4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
5 * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc., Peter Zijlstra <pzijlstr@redhat.com>
7 * Contains functions related to writing back dirty pages at the
10 * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
14 #include <linux/kernel.h>
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/swap.h>
20 #include <linux/slab.h>
21 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
22 #include <linux/writeback.h>
23 #include <linux/init.h>
24 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
25 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/mpage.h>
28 #include <linux/rmap.h>
29 #include <linux/percpu.h>
30 #include <linux/notifier.h>
31 #include <linux/smp.h>
32 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
33 #include <linux/cpu.h>
34 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
35 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
36 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
39 * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited
40 * will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling.
42 static long ratelimit_pages
= 32;
45 * When balance_dirty_pages decides that the caller needs to perform some
46 * non-background writeback, this is how many pages it will attempt to write.
47 * It should be somewhat larger than RATELIMIT_PAGES to ensure that reasonably
48 * large amounts of I/O are submitted.
50 static inline long sync_writeback_pages(void)
52 return ratelimit_pages
+ ratelimit_pages
/ 2;
55 /* The following parameters are exported via /proc/sys/vm */
58 * Start background writeback (via pdflush) at this percentage
60 int dirty_background_ratio
= 10;
63 * dirty_background_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
64 * dirty_background_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
66 unsigned long dirty_background_bytes
;
69 * free highmem will not be subtracted from the total free memory
70 * for calculating free ratios if vm_highmem_is_dirtyable is true
72 int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable
;
75 * The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
77 int vm_dirty_ratio
= 20;
80 * vm_dirty_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
81 * vm_dirty_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
83 unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes
;
86 * The interval between `kupdate'-style writebacks
88 unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval
= 5 * 100; /* centiseconds */
91 * The longest time for which data is allowed to remain dirty
93 unsigned int dirty_expire_interval
= 30 * 100; /* centiseconds */
96 * Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings.
101 * Flag that puts the machine in "laptop mode". Doubles as a timeout in jiffies:
102 * a full sync is triggered after this time elapses without any disk activity.
106 EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode
);
108 /* End of sysctl-exported parameters */
112 * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative writeout speeds.
114 * We do this by keeping a floating proportion between BDIs, based on page
115 * writeback completions [end_page_writeback()]. Those devices that write out
116 * pages fastest will get the larger share, while the slower will get a smaller
119 * We use page writeout completions because we are interested in getting rid of
120 * dirty pages. Having them written out is the primary goal.
122 * We introduce a concept of time, a period over which we measure these events,
123 * because demand can/will vary over time. The length of this period itself is
124 * measured in page writeback completions.
127 static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions
;
128 static struct prop_descriptor vm_dirties
;
131 * couple the period to the dirty_ratio:
133 * period/2 ~ roundup_pow_of_two(dirty limit)
135 static int calc_period_shift(void)
137 unsigned long dirty_total
;
140 dirty_total
= vm_dirty_bytes
/ PAGE_SIZE
;
142 dirty_total
= (vm_dirty_ratio
* determine_dirtyable_memory()) /
144 return 2 + ilog2(dirty_total
- 1);
148 * update the period when the dirty threshold changes.
150 static void update_completion_period(void)
152 int shift
= calc_period_shift();
153 prop_change_shift(&vm_completions
, shift
);
154 prop_change_shift(&vm_dirties
, shift
);
157 int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
158 struct file
*filp
, void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
163 ret
= proc_dointvec_minmax(table
, write
, filp
, buffer
, lenp
, ppos
);
164 if (ret
== 0 && write
)
165 dirty_background_bytes
= 0;
169 int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
170 struct file
*filp
, void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
175 ret
= proc_doulongvec_minmax(table
, write
, filp
, buffer
, lenp
, ppos
);
176 if (ret
== 0 && write
)
177 dirty_background_ratio
= 0;
181 int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
182 struct file
*filp
, void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
185 int old_ratio
= vm_dirty_ratio
;
188 ret
= proc_dointvec_minmax(table
, write
, filp
, buffer
, lenp
, ppos
);
189 if (ret
== 0 && write
&& vm_dirty_ratio
!= old_ratio
) {
190 update_completion_period();
197 int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
198 struct file
*filp
, void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
201 unsigned long old_bytes
= vm_dirty_bytes
;
204 ret
= proc_doulongvec_minmax(table
, write
, filp
, buffer
, lenp
, ppos
);
205 if (ret
== 0 && write
&& vm_dirty_bytes
!= old_bytes
) {
206 update_completion_period();
213 * Increment the BDI's writeout completion count and the global writeout
214 * completion count. Called from test_clear_page_writeback().
