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>
13 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, dirty_throttle_leaks
);
16 * The 1/4 region under the global dirty thresh is for smooth dirty throttling:
18 * (thresh - thresh/DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE, thresh)
20 * Further beyond, all dirtier tasks will enter a loop waiting (possibly long
21 * time) for the dirty pages to drop, unless written enough pages.
23 * The global dirty threshold is normally equal to the global dirty limit,
24 * except when the system suddenly allocates a lot of anonymous memory and
25 * knocks down the global dirty threshold quickly, in which case the global
26 * dirty limit will follow down slowly to prevent livelocking all dirtier tasks.
29 #define DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE (DIRTY_SCOPE / 2)
31 struct backing_dev_info
;
36 enum writeback_sync_modes
{
37 WB_SYNC_NONE
, /* Don't wait on anything */
38 WB_SYNC_ALL
, /* Wait on every mapping */
42 * why some writeback work was initiated
46 WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES
,
49 WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER
,
50 WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM
,
51 WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE
,
53 * There is no bdi forker thread any more and works are done
54 * by emergency worker, however, this is TPs userland visible
55 * and we'll be exposing exactly the same information,
56 * so it has a mismatch name.
58 WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD
,
64 * A control structure which tells the writeback code what to do. These are
65 * always on the stack, and hence need no locking. They are always initialised
66 * in a manner such that unspecified fields are set to zero.
68 struct writeback_control
{
69 long nr_to_write
; /* Write this many pages, and decrement
70 this for each page written */
71 long pages_skipped
; /* Pages which were not written */
74 * For a_ops->writepages(): if start or end are non-zero then this is
75 * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
76 * byterange. The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
81 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
83 unsigned for_kupdate
:1; /* A kupdate writeback */
84 unsigned for_background
:1; /* A background writeback */
85 unsigned tagged_writepages
:1; /* tag-and-write to avoid livelock */
86 unsigned for_reclaim
:1; /* Invoked from the page allocator */
87 unsigned range_cyclic
:1; /* range_start is cyclic */
88 unsigned for_sync
:1; /* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
89 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
90 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
; /* wb this writeback is issued under */
91 struct inode
*inode
; /* inode being written out */
93 /* foreign inode detection, see wbc_detach_inode() */
94 int wb_id
; /* current wb id */
95 int wb_lcand_id
; /* last foreign candidate wb id */
96 int wb_tcand_id
; /* this foreign candidate wb id */
97 size_t wb_bytes
; /* bytes written by current wb */
98 size_t wb_lcand_bytes
; /* bytes written by last candidate */
99 size_t wb_tcand_bytes
; /* bytes written by this candidate */
104 * A wb_domain represents a domain that wb's (bdi_writeback's) belong to
105 * and are measured against each other in. There always is one global
106 * domain, global_wb_domain, that every wb in the system is a member of.
107 * This allows measuring the relative bandwidth of each wb to distribute
108 * dirtyable memory accordingly.
114 * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative
117 * We do this by keeping a floating proportion between BDIs, based
118 * on page writeback completions [end_page_writeback()]. Those
119 * devices that write out pages fastest will get the larger share,
120 * while the slower will get a smaller share.
122 * We use page writeout completions because we are interested in
123 * getting rid of dirty pages. Having them written out is the
126 * We introduce a concept of time, a period over which we measure
127 * these events, because demand can/will vary over time. The length
128 * of this period itself is measured in page writeback completions.
130 struct fprop_global completions
;
131 struct timer_list period_timer
; /* timer for aging of completions */
132 unsigned long period_time
;
135 * The dirtyable memory and dirty threshold could be suddenly
136 * knocked down by a large amount (eg. on the startup of KVM in a
137 * swapless system). This may throw the system into deep dirty
138 * exceeded state and throttle heavy/light dirtiers alike. To
139 * retain good responsiveness, maintain global_dirty_limit for
140 * tracking slowly down to the knocked down dirty threshold.
142 * Both fields are protected by ->lock.
