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>
29 #include <linux/device.h>
33 * 4MB minimal write chunk size
35 #define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES (4096UL >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10))
38 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
40 struct wb_writeback_work
{
42 struct super_block
*sb
;
43 unsigned long *older_than_this
;
44 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
45 unsigned int tagged_writepages
:1;
46 unsigned int for_kupdate
:1;
47 unsigned int range_cyclic
:1;
48 unsigned int for_background
:1;
49 unsigned int for_sync
:1; /* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
50 enum wb_reason reason
; /* why was writeback initiated? */
52 struct list_head list
; /* pending work list */
53 struct completion
*done
; /* set if the caller waits */
57 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
58 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
60 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
63 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
65 return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &bdi
->state
);
67 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_in_progress
);
69 static inline struct backing_dev_info
*inode_to_bdi(struct inode
*inode
)
71 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
73 if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb
))
74 return inode
->i_mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
79 static inline struct inode
*wb_inode(struct list_head
*head
)
81 return list_entry(head
, struct inode
, i_wb_list
);
85 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
86 * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition
87 * remains local to this file.
89 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
90 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
92 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_writepage
);
94 static void bdi_wakeup_thread(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
96 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
97 if (test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
))
98 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &bdi
->wb
.dwork
, 0);
99 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
102 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
103 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
105 trace_writeback_queue(bdi
, work
);
107 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
108 if (!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
)) {
110 complete(work
->done
);
113 list_add_tail(&work
->list
, &bdi
->work_list
);
114 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &bdi
->wb
.dwork
, 0);
116 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
120 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
121 bool range_cyclic
, enum wb_reason reason
)
123 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
126 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
127 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
129 work
= kzalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
131 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi
);
132 bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi
);
136 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
;
137 work
->nr_pages
= nr_pages
;
138 work
->range_cyclic
= range_cyclic
;
139 work
->reason
= reason
;
141 bdi_queue_work(bdi
, work
);
145 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
146 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
147 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
148 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
151 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
152 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
153 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
156 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
157 enum wb_reason reason
)
159 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, true, reason
);
163 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
164 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
167 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
168 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
169 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
170 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
172 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
175 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
176 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
178 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi
);
179 bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi
);
183 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
185 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode
*inode
)
187 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
189 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
190 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
191 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
195 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
196 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
198 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
199 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
200 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
201 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
203 static void redirty_tail(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
205 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
206 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_dirty
)) {
209 tail
= wb_inode(wb
->b_dirty
.next
);
210 if (time_before(inode
->dirtied_when
, tail
->dirtied_when
))
211 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
213 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_dirty
);
217 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
219 static void requeue_io(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
221 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
222 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_more_io
);
225 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode
*inode
)
227 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_SYNC
;
228 /* If inode is clean an unused, put it into LRU now... */
229 inode_add_lru(inode
);
230 /* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */
232 wake_up_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
235 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode
*inode
, unsigned long t
)
237 bool ret
= time_after(inode
->dirtied_when
, t
);
240 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
241 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
242 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
243 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
245 ret
= ret
&& time_before_eq(inode
->dirtied_when
, jiffies
);
251 * Move expired (dirtied before work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
252 * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
254 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head
*delaying_queue
,
255 struct list_head
*dispatch_queue
,
256 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
259 struct list_head
*pos
, *node
;
260 struct super_block
*sb
= NULL
;
265 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue
)) {
266 inode
= wb_inode(delaying_queue
->prev
);
267 if (work
->older_than_this
&&
268 inode_dirtied_after(inode
, *work
->older_than_this
))
270 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &tmp
);
272 if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode
->i_sb
))
274 if (sb
&& sb
!= inode
->i_sb
)
279 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
281 list_splice(&tmp
, dispatch_queue
);
285 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
286 while (!list_empty(&tmp
)) {
287 sb
= wb_inode(tmp
.prev
)->i_sb
;
288 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos
, node
, &tmp
) {
289 inode
= wb_inode(pos
);
290 if (inode
->i_sb
== sb
)
291 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, dispatch_queue
);
299 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
301 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
302 * =============> gf edc BA
304 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
305 * =============> g fBAedc
307 * +--> dequeue for IO
309 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
312 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
313 list_splice_init(&wb
->b_more_io
, &wb
->b_io
);
314 moved
= move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty
, &wb
->b_io
, work
);
315 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb
, work
, moved
);
318 static int write_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
322 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
)) {
323 trace_writeback_write_inode_start(inode
, wbc
);
324 ret
= inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
325 trace_writeback_write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
332 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held.
