4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
6 * Contains all the functions related to writing back and waiting
7 * upon dirty inodes against superblocks, and writing back dirty
8 * pages against inodes. ie: data writeback. Writeout of the
9 * inode itself is not handled here.
11 * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
12 * Split out of fs/inode.c
13 * Additions for address_space-based writeback
16 #include <linux/kernel.h>
17 #include <linux/module.h>
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 #include <linux/sched.h>
23 #include <linux/kthread.h>
24 #include <linux/freezer.h>
25 #include <linux/writeback.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
28 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
29 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
33 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
35 struct wb_writeback_work
{
37 struct super_block
*sb
;
38 unsigned long *older_than_this
;
39 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
40 unsigned int tagged_writepages
:1;
41 unsigned int for_kupdate
:1;
42 unsigned int range_cyclic
:1;
43 unsigned int for_background
:1;
44 enum wb_reason reason
; /* why was writeback initiated? */
46 struct list_head list
; /* pending work list */
47 struct completion
*done
; /* set if the caller waits */
50 const char *wb_reason_name
[] = {
51 [WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
] = "background",
52 [WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES
] = "try_to_free_pages",
53 [WB_REASON_SYNC
] = "sync",
54 [WB_REASON_PERIODIC
] = "periodic",
55 [WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER
] = "laptop_timer",
56 [WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM
] = "free_more_memory",
57 [WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE
] = "fs_free_space",
58 [WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD
] = "forker_thread"
62 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
63 * wb_writeback_work structure so that the definition remains local to this
66 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
67 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
70 * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
72 int nr_pdflush_threads
;
75 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
76 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
78 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
81 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
83 return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &bdi
->state
);
86 static inline struct backing_dev_info
*inode_to_bdi(struct inode
*inode
)
88 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
90 if (strcmp(sb
->s_type
->name
, "bdev") == 0)
91 return inode
->i_mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
96 static inline struct inode
*wb_inode(struct list_head
*head
)
98 return list_entry(head
, struct inode
, i_wb_list
);
101 /* Wakeup flusher thread or forker thread to fork it. Requires bdi->wb_lock. */
102 static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
105 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
108 * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
109 * will create and run it.
111 wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info
.wb
.task
);
115 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
116 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
118 trace_writeback_queue(bdi
, work
);
120 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
121 list_add_tail(&work
->list
, &bdi
->work_list
);
123 trace_writeback_nothread(bdi
, work
);
124 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi
);
125 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
129 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
130 bool range_cyclic
, enum wb_reason reason
)
132 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
135 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
136 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
138 work
= kzalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
141 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi
);
142 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
147 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
;
148 work
->nr_pages
= nr_pages
;
149 work
->range_cyclic
= range_cyclic
;
150 work
->reason
= reason
;
152 bdi_queue_work(bdi
, work
);
156 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
157 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
158 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
161 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
162 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
163 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
166 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
167 enum wb_reason reason
)
169 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, true, reason
);
173 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
174 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
177 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
178 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
179 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
180 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
182 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
185 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
186 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
188 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi
);
189 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
190 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi
);
191 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
195 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
197 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode
*inode
)
199 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
201 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
202 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
203 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
207 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
208 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
210 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
211 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
212 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
213 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
215 static void redirty_tail(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
217 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
218 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_dirty
)) {
221 tail
= wb_inode(wb
->b_dirty
.next
);
222 if (time_before(inode
->dirtied_when
, tail
->dirtied_when
))
223 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
225 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_dirty
);
229 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
231 static void requeue_io(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
233 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
234 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_more_io
);
237 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode
*inode
)
240 * Prevent speculative execution through
241 * spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
245 wake_up_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
248 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode
*inode
, unsigned long t
)
250 bool ret
= time_after(inode
->dirtied_when
, t
);
253 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
254 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
255 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
256 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
258 ret
= ret
&& time_before_eq(inode
->dirtied_when
, jiffies
);
264 * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
266 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head
*delaying_queue
,
267 struct list_head
*dispatch_queue
,
268 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
271 struct list_head
*pos
, *node
;
272 struct super_block
*sb
= NULL
;
277 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue
)) {
278 inode
= wb_inode(delaying_queue
->prev
);
279 if (work
->older_than_this
&&
280 inode_dirtied_after(inode
, *work
->older_than_this
))
282 if (sb
&& sb
!= inode
->i_sb
)
285 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &tmp
);
289 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
291 list_splice(&tmp
, dispatch_queue
);
295 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
296 while (!list_empty(&tmp
)) {
297 sb
= wb_inode(tmp
.prev
)->i_sb
;
298 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos
, node
, &tmp
) {
299 inode
= wb_inode(pos
);
300 if (inode
->i_sb
== sb
)
301 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, dispatch_queue
);
309 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
311 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
312 * =============> gf edc BA
314 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
315 * =============> g fBAedc
317 * +--> dequeue for IO
319 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
322 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
323 list_splice_init(&wb
->b_more_io
, &wb
->b_io
);
324 moved
= move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty
, &wb
->b_io
, work
);
325 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb
, work
, moved
);
328 static int write_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
330 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
))
331 return inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
336 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
338 static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
,
339 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
341 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
342 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
344 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
345 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
346 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
347 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
348 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, inode_wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
349 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
350 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
355 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under wb->list_lock and
356 * inode->i_lock. Either the caller has an active reference on the inode or
357 * the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
359 * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
361 * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile. We want to avoid
362 * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
366 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
367 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
369 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
370 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
374 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
375 assert_spin_locked(&inode
->i_lock
);
377 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
378 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
380 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
382 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
384 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
385 * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
386 * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
388 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
389 * completed a full scan of b_io.
