4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
5 * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc., Peter Zijlstra <pzijlstr@redhat.com>
7 * Contains functions related to writing back dirty pages at the
10 * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
14 #include <linux/kernel.h>
15 #include <linux/export.h>
16 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/swap.h>
20 #include <linux/slab.h>
21 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
22 #include <linux/writeback.h>
23 #include <linux/init.h>
24 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
25 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/mpage.h>
28 #include <linux/rmap.h>
29 #include <linux/percpu.h>
30 #include <linux/notifier.h>
31 #include <linux/smp.h>
32 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
33 #include <linux/cpu.h>
34 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
35 #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* __set_page_dirty_buffers */
36 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
37 #include <linux/timer.h>
38 #include <linux/sched/rt.h>
39 #include <linux/mm_inline.h>
40 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
45 * Sleep at most 200ms at a time in balance_dirty_pages().
47 #define MAX_PAUSE max(HZ/5, 1)
50 * Try to keep balance_dirty_pages() call intervals higher than this many pages
51 * by raising pause time to max_pause when falls below it.
53 #define DIRTY_POLL_THRESH (128 >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10))
56 * Estimate write bandwidth at 200ms intervals.
58 #define BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL max(HZ/5, 1)
60 #define RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT 10
63 * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited
64 * will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling.
66 static long ratelimit_pages
= 32;
68 /* The following parameters are exported via /proc/sys/vm */
71 * Start background writeback (via writeback threads) at this percentage
73 int dirty_background_ratio
= 10;
76 * dirty_background_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
77 * dirty_background_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
79 unsigned long dirty_background_bytes
;
82 * free highmem will not be subtracted from the total free memory
83 * for calculating free ratios if vm_highmem_is_dirtyable is true
85 int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable
;
88 * The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
90 int vm_dirty_ratio
= 20;
93 * vm_dirty_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
94 * vm_dirty_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
96 unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes
;
99 * The interval between `kupdate'-style writebacks
101 unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval
= 5 * 100; /* centiseconds */
103 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dirty_writeback_interval
);
106 * The longest time for which data is allowed to remain dirty
108 unsigned int dirty_expire_interval
= 30 * 100; /* centiseconds */
111 * Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings.
116 * Flag that puts the machine in "laptop mode". Doubles as a timeout in jiffies:
117 * a full sync is triggered after this time elapses without any disk activity.
121 EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode
);
123 /* End of sysctl-exported parameters */
125 unsigned long global_dirty_limit
;
128 * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative writeout speeds.
130 * We do this by keeping a floating proportion between BDIs, based on page
131 * writeback completions [end_page_writeback()]. Those devices that write out
132 * pages fastest will get the larger share, while the slower will get a smaller
135 * We use page writeout completions because we are interested in getting rid of
136 * dirty pages. Having them written out is the primary goal.
138 * We introduce a concept of time, a period over which we measure these events,
139 * because demand can/will vary over time. The length of this period itself is
140 * measured in page writeback completions.
143 static struct fprop_global writeout_completions
;
145 static void writeout_period(unsigned long t
);
146 /* Timer for aging of writeout_completions */
147 static struct timer_list writeout_period_timer
=
148 TIMER_DEFERRED_INITIALIZER(writeout_period
, 0, 0);
149 static unsigned long writeout_period_time
= 0;
152 * Length of period for aging writeout fractions of bdis. This is an
153 * arbitrarily chosen number. The longer the period, the slower fractions will
154 * reflect changes in current writeout rate.
156 #define VM_COMPLETIONS_PERIOD_LEN (3*HZ)
159 * In a memory zone, there is a certain amount of pages we consider
160 * available for the page cache, which is essentially the number of
161 * free and reclaimable pages, minus some zone reserves to protect
162 * lowmem and the ability to uphold the zone's watermarks without
163 * requiring writeback.
165 * This number of dirtyable pages is the base value of which the
166 * user-configurable dirty ratio is the effictive number of pages that
167 * are allowed to be actually dirtied. Per individual zone, or
168 * globally by using the sum of dirtyable pages over all zones.
170 * Because the user is allowed to specify the dirty limit globally as
171 * absolute number of bytes, calculating the per-zone dirty limit can
172 * require translating the configured limit into a percentage of
173 * global dirtyable memory first.
177 * zone_dirtyable_memory - number of dirtyable pages in a zone
180 * Returns the zone's number of pages potentially available for dirty
181 * page cache. This is the base value for the per-zone dirty limits.
183 static unsigned long zone_dirtyable_memory(struct zone
*zone
)
185 unsigned long nr_pages
;
187 nr_pages
= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FREE_PAGES
);
188 nr_pages
-= min(nr_pages
, zone
->dirty_balance_reserve
);
190 nr_pages
+= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
191 nr_pages
+= zone_page_state(zone
, NR_ACTIVE_FILE
);
196 static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total
)
198 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
202 for_each_node_state(node
, N_HIGH_MEMORY
) {
203 struct zone
*z
= &NODE_DATA(node
)->node_zones
[ZONE_HIGHMEM
];
205 x
+= zone_dirtyable_memory(z
);
208 * Unreclaimable memory (kernel memory or anonymous memory
209 * without swap) can bring down the dirtyable pages below
210 * the zone's dirty balance reserve and the above calculation
211 * will underflow. However we still want to add in nodes
212 * which are below threshold (negative values) to get a more
213 * accurate calculation but make sure that the total never
220 * Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger
221 * than the number of the total dirtyable memory. This can only
222 * occur in very strange VM situations but we want to make sure
223 * that this does not occur.
225 return min(x
, total
);
232 * global_dirtyable_memory - number of globally dirtyable pages
234 * Returns the global number of pages potentially available for dirty
235 * page cache. This is the base value for the global dirty limits.
237 static unsigned long global_dirtyable_memory(void)
241 x
= global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES
);
242 x
-= min(x
, dirty_balance_reserve
);
244 x
+= global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE_FILE
);
245 x
+= global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE_FILE
);
247 if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable
)
248 x
-= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x
);
250 return x
+ 1; /* Ensure that we never return 0 */
254 * global_dirty_limits - background-writeback and dirty-throttling thresholds
256 * Calculate the dirty thresholds based on sysctl parameters
257 * - vm.dirty_background_ratio or vm.dirty_background_bytes
258 * - vm.dirty_ratio or vm.dirty_bytes
259 * The dirty limits will be lifted by 1/4 for PF_LESS_THROTTLE (ie. nfsd) and
262 void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground
, unsigned long *pdirty
)
264 const unsigned long available_memory
= global_dirtyable_memory();
265 unsigned long background
;
267 struct task_struct
*tsk
;
270 dirty
= DIV_ROUND_UP(vm_dirty_bytes
, PAGE_SIZE
);
272 dirty
= (vm_dirty_ratio
* available_memory
) / 100;
274 if (dirty_background_bytes
)
275 background
= DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_background_bytes
, PAGE_SIZE
);
277 background
= (dirty_background_ratio
* available_memory
) / 100;
279 if (background
>= dirty
)
280 background
= dirty
/ 2;
282 if (tsk
->flags
& PF_LESS_THROTTLE
|| rt_task(tsk
)) {
283 background
+= background
/ 4;
286 *pbackground
= background
;
288 trace_global_dirty_state(background
, dirty
);
292 * zone_dirty_limit - maximum number of dirty pages allowed in a zone
295 * Returns the maximum number of dirty pages allowed in a zone, based
296 * on the zone's dirtyable memory.
298 static unsigned long zone_dirty_limit(struct zone
*zone
)
300 unsigned long zone_memory
= zone_dirtyable_memory(zone
);
301 struct task_struct
*tsk
= current
;
305 dirty
= DIV_ROUND_UP(vm_dirty_bytes
, PAGE_SIZE
) *
306 zone_memory
/ global_dirtyable_memory();
308 dirty
= vm_dirty_ratio
* zone_memory
/ 100;
310 if (tsk
->flags
& PF_LESS_THROTTLE
|| rt_task(tsk
))
317 * zone_dirty_ok - tells whether a zone is within its dirty limits
318 * @zone: the zone to check
320 * Returns %true when the dirty pages in @zone are within the zone's
321 * dirty limit, %false if the limit is exceeded.
323 bool zone_dirty_ok(struct zone
*zone
)
325 unsigned long limit
= zone_dirty_limit(zone
);
327 return zone_page_state(zone
, NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
328 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
329 zone_page_state(zone
, NR_WRITEBACK
) <= limit
;
332 int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
333 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
338 ret
= proc_dointvec_minmax(table
, write
, buffer
, lenp
, ppos
);
339 if (ret
== 0 && write
)
340 dirty_background_bytes
= 0;
344 int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
345 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
350 ret
= proc_doulongvec_minmax(table
, write
, buffer
, lenp
, ppos
);
351 if (ret
== 0 && write
)
352 dirty_background_ratio
= 0;
356 int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
357 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
360 int old_ratio
= vm_dirty_ratio
;
363 ret
= proc_dointvec_minmax(table
, write
, buffer
, lenp
, ppos
);
364 if (ret
== 0 && write
&& vm_dirty_ratio
!= old_ratio
) {
365 writeback_set_ratelimit();
371 int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
372 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
375 unsigned long old_bytes
= vm_dirty_bytes
;
378 ret
= proc_doulongvec_minmax(table
, write
, buffer
, lenp
, ppos
);
379 if (ret
== 0 && write
&& vm_dirty_bytes
!= old_bytes
) {
380 writeback_set_ratelimit();
386 static unsigned long wp_next_time(unsigned long cur_time
)
388 cur_time
+= VM_COMPLETIONS_PERIOD_LEN
;
389 /* 0 has a special meaning... */
396 * Increment the BDI's writeout completion count and the global writeout
397 * completion count. Called from test_clear_page_writeback().
