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 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
39 unsigned int for_kupdate
:1;
40 unsigned int range_cyclic
:1;
41 unsigned int for_background
:1;
43 struct list_head list
; /* pending work list */
44 struct completion
*done
; /* set if the caller waits */
48 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
49 * wb_writeback_work structure so that the definition remains local to this
52 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
53 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
55 #define inode_to_bdi(inode) ((inode)->i_mapping->backing_dev_info)
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 void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
75 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
77 trace_writeback_queue(bdi
, work
);
79 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
80 list_add_tail(&work
->list
, &bdi
->work_list
);
82 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
85 * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
86 * will create and run it.
88 trace_writeback_nothread(bdi
, work
);
89 wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info
.wb
.task
);
91 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
95 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
96 bool range_cyclic
, bool for_background
)
98 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
101 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
102 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
104 work
= kzalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
107 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi
);
108 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
113 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
;
114 work
->nr_pages
= nr_pages
;
115 work
->range_cyclic
= range_cyclic
;
116 work
->for_background
= for_background
;
118 bdi_queue_work(bdi
, work
);
122 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
123 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
124 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
127 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
128 * started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
129 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
132 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
)
134 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, true, false);
138 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
139 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
142 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback. The IO is only
143 * started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
144 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
146 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
148 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, LONG_MAX
, true, true);
152 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
153 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
155 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
156 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
157 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
158 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
160 static void redirty_tail(struct inode
*inode
)
162 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
164 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_dirty
)) {
167 tail
= list_entry(wb
->b_dirty
.next
, struct inode
, i_list
);
168 if (time_before(inode
->dirtied_when
, tail
->dirtied_when
))
169 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
171 list_move(&inode
->i_list
, &wb
->b_dirty
);
175 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
177 static void requeue_io(struct inode
*inode
)
179 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
181 list_move(&inode
->i_list
, &wb
->b_more_io
);
184 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode
*inode
)
187 * Prevent speculative execution through spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
190 wake_up_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
193 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode
*inode
, unsigned long t
)
195 bool ret
= time_after(inode
->dirtied_when
, t
);
198 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
199 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
200 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
201 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
203 ret
= ret
&& time_before_eq(inode
->dirtied_when
, jiffies
);
209 * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
211 static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head
*delaying_queue
,
212 struct list_head
*dispatch_queue
,
213 unsigned long *older_than_this
)
216 struct list_head
*pos
, *node
;
217 struct super_block
*sb
= NULL
;
221 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue
)) {
222 inode
= list_entry(delaying_queue
->prev
, struct inode
, i_list
);
223 if (older_than_this
&&
224 inode_dirtied_after(inode
, *older_than_this
))
226 if (sb
&& sb
!= inode
->i_sb
)
229 list_move(&inode
->i_list
, &tmp
);
232 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
234 list_splice(&tmp
, dispatch_queue
);
238 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
239 while (!list_empty(&tmp
)) {
240 inode
= list_entry(tmp
.prev
, struct inode
, i_list
);
242 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos
, node
, &tmp
) {
243 inode
= list_entry(pos
, struct inode
, i_list
);
244 if (inode
->i_sb
== sb
)
245 list_move(&inode
->i_list
, dispatch_queue
);
251 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
253 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
254 * =============> gf edc BA
256 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
257 * =============> g fBAedc
259 * +--> dequeue for IO
261 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, unsigned long *older_than_this
)
263 list_splice_init(&wb
->b_more_io
, &wb
->b_io
);
264 move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty
, &wb
->b_io
, older_than_this
);
267 static int write_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
269 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
))
270 return inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
275 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
277 static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
279 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
280 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
282 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
283 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
284 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
285 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, inode_wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
286 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
291 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under inode_lock. Either the
292 * caller has ref on the inode (either via __iget or via syscall against an fd)
293 * or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set (via generic_forget_inode)
295 * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
297 * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile. We want to avoid
298 * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
301 * Called under inode_lock.
304 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
306 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
310 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
311 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
313 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
315 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
317 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
318 * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
319 * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
321 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
322 * completed a full scan of b_io.
324 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
330 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait.