216 static inline void __bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
218 __prop_inc_percpu_max(&vm_completions
, &bdi
->completions
,
222 void bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
226 local_irq_save(flags
);
227 __bdi_writeout_inc(bdi
);
228 local_irq_restore(flags
);
230 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_writeout_inc
);
232 void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct
*tsk
)
234 prop_inc_single(&vm_dirties
, &tsk
->dirties
);
238 * Obtain an accurate fraction of the BDI's portion.
240 static void bdi_writeout_fraction(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
241 long *numerator
, long *denominator
)
243 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
244 prop_fraction_percpu(&vm_completions
, &bdi
->completions
,
245 numerator
, denominator
);
253 * Clip the earned share of dirty pages to that which is actually available.
254 * This avoids exceeding the total dirty_limit when the floating averages
255 * fluctuate too quickly.
257 static void clip_bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
258 unsigned long dirty
, unsigned long *pbdi_dirty
)
260 unsigned long avail_dirty
;
262 avail_dirty
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
263 global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK
) +
264 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
265 global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK_TEMP
);
267 if (avail_dirty
< dirty
)
268 avail_dirty
= dirty
- avail_dirty
;
272 avail_dirty
+= bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) +
273 bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_WRITEBACK
);
275 *pbdi_dirty
= min(*pbdi_dirty
, avail_dirty
);
278 static inline void task_dirties_fraction(struct task_struct
*tsk
,
279 long *numerator
, long *denominator
)
281 prop_fraction_single(&vm_dirties
, &tsk
->dirties
,
282 numerator
, denominator
);
286 * scale the dirty limit
288 * task specific dirty limit:
290 * dirty -= (dirty/8) * p_{t}
292 static void task_dirty_limit(struct task_struct
*tsk
, unsigned long *pdirty
)
294 long numerator
, denominator
;
295 unsigned long dirty
= *pdirty
;
296 u64 inv
= dirty
>> 3;
298 task_dirties_fraction(tsk
, &numerator
, &denominator
);
300 do_div(inv
, denominator
);
303 if (dirty
< *pdirty
/2)
312 static unsigned int bdi_min_ratio
;
314 int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, unsigned int min_ratio
)
318 spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock
);
319 if (min_ratio
> bdi
->max_ratio
) {
322 min_ratio
-= bdi
->min_ratio
;
323 if (bdi_min_ratio
+ min_ratio
< 100) {
324 bdi_min_ratio
+= min_ratio
;
325 bdi
->min_ratio
+= min_ratio
;
330 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock
);
335 int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, unsigned max_ratio
)
342 spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock
);
343 if (bdi
->min_ratio
> max_ratio
) {
346 bdi
->max_ratio
= max_ratio
;
347 bdi
->max_prop_frac
= (PROP_FRAC_BASE
* max_ratio
) / 100;
349 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock
);
353 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_set_max_ratio
);
356 * Work out the current dirty-memory clamping and background writeout
359 * The main aim here is to lower them aggressively if there is a lot of mapped
360 * memory around. To avoid stressing page reclaim with lots of unreclaimable
361 * pages. It is better to clamp down on writers than to start swapping, and
362 * performing lots of scanning.
364 * We only allow 1/2 of the currently-unmapped memory to be dirtied.