399 static inline void __bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
401 __inc_bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_WRITTEN
);
402 __fprop_inc_percpu_max(&writeout_completions
, &bdi
->completions
,
404 /* First event after period switching was turned off? */
405 if (!unlikely(writeout_period_time
)) {
407 * We can race with other __bdi_writeout_inc calls here but
408 * it does not cause any harm since the resulting time when
409 * timer will fire and what is in writeout_period_time will be
412 writeout_period_time
= wp_next_time(jiffies
);
413 mod_timer(&writeout_period_timer
, writeout_period_time
);
417 void bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
421 local_irq_save(flags
);
422 __bdi_writeout_inc(bdi
);
423 local_irq_restore(flags
);
425 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_writeout_inc
);
428 * Obtain an accurate fraction of the BDI's portion.
430 static void bdi_writeout_fraction(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
431 long *numerator
, long *denominator
)
433 fprop_fraction_percpu(&writeout_completions
, &bdi
->completions
,
434 numerator
, denominator
);
438 * On idle system, we can be called long after we scheduled because we use
439 * deferred timers so count with missed periods.
441 static void writeout_period(unsigned long t
)
443 int miss_periods
= (jiffies
- writeout_period_time
) /
444 VM_COMPLETIONS_PERIOD_LEN
;
446 if (fprop_new_period(&writeout_completions
, miss_periods
+ 1)) {
447 writeout_period_time
= wp_next_time(writeout_period_time
+
448 miss_periods
* VM_COMPLETIONS_PERIOD_LEN
);
449 mod_timer(&writeout_period_timer
, writeout_period_time
);
452 * Aging has zeroed all fractions. Stop wasting CPU on period
455 writeout_period_time
= 0;
460 * bdi_min_ratio keeps the sum of the minimum dirty shares of all
461 * registered backing devices, which, for obvious reasons, can not
464 static unsigned int bdi_min_ratio
;
466 int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, unsigned int min_ratio
)
470 spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock
);
471 if (min_ratio
> bdi
->max_ratio
) {
474 min_ratio
-= bdi
->min_ratio
;
475 if (bdi_min_ratio
+ min_ratio
< 100) {
476 bdi_min_ratio
+= min_ratio
;
477 bdi
->min_ratio
+= min_ratio
;
482 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock
);
487 int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, unsigned max_ratio
)
494 spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock
);
495 if (bdi
->min_ratio
> max_ratio
) {
498 bdi
->max_ratio
= max_ratio
;
499 bdi
->max_prop_frac
= (FPROP_FRAC_BASE
* max_ratio
) / 100;
501 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock
);
505 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_set_max_ratio
);
507 static unsigned long dirty_freerun_ceiling(unsigned long thresh
,
508 unsigned long bg_thresh
)
510 return (thresh
+ bg_thresh
) / 2;
513 static unsigned long hard_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh
)
515 return max(thresh
, global_dirty_limit
);
519 * bdi_dirty_limit - @bdi's share of dirty throttling threshold
520 * @bdi: the backing_dev_info to query
521 * @dirty: global dirty limit in pages
523 * Returns @bdi's dirty limit in pages. The term "dirty" in the context of
524 * dirty balancing includes all PG_dirty, PG_writeback and NFS unstable pages.
526 * Note that balance_dirty_pages() will only seriously take it as a hard limit
527 * when sleeping max_pause per page is not enough to keep the dirty pages under
528 * control. For example, when the device is completely stalled due to some error
529 * conditions, or when there are 1000 dd tasks writing to a slow 10MB/s USB key.
530 * In the other normal situations, it acts more gently by throttling the tasks
531 * more (rather than completely block them) when the bdi dirty pages go high.
533 * It allocates high/low dirty limits to fast/slow devices, in order to prevent
534 * - starving fast devices
535 * - piling up dirty pages (that will take long time to sync) on slow devices
537 * The bdi's share of dirty limit will be adapting to its throughput and
538 * bounded by the bdi->min_ratio and/or bdi->max_ratio parameters, if set.
540 unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, unsigned long dirty
)
543 long numerator
, denominator
;
546 * Calculate this BDI's share of the dirty ratio.
548 bdi_writeout_fraction(bdi
, &numerator
, &denominator
);
550 bdi_dirty
= (dirty
* (100 - bdi_min_ratio
)) / 100;
551 bdi_dirty
*= numerator
;
552 do_div(bdi_dirty
, denominator
);
554 bdi_dirty
+= (dirty
* bdi
->min_ratio
) / 100;
555 if (bdi_dirty
> (dirty
* bdi
->max_ratio
) / 100)
556 bdi_dirty
= dirty
* bdi
->max_ratio
/ 100;
563 * f(dirty) := 1.0 + (----------------)
566 * it's a 3rd order polynomial that subjects to
568 * (1) f(freerun) = 2.0 => rampup dirty_ratelimit reasonably fast
569 * (2) f(setpoint) = 1.0 => the balance point
570 * (3) f(limit) = 0 => the hard limit
571 * (4) df/dx <= 0 => negative feedback control
572 * (5) the closer to setpoint, the smaller |df/dx| (and the reverse)
573 * => fast response on large errors; small oscillation near setpoint
575 static long long pos_ratio_polynom(unsigned long setpoint
,
582 x
= div64_s64(((s64
)setpoint
- (s64
)dirty
) << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT
,
583 limit
- setpoint
+ 1);
585 pos_ratio
= pos_ratio
* x
>> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT
;
586 pos_ratio
= pos_ratio
* x
>> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT
;
587 pos_ratio
+= 1 << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT
;
589 return clamp(pos_ratio
, 0LL, 2LL << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT
);
593 * Dirty position control.
595 * (o) global/bdi setpoints
597 * We want the dirty pages be balanced around the global/bdi setpoints.
598 * When the number of dirty pages is higher/lower than the setpoint, the
599 * dirty position control ratio (and hence task dirty ratelimit) will be
600 * decreased/increased to bring the dirty pages back to the setpoint.
602 * pos_ratio = 1 << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT
604 * if (dirty < setpoint) scale up pos_ratio
605 * if (dirty > setpoint) scale down pos_ratio
607 * if (bdi_dirty < bdi_setpoint) scale up pos_ratio
608 * if (bdi_dirty > bdi_setpoint) scale down pos_ratio
610 * task_ratelimit = dirty_ratelimit * pos_ratio >> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT
612 * (o) global control line
616 * | |<===== global dirty control scope ======>|
624 * 1.0 ................................*
630 * 0 +------------.------------------.----------------------*------------->
631 * freerun^ setpoint^ limit^ dirty pages
633 * (o) bdi control line
641 * | * |<=========== span ============>|
642 * 1.0 .......................*
654 * 1/4 ...............................................* * * * * * * * * * * *
658 * 0 +----------------------.-------------------------------.------------->
659 * bdi_setpoint^ x_intercept^
661 * The bdi control line won't drop below pos_ratio=1/4, so that bdi_dirty can
662 * be smoothly throttled down to normal if it starts high in situations like
663 * - start writing to a slow SD card and a fast disk at the same time. The SD
664 * card's bdi_dirty may rush to many times higher than bdi_setpoint.
665 * - the bdi dirty thresh drops quickly due to change of JBOD workload
667 static unsigned long bdi_position_ratio(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
668 unsigned long thresh
,
669 unsigned long bg_thresh
,
671 unsigned long bdi_thresh
,
672 unsigned long bdi_dirty
)
674 unsigned long write_bw
= bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
;
675 unsigned long freerun
= dirty_freerun_ceiling(thresh
, bg_thresh
);
676 unsigned long limit
= hard_dirty_limit(thresh
);
677 unsigned long x_intercept
;
678 unsigned long setpoint
; /* dirty pages' target balance point */
679 unsigned long bdi_setpoint
;
681 long long pos_ratio
; /* for scaling up/down the rate limit */
684 if (unlikely(dirty
>= limit
))
690 * See comment for pos_ratio_polynom().
692 setpoint
= (freerun
+ limit
) / 2;
693 pos_ratio
= pos_ratio_polynom(setpoint
, dirty
, limit
);
696 * The strictlimit feature is a tool preventing mistrusted filesystems
697 * from growing a large number of dirty pages before throttling. For
698 * such filesystems balance_dirty_pages always checks bdi counters
699 * against bdi limits. Even if global "nr_dirty" is under "freerun".
