2 * include/linux/writeback.h
7 #include <linux/sched.h>
8 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
10 #include <linux/flex_proportions.h>
11 #include <linux/backing-dev-defs.h>
12 #include <linux/blk_types.h>
16 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, dirty_throttle_leaks
);
19 * The 1/4 region under the global dirty thresh is for smooth dirty throttling:
21 * (thresh - thresh/DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE, thresh)
23 * Further beyond, all dirtier tasks will enter a loop waiting (possibly long
24 * time) for the dirty pages to drop, unless written enough pages.
26 * The global dirty threshold is normally equal to the global dirty limit,
27 * except when the system suddenly allocates a lot of anonymous memory and
28 * knocks down the global dirty threshold quickly, in which case the global
29 * dirty limit will follow down slowly to prevent livelocking all dirtier tasks.
32 #define DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE (DIRTY_SCOPE / 2)
34 struct backing_dev_info
;
39 enum writeback_sync_modes
{
40 WB_SYNC_NONE
, /* Don't wait on anything */
41 WB_SYNC_ALL
, /* Wait on every mapping */
45 * why some writeback work was initiated
52 WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER
,
53 WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM
,
54 WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE
,
56 * There is no bdi forker thread any more and works are done
57 * by emergency worker, however, this is TPs userland visible
58 * and we'll be exposing exactly the same information,
59 * so it has a mismatch name.
61 WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD
,
67 * A control structure which tells the writeback code what to do. These are
68 * always on the stack, and hence need no locking. They are always initialised
69 * in a manner such that unspecified fields are set to zero.
71 struct writeback_control
{
72 long nr_to_write
; /* Write this many pages, and decrement
73 this for each page written */
74 long pages_skipped
; /* Pages which were not written */
77 * For a_ops->writepages(): if start or end are non-zero then this is
78 * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
79 * byterange. The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
84 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
86 unsigned for_kupdate
:1; /* A kupdate writeback */
87 unsigned for_background
:1; /* A background writeback */
88 unsigned tagged_writepages
:1; /* tag-and-write to avoid livelock */
89 unsigned for_reclaim
:1; /* Invoked from the page allocator */
90 unsigned range_cyclic
:1; /* range_start is cyclic */
91 unsigned for_sync
:1; /* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
92 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
93 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
; /* wb this writeback is issued under */
94 struct inode
*inode
; /* inode being written out */
96 /* foreign inode detection, see wbc_detach_inode() */
97 int wb_id
; /* current wb id */
98 int wb_lcand_id
; /* last foreign candidate wb id */
99 int wb_tcand_id
; /* this foreign candidate wb id */
100 size_t wb_bytes
; /* bytes written by current wb */
101 size_t wb_lcand_bytes
; /* bytes written by last candidate */
102 size_t wb_tcand_bytes
; /* bytes written by this candidate */
106 static inline int wbc_to_write_flags(struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
108 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
)
110 else if (wbc
->for_kupdate
|| wbc
->for_background
)
111 return REQ_BACKGROUND
;
117 * A wb_domain represents a domain that wb's (bdi_writeback's) belong to
118 * and are measured against each other in. There always is one global
119 * domain, global_wb_domain, that every wb in the system is a member of.
120 * This allows measuring the relative bandwidth of each wb to distribute
121 * dirtyable memory accordingly.
127 * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative
130 * We do this by keeping a floating proportion between BDIs, based
131 * on page writeback completions [end_page_writeback()]. Those
132 * devices that write out pages fastest will get the larger share,
133 * while the slower will get a smaller share.
135 * We use page writeout completions because we are interested in
136 * getting rid of dirty pages. Having them written out is the
139 * We introduce a concept of time, a period over which we measure
140 * these events, because demand can/will vary over time. The length
141 * of this period itself is measured in page writeback completions.
143 struct fprop_global completions
;
144 struct timer_list period_timer
; /* timer for aging of completions */
145 unsigned long period_time
;
148 * The dirtyable memory and dirty threshold could be suddenly
149 * knocked down by a large amount (eg. on the startup of KVM in a
150 * swapless system). This may throw the system into deep dirty
151 * exceeded state and throttle heavy/light dirtiers alike. To
152 * retain good responsiveness, maintain global_dirty_limit for
153 * tracking slowly down to the knocked down dirty threshold.
155 * Both fields are protected by ->lock.