366 * We don't permit the clamping level to fall below 5% - that is getting rather
369 * We make sure that the background writeout level is below the adjusted
373 static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total
)
375 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
379 for_each_node_state(node
, N_HIGH_MEMORY
) {
381 &NODE_DATA(node
)->node_zones
[ZONE_HIGHMEM
];
383 x
+= zone_page_state(z
, NR_FREE_PAGES
) +
384 zone_reclaimable_pages(z
);
387 * Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger
388 * than the number of the total dirtyable memory. This can only
389 * occur in very strange VM situations but we want to make sure
390 * that this does not occur.
392 return min(x
, total
);
399 * determine_dirtyable_memory - amount of memory that may be used
401 * Returns the numebr of pages that can currently be freed and used
402 * by the kernel for direct mappings.
404 unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
408 x
= global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES
) + global_reclaimable_pages();
410 if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable
)
411 x
-= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x
);
413 return x
+ 1; /* Ensure that we never return 0 */
417 get_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground
, unsigned long *pdirty
,
418 unsigned long *pbdi_dirty
, struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
420 unsigned long background
;
422 unsigned long available_memory
= determine_dirtyable_memory();
423 struct task_struct
*tsk
;
426 dirty
= DIV_ROUND_UP(vm_dirty_bytes
, PAGE_SIZE
);
430 dirty_ratio
= vm_dirty_ratio
;
433 dirty
= (dirty_ratio
* available_memory
) / 100;
436 if (dirty_background_bytes
)
437 background
= DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_background_bytes
, PAGE_SIZE
);
439 background
= (dirty_background_ratio
* available_memory
) / 100;
441 if (background
>= dirty
)
442 background
= dirty
/ 2;
444 if (tsk
->flags
& PF_LESS_THROTTLE
|| rt_task(tsk
)) {
445 background
+= background
/ 4;
448 *pbackground
= background
;
453 long numerator
, denominator
;
456 * Calculate this BDI's share of the dirty ratio.
458 bdi_writeout_fraction(bdi
, &numerator
, &denominator
);
460 bdi_dirty
= (dirty
* (100 - bdi_min_ratio
)) / 100;
461 bdi_dirty
*= numerator
;
462 do_div(bdi_dirty
, denominator
);
463 bdi_dirty
+= (dirty
* bdi
->min_ratio
) / 100;
464 if (bdi_dirty
> (dirty
* bdi
->max_ratio
) / 100)
465 bdi_dirty
= dirty
* bdi
->max_ratio
/ 100;
467 *pbdi_dirty
= bdi_dirty
;
468 clip_bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, dirty
, pbdi_dirty
);
469 task_dirty_limit(current
, pbdi_dirty
);
474 * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
475 * data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
476 * the caller to perform writeback if the system is over `vm_dirty_ratio'.
477 * If we're over `background_thresh' then pdflush is woken to perform some
480 static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
)
482 long nr_reclaimable
, bdi_nr_reclaimable
;
483 long nr_writeback
, bdi_nr_writeback
;
484 unsigned long background_thresh
;
485 unsigned long dirty_thresh
;
486 unsigned long bdi_thresh
;
487 unsigned long pages_written
= 0;
488 unsigned long write_chunk
= sync_writeback_pages();
489 unsigned long pause
= 1;
491 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
494 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
496 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
497 .older_than_this
= NULL
,
498 .nr_to_write
= write_chunk
,
502 get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
,
505 nr_reclaimable
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
506 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
507 nr_writeback
= global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK
);
509 bdi_nr_reclaimable
= bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
);
510 bdi_nr_writeback
= bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_WRITEBACK
);
512 if (bdi_nr_reclaimable
+ bdi_nr_writeback
<= bdi_thresh
)
516 * Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot
517 * catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts
518 * when the bdi limits are ramping up.
520 if (nr_reclaimable
+ nr_writeback
<
521 (background_thresh
+ dirty_thresh
) / 2)
524 if (!bdi
->dirty_exceeded
)
525 bdi
->dirty_exceeded
= 1;
527 /* Note: nr_reclaimable denotes nr_dirty + nr_unstable.
528 * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked
529 * filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been
530 * written to the server's write cache, but has not yet
531 * been flushed to permanent storage.