700 * This is especially important for fuse which sets bdi->max_ratio to
701 * 1% by default. Without strictlimit feature, fuse writeback may
702 * consume arbitrary amount of RAM because it is accounted in
703 * NR_WRITEBACK_TEMP which is not involved in calculating "nr_dirty".
705 * Here, in bdi_position_ratio(), we calculate pos_ratio based on
706 * two values: bdi_dirty and bdi_thresh. Let's consider an example:
707 * total amount of RAM is 16GB, bdi->max_ratio is equal to 1%, global
708 * limits are set by default to 10% and 20% (background and throttle).
709 * Then bdi_thresh is 1% of 20% of 16GB. This amounts to ~8K pages.
710 * bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, bg_thresh) is about ~4K pages. bdi_setpoint is
711 * about ~6K pages (as the average of background and throttle bdi
712 * limits). The 3rd order polynomial will provide positive feedback if
713 * bdi_dirty is under bdi_setpoint and vice versa.
715 * Note, that we cannot use global counters in these calculations
716 * because we want to throttle process writing to a strictlimit BDI
717 * much earlier than global "freerun" is reached (~23MB vs. ~2.3GB
718 * in the example above).
720 if (unlikely(bdi
->capabilities
& BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT
)) {
721 long long bdi_pos_ratio
;
722 unsigned long bdi_bg_thresh
;
725 return min_t(long long, pos_ratio
* 2,
726 2 << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT
);
728 if (bdi_dirty
>= bdi_thresh
)
731 bdi_bg_thresh
= div_u64((u64
)bdi_thresh
* bg_thresh
, thresh
);
732 bdi_setpoint
= dirty_freerun_ceiling(bdi_thresh
,
735 if (bdi_setpoint
== 0 || bdi_setpoint
== bdi_thresh
)
738 bdi_pos_ratio
= pos_ratio_polynom(bdi_setpoint
, bdi_dirty
,
742 * Typically, for strictlimit case, bdi_setpoint << setpoint
743 * and pos_ratio >> bdi_pos_ratio. In the other words global
744 * state ("dirty") is not limiting factor and we have to
745 * make decision based on bdi counters. But there is an
746 * important case when global pos_ratio should get precedence:
747 * global limits are exceeded (e.g. due to activities on other
748 * BDIs) while given strictlimit BDI is below limit.
750 * "pos_ratio * bdi_pos_ratio" would work for the case above,
751 * but it would look too non-natural for the case of all
752 * activity in the system coming from a single strictlimit BDI
753 * with bdi->max_ratio == 100%.
755 * Note that min() below somewhat changes the dynamics of the
756 * control system. Normally, pos_ratio value can be well over 3
757 * (when globally we are at freerun and bdi is well below bdi
758 * setpoint). Now the maximum pos_ratio in the same situation
759 * is 2. We might want to tweak this if we observe the control
760 * system is too slow to adapt.
762 return min(pos_ratio
, bdi_pos_ratio
);
766 * We have computed basic pos_ratio above based on global situation. If
767 * the bdi is over/under its share of dirty pages, we want to scale
768 * pos_ratio further down/up. That is done by the following mechanism.
774 * f(bdi_dirty) := 1.0 + k * (bdi_dirty - bdi_setpoint)
776 * x_intercept - bdi_dirty
777 * := --------------------------
778 * x_intercept - bdi_setpoint
780 * The main bdi control line is a linear function that subjects to
782 * (1) f(bdi_setpoint) = 1.0
783 * (2) k = - 1 / (8 * write_bw) (in single bdi case)
784 * or equally: x_intercept = bdi_setpoint + 8 * write_bw
786 * For single bdi case, the dirty pages are observed to fluctuate
787 * regularly within range
788 * [bdi_setpoint - write_bw/2, bdi_setpoint + write_bw/2]
789 * for various filesystems, where (2) can yield in a reasonable 12.5%
790 * fluctuation range for pos_ratio.
792 * For JBOD case, bdi_thresh (not bdi_dirty!) could fluctuate up to its
793 * own size, so move the slope over accordingly and choose a slope that
794 * yields 100% pos_ratio fluctuation on suddenly doubled bdi_thresh.
796 if (unlikely(bdi_thresh
> thresh
))
799 * It's very possible that bdi_thresh is close to 0 not because the
800 * device is slow, but that it has remained inactive for long time.
801 * Honour such devices a reasonable good (hopefully IO efficient)
802 * threshold, so that the occasional writes won't be blocked and active
803 * writes can rampup the threshold quickly.
805 bdi_thresh
= max(bdi_thresh
, (limit
- dirty
) / 8);
807 * scale global setpoint to bdi's:
808 * bdi_setpoint = setpoint * bdi_thresh / thresh
810 x
= div_u64((u64
)bdi_thresh
<< 16, thresh
+ 1);
811 bdi_setpoint
= setpoint
* (u64
)x
>> 16;
813 * Use span=(8*write_bw) in single bdi case as indicated by
814 * (thresh - bdi_thresh ~= 0) and transit to bdi_thresh in JBOD case.
816 * bdi_thresh thresh - bdi_thresh
817 * span = ---------- * (8 * write_bw) + ------------------- * bdi_thresh
820 span
= (thresh
- bdi_thresh
+ 8 * write_bw
) * (u64
)x
>> 16;
821 x_intercept
= bdi_setpoint
+ span
;
823 if (bdi_dirty
< x_intercept
- span
/ 4) {
824 pos_ratio
= div64_u64(pos_ratio
* (x_intercept
- bdi_dirty
),
825 x_intercept
- bdi_setpoint
+ 1);
830 * bdi reserve area, safeguard against dirty pool underrun and disk idle
831 * It may push the desired control point of global dirty pages higher
834 x_intercept
= bdi_thresh
/ 2;
835 if (bdi_dirty
< x_intercept
) {
836 if (bdi_dirty
> x_intercept
/ 8)
837 pos_ratio
= div_u64(pos_ratio
* x_intercept
, bdi_dirty
);
845 static void bdi_update_write_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
846 unsigned long elapsed
,
847 unsigned long written
)
849 const unsigned long period
= roundup_pow_of_two(3 * HZ
);
850 unsigned long avg
= bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
;
851 unsigned long old
= bdi
->write_bandwidth
;
855 * bw = written * HZ / elapsed
857 * bw * elapsed + write_bandwidth * (period - elapsed)
858 * write_bandwidth = ---------------------------------------------------
861 bw
= written
- bdi
->written_stamp
;
863 if (unlikely(elapsed
> period
)) {
868 bw
+= (u64
)bdi
->write_bandwidth
* (period
- elapsed
);
869 bw
>>= ilog2(period
);
872 * one more level of smoothing, for filtering out sudden spikes
874 if (avg
> old
&& old
>= (unsigned long)bw
)
875 avg
-= (avg
- old
) >> 3;
877 if (avg
< old
&& old
<= (unsigned long)bw
)
878 avg
+= (old
- avg
) >> 3;
881 bdi
->write_bandwidth
= bw
;
882 bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
= avg
;
886 * The global dirtyable memory and dirty threshold could be suddenly knocked
887 * down by a large amount (eg. on the startup of KVM in a swapless system).
888 * This may throw the system into deep dirty exceeded state and throttle
889 * heavy/light dirtiers alike. To retain good responsiveness, maintain
890 * global_dirty_limit for tracking slowly down to the knocked down dirty
893 static void update_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh
, unsigned long dirty
)
895 unsigned long limit
= global_dirty_limit
;
898 * Follow up in one step.
900 if (limit
< thresh
) {
906 * Follow down slowly. Use the higher one as the target, because thresh
907 * may drop below dirty. This is exactly the reason to introduce
908 * global_dirty_limit which is guaranteed to lie above the dirty pages.
910 thresh
= max(thresh
, dirty
);
911 if (limit
> thresh
) {
912 limit
-= (limit
- thresh
) >> 5;
917 global_dirty_limit
= limit
;
920 static void global_update_bandwidth(unsigned long thresh
,
924 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dirty_lock
);
925 static unsigned long update_time
;
928 * check locklessly first to optimize away locking for the most time
930 if (time_before(now
, update_time
+ BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL
))
933 spin_lock(&dirty_lock
);
934 if (time_after_eq(now
, update_time
+ BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL
)) {
935 update_dirty_limit(thresh
, dirty
);
938 spin_unlock(&dirty_lock
);
942 * Maintain bdi->dirty_ratelimit, the base dirty throttle rate.
944 * Normal bdi tasks will be curbed at or below it in long term.
945 * Obviously it should be around (write_bw / N) when there are N dd tasks.
947 static void bdi_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
948 unsigned long thresh
,
949 unsigned long bg_thresh
,
951 unsigned long bdi_thresh
,
952 unsigned long bdi_dirty
,
953 unsigned long dirtied
,
954 unsigned long elapsed
)
956 unsigned long freerun
= dirty_freerun_ceiling(thresh
, bg_thresh
);
957 unsigned long limit
= hard_dirty_limit(thresh
);
958 unsigned long setpoint
= (freerun
+ limit
) / 2;
959 unsigned long write_bw
= bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
;
960 unsigned long dirty_ratelimit
= bdi
->dirty_ratelimit
;
961 unsigned long dirty_rate
;
962 unsigned long task_ratelimit
;
963 unsigned long balanced_dirty_ratelimit
;
964 unsigned long pos_ratio
;
969 * The dirty rate will match the writeout rate in long term, except
970 * when dirty pages are truncated by userspace or re-dirtied by FS.