157 unsigned long dirty_limit_tstamp
;
158 unsigned long dirty_limit
;
162 * wb_domain_size_changed - memory available to a wb_domain has changed
163 * @dom: wb_domain of interest
165 * This function should be called when the amount of memory available to
166 * @dom has changed. It resets @dom's dirty limit parameters to prevent
167 * the past values which don't match the current configuration from skewing
168 * dirty throttling. Without this, when memory size of a wb_domain is
169 * greatly reduced, the dirty throttling logic may allow too many pages to
170 * be dirtied leading to consecutive unnecessary OOMs and may get stuck in
173 static inline void wb_domain_size_changed(struct wb_domain
*dom
)
175 spin_lock(&dom
->lock
);
176 dom
->dirty_limit_tstamp
= jiffies
;
177 dom
->dirty_limit
= 0;
178 spin_unlock(&dom
->lock
);
184 struct bdi_writeback
;
185 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*, enum wb_reason reason
);
186 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*, unsigned long nr
,
187 enum wb_reason reason
);
188 bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*, enum wb_reason reason
);
189 bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*, unsigned long nr
,
190 enum wb_reason reason
);
191 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*);
192 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
);
193 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
);
195 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
196 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode
*inode
)
199 wait_on_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_NEW
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
202 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
204 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
205 #include <linux/bio.h>
207 void __inode_attach_wb(struct inode
*inode
, struct page
*page
);
208 void wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
210 __releases(&inode
->i_lock
);
211 void wbc_detach_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
);
212 void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control
*wbc
, struct page
*page
,
214 void cgroup_writeback_umount(void);
217 * inode_attach_wb - associate an inode with its wb
218 * @inode: inode of interest
219 * @page: page being dirtied (may be NULL)
221 * If @inode doesn't have its wb, associate it with the wb matching the
222 * memcg of @page or, if @page is NULL, %current. May be called w/ or w/o
225 static inline void inode_attach_wb(struct inode
*inode
, struct page
*page
)
228 __inode_attach_wb(inode
, page
);
232 * inode_detach_wb - disassociate an inode from its wb
233 * @inode: inode of interest
235 * @inode is being freed. Detach from its wb.
237 static inline void inode_detach_wb(struct inode
*inode
)
240 WARN_ON_ONCE(!(inode
->i_state
& I_CLEAR
));
247 * wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode - associate wbc and inode for fdatawrite
248 * @wbc: writeback_control of interest
249 * @inode: target inode
251 * This function is to be used by __filemap_fdatawrite_range(), which is an
252 * alternative entry point into writeback code, and first ensures @inode is
253 * associated with a bdi_writeback and attaches it to @wbc.
255 static inline void wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
258 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
259 inode_attach_wb(inode
, NULL
);
260 wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(wbc
, inode
);
264 * wbc_init_bio - writeback specific initializtion of bio
265 * @wbc: writeback_control for the writeback in progress
266 * @bio: bio to be initialized
268 * @bio is a part of the writeback in progress controlled by @wbc. Perform
269 * writeback specific initialization. This is used to apply the cgroup
272 static inline void wbc_init_bio(struct writeback_control
*wbc
, struct bio
*bio
)
275 * pageout() path doesn't attach @wbc to the inode being written
276 * out. This is intentional as we don't want the function to block
277 * behind a slow cgroup. Ultimately, we want pageout() to kick off
278 * regular writeback instead of writing things out itself.
281 bio_associate_blkcg(bio
, wbc
->wb
->blkcg_css
);
284 #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */
286 static inline void inode_attach_wb(struct inode
*inode
, struct page
*page
)
290 static inline void inode_detach_wb(struct inode
*inode
)
294 static inline void wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
296 __releases(&inode
->i_lock
)
298 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
301 static inline void wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
306 static inline void wbc_detach_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
310 static inline void wbc_init_bio(struct writeback_control
*wbc
, struct bio
*bio
)
314 static inline void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
315 struct page
*page
, size_t bytes
)
319 static inline void cgroup_writeback_umount(void)
323 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */
326 * mm/page-writeback.c
329 void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info
*info
);
330 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
331 void laptop_mode_sync(struct work_struct
*work
);
332 void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data
);
334 static inline void laptop_sync_completion(void) { }
336 bool node_dirty_ok(struct pglist_data
*pgdat
);
337 int wb_domain_init(struct wb_domain
*dom
, gfp_t gfp
);
338 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
339 void wb_domain_exit(struct wb_domain
*dom
);
342 extern struct wb_domain global_wb_domain
;
344 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
345 extern int dirty_background_ratio
;
346 extern unsigned long dirty_background_bytes
;
347 extern int vm_dirty_ratio
;
348 extern unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes
;
349 extern unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval
;
350 extern unsigned int dirty_expire_interval
;
351 extern unsigned int dirtytime_expire_interval
;
352 extern int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable
;
353 extern int block_dump
;
354 extern int laptop_mode
;
356 extern int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
357 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
359 extern int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
360 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
362 extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
363 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
365 extern int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
366 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
368 int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
369 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
, loff_t
*ppos
);
372 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table
*, int,
373 void __user
*, size_t *, loff_t
*);
375 void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground
, unsigned long *pdirty
);
376 unsigned long wb_calc_thresh(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, unsigned long thresh
);
378 void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, unsigned long start_time
);
379 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space
*mapping
);
380 bool wb_over_bg_thresh(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
);
382 typedef int (*writepage_t
)(struct page
*page
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
385 int generic_writepages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
386 struct writeback_control
*wbc
);
387 void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space
*mapping
,
388 pgoff_t start
, pgoff_t end
);
389 int write_cache_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
390 struct writeback_control
*wbc
, writepage_t writepage
,
392 int do_writepages(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
);
393 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void);
394 void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space
*mapping
,
395 pgoff_t start
, pgoff_t end
);
397 void account_page_redirty(struct page
*page
);
399 void sb_mark_inode_writeback(struct inode
*inode
);
400 void sb_clear_inode_writeback(struct inode
*inode
);
402 #endif /* WRITEBACK_H */