532 * Only move pages to writeback if this bdi is over its
533 * threshold otherwise wait until the disk writes catch
536 if (bdi_nr_reclaimable
> bdi_thresh
) {
537 writeback_inodes_wbc(&wbc
);
538 pages_written
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
539 get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
,
544 * In order to avoid the stacked BDI deadlock we need
545 * to ensure we accurately count the 'dirty' pages when
546 * the threshold is low.
548 * Otherwise it would be possible to get thresh+n pages
549 * reported dirty, even though there are thresh-m pages
550 * actually dirty; with m+n sitting in the percpu
553 if (bdi_thresh
< 2*bdi_stat_error(bdi
)) {
554 bdi_nr_reclaimable
= bdi_stat_sum(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
);
555 bdi_nr_writeback
= bdi_stat_sum(bdi
, BDI_WRITEBACK
);
556 } else if (bdi_nr_reclaimable
) {
557 bdi_nr_reclaimable
= bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
);
558 bdi_nr_writeback
= bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_WRITEBACK
);
561 if (bdi_nr_reclaimable
+ bdi_nr_writeback
<= bdi_thresh
)
563 if (pages_written
>= write_chunk
)
564 break; /* We've done our duty */
566 schedule_timeout_interruptible(pause
);
569 * Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous
570 * default of taking a 100ms nap.
577 if (bdi_nr_reclaimable
+ bdi_nr_writeback
< bdi_thresh
&&
579 bdi
->dirty_exceeded
= 0;
581 if (writeback_in_progress(bdi
))
582 return; /* pdflush is already working this queue */
585 * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
586 * starting background writeout, and then write out all the way down
587 * to the lower threshold. So slow writers cause minimal disk activity.
589 * In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
590 * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
592 if ((laptop_mode
&& pages_written
) ||
593 (!laptop_mode
&& ((nr_writeback
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
)
594 + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
))
595 > background_thresh
)))
596 bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_writeback
);
599 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page
*page
, int page_mkwrite
)
601 if (set_page_dirty(page
) || page_mkwrite
) {
602 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
605 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping
);
609 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, bdp_ratelimits
) = 0;
612 * balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr - balance dirty memory state
613 * @mapping: address_space which was dirtied
614 * @nr_pages_dirtied: number of pages which the caller has just dirtied
616 * Processes which are dirtying memory should call in here once for each page
617 * which was newly dirtied. The function will periodically check the system's
618 * dirty state and will initiate writeback if needed.
620 * On really big machines, get_writeback_state is expensive, so try to avoid
621 * calling it too often (ratelimiting). But once we're over the dirty memory
622 * limit we decrease the ratelimiting by a lot, to prevent individual processes
623 * from overshooting the limit by (ratelimit_pages) each.
625 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space
*mapping
,
626 unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied
)
628 unsigned long ratelimit
;
631 ratelimit
= ratelimit_pages
;
632 if (mapping
->backing_dev_info
->dirty_exceeded
)
636 * Check the rate limiting. Also, we do not want to throttle real-time
637 * tasks in balance_dirty_pages(). Period.
640 p
= &__get_cpu_var(bdp_ratelimits
);
641 *p
+= nr_pages_dirtied
;
642 if (unlikely(*p
>= ratelimit
)) {
645 balance_dirty_pages(mapping
);
650 EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr
);
652 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask
)
654 unsigned long background_thresh
;
655 unsigned long dirty_thresh
;
658 get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
, NULL
, NULL
);
661 * Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
662 * allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
664 dirty_thresh
+= dirty_thresh
/ 10; /* wheeee... */
666 if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
667 global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK
) <= dirty_thresh
)
669 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
672 * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
673 * or progress in the filesystem. So we cannot just sit here
674 * waiting for IO to complete.