972 dirty_rate
= (dirtied
- bdi
->dirtied_stamp
) * HZ
/ elapsed
;
974 pos_ratio
= bdi_position_ratio(bdi
, thresh
, bg_thresh
, dirty
,
975 bdi_thresh
, bdi_dirty
);
977 * task_ratelimit reflects each dd's dirty rate for the past 200ms.
979 task_ratelimit
= (u64
)dirty_ratelimit
*
980 pos_ratio
>> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT
;
981 task_ratelimit
++; /* it helps rampup dirty_ratelimit from tiny values */
984 * A linear estimation of the "balanced" throttle rate. The theory is,
985 * if there are N dd tasks, each throttled at task_ratelimit, the bdi's
986 * dirty_rate will be measured to be (N * task_ratelimit). So the below
987 * formula will yield the balanced rate limit (write_bw / N).
989 * Note that the expanded form is not a pure rate feedback:
990 * rate_(i+1) = rate_(i) * (write_bw / dirty_rate) (1)
991 * but also takes pos_ratio into account:
992 * rate_(i+1) = rate_(i) * (write_bw / dirty_rate) * pos_ratio (2)
994 * (1) is not realistic because pos_ratio also takes part in balancing
995 * the dirty rate. Consider the state
996 * pos_ratio = 0.5 (3)
997 * rate = 2 * (write_bw / N) (4)
998 * If (1) is used, it will stuck in that state! Because each dd will
1000 * task_ratelimit = pos_ratio * rate = (write_bw / N) (5)
1002 * dirty_rate = N * task_ratelimit = write_bw (6)
1003 * put (6) into (1) we get
1004 * rate_(i+1) = rate_(i) (7)
1006 * So we end up using (2) to always keep
1007 * rate_(i+1) ~= (write_bw / N) (8)
1008 * regardless of the value of pos_ratio. As long as (8) is satisfied,
1009 * pos_ratio is able to drive itself to 1.0, which is not only where
1010 * the dirty count meet the setpoint, but also where the slope of
1011 * pos_ratio is most flat and hence task_ratelimit is least fluctuated.
1013 balanced_dirty_ratelimit
= div_u64((u64
)task_ratelimit
* write_bw
,
1016 * balanced_dirty_ratelimit ~= (write_bw / N) <= write_bw
1018 if (unlikely(balanced_dirty_ratelimit
> write_bw
))
1019 balanced_dirty_ratelimit
= write_bw
;
1022 * We could safely do this and return immediately:
1024 * bdi->dirty_ratelimit = balanced_dirty_ratelimit;
1026 * However to get a more stable dirty_ratelimit, the below elaborated
1027 * code makes use of task_ratelimit to filter out singular points and
1028 * limit the step size.
1030 * The below code essentially only uses the relative value of
1032 * task_ratelimit - dirty_ratelimit
1033 * = (pos_ratio - 1) * dirty_ratelimit
1035 * which reflects the direction and size of dirty position error.
1039 * dirty_ratelimit will follow balanced_dirty_ratelimit iff
1040 * task_ratelimit is on the same side of dirty_ratelimit, too.
1042 * - dirty_ratelimit > balanced_dirty_ratelimit
1043 * - dirty_ratelimit > task_ratelimit (dirty pages are above setpoint)
1044 * lowering dirty_ratelimit will help meet both the position and rate
1045 * control targets. Otherwise, don't update dirty_ratelimit if it will
1046 * only help meet the rate target. After all, what the users ultimately
1047 * feel and care are stable dirty rate and small position error.
1049 * |task_ratelimit - dirty_ratelimit| is used to limit the step size
1050 * and filter out the singular points of balanced_dirty_ratelimit. Which
1051 * keeps jumping around randomly and can even leap far away at times
1052 * due to the small 200ms estimation period of dirty_rate (we want to
1053 * keep that period small to reduce time lags).
1058 * For strictlimit case, calculations above were based on bdi counters
1059 * and limits (starting from pos_ratio = bdi_position_ratio() and up to
1060 * balanced_dirty_ratelimit = task_ratelimit * write_bw / dirty_rate).
1061 * Hence, to calculate "step" properly, we have to use bdi_dirty as
1062 * "dirty" and bdi_setpoint as "setpoint".
1064 * We rampup dirty_ratelimit forcibly if bdi_dirty is low because
1065 * it's possible that bdi_thresh is close to zero due to inactivity
1066 * of backing device (see the implementation of bdi_dirty_limit()).
1068 if (unlikely(bdi
->capabilities
& BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT
)) {
1071 setpoint
= bdi_dirty
+ 1;
1073 setpoint
= (bdi_thresh
+
1074 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, bg_thresh
)) / 2;
1077 if (dirty
< setpoint
) {
1078 x
= min3(bdi
->balanced_dirty_ratelimit
,
1079 balanced_dirty_ratelimit
, task_ratelimit
);
1080 if (dirty_ratelimit
< x
)
1081 step
= x
- dirty_ratelimit
;
1083 x
= max3(bdi
->balanced_dirty_ratelimit
,
1084 balanced_dirty_ratelimit
, task_ratelimit
);
1085 if (dirty_ratelimit
> x
)
1086 step
= dirty_ratelimit
- x
;
1090 * Don't pursue 100% rate matching. It's impossible since the balanced
1091 * rate itself is constantly fluctuating. So decrease the track speed
1092 * when it gets close to the target. Helps eliminate pointless tremors.
1094 step
>>= dirty_ratelimit
/ (2 * step
+ 1);
1096 * Limit the tracking speed to avoid overshooting.
1098 step
= (step
+ 7) / 8;
1100 if (dirty_ratelimit
< balanced_dirty_ratelimit
)
1101 dirty_ratelimit
+= step
;
1103 dirty_ratelimit
-= step
;
1105 bdi
->dirty_ratelimit
= max(dirty_ratelimit
, 1UL);
1106 bdi
->balanced_dirty_ratelimit
= balanced_dirty_ratelimit
;
1108 trace_bdi_dirty_ratelimit(bdi
, dirty_rate
, task_ratelimit
);
1111 void __bdi_update_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
1112 unsigned long thresh
,
1113 unsigned long bg_thresh
,
1114 unsigned long dirty
,
1115 unsigned long bdi_thresh
,
1116 unsigned long bdi_dirty
,
1117 unsigned long start_time
)
1119 unsigned long now
= jiffies
;
1120 unsigned long elapsed
= now
- bdi
->bw_time_stamp
;
1121 unsigned long dirtied
;
1122 unsigned long written
;
1125 * rate-limit, only update once every 200ms.
1127 if (elapsed
< BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL
)
1130 dirtied
= percpu_counter_read(&bdi
->bdi_stat
[BDI_DIRTIED
]);
1131 written
= percpu_counter_read(&bdi
->bdi_stat
[BDI_WRITTEN
]);
1134 * Skip quiet periods when disk bandwidth is under-utilized.
1135 * (at least 1s idle time between two flusher runs)
1137 if (elapsed
> HZ
&& time_before(bdi
->bw_time_stamp
, start_time
))
1141 global_update_bandwidth(thresh
, dirty
, now
);
1142 bdi_update_dirty_ratelimit(bdi
, thresh
, bg_thresh
, dirty
,
1143 bdi_thresh
, bdi_dirty
,
1146 bdi_update_write_bandwidth(bdi
, elapsed
, written
);
1149 bdi
->dirtied_stamp
= dirtied
;
1150 bdi
->written_stamp
= written
;
1151 bdi
->bw_time_stamp
= now
;
1154 static void bdi_update_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
1155 unsigned long thresh
,
1156 unsigned long bg_thresh
,
1157 unsigned long dirty
,
1158 unsigned long bdi_thresh
,
1159 unsigned long bdi_dirty
,
1160 unsigned long start_time
)
1162 if (time_is_after_eq_jiffies(bdi
->bw_time_stamp
+ BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL
))
1164 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1165 __bdi_update_bandwidth(bdi
, thresh
, bg_thresh
, dirty
,
1166 bdi_thresh
, bdi_dirty
, start_time
);
1167 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1171 * After a task dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited()
1172 * will look to see if it needs to start dirty throttling.
1174 * If dirty_poll_interval is too low, big NUMA machines will call the expensive
1175 * global_page_state() too often. So scale it near-sqrt to the safety margin
1176 * (the number of pages we may dirty without exceeding the dirty limits).
1178 static unsigned long dirty_poll_interval(unsigned long dirty
,
1179 unsigned long thresh
)
1182 return 1UL << (ilog2(thresh
- dirty
) >> 1);
1187 static unsigned long bdi_max_pause(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
1188 unsigned long bdi_dirty
)
1190 unsigned long bw
= bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
;
1194 * Limit pause time for small memory systems. If sleeping for too long
1195 * time, a small pool of dirty/writeback pages may go empty and disk go
1198 * 8 serves as the safety ratio.