391 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
392 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
393 trace_writeback_single_inode_requeue(inode
, wbc
,
399 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait.
401 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
, wb
);
404 BUG_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
406 /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
407 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
408 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
409 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
410 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
412 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
415 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
416 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
419 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
420 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
426 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
427 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
430 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
431 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
432 inode
->i_state
&= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
);
433 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
434 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
435 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
436 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
441 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
442 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
443 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_SYNC
;
444 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)) {
446 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in
447 * one shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below.
448 * Update the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
450 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
451 (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
))
452 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
454 if (mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
456 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
457 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
459 inode
->i_state
|= I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
460 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
462 * slice used up: queue for next turn
464 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
467 * Writeback blocked by something other than
468 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
469 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
470 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
471 * that cannot be performed immediately.
473 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
475 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
477 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback
478 * operations, such as delayed allocation during
479 * submission or metadata updates after data IO
482 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
485 * The inode is clean. At this point we either have
486 * a reference to the inode or it's on it's way out.
487 * No need to add it back to the LRU.
489 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
492 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
493 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
497 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
498 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
503 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
504 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
505 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
507 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
510 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
511 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
512 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
513 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
515 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
518 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
519 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
520 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
521 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
522 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
529 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
531 * If @only_this_sb is true, then find and write all such
532 * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
535 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
537 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
538 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
539 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
541 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
542 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
543 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
544 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
545 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
546 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
548 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
550 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
552 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
554 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
555 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
557 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
560 * We only want to write back data for this
561 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
562 * to it back onto the dirty list.
564 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
569 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
570 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
571 * pin the next superblock.
577 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes beeing freed, first
578 * kind does not need peridic writeout yet, and for the latter
579 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
581 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
582 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
583 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
584 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
588 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
589 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
590 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
592 writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
594 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
595 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
596 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
598 if (wbc
.pages_skipped
) {
600 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
601 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
603 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
605 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
606 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
609 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
611 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
612 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
615 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
617 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
624 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
625 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
627 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
630 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
631 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
632 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
634 if (!grab_super_passive(sb
)) {
636 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
637 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
638 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
640 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
643 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
646 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
648 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
650 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
654 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
658 long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
,
659 enum wb_reason reason
)
661 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
662 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
663 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
668 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
669 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
671 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
672 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
674 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
677 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
679 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
681 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
683 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
684 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
)
687 if (bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) >
688 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, background_thresh
))
695 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
696 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
698 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
699 unsigned long start_time
)
701 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
705 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
707 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
708 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
709 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
710 * older than a specific point in time.
712 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
713 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
716 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
717 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
719 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
720 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
722 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
723 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
724 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
728 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
729 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
731 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
734 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
736 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
740 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
741 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
742 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
743 * after the other works are all done.
745 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
746 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
750 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
751 * background dirty threshold
753 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
))
756 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
757 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
758 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
759 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
762 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
763 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
766 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
768 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
769 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
771 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
774 * Did we write something? Try for more
776 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
777 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
778 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
779 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
784 * No more inodes for IO, bail
786 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
789 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
790 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
791 * we'll just busyloop.