676 if ((gfp_mask
& (__GFP_FS
|__GFP_IO
)) != (__GFP_FS
|__GFP_IO
))
681 static void laptop_timer_fn(unsigned long unused
);
683 static DEFINE_TIMER(laptop_mode_wb_timer
, laptop_timer_fn
, 0, 0);
686 * sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
688 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
689 struct file
*file
, void __user
*buffer
, size_t *length
, loff_t
*ppos
)
691 proc_dointvec(table
, write
, file
, buffer
, length
, ppos
);
695 static void do_laptop_sync(struct work_struct
*work
)
697 wakeup_flusher_threads(0);
701 static void laptop_timer_fn(unsigned long unused
)
703 struct work_struct
*work
;
705 work
= kmalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
707 INIT_WORK(work
, do_laptop_sync
);
713 * We've spun up the disk and we're in laptop mode: schedule writeback
714 * of all dirty data a few seconds from now. If the flush is already scheduled
715 * then push it back - the user is still using the disk.
717 void laptop_io_completion(void)
719 mod_timer(&laptop_mode_wb_timer
, jiffies
+ laptop_mode
);
723 * We're in laptop mode and we've just synced. The sync's writes will have
724 * caused another writeback to be scheduled by laptop_io_completion.
725 * Nothing needs to be written back anymore, so we unschedule the writeback.
727 void laptop_sync_completion(void)
729 del_timer(&laptop_mode_wb_timer
);
733 * If ratelimit_pages is too high then we can get into dirty-data overload
734 * if a large number of processes all perform writes at the same time.
735 * If it is too low then SMP machines will call the (expensive)
736 * get_writeback_state too often.
738 * Here we set ratelimit_pages to a level which ensures that when all CPUs are
739 * dirtying in parallel, we cannot go more than 3% (1/32) over the dirty memory
740 * thresholds before writeback cuts in.
742 * But the limit should not be set too high. Because it also controls the
743 * amount of memory which the balance_dirty_pages() caller has to write back.
744 * If this is too large then the caller will block on the IO queue all the
745 * time. So limit it to four megabytes - the balance_dirty_pages() caller
746 * will write six megabyte chunks, max.
749 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void)
751 ratelimit_pages
= vm_total_pages
/ (num_online_cpus() * 32);
752 if (ratelimit_pages
< 16)
753 ratelimit_pages
= 16;
754 if (ratelimit_pages
* PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
> 4096 * 1024)
755 ratelimit_pages
= (4096 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
;
759 ratelimit_handler(struct notifier_block
*self
, unsigned long u
, void *v
)
761 writeback_set_ratelimit();
765 static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata ratelimit_nb
= {
766 .notifier_call
= ratelimit_handler
,
771 * Called early on to tune the page writeback dirty limits.
773 * We used to scale dirty pages according to how total memory
774 * related to pages that could be allocated for buffers (by
775 * comparing nr_free_buffer_pages() to vm_total_pages.
777 * However, that was when we used "dirty_ratio" to scale with
778 * all memory, and we don't do that any more. "dirty_ratio"
779 * is now applied to total non-HIGHPAGE memory (by subtracting
780 * totalhigh_pages from vm_total_pages), and as such we can't
781 * get into the old insane situation any more where we had
782 * large amounts of dirty pages compared to a small amount of
783 * non-HIGHMEM memory.
785 * But we might still want to scale the dirty_ratio by how
786 * much memory the box has..
788 void __init
page_writeback_init(void)
792 writeback_set_ratelimit();
793 register_cpu_notifier(&ratelimit_nb
);
795 shift
= calc_period_shift();
796 prop_descriptor_init(&vm_completions
, shift
);
797 prop_descriptor_init(&vm_dirties
, shift
);
801 * write_cache_pages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and write all of them.
802 * @mapping: address space structure to write
803 * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
804 * @writepage: function called for each page
805 * @data: data passed to writepage function
807 * If a page is already under I/O, write_cache_pages() skips it, even
808 * if it's dirty. This is desirable behaviour for memory-cleaning writeback,
809 * but it is INCORRECT for data-integrity system calls such as fsync(). fsync()
810 * and msync() need to guarantee that all the data which was dirty at the time
811 * the call was made get new I/O started against them. If wbc->sync_mode is
812 * WB_SYNC_ALL then we were called for data integrity and we must wait for
813 * existing IO to complete.