1200 t
= bdi_dirty
/ (1 + bw
/ roundup_pow_of_two(1 + HZ
/ 8));
1203 return min_t(unsigned long, t
, MAX_PAUSE
);
1206 static long bdi_min_pause(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
1208 unsigned long task_ratelimit
,
1209 unsigned long dirty_ratelimit
,
1210 int *nr_dirtied_pause
)
1212 long hi
= ilog2(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
);
1213 long lo
= ilog2(bdi
->dirty_ratelimit
);
1214 long t
; /* target pause */
1215 long pause
; /* estimated next pause */
1216 int pages
; /* target nr_dirtied_pause */
1218 /* target for 10ms pause on 1-dd case */
1219 t
= max(1, HZ
/ 100);
1222 * Scale up pause time for concurrent dirtiers in order to reduce CPU
1225 * (N * 10ms) on 2^N concurrent tasks.
1228 t
+= (hi
- lo
) * (10 * HZ
) / 1024;
1231 * This is a bit convoluted. We try to base the next nr_dirtied_pause
1232 * on the much more stable dirty_ratelimit. However the next pause time
1233 * will be computed based on task_ratelimit and the two rate limits may
1234 * depart considerably at some time. Especially if task_ratelimit goes
1235 * below dirty_ratelimit/2 and the target pause is max_pause, the next
1236 * pause time will be max_pause*2 _trimmed down_ to max_pause. As a
1237 * result task_ratelimit won't be executed faithfully, which could
1238 * eventually bring down dirty_ratelimit.
1240 * We apply two rules to fix it up:
1241 * 1) try to estimate the next pause time and if necessary, use a lower
1242 * nr_dirtied_pause so as not to exceed max_pause. When this happens,
1243 * nr_dirtied_pause will be "dancing" with task_ratelimit.
1244 * 2) limit the target pause time to max_pause/2, so that the normal
1245 * small fluctuations of task_ratelimit won't trigger rule (1) and
1246 * nr_dirtied_pause will remain as stable as dirty_ratelimit.
1248 t
= min(t
, 1 + max_pause
/ 2);
1249 pages
= dirty_ratelimit
* t
/ roundup_pow_of_two(HZ
);
1252 * Tiny nr_dirtied_pause is found to hurt I/O performance in the test
1253 * case fio-mmap-randwrite-64k, which does 16*{sync read, async write}.
1254 * When the 16 consecutive reads are often interrupted by some dirty
1255 * throttling pause during the async writes, cfq will go into idles
1256 * (deadline is fine). So push nr_dirtied_pause as high as possible
1257 * until reaches DIRTY_POLL_THRESH=32 pages.
1259 if (pages
< DIRTY_POLL_THRESH
) {
1261 pages
= dirty_ratelimit
* t
/ roundup_pow_of_two(HZ
);
1262 if (pages
> DIRTY_POLL_THRESH
) {
1263 pages
= DIRTY_POLL_THRESH
;
1264 t
= HZ
* DIRTY_POLL_THRESH
/ dirty_ratelimit
;
1268 pause
= HZ
* pages
/ (task_ratelimit
+ 1);
1269 if (pause
> max_pause
) {
1271 pages
= task_ratelimit
* t
/ roundup_pow_of_two(HZ
);
1274 *nr_dirtied_pause
= pages
;
1276 * The minimal pause time will normally be half the target pause time.
1278 return pages
>= DIRTY_POLL_THRESH
? 1 + t
/ 2 : t
;
1281 static inline void bdi_dirty_limits(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
1282 unsigned long dirty_thresh
,
1283 unsigned long background_thresh
,
1284 unsigned long *bdi_dirty
,
1285 unsigned long *bdi_thresh
,
1286 unsigned long *bdi_bg_thresh
)
1288 unsigned long bdi_reclaimable
;
1291 * bdi_thresh is not treated as some limiting factor as
1292 * dirty_thresh, due to reasons
1293 * - in JBOD setup, bdi_thresh can fluctuate a lot
1294 * - in a system with HDD and USB key, the USB key may somehow
1295 * go into state (bdi_dirty >> bdi_thresh) either because
1296 * bdi_dirty starts high, or because bdi_thresh drops low.
1297 * In this case we don't want to hard throttle the USB key
1298 * dirtiers for 100 seconds until bdi_dirty drops under
1299 * bdi_thresh. Instead the auxiliary bdi control line in
1300 * bdi_position_ratio() will let the dirtier task progress
1301 * at some rate <= (write_bw / 2) for bringing down bdi_dirty.
1303 *bdi_thresh
= bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, dirty_thresh
);
1306 *bdi_bg_thresh
= dirty_thresh
? div_u64((u64
)*bdi_thresh
*
1311 * In order to avoid the stacked BDI deadlock we need
1312 * to ensure we accurately count the 'dirty' pages when
1313 * the threshold is low.
1315 * Otherwise it would be possible to get thresh+n pages
1316 * reported dirty, even though there are thresh-m pages
1317 * actually dirty; with m+n sitting in the percpu
1320 if (*bdi_thresh
< 2 * bdi_stat_error(bdi
)) {
1321 bdi_reclaimable
= bdi_stat_sum(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
);
1322 *bdi_dirty
= bdi_reclaimable
+
1323 bdi_stat_sum(bdi
, BDI_WRITEBACK
);
1325 bdi_reclaimable
= bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
);
1326 *bdi_dirty
= bdi_reclaimable
+
1327 bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_WRITEBACK
);
1332 * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
1333 * data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
1334 * the caller to wait once crossing the (background_thresh + dirty_thresh) / 2.
1335 * If we're over `background_thresh' then the writeback threads are woken to
1336 * perform some writeout.
1338 static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
1339 unsigned long pages_dirtied
)
1341 unsigned long nr_reclaimable
; /* = file_dirty + unstable_nfs */
1342 unsigned long nr_dirty
; /* = file_dirty + writeback + unstable_nfs */
1343 unsigned long background_thresh
;
1344 unsigned long dirty_thresh
;
1349 int nr_dirtied_pause
;
1350 bool dirty_exceeded
= false;
1351 unsigned long task_ratelimit
;
1352 unsigned long dirty_ratelimit
;
1353 unsigned long pos_ratio
;
1354 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
1355 bool strictlimit
= bdi
->capabilities
& BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT
;
1356 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
1359 unsigned long now
= jiffies
;
1360 unsigned long uninitialized_var(bdi_thresh
);
1361 unsigned long thresh
;
1362 unsigned long uninitialized_var(bdi_dirty
);
1363 unsigned long dirty
;
1364 unsigned long bg_thresh
;
1367 * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked
1368 * filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been
1369 * written to the server's write cache, but has not yet
1370 * been flushed to permanent storage.
1372 nr_reclaimable
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
1373 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
1374 nr_dirty
= nr_reclaimable
+ global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK
);
1376 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
1378 if (unlikely(strictlimit
)) {
1379 bdi_dirty_limits(bdi
, dirty_thresh
, background_thresh
,
1380 &bdi_dirty
, &bdi_thresh
, &bg_thresh
);
1383 thresh
= bdi_thresh
;
1386 thresh
= dirty_thresh
;
1387 bg_thresh
= background_thresh
;
1391 * Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot
1392 * catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts
1393 * when the bdi limits are ramping up in case of !strictlimit.
1395 * In strictlimit case make decision based on the bdi counters
1396 * and limits. Small writeouts when the bdi limits are ramping
1397 * up are the price we consciously pay for strictlimit-ing.
1399 if (dirty
<= dirty_freerun_ceiling(thresh
, bg_thresh
)) {
1400 current
->dirty_paused_when
= now
;
1401 current
->nr_dirtied
= 0;
1402 current
->nr_dirtied_pause
=
1403 dirty_poll_interval(dirty
, thresh
);
1407 if (unlikely(!writeback_in_progress(bdi
)))
1408 bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi
);
1411 bdi_dirty_limits(bdi
, dirty_thresh
, background_thresh
,
1412 &bdi_dirty
, &bdi_thresh
, NULL
);
1414 dirty_exceeded
= (bdi_dirty
> bdi_thresh
) &&
1415 ((nr_dirty
> dirty_thresh
) || strictlimit
);
1416 if (dirty_exceeded
&& !bdi
->dirty_exceeded
)
1417 bdi
->dirty_exceeded
= 1;
1419 bdi_update_bandwidth(bdi
, dirty_thresh
, background_thresh
,
1420 nr_dirty
, bdi_thresh
, bdi_dirty
,
1423 dirty_ratelimit
= bdi
->dirty_ratelimit
;
1424 pos_ratio
= bdi_position_ratio(bdi
, dirty_thresh
,
1425 background_thresh
, nr_dirty
,
1426 bdi_thresh
, bdi_dirty
);
1427 task_ratelimit
= ((u64
)dirty_ratelimit
* pos_ratio
) >>
1428 RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT
;
1429 max_pause
= bdi_max_pause(bdi
, bdi_dirty
);
1430 min_pause
= bdi_min_pause(bdi
, max_pause
,
1431 task_ratelimit
, dirty_ratelimit
,
1434 if (unlikely(task_ratelimit
== 0)) {
1439 period
= HZ
* pages_dirtied
/ task_ratelimit
;
1441 if (current
->dirty_paused_when
)
1442 pause
-= now
- current
->dirty_paused_when
;
1444 * For less than 1s think time (ext3/4 may block the dirtier
1445 * for up to 800ms from time to time on 1-HDD; so does xfs,
1446 * however at much less frequency), try to compensate it in
1447 * future periods by updating the virtual time; otherwise just
1448 * do a reset, as it may be a light dirtier.
