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/export.h>
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 #include <linux/sched.h>
23 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
24 #include <linux/kthread.h>
25 #include <linux/writeback.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
28 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
32 * 4MB minimal write chunk size
34 #define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES (4096UL >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10))
37 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
39 struct wb_writeback_work
{
41 struct super_block
*sb
;
42 unsigned long *older_than_this
;
43 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
44 unsigned int tagged_writepages
:1;
45 unsigned int for_kupdate
:1;
46 unsigned int range_cyclic
:1;
47 unsigned int for_background
:1;
48 unsigned int for_sync
:1; /* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
49 enum wb_reason reason
; /* why was writeback initiated? */
51 struct list_head list
; /* pending work list */
52 struct completion
*done
; /* set if the caller waits */
56 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
57 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
59 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
62 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
64 return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &bdi
->state
);
66 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_in_progress
);
68 static inline struct backing_dev_info
*inode_to_bdi(struct inode
*inode
)
70 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
72 if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb
))
73 return inode
->i_mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
78 static inline struct inode
*wb_inode(struct list_head
*head
)
80 return list_entry(head
, struct inode
, i_wb_list
);
84 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
85 * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition
86 * remains local to this file.
88 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
89 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
91 static void bdi_wakeup_thread(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
93 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
94 if (test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
))
95 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &bdi
->wb
.dwork
, 0);
96 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
99 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
100 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
102 trace_writeback_queue(bdi
, work
);
104 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
105 if (!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
)) {
107 complete(work
->done
);
110 list_add_tail(&work
->list
, &bdi
->work_list
);
111 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &bdi
->wb
.dwork
, 0);
113 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
117 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
118 bool range_cyclic
, enum wb_reason reason
)
120 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
123 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
124 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
126 work
= kzalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
128 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi
);
129 bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi
);
133 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
;
134 work
->nr_pages
= nr_pages
;
135 work
->range_cyclic
= range_cyclic
;
136 work
->reason
= reason
;
138 bdi_queue_work(bdi
, work
);
142 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
143 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
144 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
145 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
148 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
149 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
150 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
153 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
154 enum wb_reason reason
)
156 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, true, reason
);
160 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
161 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
164 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
165 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
166 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
167 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
169 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
172 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
173 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
175 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi
);
176 bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi
);
180 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
182 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode
*inode
)
184 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
186 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
187 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
188 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
192 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
193 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
195 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
196 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
197 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
198 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
200 static void redirty_tail(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
202 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
203 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_dirty
)) {
206 tail
= wb_inode(wb
->b_dirty
.next
);
207 if (time_before(inode
->dirtied_when
, tail
->dirtied_when
))
208 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
210 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_dirty
);
214 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
216 static void requeue_io(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
218 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
219 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_more_io
);
222 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode
*inode
)
224 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_SYNC
;
225 /* If inode is clean an unused, put it into LRU now... */
226 inode_add_lru(inode
);
227 /* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */
229 wake_up_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
232 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode
*inode
, unsigned long t
)
234 bool ret
= time_after(inode
->dirtied_when
, t
);
237 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
238 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
239 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
240 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
242 ret
= ret
&& time_before_eq(inode
->dirtied_when
, jiffies
);
248 * Move expired (dirtied before work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
249 * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
251 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head
*delaying_queue
,
252 struct list_head
*dispatch_queue
,
253 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
256 struct list_head
*pos
, *node
;
257 struct super_block
*sb
= NULL
;
262 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue
)) {
263 inode
= wb_inode(delaying_queue
->prev
);
264 if (work
->older_than_this
&&
265 inode_dirtied_after(inode
, *work
->older_than_this
))
267 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &tmp
);
269 if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode
->i_sb
))
271 if (sb
&& sb
!= inode
->i_sb
)
276 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
278 list_splice(&tmp
, dispatch_queue
);
282 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
283 while (!list_empty(&tmp
)) {
284 sb
= wb_inode(tmp
.prev
)->i_sb
;
285 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos
, node
, &tmp
) {
286 inode
= wb_inode(pos
);
287 if (inode
->i_sb
== sb
)
288 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, dispatch_queue
);
296 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
298 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
299 * =============> gf edc BA
301 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
302 * =============> g fBAedc
304 * +--> dequeue for IO
306 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
309 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
310 list_splice_init(&wb
->b_more_io
, &wb
->b_io
);
311 moved
= move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty
, &wb
->b_io
, work
);
312 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb
, work
, moved
);
315 static int write_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
319 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
)) {
320 trace_writeback_write_inode_start(inode
, wbc
);
321 ret
= inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
322 trace_writeback_write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
329 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held.