815 int write_cache_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
816 struct writeback_control
*wbc
, writepage_t writepage
,
819 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
824 pgoff_t
uninitialized_var(writeback_index
);
826 pgoff_t end
; /* Inclusive */
830 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
832 if (wbc
->nonblocking
&& bdi_write_congested(bdi
)) {
833 wbc
->encountered_congestion
= 1;
837 pagevec_init(&pvec
, 0);
838 if (wbc
->range_cyclic
) {
839 writeback_index
= mapping
->writeback_index
; /* prev offset */
840 index
= writeback_index
;
847 index
= wbc
->range_start
>> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
;
848 end
= wbc
->range_end
>> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
;
849 if (wbc
->range_start
== 0 && wbc
->range_end
== LLONG_MAX
)
851 cycled
= 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */
855 while (!done
&& (index
<= end
)) {
858 nr_pages
= pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec
, mapping
, &index
,
860 min(end
- index
, (pgoff_t
)PAGEVEC_SIZE
-1) + 1);
864 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_pages
; i
++) {
865 struct page
*page
= pvec
.pages
[i
];
868 * At this point, the page may be truncated or
869 * invalidated (changing page->mapping to NULL), or
870 * even swizzled back from swapper_space to tmpfs file
871 * mapping. However, page->index will not change
872 * because we have a reference on the page.
874 if (page
->index
> end
) {
876 * can't be range_cyclic (1st pass) because
877 * end == -1 in that case.
883 done_index
= page
->index
+ 1;
888 * Page truncated or invalidated. We can freely skip it
889 * then, even for data integrity operations: the page
890 * has disappeared concurrently, so there could be no
891 * real expectation of this data interity operation
892 * even if there is now a new, dirty page at the same
895 if (unlikely(page
->mapping
!= mapping
)) {
901 if (!PageDirty(page
)) {
902 /* someone wrote it for us */
903 goto continue_unlock
;
906 if (PageWriteback(page
)) {
907 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_NONE
)
908 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
910 goto continue_unlock
;
913 BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page
));
914 if (!clear_page_dirty_for_io(page
))
915 goto continue_unlock
;
917 ret
= (*writepage
)(page
, wbc
, data
);
919 if (ret
== AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE
) {
924 * done_index is set past this page,
925 * so media errors will not choke
926 * background writeout for the entire
927 * file. This has consequences for
928 * range_cyclic semantics (ie. it may
929 * not be suitable for data integrity
937 if (nr_to_write
> 0) {
939 if (nr_to_write
== 0 &&
940 wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_NONE
) {
942 * We stop writing back only if we are
943 * not doing integrity sync. In case of
944 * integrity sync we have to keep going
945 * because someone may be concurrently
946 * dirtying pages, and we might have
947 * synced a lot of newly appeared dirty
948 * pages, but have not synced all of the
956 if (wbc
->nonblocking
&& bdi_write_congested(bdi
)) {
957 wbc
->encountered_congestion
= 1;
962 pagevec_release(&pvec
);
965 if (!cycled
&& !done
) {
968 * We hit the last page and there is more work to be done: wrap
969 * back to the start of the file
973 end
= writeback_index
- 1;
976 if (!wbc
->no_nrwrite_index_update
) {
977 if (wbc
->range_cyclic
|| (range_whole
&& nr_to_write
> 0))
978 mapping
->writeback_index
= done_index
;
979 wbc
->nr_to_write
= nr_to_write
;
984 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_cache_pages
);
987 * Function used by generic_writepages to call the real writepage
988 * function and set the mapping flags on error
990 static int __writepage(struct page
*page
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
993 struct address_space
*mapping
= data
;
994 int ret
= mapping
->a_ops
->writepage(page
, wbc
);
995 mapping_set_error(mapping
, ret
);
1000 * generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and writepage() all of them.
1001 * @mapping: address space structure to write
1002 * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
1004 * This is a library function, which implements the writepages()
1005 * address_space_operation.