332 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
335 BUG_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
337 /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
338 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
339 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
340 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
342 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
345 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
346 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
349 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
350 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
356 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
357 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
360 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
361 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
362 inode
->i_state
&= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
);
363 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
364 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
365 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
366 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
371 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
372 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_SYNC
;
373 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)) {
374 if (mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
376 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
377 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
379 inode
->i_state
|= I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
380 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
382 * slice used up: queue for next turn
387 * Writeback blocked by something other than
388 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
389 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
390 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
391 * that cannot be performed immediately.
395 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
397 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback
398 * operations, such as delayed allocation during
399 * submission or metadata updates after data IO
403 } else if (atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
)) {
405 * The inode is clean, inuse
407 list_move(&inode
->i_list
, &inode_in_use
);
410 * The inode is clean, unused
412 list_move(&inode
->i_list
, &inode_unused
);
415 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
420 * For background writeback the caller does not have the sb pinned
421 * before calling writeback. So make sure that we do pin it, so it doesn't
422 * go away while we are writing inodes from it.
424 static bool pin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block
*sb
)
427 if (list_empty(&sb
->s_instances
)) {
428 spin_unlock(&sb_lock
);
433 spin_unlock(&sb_lock
);
435 if (down_read_trylock(&sb
->s_umount
)) {
438 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
446 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
448 * If @only_this_sb is true, then find and write all such
449 * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
452 * Return 1, if the caller writeback routine should be
453 * interrupted. Otherwise return 0.
455 static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
456 struct writeback_control
*wbc
, bool only_this_sb
)
458 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
460 struct inode
*inode
= list_entry(wb
->b_io
.prev
,
461 struct inode
, i_list
);
463 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
466 * We only want to write back data for this
467 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
468 * to it back onto the dirty list.
475 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
476 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
477 * pin the next superblock.
482 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
487 * Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
488 * This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
490 if (inode_dirtied_after(inode
, wbc
->wb_start
))
493 BUG_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
);
495 pages_skipped
= wbc
->pages_skipped
;
496 writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
);
497 if (wbc
->pages_skipped
!= pages_skipped
) {
499 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
500 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
504 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
507 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
508 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
512 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
519 void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
520 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
525 wbc
->wb_start
= jiffies
; /* livelock avoidance */
526 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
527 if (!wbc
->for_kupdate
|| list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
528 queue_io(wb
, wbc
->older_than_this
);
530 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
531 struct inode
*inode
= list_entry(wb
->b_io
.prev
,
532 struct inode
, i_list
);
533 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
535 if (!pin_sb_for_writeback(sb
)) {
539 ret
= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, wbc
, false);
545 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
546 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
549 static void __writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
,
550 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
552 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
554 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
555 if (!wbc
->for_kupdate
|| list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
556 queue_io(wb
, wbc
->older_than_this
);
557 writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, wbc
, true);
558 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
562 * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/kupdate
563 * operation. We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
564 * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
565 * been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates
566 * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
568 #define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024
570 static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
572 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
574 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
576 return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
577 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) >= background_thresh
);
581 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
583 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
584 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
585 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
586 * older than a specific point in time.
588 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
589 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
592 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
593 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
595 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
596 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
598 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
599 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
600 .older_than_this
= NULL
,
601 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
602 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
603 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
605 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
609 if (wbc
.for_kupdate
) {
610 wbc
.older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
611 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
612 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
614 if (!wbc
.range_cyclic
) {
616 wbc
.range_end
= LLONG_MAX
;
619 wbc
.wb_start
= jiffies
; /* livelock avoidance */
622 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
624 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
628 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
629 * background dirty threshold
631 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh())
635 wbc
.nr_to_write
= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES
;
636 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
638 trace_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc
, wb
->bdi
);
640 __writeback_inodes_sb(work
->sb
, wb
, &wbc
);
642 writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &wbc
);
643 trace_wbc_writeback_written(&wbc
, wb
->bdi
);
645 work
->nr_pages
-= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
646 wrote
+= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
649 * If we consumed everything, see if we have more
651 if (wbc
.nr_to_write
<= 0)
654 * Didn't write everything and we don't have more IO, bail
659 * Did we write something? Try for more
661 if (wbc
.nr_to_write
< MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES
)
664 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
665 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
666 * we'll just busyloop.