1450 if (pause
< min_pause
) {
1451 trace_balance_dirty_pages(bdi
,
1464 current
->dirty_paused_when
= now
;
1465 current
->nr_dirtied
= 0;
1466 } else if (period
) {
1467 current
->dirty_paused_when
+= period
;
1468 current
->nr_dirtied
= 0;
1469 } else if (current
->nr_dirtied_pause
<= pages_dirtied
)
1470 current
->nr_dirtied_pause
+= pages_dirtied
;
1473 if (unlikely(pause
> max_pause
)) {
1474 /* for occasional dropped task_ratelimit */
1475 now
+= min(pause
- max_pause
, max_pause
);
1480 trace_balance_dirty_pages(bdi
,
1492 __set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE
);
1493 io_schedule_timeout(pause
);
1495 current
->dirty_paused_when
= now
+ pause
;
1496 current
->nr_dirtied
= 0;
1497 current
->nr_dirtied_pause
= nr_dirtied_pause
;
1500 * This is typically equal to (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh) and can
1501 * also keep "1000+ dd on a slow USB stick" under control.
1507 * In the case of an unresponding NFS server and the NFS dirty
1508 * pages exceeds dirty_thresh, give the other good bdi's a pipe
1509 * to go through, so that tasks on them still remain responsive.
1511 * In theory 1 page is enough to keep the comsumer-producer
1512 * pipe going: the flusher cleans 1 page => the task dirties 1
1513 * more page. However bdi_dirty has accounting errors. So use
1514 * the larger and more IO friendly bdi_stat_error.
1516 if (bdi_dirty
<= bdi_stat_error(bdi
))
1519 if (fatal_signal_pending(current
))
1523 if (!dirty_exceeded
&& bdi
->dirty_exceeded
)
1524 bdi
->dirty_exceeded
= 0;
1526 if (writeback_in_progress(bdi
))
1530 * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
1531 * starting background writeout, and then write out all the way down
1532 * to the lower threshold. So slow writers cause minimal disk activity.
1534 * In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
1535 * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
1540 if (nr_reclaimable
> background_thresh
)
1541 bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi
);
1544 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page
*page
)
1546 if (set_page_dirty(page
)) {
1547 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
1550 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping
);
1554 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, bdp_ratelimits
);
1557 * Normal tasks are throttled by
1559 * dirty tsk->nr_dirtied_pause pages;
1560 * take a snap in balance_dirty_pages();
1562 * However there is a worst case. If every task exit immediately when dirtied
1563 * (tsk->nr_dirtied_pause - 1) pages, balance_dirty_pages() will never be
1564 * called to throttle the page dirties. The solution is to save the not yet
1565 * throttled page dirties in dirty_throttle_leaks on task exit and charge them
1566 * randomly into the running tasks. This works well for the above worst case,
1567 * as the new task will pick up and accumulate the old task's leaked dirty
1568 * count and eventually get throttled.
1570 DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, dirty_throttle_leaks
) = 0;
1573 * balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited - balance dirty memory state
1574 * @mapping: address_space which was dirtied
1576 * Processes which are dirtying memory should call in here once for each page
1577 * which was newly dirtied. The function will periodically check the system's
1578 * dirty state and will initiate writeback if needed.
1580 * On really big machines, get_writeback_state is expensive, so try to avoid
1581 * calling it too often (ratelimiting). But once we're over the dirty memory
1582 * limit we decrease the ratelimiting by a lot, to prevent individual processes
1583 * from overshooting the limit by (ratelimit_pages) each.
1585 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space
*mapping
)
1587 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
1591 if (!bdi_cap_account_dirty(bdi
))
1594 ratelimit
= current
->nr_dirtied_pause
;
1595 if (bdi
->dirty_exceeded
)
1596 ratelimit
= min(ratelimit
, 32 >> (PAGE_SHIFT
- 10));
1600 * This prevents one CPU to accumulate too many dirtied pages without
1601 * calling into balance_dirty_pages(), which can happen when there are
1602 * 1000+ tasks, all of them start dirtying pages at exactly the same
1603 * time, hence all honoured too large initial task->nr_dirtied_pause.
1605 p
= this_cpu_ptr(&bdp_ratelimits
);
1606 if (unlikely(current
->nr_dirtied
>= ratelimit
))
1608 else if (unlikely(*p
>= ratelimit_pages
)) {
1613 * Pick up the dirtied pages by the exited tasks. This avoids lots of
1614 * short-lived tasks (eg. gcc invocations in a kernel build) escaping
1615 * the dirty throttling and livelock other long-run dirtiers.
1617 p
= this_cpu_ptr(&dirty_throttle_leaks
);
1618 if (*p
> 0 && current
->nr_dirtied
< ratelimit
) {
1619 unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied
;
1620 nr_pages_dirtied
= min(*p
, ratelimit
- current
->nr_dirtied
);
1621 *p
-= nr_pages_dirtied
;
1622 current
->nr_dirtied
+= nr_pages_dirtied
;
1626 if (unlikely(current
->nr_dirtied
>= ratelimit
))
1627 balance_dirty_pages(mapping
, current
->nr_dirtied
);
1629 EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited
);
1631 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask
)
1633 unsigned long background_thresh
;
1634 unsigned long dirty_thresh
;
1637 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
1638 dirty_thresh
= hard_dirty_limit(dirty_thresh
);
1641 * Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
1642 * allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
1644 dirty_thresh
+= dirty_thresh
/ 10; /* wheeee... */
1646 if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
1647 global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK
) <= dirty_thresh
)
1649 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC
, HZ
/10);
1652 * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
1653 * or progress in the filesystem. So we cannot just sit here
1654 * waiting for IO to complete.
1656 if ((gfp_mask
& (__GFP_FS
|__GFP_IO
)) != (__GFP_FS
|__GFP_IO
))
1662 * sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
1664 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
1665 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *length
, loff_t
*ppos
)
1667 proc_dointvec(table
, write
, buffer
, length
, ppos
);
1672 void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data
)
1674 struct request_queue
*q
= (struct request_queue
*)data
;
1675 int nr_pages
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
1676 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
1679 * We want to write everything out, not just down to the dirty
1682 if (bdi_has_dirty_io(&q
->backing_dev_info
))
1683 bdi_start_writeback(&q
->backing_dev_info
, nr_pages
,
1684 WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER
);
1688 * We've spun up the disk and we're in laptop mode: schedule writeback
1689 * of all dirty data a few seconds from now. If the flush is already scheduled
1690 * then push it back - the user is still using the disk.
1692 void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info
*info
)
1694 mod_timer(&info
->laptop_mode_wb_timer
, jiffies
+ laptop_mode
);
1698 * We're in laptop mode and we've just synced. The sync's writes will have
1699 * caused another writeback to be scheduled by laptop_io_completion.
1700 * Nothing needs to be written back anymore, so we unschedule the writeback.
1702 void laptop_sync_completion(void)
1704 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
1708 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
)
1709 del_timer(&bdi
->laptop_mode_wb_timer
);
1716 * If ratelimit_pages is too high then we can get into dirty-data overload
1717 * if a large number of processes all perform writes at the same time.
1718 * If it is too low then SMP machines will call the (expensive)
1719 * get_writeback_state too often.
1721 * Here we set ratelimit_pages to a level which ensures that when all CPUs are
1722 * dirtying in parallel, we cannot go more than 3% (1/32) over the dirty memory
1726 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void)
1728 unsigned long background_thresh
;
1729 unsigned long dirty_thresh
;
1730 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
1731 global_dirty_limit
= dirty_thresh
;
1732 ratelimit_pages
= dirty_thresh
/ (num_online_cpus() * 32);
1733 if (ratelimit_pages
< 16)
1734 ratelimit_pages
= 16;
1738 ratelimit_handler(struct notifier_block
*self
, unsigned long action
,
1742 switch (action
& ~CPU_TASKS_FROZEN
) {
1745 writeback_set_ratelimit();
1752 static struct notifier_block ratelimit_nb
= {
1753 .notifier_call
= ratelimit_handler
,
1758 * Called early on to tune the page writeback dirty limits.
1760 * We used to scale dirty pages according to how total memory
1761 * related to pages that could be allocated for buffers (by
1762 * comparing nr_free_buffer_pages() to vm_total_pages.
1764 * However, that was when we used "dirty_ratio" to scale with
1765 * all memory, and we don't do that any more. "dirty_ratio"
1766 * is now applied to total non-HIGHPAGE memory (by subtracting
1767 * totalhigh_pages from vm_total_pages), and as such we can't
1768 * get into the old insane situation any more where we had
1769 * large amounts of dirty pages compared to a small amount of
1770 * non-HIGHMEM memory.
1772 * But we might still want to scale the dirty_ratio by how
1773 * much memory the box has..