1007 int generic_writepages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
1008 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1010 /* deal with chardevs and other special file */
1011 if (!mapping
->a_ops
->writepage
)
1014 return write_cache_pages(mapping
, wbc
, __writepage
, mapping
);
1017 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_writepages
);
1019 int do_writepages(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1023 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0)
1025 if (mapping
->a_ops
->writepages
)
1026 ret
= mapping
->a_ops
->writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
1028 ret
= generic_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
1033 * write_one_page - write out a single page and optionally wait on I/O
1034 * @page: the page to write
1035 * @wait: if true, wait on writeout
1037 * The page must be locked by the caller and will be unlocked upon return.
1039 * write_one_page() returns a negative error code if I/O failed.
1041 int write_one_page(struct page
*page
, int wait
)
1043 struct address_space
*mapping
= page
->mapping
;
1045 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1046 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1050 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page
));
1053 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
1055 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page
)) {
1056 page_cache_get(page
);
1057 ret
= mapping
->a_ops
->writepage(page
, &wbc
);
1058 if (ret
== 0 && wait
) {
1059 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
1060 if (PageError(page
))
1063 page_cache_release(page
);
1069 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_one_page
);
1072 * For address_spaces which do not use buffers nor write back.
1074 int __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(struct page
*page
)
1076 if (!PageDirty(page
))
1082 * Helper function for set_page_dirty family.
1083 * NOTE: This relies on being atomic wrt interrupts.
1085 void account_page_dirtied(struct page
*page
, struct address_space
*mapping
)
1087 if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping
)) {
1088 __inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_FILE_DIRTY
);
1089 __inc_bdi_stat(mapping
->backing_dev_info
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
);
1090 task_dirty_inc(current
);
1091 task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
);
1096 * For address_spaces which do not use buffers. Just tag the page as dirty in
1099 * This is also used when a single buffer is being dirtied: we want to set the
1100 * page dirty in that case, but not all the buffers. This is a "bottom-up"
1101 * dirtying, whereas __set_page_dirty_buffers() is a "top-down" dirtying.
1103 * Most callers have locked the page, which pins the address_space in memory.
1104 * But zap_pte_range() does not lock the page, however in that case the
1105 * mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference.
1107 * We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the
1108 * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() inside tree_lock.
1110 int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page
*page
)
1112 if (!TestSetPageDirty(page
)) {
1113 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
1114 struct address_space
*mapping2
;
1119 spin_lock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
1120 mapping2
= page_mapping(page
);
1121 if (mapping2
) { /* Race with truncate? */
1122 BUG_ON(mapping2
!= mapping
);
1123 WARN_ON_ONCE(!PagePrivate(page
) && !PageUptodate(page
));
1124 account_page_dirtied(page
, mapping
);
1125 radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping
->page_tree
,
1126 page_index(page
), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
);
1128 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
1129 if (mapping
->host
) {
1130 /* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
1131 __mark_inode_dirty(mapping
->host
, I_DIRTY_PAGES
);
1137 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_nobuffers
);
1140 * When a writepage implementation decides that it doesn't want to write this
1141 * page for some reason, it should redirty the locked page via
1142 * redirty_page_for_writepage() and it should then unlock the page and return 0
1144 int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control
*wbc
, struct page
*page
)
1146 wbc
->pages_skipped
++;
1147 return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page
);
1149 EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage
);
1152 * If the mapping doesn't provide a set_page_dirty a_op, then
1153 * just fall through and assume that it wants buffer_heads.
1155 int set_page_dirty(struct page
*page
)
1157 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
1159 if (likely(mapping
)) {
1160 int (*spd
)(struct page
*) = mapping
->a_ops
->set_page_dirty
;
1163 spd
= __set_page_dirty_buffers
;
1165 return (*spd
)(page
);
1167 if (!PageDirty(page
)) {
1168 if (!TestSetPageDirty(page
))
1173 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty
);
1176 * set_page_dirty() is racy if the caller has no reference against
1177 * page->mapping->host, and if the page is unlocked. This is because another
1178 * CPU could truncate the page off the mapping and then free the mapping.