668 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
669 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
670 inode
= list_entry(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
,
671 struct inode
, i_list
);
672 trace_wbc_writeback_wait(&wbc
, wb
->bdi
);
673 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
675 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
682 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
684 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
685 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
687 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
689 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
690 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
691 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
692 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
693 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
695 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
699 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
701 unsigned long expired
;
705 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
707 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
710 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
711 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
712 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
715 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
716 nr_pages
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
717 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
718 (inodes_stat
.nr_inodes
- inodes_stat
.nr_unused
);
721 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
722 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
723 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
728 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
735 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
737 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, int force_wait
)
739 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
740 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
743 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
744 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
746 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
747 * because this thread is exiting now.
750 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
;
752 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
754 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
757 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
758 * work item, otherwise just free it.
761 complete(work
->done
);
767 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
769 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
770 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
776 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
777 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
779 int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data
)
781 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= data
;
782 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
785 current
->flags
|= PF_FLUSHER
| PF_SWAPWRITE
;
787 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
790 * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
792 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
794 trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi
);
796 while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
798 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
799 * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
801 del_timer(&wb
->wakeup_timer
);
803 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
, 0);
805 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
808 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
810 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
811 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
812 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
816 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
817 schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10));
820 * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
821 * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
822 * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
830 /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
831 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
832 wb_do_writeback(wb
, 1);
834 trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi
);
840 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
843 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
)
845 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
848 nr_pages
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
849 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
853 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
854 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
856 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, false);
861 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
863 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
864 struct dentry
*dentry
;
865 const char *name
= "?";
867 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
869 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
870 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
873 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
874 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
875 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
877 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
884 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
885 * @inode: inode to mark
886 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
887 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
888 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
890 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
892 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
893 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
894 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
895 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
897 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
900 * This function *must* be atomic for the I_DIRTY_PAGES case -
901 * set_page_dirty() is called under spinlock in several places.
903 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
904 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
905 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
906 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
907 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
910 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
912 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
913 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
914 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
917 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
918 * dirty the inode itself
920 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
921 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
922 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
);
926 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
931 /* avoid the locking if we can */
932 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
935 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
936 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
938 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
939 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
940 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
942 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
945 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
946 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
947 * superblock list, based upon its state.
949 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
953 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
954 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
956 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
957 if (hlist_unhashed(&inode
->i_hash
))
960 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
964 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
965 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
968 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
970 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
971 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
972 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
975 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
976 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
977 * bdi thread to make sure background
978 * write-back happens later.
980 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
984 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
985 list_move(&inode
->i_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
989 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
992 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
994 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
997 * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes. A wait will be performed
998 * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
1000 * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
1001 * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
1003 * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
1004 * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
1005 * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks,
1006 * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
1008 * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io. They are moved back onto
1009 * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing. This way, none can be missed
1010 * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
1011 * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
1013 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1015 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1018 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1019 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1021 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1023 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
1026 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1027 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1028 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1029 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1030 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1032 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1033 struct address_space
*mapping
;
1035 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
))
1037 mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1038 if (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)
1041 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
1043 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have
1044 * been removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1045 * inode_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1046 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it
1047 * under inode_lock. So we keep the reference and iput
1053 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1057 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
1059 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
1064 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1065 * @sb: the superblock
1067 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1068 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1069 * for IO completion of submitted IO. The number of pages submitted is
1072 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1074 unsigned long nr_dirty
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
);
1075 unsigned long nr_unstable
= global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
1076 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1077 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1079 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1083 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1085 work
.nr_pages
= nr_dirty
+ nr_unstable
+
1086 (inodes_stat
.nr_inodes
- inodes_stat
.nr_unused
);
1088 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1089 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1091 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1094 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1095 * @sb: the superblock
1097 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1098 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1100 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
)
1102 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1103 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1104 writeback_inodes_sb(sb
);
1105 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1110 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle
);
1113 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1114 * @sb: the superblock
1116 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1117 * super_block. The number of pages synced is returned.
1119 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1121 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1122 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1124 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1125 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1130 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1132 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1133 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1137 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1140 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1141 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1142 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1144 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1145 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1147 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1149 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1152 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1153 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1154 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1156 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1159 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1160 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1163 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
1164 ret
= writeback_single_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1165 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
1167 inode_sync_wait(inode
);
1170 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1173 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1174 * @inode: the inode to sync
1175 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1177 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1178 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1179 * update inode->i_state.
1181 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1183 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1187 spin_lock(&inode_lock
);
1188 ret
= writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
);
1189 spin_unlock(&inode_lock
);
1192 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);