793 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
794 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
795 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
796 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
797 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
, wb
);
798 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
801 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
803 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
807 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
809 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
810 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
812 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
814 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
815 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
816 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
817 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
818 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
820 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
825 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
826 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
828 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
830 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
831 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
832 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
835 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
837 if (over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
)) {
839 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
840 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
841 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
844 .reason
= WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
,
847 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
853 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
855 unsigned long expired
;
859 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
861 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
864 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
865 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
866 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
869 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
870 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
873 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
874 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
875 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
878 .reason
= WB_REASON_PERIODIC
,
881 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
888 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
890 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, int force_wait
)
892 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
893 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
896 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
897 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
899 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
900 * because this thread is exiting now.
903 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
;
905 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
907 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
910 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
911 * work item, otherwise just free it.
914 complete(work
->done
);
920 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
922 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
923 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
924 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
930 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
931 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
933 int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data
)
935 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= data
;
936 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
939 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
941 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
944 * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
946 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
948 trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi
);
950 while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
952 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
953 * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
955 del_timer(&wb
->wakeup_timer
);
957 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
, 0);
959 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
962 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
964 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
965 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
) || kthread_should_stop()) {
966 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
970 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
971 schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10));
974 * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
975 * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
976 * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
984 /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
985 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
986 wb_do_writeback(wb
, 1);
988 trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi
);
994 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
997 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
)
999 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
1002 nr_pages
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
1003 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
1007 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
1008 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
1010 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, reason
);
1015 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
1017 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
1018 struct dentry
*dentry
;
1019 const char *name
= "?";
1021 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
1023 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1024 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
1027 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1028 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
1029 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1031 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1038 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1039 * @inode: inode to mark
1040 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1041 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1042 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1044 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1046 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1047 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1048 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1049 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1051 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1054 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1055 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1056 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1057 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1058 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1061 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1063 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1064 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1067 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1068 * dirty the inode itself
1070 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
1071 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1072 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1076 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1081 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1082 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
1085 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1086 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1088 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1089 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1090 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1092 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1095 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1096 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1097 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1099 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1100 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1103 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1104 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1106 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1107 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1108 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1110 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1111 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1114 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1115 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1118 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1119 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1121 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1122 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1123 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1126 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1127 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1128 * bdi thread to make sure background
1129 * write-back happens later.
1131 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1135 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1136 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1137 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1138 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1139 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1142 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1147 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1150 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1153 * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes. A wait will be performed
1154 * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
1156 * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
1157 * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
1159 * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
1160 * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
1161 * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks,
1162 * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
1164 * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io. They are moved back onto
1165 * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing. This way, none can be missed
1166 * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
1167 * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
1169 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1171 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1174 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1175 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1177 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1179 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1182 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1183 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1184 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1185 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1186 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1188 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1189 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1191 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1192 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1193 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1194 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1198 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1199 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1202 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1203 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1204 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1205 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1206 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1212 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1216 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1218 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1223 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1224 * @sb: the superblock
1225 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1227 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1228 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1229 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1231 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1233 enum wb_reason reason
)
1235 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1236 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1238 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1239 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1245 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1246 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1247 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1249 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1252 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1253 * @sb: the superblock
1255 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1256 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1257 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1259 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1261 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1263 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1266 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1267 * @sb: the superblock
1269 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1270 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1272 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1274 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1275 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1276 writeback_inodes_sb(sb
, reason
);
1277 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1282 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle
);
1285 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1286 * @sb: the superblock
1287 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1289 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1290 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1292 int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
,
1294 enum wb_reason reason
)
1296 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1297 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1298 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
, reason
);
1299 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1304 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle
);
1307 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1308 * @sb: the superblock
1310 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1313 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1315 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1316 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1318 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1319 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1322 .reason
= WB_REASON_SYNC
,
1325 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1327 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1328 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1332 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1335 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1336 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1337 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1339 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1340 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1342 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1344 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1346 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1348 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1349 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1350 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1352 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1355 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1356 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1359 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1360 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1361 ret
= writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1362 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1363 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1365 inode_sync_wait(inode
);
1368 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1371 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1372 * @inode: the inode to sync
1373 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1375 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1376 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1377 * update inode->i_state.
1379 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1381 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1383 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1386 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1387 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1388 ret
= writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, wbc
);
1389 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1390 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1393 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1396 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1397 * @inode: the inode to sync
1398 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1400 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1402 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1404 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1406 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1407 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1408 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1411 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1413 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);