1180 * Usually, the page _is_ locked, or the caller is a user-space process which
1181 * holds a reference on the inode by having an open file.
1183 * In other cases, the page should be locked before running set_page_dirty().
1185 int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page
*page
)
1189 lock_page_nosync(page
);
1190 ret
= set_page_dirty(page
);
1194 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty_lock
);
1197 * Clear a page's dirty flag, while caring for dirty memory accounting.
1198 * Returns true if the page was previously dirty.
1200 * This is for preparing to put the page under writeout. We leave the page
1201 * tagged as dirty in the radix tree so that a concurrent write-for-sync
1202 * can discover it via a PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY walk. The ->writepage
1203 * implementation will run either set_page_writeback() or set_page_dirty(),
1204 * at which stage we bring the page's dirty flag and radix-tree dirty tag
1207 * This incoherency between the page's dirty flag and radix-tree tag is
1208 * unfortunate, but it only exists while the page is locked.
1210 int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page
*page
)
1212 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
1214 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page
));
1216 ClearPageReclaim(page
);
1217 if (mapping
&& mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping
)) {
1219 * Yes, Virginia, this is indeed insane.
1221 * We use this sequence to make sure that
1222 * (a) we account for dirty stats properly
1223 * (b) we tell the low-level filesystem to
1224 * mark the whole page dirty if it was
1225 * dirty in a pagetable. Only to then
1226 * (c) clean the page again and return 1 to
1227 * cause the writeback.
1229 * This way we avoid all nasty races with the
1230 * dirty bit in multiple places and clearing
1231 * them concurrently from different threads.
1233 * Note! Normally the "set_page_dirty(page)"
1234 * has no effect on the actual dirty bit - since
1235 * that will already usually be set. But we
1236 * need the side effects, and it can help us
1239 * We basically use the page "master dirty bit"
1240 * as a serialization point for all the different
1241 * threads doing their things.
1243 if (page_mkclean(page
))
1244 set_page_dirty(page
);
1246 * We carefully synchronise fault handlers against
1247 * installing a dirty pte and marking the page dirty
1248 * at this point. We do this by having them hold the
1249 * page lock at some point after installing their
1250 * pte, but before marking the page dirty.
1251 * Pages are always locked coming in here, so we get
1252 * the desired exclusion. See mm/memory.c:do_wp_page()
1253 * for more comments.
1255 if (TestClearPageDirty(page
)) {
1256 dec_zone_page_state(page
, NR_FILE_DIRTY
);
1257 dec_bdi_stat(mapping
->backing_dev_info
,
1263 return TestClearPageDirty(page
);
1265 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io
);
1267 int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page
*page
)
1269 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
1273 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
1274 unsigned long flags
;
1276 spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping
->tree_lock
, flags
);
1277 ret
= TestClearPageWriteback(page
);
1279 radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping
->page_tree
,
1281 PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK
);
1282 if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi
)) {
1283 __dec_bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_WRITEBACK
);
1284 __bdi_writeout_inc(bdi
);
1287 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping
->tree_lock
, flags
);
1289 ret
= TestClearPageWriteback(page
);
1292 dec_zone_page_state(page
, NR_WRITEBACK
);
1296 int test_set_page_writeback(struct page
*page
)
1298 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
1302 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
1303 unsigned long flags
;
1305 spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping
->tree_lock
, flags
);
1306 ret
= TestSetPageWriteback(page
);
1308 radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping
->page_tree
,
1310 PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK
);
1311 if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi
))
1312 __inc_bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_WRITEBACK
);
1314 if (!PageDirty(page
))
1315 radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping
->page_tree
,
1317 PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
);
1318 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping
->tree_lock
, flags
);
1320 ret
= TestSetPageWriteback(page
);
1323 inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_WRITEBACK
);
1327 EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_set_page_writeback
);
1330 * Return true if any of the pages in the mapping are marked with the
1333 int mapping_tagged(struct address_space
*mapping
, int tag
)
1337 ret
= radix_tree_tagged(&mapping
->page_tree
, tag
);
1341 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged
);