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1141 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1143 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1144 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1147 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1148 * dirty the inode itself
1150 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
1151 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1152 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1156 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1161 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1162 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
1165 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1166 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1168 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1169 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1170 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1172 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1175 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1176 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1177 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1179 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1180 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1183 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1184 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1186 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1187 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1188 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1190 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1191 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1194 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1195 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1198 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1199 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1201 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1202 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1203 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1206 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1207 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1208 * bdi thread to make sure background
1209 * write-back happens later.
1211 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1215 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1216 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1217 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1218 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1219 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1222 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1227 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1230 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1232 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1234 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1237 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1238 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1240 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1242 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1245 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1246 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1247 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1248 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1249 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1251 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1252 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1254 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1255 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1256 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1257 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1261 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1262 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1265 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1266 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1267 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1268 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1269 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1275 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1279 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1281 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1286 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1287 * @sb: the superblock
1288 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1289 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
1291 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1292 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1293 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1295 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1297 enum wb_reason reason
)
1299 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1300 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1302 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1303 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1309 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1311 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1312 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1313 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1315 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1318 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1319 * @sb: the superblock
1320 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1322 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1323 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1324 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1326 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1328 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1330 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1333 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1334 * @sb: the superblock
1335 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1337 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1338 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1340 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1342 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1343 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1344 writeback_inodes_sb(sb
, reason
);
1345 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1350 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle
);
1353 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1354 * @sb: the superblock
1355 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1356 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1358 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1359 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1361 int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
,
1363 enum wb_reason reason
)
1365 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1366 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1367 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
, reason
);
1368 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1373 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle
);
1376 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1377 * @sb: the superblock
1379 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1382 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1384 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1385 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1387 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1388 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1391 .reason
= WB_REASON_SYNC
,
1394 /* Nothing to do? */
1395 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1397 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1399 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1400 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1404 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1407 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1408 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1409 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1411 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1412 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1414 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1416 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1418 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1419 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1420 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1421 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1423 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1426 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1427 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1430 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1432 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1435 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1436 * @inode: the inode to sync
1437 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1439 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1440 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1441 * update inode->i_state.
1443 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1445 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1447 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
, wbc
);
1449 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1452 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1453 * @inode: the inode to sync
1454 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1456 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1458 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1460 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1462 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1463 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1464 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1467 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1469 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);