330 * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock.
332 static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
333 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
334 __acquires(inode
->i_lock
)
336 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
337 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
339 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
340 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
341 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
342 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, inode_wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
343 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
348 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
350 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
352 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
353 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
354 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
358 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
359 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
360 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
362 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
363 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
366 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
369 prepare_to_wait(wqh
, &wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
370 sleep
= inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
;
371 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
374 finish_wait(wqh
, &wait
);
378 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
379 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we
380 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
381 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
382 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
383 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
385 static void requeue_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
386 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
388 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
392 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one
393 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update
394 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
396 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
397 (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
))
398 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
400 if (wbc
->pages_skipped
) {
402 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
403 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
405 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
409 if (mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
411 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
412 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
414 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
415 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
416 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
419 * Writeback blocked by something other than
420 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
421 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
422 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
423 * that cannot be performed immediately.
425 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
427 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
429 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
430 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
431 * updates after data IO completion.
433 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
435 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
436 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
441 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
442 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
443 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
446 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
448 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
449 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
453 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
));
455 trace_writeback_single_inode_start(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
457 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
460 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
461 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
462 * I/O completion. We don't do it for sync(2) writeback because it has a
463 * separate, external IO completion path and ->sync_fs for guaranteeing
464 * inode metadata is written back correctly.
466 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
&& !wbc
->for_sync
) {
467 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
473 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
474 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
477 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
478 /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */
479 if (!mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
))
480 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
481 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
482 inode
->i_state
&= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
);
483 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
484 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
485 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
486 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
490 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
495 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
496 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
498 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
499 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
500 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
503 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
504 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
508 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
509 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
510 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
512 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
514 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
515 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
)
518 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
519 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
522 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
524 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
526 * Skip inode if it is clean and we have no outstanding writeback in
527 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode. We don't want to mess with writeback lists in this
528 * function since flusher thread may be doing for example sync in
529 * parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So here we
530 * make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there unless
531 * we have completely cleaned the inode.
533 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
534 (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
||
535 !mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK
)))
537 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
538 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
540 ret
= __writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
);
542 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
543 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
545 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
546 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
548 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
549 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
550 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
551 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
553 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
557 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
558 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
563 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
564 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
565 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
567 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
570 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
571 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
572 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
573 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
575 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
578 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
579 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
580 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
581 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
582 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
589 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
591 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
593 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
594 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
595 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
597 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
598 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
599 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
600 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
601 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
602 .for_sync
= work
->for_sync
,
603 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
605 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
607 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
609 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
611 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
612 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
614 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
617 * We only want to write back data for this
618 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
619 * to it back onto the dirty list.
621 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
626 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
627 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
628 * pin the next superblock.
634 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
635 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
636 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
638 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
639 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
640 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
641 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
644 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) && wbc
.sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
646 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
647 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
648 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
649 * other inodes on s_io.
651 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
652 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
654 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
655 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
656 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode
);
659 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
662 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
663 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
666 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
667 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
668 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
669 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
670 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
673 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
674 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
676 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
677 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
678 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
681 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
682 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
684 __writeback_single_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
686 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
687 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
688 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
689 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
690 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
692 requeue_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
693 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
694 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
695 cond_resched_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
697 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
698 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
701 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
703 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
710 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
711 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
713 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
716 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
717 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
718 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
720 if (!grab_super_passive(sb
)) {
722 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
723 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
724 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
726 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
729 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
732 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
734 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
736 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
740 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
744 static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
,
745 enum wb_reason reason
)
747 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
748 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
749 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
754 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
755 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
757 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
758 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
760 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
763 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
765 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
767 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
769 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
770 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
)
773 if (bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) >
774 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, background_thresh
))
781 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
782 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
784 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
785 unsigned long start_time
)
787 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
791 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
793 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
794 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
795 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
796 * older than a specific point in time.
798 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
799 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
802 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
803 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
805 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
806 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
808 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
809 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
810 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
814 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
815 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
817 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
820 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
822 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
826 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
827 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
828 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
829 * after the other works are all done.
831 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
832 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
836 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
837 * background dirty threshold
839 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
))
843 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
844 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
845 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
848 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
849 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
850 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
851 } else if (work
->for_background
)
852 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
854 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
855 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
858 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
860 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
861 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
863 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
866 * Did we write something? Try for more
868 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
869 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
870 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
871 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
876 * No more inodes for IO, bail
878 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
881 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
882 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
883 * we'll just busyloop.