1775 void __init
page_writeback_init(void)
1777 writeback_set_ratelimit();
1778 register_cpu_notifier(&ratelimit_nb
);
1780 fprop_global_init(&writeout_completions
, GFP_KERNEL
);
1784 * tag_pages_for_writeback - tag pages to be written by write_cache_pages
1785 * @mapping: address space structure to write
1786 * @start: starting page index
1787 * @end: ending page index (inclusive)
1789 * This function scans the page range from @start to @end (inclusive) and tags
1790 * all pages that have DIRTY tag set with a special TOWRITE tag. The idea is
1791 * that write_cache_pages (or whoever calls this function) will then use
1792 * TOWRITE tag to identify pages eligible for writeback. This mechanism is
1793 * used to avoid livelocking of writeback by a process steadily creating new
1794 * dirty pages in the file (thus it is important for this function to be quick
1795 * so that it can tag pages faster than a dirtying process can create them).
1798 * We tag pages in batches of WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH to reduce tree_lock latency.
1800 void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space
*mapping
,
1801 pgoff_t start
, pgoff_t end
)
1803 #define WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH 4096
1804 unsigned long tagged
;
1807 spin_lock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
1808 tagged
= radix_tree_range_tag_if_tagged(&mapping
->page_tree
,
1809 &start
, end
, WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH
,
1810 PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
, PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE
);
1811 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping
->tree_lock
);
1812 WARN_ON_ONCE(tagged
> WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH
);
1814 /* We check 'start' to handle wrapping when end == ~0UL */
1815 } while (tagged
>= WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH
&& start
);
1817 EXPORT_SYMBOL(tag_pages_for_writeback
);
1820 * write_cache_pages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and write all of them.
1821 * @mapping: address space structure to write
1822 * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
1823 * @writepage: function called for each page
1824 * @data: data passed to writepage function
1826 * If a page is already under I/O, write_cache_pages() skips it, even
1827 * if it's dirty. This is desirable behaviour for memory-cleaning writeback,
1828 * but it is INCORRECT for data-integrity system calls such as fsync(). fsync()
1829 * and msync() need to guarantee that all the data which was dirty at the time
1830 * the call was made get new I/O started against them. If wbc->sync_mode is
1831 * WB_SYNC_ALL then we were called for data integrity and we must wait for
1832 * existing IO to complete.
1834 * To avoid livelocks (when other process dirties new pages), we first tag
1835 * pages which should be written back with TOWRITE tag and only then start
1836 * writing them. For data-integrity sync we have to be careful so that we do
1837 * not miss some pages (e.g., because some other process has cleared TOWRITE
1838 * tag we set). The rule we follow is that TOWRITE tag can be cleared only
1839 * by the process clearing the DIRTY tag (and submitting the page for IO).
1841 int write_cache_pages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
1842 struct writeback_control
*wbc
, writepage_t writepage
,
1847 struct pagevec pvec
;
1849 pgoff_t
uninitialized_var(writeback_index
);
1851 pgoff_t end
; /* Inclusive */
1854 int range_whole
= 0;
1857 pagevec_init(&pvec
, 0);
1858 if (wbc
->range_cyclic
) {
1859 writeback_index
= mapping
->writeback_index
; /* prev offset */
1860 index
= writeback_index
;
1867 index
= wbc
->range_start
>> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
;
1868 end
= wbc
->range_end
>> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT
;
1869 if (wbc
->range_start
== 0 && wbc
->range_end
== LLONG_MAX
)
1871 cycled
= 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */
1873 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
)
1874 tag
= PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE
;
1876 tag
= PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
;
1878 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
)
1879 tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping
, index
, end
);
1881 while (!done
&& (index
<= end
)) {
1884 nr_pages
= pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec
, mapping
, &index
, tag
,
1885 min(end
- index
, (pgoff_t
)PAGEVEC_SIZE
-1) + 1);
1889 for (i
= 0; i
< nr_pages
; i
++) {
1890 struct page
*page
= pvec
.pages
[i
];
1893 * At this point, the page may be truncated or
1894 * invalidated (changing page->mapping to NULL), or
1895 * even swizzled back from swapper_space to tmpfs file
1896 * mapping. However, page->index will not change
1897 * because we have a reference on the page.
1899 if (page
->index
> end
) {
1901 * can't be range_cyclic (1st pass) because
1902 * end == -1 in that case.
1908 done_index
= page
->index
;
1913 * Page truncated or invalidated. We can freely skip it
1914 * then, even for data integrity operations: the page
1915 * has disappeared concurrently, so there could be no
1916 * real expectation of this data interity operation
1917 * even if there is now a new, dirty page at the same
1918 * pagecache address.
1920 if (unlikely(page
->mapping
!= mapping
)) {
1926 if (!PageDirty(page
)) {
1927 /* someone wrote it for us */
1928 goto continue_unlock
;
1931 if (PageWriteback(page
)) {
1932 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_NONE
)
1933 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
1935 goto continue_unlock
;
1938 BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page
));
1939 if (!clear_page_dirty_for_io(page
))
1940 goto continue_unlock
;
1942 trace_wbc_writepage(wbc
, mapping
->backing_dev_info
);
1943 ret
= (*writepage
)(page
, wbc
, data
);
1944 if (unlikely(ret
)) {
1945 if (ret
== AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE
) {
1950 * done_index is set past this page,
1951 * so media errors will not choke
1952 * background writeout for the entire
1953 * file. This has consequences for
1954 * range_cyclic semantics (ie. it may
1955 * not be suitable for data integrity
1958 done_index
= page
->index
+ 1;
1965 * We stop writing back only if we are not doing
1966 * integrity sync. In case of integrity sync we have to
1967 * keep going until we have written all the pages
1968 * we tagged for writeback prior to entering this loop.
1970 if (--wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0 &&
1971 wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_NONE
) {
1976 pagevec_release(&pvec
);
1979 if (!cycled
&& !done
) {
1982 * We hit the last page and there is more work to be done: wrap
1983 * back to the start of the file
1987 end
= writeback_index
- 1;
1990 if (wbc
->range_cyclic
|| (range_whole
&& wbc
->nr_to_write
> 0))
1991 mapping
->writeback_index
= done_index
;
1995 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_cache_pages
);
1998 * Function used by generic_writepages to call the real writepage
1999 * function and set the mapping flags on error
2001 static int __writepage(struct page
*page
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
,
2004 struct address_space
*mapping
= data
;
2005 int ret
= mapping
->a_ops
->writepage(page
, wbc
);
2006 mapping_set_error(mapping
, ret
);
2011 * generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and writepage() all of them.
2012 * @mapping: address space structure to write
2013 * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
2015 * This is a library function, which implements the writepages()
2016 * address_space_operation.
2018 int generic_writepages(struct address_space
*mapping
,
2019 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
2021 struct blk_plug plug
;
2024 /* deal with chardevs and other special file */
2025 if (!mapping
->a_ops
->writepage
)
2028 blk_start_plug(&plug
);
2029 ret
= write_cache_pages(mapping
, wbc
, __writepage
, mapping
);
2030 blk_finish_plug(&plug
);
2034 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_writepages
);
2036 int do_writepages(struct address_space
*mapping
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
2040 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0)
2042 if (mapping
->a_ops
->writepages
)
2043 ret
= mapping
->a_ops
->writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
2045 ret
= generic_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
2050 * write_one_page - write out a single page and optionally wait on I/O
2051 * @page: the page to write
2052 * @wait: if true, wait on writeout
2054 * The page must be locked by the caller and will be unlocked upon return.
2056 * write_one_page() returns a negative error code if I/O failed.
2058 int write_one_page(struct page
*page
, int wait
)
2060 struct address_space
*mapping
= page
->mapping
;
2062 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
2063 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
2067 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page
));
2070 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
2072 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page
)) {
2073 page_cache_get(page
);
2074 ret
= mapping
->a_ops
->writepage(page
, &wbc
);
2075 if (ret
== 0 && wait
) {
2076 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
2077 if (PageError(page
))
2080 page_cache_release(page
);
2086 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_one_page
);
2089 * For address_spaces which do not use buffers nor write back.
2091 int __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(struct page
*page
)
2093 if (!PageDirty(page
))
2094 return !TestSetPageDirty(page
);
2099 * Helper function for set_page_dirty family.
2100 * NOTE: This relies on being atomic wrt interrupts.
2102 void account_page_dirtied(struct page
*page
, struct address_space
*mapping
)
2104 trace_writeback_dirty_page(page
, mapping
);
2106 if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping
)) {
2107 __inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_FILE_DIRTY
);
2108 __inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_DIRTIED
);
2109 __inc_bdi_stat(mapping
->backing_dev_info
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
);
2110 __inc_bdi_stat(mapping
->backing_dev_info
, BDI_DIRTIED
);
2111 task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE
);
2112 current
->nr_dirtied
++;
2113 this_cpu_inc(bdp_ratelimits
);
2116 EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_dirtied
);
2119 * For address_spaces which do not use buffers. Just tag the page as dirty in
2122 * This is also used when a single buffer is being dirtied: we want to set the
2123 * page dirty in that case, but not all the buffers. This is a "bottom-up"
2124 * dirtying, whereas __set_page_dirty_buffers() is a "top-down" dirtying.