144 unsigned long dirty_limit_tstamp
;
145 unsigned long dirty_limit
;
149 * wb_domain_size_changed - memory available to a wb_domain has changed
150 * @dom: wb_domain of interest
152 * This function should be called when the amount of memory available to
153 * @dom has changed. It resets @dom's dirty limit parameters to prevent
154 * the past values which don't match the current configuration from skewing
155 * dirty throttling. Without this, when memory size of a wb_domain is
156 * greatly reduced, the dirty throttling logic may allow too many pages to
157 * be dirtied leading to consecutive unnecessary OOMs and may get stuck in
160 static inline void wb_domain_size_changed(struct wb_domain
*dom
)
162 spin_lock(&dom
->lock
);
163 dom
->dirty_limit_tstamp
= jiffies
;
164 dom
->dirty_limit
= 0;
165 spin_unlock(&dom
->lock
);
171 struct bdi_writeback
;
172 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*, enum wb_reason reason
);
173 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*, unsigned long nr
,
174 enum wb_reason reason
);
175 bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*, enum wb_reason reason
);
176 bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*, unsigned long nr
,
177 enum wb_reason reason
);
178 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*);
179 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
);
180 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
);
182 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
183 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode
*inode
)
186 wait_on_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_NEW
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
189 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
191 #include <linux/cgroup.h>
192 #include <linux/bio.h>
194 void __inode_attach_wb(struct inode
*inode
, struct page
*page
);
195 void wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
197 __releases(&inode
->i_lock
);
198 void wbc_detach_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
);
199 void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control
*wbc
, struct page
*page
,
201 void cgroup_writeback_umount(void);
204 * inode_attach_wb - associate an inode with its wb
205 * @inode: inode of interest
206 * @page: page being dirtied (may be NULL)
208 * If @inode doesn't have its wb, associate it with the wb matching the
209 * memcg of @page or, if @page is NULL, %current. May be called w/ or w/o
212 static inline void inode_attach_wb(struct inode
*inode
, struct page
*page
)
215 __inode_attach_wb(inode
, page
);
219 * inode_detach_wb - disassociate an inode from its wb
220 * @inode: inode of interest
222 * @inode is being freed. Detach from its wb.
224 static inline void inode_detach_wb(struct inode
*inode
)
233 * wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode - associate wbc and inode for fdatawrite
234 * @wbc: writeback_control of interest
235 * @inode: target inode
237 * This function is to be used by __filemap_fdatawrite_range(), which is an
238 * alternative entry point into writeback code, and first ensures @inode is
239 * associated with a bdi_writeback and attaches it to @wbc.
241 static inline void wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
244 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
245 inode_attach_wb(inode
, NULL
);
246 wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(wbc
, inode
);
250 * wbc_init_bio - writeback specific initializtion of bio
251 * @wbc: writeback_control for the writeback in progress
252 * @bio: bio to be initialized
254 * @bio is a part of the writeback in progress controlled by @wbc. Perform
255 * writeback specific initialization. This is used to apply the cgroup
258 static inline void wbc_init_bio(struct writeback_control
*wbc
, struct bio
*bio
)
261 * pageout() path doesn't attach @wbc to the inode being written
262 * out. This is intentional as we don't want the function to block
263 * behind a slow cgroup. Ultimately, we want pageout() to kick off
264 * regular writeback instead of writing things out itself.
267 bio_associate_blkcg(bio
, wbc
->wb
->blkcg_css
);
270 #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */
272 static inline void inode_attach_wb(struct inode
*inode
, struct page
*page
)
276 static inline void inode_detach_wb(struct inode
*inode
)
280 static inline void wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
282 __releases(&inode
->i_lock
)
284 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
287 static inline void wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
292 static inline void wbc_detach_inode(struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
296 static inline void wbc_init_bio(struct writeback_control
*wbc
, struct bio
*bio
)
300 static inline void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
301 struct page
*page
, size_t bytes
)
305 static inline void cgroup_writeback_umount(void)
309 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */
312 * mm/page-writeback.c
315 void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info
*info
);
316 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
317 void laptop_mode_sync(struct work_struct
*work
);
318 void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data
);
320 static inline void laptop_sync_completion(void) { }
322 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask
);
323 bool zone_dirty_ok(struct zone
*zone
);
324 int wb_domain_init(struct wb_domain
*dom
, gfp_t gfp
);
325 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
326 void wb_domain_exit(struct wb_domain
*dom
);
329 extern struct wb_domain global_wb_domain
;
331 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
332 extern int dirty_background_ratio
;
333 extern unsigned long dirty_background_bytes
;
334 extern int vm_dirty_ratio
;
335 extern unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes
;
336 extern unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval
;
337 extern unsigned int dirty_expire_interval
;
338 extern unsigned int dirtytime_expire_interval
;
339 extern int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable
;
340 extern int block_dump
;
341 extern int laptop_mode
;
343 extern int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
344 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
346 extern int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
347 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
349 extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
350 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
352 extern int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
353 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
355 int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
356 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
, loff_t
*ppos
);
359 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table
*, int,
360 void __user
*, size_t *, loff_t
*);
362 void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground
, unsigned long *pdirty
);
363 unsigned long wb_calc_thresh(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, unsigned long thresh
);
365 void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, unsigned long start_time
);
366 void page_writeback_init(void);
367 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space
*mapping
);
368 bool wb_over_bg_thresh(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
);
370 typedef int (*writepage_t
)(struct page
*page
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
373 int generic_writepages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
374 struct writeback_control
*wbc
);
375 void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space
*mapping
,
376 pgoff_t start
, pgoff_t end
);
377 int write_cache_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
378 struct writeback_control
*wbc
, writepage_t writepage
,
380 int do_writepages(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
);
381 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void);
382 void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space
*mapping
,
383 pgoff_t start
, pgoff_t end
);
385 void account_page_redirty(struct page
*page
);
387 #endif /* WRITEBACK_H */