885 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
886 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
887 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
888 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
889 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
890 /* This function drops i_lock... */
891 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
892 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
895 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
897 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
901 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
903 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
904 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
906 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
908 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
909 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
910 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
911 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
912 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
914 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
919 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
920 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
922 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
924 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
925 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
926 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
929 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
931 if (over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
)) {
933 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
934 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
935 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
938 .reason
= WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
,
941 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
947 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
949 unsigned long expired
;
953 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
955 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
958 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
959 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
960 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
963 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
964 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
967 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
968 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
969 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
972 .reason
= WB_REASON_PERIODIC
,
975 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
982 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
984 static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
986 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
987 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
990 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
991 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
993 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
995 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
998 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
999 * work item, otherwise just free it.
1002 complete(work
->done
);
1008 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
1010 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
1011 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
1012 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
1018 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1019 * reschedules periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1021 void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_struct
*work
)
1023 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= container_of(to_delayed_work(work
),
1024 struct bdi_writeback
, dwork
);
1025 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
1028 set_worker_desc("flush-%s", dev_name(bdi
->dev
));
1029 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1031 if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() ||
1032 !test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
))) {
1034 * The normal path. Keep writing back @bdi until its
1035 * work_list is empty. Note that this path is also taken
1036 * if @bdi is shutting down even when we're running off the
1037 * rescuer as work_list needs to be drained.
1040 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
);
1041 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1042 } while (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
));
1045 * bdi_wq can't get enough workers and we're running off
1046 * the emergency worker. Don't hog it. Hopefully, 1024 is
1047 * enough for efficient IO.
1049 pages_written
= writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi
->wb
, 1024,
1050 WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD
);
1051 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1054 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
1055 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &wb
->dwork
, 0);
1056 else if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
1057 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1059 current
->flags
&= ~PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1063 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
1066 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1068 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
1071 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
1074 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
1075 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
1077 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, reason
);
1082 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
1084 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
1085 struct dentry
*dentry
;
1086 const char *name
= "?";
1088 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
1090 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1091 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
1094 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1095 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
1096 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1098 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1105 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1106 * @inode: inode to mark
1107 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1108 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1109 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1111 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1113 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1114 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1115 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1116 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1118 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1121 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1122 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1123 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1124 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1125 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1128 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1130 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1131 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1134 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1135 * dirty the inode itself
1137 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
1138 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode
, flags
);
1140 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1141 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1143 trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1147 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1152 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1153 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
1156 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1157 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1159 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1160 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1161 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1163 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1166 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1167 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1168 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1170 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1171 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1174 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1175 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1177 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1178 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1179 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1181 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1182 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1185 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1186 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1189 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1190 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1192 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1193 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1194 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1195 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1196 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1199 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1200 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1201 * bdi thread to make sure background
1202 * write-back happens later.
1204 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1208 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1209 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1210 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1213 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1218 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1221 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1223 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1225 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1228 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1229 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1231 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1233 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1236 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1237 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1238 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1239 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1240 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1242 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1243 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1245 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1246 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1247 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1248 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1252 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1253 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1256 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1257 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1258 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1259 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1260 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1266 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1270 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1272 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1277 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1278 * @sb: the superblock
1279 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1280 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
1282 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1283 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1284 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1286 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1288 enum wb_reason reason
)
1290 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1291 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1293 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1294 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1300 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1302 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1303 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1304 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1306 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1309 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1310 * @sb: the superblock
1311 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1313 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1314 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1315 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1317 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1319 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1321 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1324 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - try to start writeback if none underway
1325 * @sb: the superblock
1326 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1327 * @reason: the reason of writeback
1329 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
1330 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1332 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1334 enum wb_reason reason
)
1336 if (writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
))
1339 if (!down_read_trylock(&sb
->s_umount
))
1342 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
, reason
);
1343 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1346 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1349 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
1350 * @sb: the superblock
1351 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1353 * Implement by try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr()
1354 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1356 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1358 return try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1360 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb
);
1363 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1364 * @sb: the superblock
1366 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1369 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1371 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1372 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1374 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1375 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1378 .reason
= WB_REASON_SYNC
,
1382 /* Nothing to do? */
1383 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1385 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1387 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1388 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1392 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1395 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1396 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1397 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1399 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1400 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1402 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1404 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1406 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1407 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1408 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1409 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1411 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1414 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1415 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1418 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1420 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1423 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1424 * @inode: the inode to sync
1425 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1427 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1428 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1429 * update inode->i_state.
1431 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1433 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1435 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
, wbc
);
1437 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1440 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1441 * @inode: the inode to sync
1442 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1444 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1446 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1448 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1450 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1451 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1452 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1455 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1457 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);