2126 * Most callers have locked the page, which pins the address_space in memory.
2127 * But zap_pte_range() does not lock the page, however in that case the
2128 * mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference.
2130 * We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the
2131 * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() inside tree_lock.
2133 int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page
*page
)
2135 if (!TestSetPageDirty(page
)) {
2136 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
2137 struct address_space
*mapping2
;
2138 unsigned long flags
;
2143 spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping
->tree_lock
, flags
);
2144 mapping2
= page_mapping(page
);
2145 if (mapping2
) { /* Race with truncate? */
2146 BUG_ON(mapping2
!= mapping
);
2147 WARN_ON_ONCE(!PagePrivate(page
) && !PageUptodate(page
));
2148 account_page_dirtied(page
, mapping
);
2149 radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping
->page_tree
,
2150 page_index(page
), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
);
2152 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping
->tree_lock
, flags
);
2153 if (mapping
->host
) {
2154 /* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
2155 __mark_inode_dirty(mapping
->host
, I_DIRTY_PAGES
);
2161 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_nobuffers
);
2164 * Call this whenever redirtying a page, to de-account the dirty counters
2165 * (NR_DIRTIED, BDI_DIRTIED, tsk->nr_dirtied), so that they match the written
2166 * counters (NR_WRITTEN, BDI_WRITTEN) in long term. The mismatches will lead to
2167 * systematic errors in balanced_dirty_ratelimit and the dirty pages position
2170 void account_page_redirty(struct page
*page
)
2172 struct address_space
*mapping
= page
->mapping
;
2173 if (mapping
&& mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping
)) {
2174 current
->nr_dirtied
--;
2175 dec_zone_page_state(page
, NR_DIRTIED
);
2176 dec_bdi_stat(mapping
->backing_dev_info
, BDI_DIRTIED
);
2179 EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_redirty
);
2182 * When a writepage implementation decides that it doesn't want to write this
2183 * page for some reason, it should redirty the locked page via
2184 * redirty_page_for_writepage() and it should then unlock the page and return 0
2186 int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control
*wbc
, struct page
*page
)
2188 wbc
->pages_skipped
++;
2189 account_page_redirty(page
);
2190 return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page
);
2192 EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage
);
2197 * For pages with a mapping this should be done under the page lock
2198 * for the benefit of asynchronous memory errors who prefer a consistent
2199 * dirty state. This rule can be broken in some special cases,
2200 * but should be better not to.
2202 * If the mapping doesn't provide a set_page_dirty a_op, then
2203 * just fall through and assume that it wants buffer_heads.
2205 int set_page_dirty(struct page
*page
)
2207 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
2209 if (likely(mapping
)) {
2210 int (*spd
)(struct page
*) = mapping
->a_ops
->set_page_dirty
;
2212 * readahead/lru_deactivate_page could remain
2213 * PG_readahead/PG_reclaim due to race with end_page_writeback
2214 * About readahead, if the page is written, the flags would be
2215 * reset. So no problem.
2216 * About lru_deactivate_page, if the page is redirty, the flag
2217 * will be reset. So no problem. but if the page is used by readahead
2218 * it will confuse readahead and make it restart the size rampup
2219 * process. But it's a trivial problem.
2221 ClearPageReclaim(page
);
2224 spd
= __set_page_dirty_buffers
;
2226 return (*spd
)(page
);
2228 if (!PageDirty(page
)) {
2229 if (!TestSetPageDirty(page
))
2234 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty
);
2237 * set_page_dirty() is racy if the caller has no reference against
2238 * page->mapping->host, and if the page is unlocked. This is because another
2239 * CPU could truncate the page off the mapping and then free the mapping.
2241 * Usually, the page _is_ locked, or the caller is a user-space process which
2242 * holds a reference on the inode by having an open file.
2244 * In other cases, the page should be locked before running set_page_dirty().
2246 int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page
*page
)
2251 ret
= set_page_dirty(page
);
2255 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty_lock
);
2258 * Clear a page's dirty flag, while caring for dirty memory accounting.
2259 * Returns true if the page was previously dirty.
2261 * This is for preparing to put the page under writeout. We leave the page
2262 * tagged as dirty in the radix tree so that a concurrent write-for-sync
2263 * can discover it via a PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY walk. The ->writepage
2264 * implementation will run either set_page_writeback() or set_page_dirty(),
2265 * at which stage we bring the page's dirty flag and radix-tree dirty tag
2268 * This incoherency between the page's dirty flag and radix-tree tag is
2269 * unfortunate, but it only exists while the page is locked.
2271 int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page
*page
)
2273 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
2275 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page
));
2277 if (mapping
&& mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping
)) {
2279 * Yes, Virginia, this is indeed insane.
2281 * We use this sequence to make sure that
2282 * (a) we account for dirty stats properly
2283 * (b) we tell the low-level filesystem to
2284 * mark the whole page dirty if it was
2285 * dirty in a pagetable. Only to then
2286 * (c) clean the page again and return 1 to
2287 * cause the writeback.
2289 * This way we avoid all nasty races with the
2290 * dirty bit in multiple places and clearing
2291 * them concurrently from different threads.
2293 * Note! Normally the "set_page_dirty(page)"
2294 * has no effect on the actual dirty bit - since
2295 * that will already usually be set. But we
2296 * need the side effects, and it can help us
2299 * We basically use the page "master dirty bit"
2300 * as a serialization point for all the different
2301 * threads doing their things.
2303 if (page_mkclean(page
))
2304 set_page_dirty(page
);
2306 * We carefully synchronise fault handlers against
2307 * installing a dirty pte and marking the page dirty
2308 * at this point. We do this by having them hold the
2309 * page lock at some point after installing their
2310 * pte, but before marking the page dirty.
2311 * Pages are always locked coming in here, so we get
2312 * the desired exclusion. See mm/memory.c:do_wp_page()
2313 * for more comments.
2315 if (TestClearPageDirty(page
)) {
2316 dec_zone_page_state(page
, NR_FILE_DIRTY
);
2317 dec_bdi_stat(mapping
->backing_dev_info
,
2323 return TestClearPageDirty(page
);
2325 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io
);
2327 int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page
*page
)
2329 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
2330 unsigned long memcg_flags
;
2331 struct mem_cgroup
*memcg
;
2335 memcg
= mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page
, &locked
, &memcg_flags
);
2337 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
2338 unsigned long flags
;
2340 spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping
->tree_lock
, flags
);
2341 ret
= TestClearPageWriteback(page
);
2343 radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping
->page_tree
,
2345 PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK
);
2346 if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi
)) {
2347 __dec_bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_WRITEBACK
);
2348 __bdi_writeout_inc(bdi
);
2351 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping
->tree_lock
, flags
);
2353 ret
= TestClearPageWriteback(page
);
2356 mem_cgroup_dec_page_stat(memcg
, MEM_CGROUP_STAT_WRITEBACK
);
2357 dec_zone_page_state(page
, NR_WRITEBACK
);
2358 inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_WRITTEN
);
2360 mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg
, locked
, memcg_flags
);
2364 int __test_set_page_writeback(struct page
*page
, bool keep_write
)
2366 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
2367 unsigned long memcg_flags
;
2368 struct mem_cgroup
*memcg
;
2372 memcg
= mem_cgroup_begin_page_stat(page
, &locked
, &memcg_flags
);
2374 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
2375 unsigned long flags
;
2377 spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping
->tree_lock
, flags
);
2378 ret
= TestSetPageWriteback(page
);
2380 radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping
->page_tree
,
2382 PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK
);
2383 if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi
))
2384 __inc_bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_WRITEBACK
);
2386 if (!PageDirty(page
))
2387 radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping
->page_tree
,
2389 PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
);
2391 radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping
->page_tree
,
2393 PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE
);
2394 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping
->tree_lock
, flags
);
2396 ret
= TestSetPageWriteback(page
);
2399 mem_cgroup_inc_page_stat(memcg
, MEM_CGROUP_STAT_WRITEBACK
);
2400 inc_zone_page_state(page
, NR_WRITEBACK
);
2402 mem_cgroup_end_page_stat(memcg
, locked
, memcg_flags
);
2406 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__test_set_page_writeback
);
2409 * Return true if any of the pages in the mapping are marked with the
2412 int mapping_tagged(struct address_space
*mapping
, int tag
)
2414 return radix_tree_tagged(&mapping
->page_tree
, tag
);
2416 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged
);
2419 * wait_for_stable_page() - wait for writeback to finish, if necessary.
2420 * @page: The page to wait on.
2422 * This function determines if the given page is related to a backing device
2423 * that requires page contents to be held stable during writeback. If so, then
2424 * it will wait for any pending writeback to complete.
2426 void wait_for_stable_page(struct page
*page
)
2428 struct address_space
*mapping
= page_mapping(page
);
2429 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
2431 if (!bdi_cap_stable_pages_required(bdi
))
2434 wait_on_page_writeback(page
);
2436 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wait_for_stable_page
);