333 * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock.
335 static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
336 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
337 __acquires(inode
->i_lock
)
339 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
340 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
342 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
343 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
344 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
345 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, bit_wait
,
346 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
347 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
352 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
354 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
356 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
357 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
358 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
362 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
363 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
364 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
366 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
367 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
370 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
373 prepare_to_wait(wqh
, &wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
374 sleep
= inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
;
375 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
378 finish_wait(wqh
, &wait
);
382 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
383 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we
384 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
385 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
386 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
387 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
389 static void requeue_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
390 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
392 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
396 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one
397 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update
398 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
400 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
401 (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
))
402 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
404 if (wbc
->pages_skipped
) {
406 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
407 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
409 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
413 if (mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
415 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
416 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
418 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
419 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
420 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
423 * Writeback blocked by something other than
424 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
425 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
426 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
427 * that cannot be performed immediately.
429 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
431 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
433 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
434 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
435 * updates after data IO completion.
437 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
439 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
440 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
445 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
446 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
447 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
450 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
452 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
453 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
457 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
));
459 trace_writeback_single_inode_start(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
461 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
464 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
465 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
466 * I/O completion. We don't do it for sync(2) writeback because it has a
467 * separate, external IO completion path and ->sync_fs for guaranteeing
468 * inode metadata is written back correctly.
470 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
&& !wbc
->for_sync
) {
471 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
477 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
478 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
481 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
482 /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */
483 if (!mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
))
484 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
485 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
486 inode
->i_state
&= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
);
487 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
488 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
489 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
490 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
494 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
499 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
500 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
502 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
503 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
504 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
507 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
508 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
512 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
513 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
514 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
516 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
518 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
519 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
)
522 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
523 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
526 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
528 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
530 * Skip inode if it is clean and we have no outstanding writeback in
531 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode. We don't want to mess with writeback lists in this
532 * function since flusher thread may be doing for example sync in
533 * parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So here we
534 * make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there unless
535 * we have completely cleaned the inode.
537 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
538 (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
||
539 !mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK
)))
541 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
542 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
544 ret
= __writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
);
546 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
547 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
549 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
550 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
552 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
553 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
554 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
555 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
557 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
561 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
562 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
567 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
568 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
569 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
571 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
574 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
575 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
576 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
577 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
579 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
582 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
583 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
584 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
585 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
586 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
593 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
595 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
597 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
598 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
599 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
601 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
602 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
603 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
604 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
605 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
606 .for_sync
= work
->for_sync
,
607 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
609 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
611 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
613 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
615 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
616 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
618 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
621 * We only want to write back data for this
622 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
623 * to it back onto the dirty list.
625 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
630 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
631 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
632 * pin the next superblock.
638 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
639 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
640 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
642 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
643 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
644 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
645 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
648 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) && wbc
.sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
650 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
651 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
652 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
653 * other inodes on s_io.
655 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
656 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
658 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
659 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
660 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode
);
663 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
666 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
667 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
670 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
671 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
672 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
673 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
674 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
677 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
678 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
680 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
681 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
682 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
685 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
686 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
688 __writeback_single_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
690 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
691 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
692 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
693 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
694 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
696 requeue_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
697 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
698 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
699 cond_resched_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
701 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
702 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
705 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
707 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
714 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
715 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
717 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
720 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
721 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
722 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
724 if (!grab_super_passive(sb
)) {
726 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
727 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
728 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
730 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
733 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
736 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
738 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
740 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
744 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
748 static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
,
749 enum wb_reason reason
)
751 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
752 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
753 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
758 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
759 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
761 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
762 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
764 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
767 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
769 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
771 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
773 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
774 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
)
777 if (bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) >
778 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, background_thresh
))
785 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
786 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
788 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
789 unsigned long start_time
)
791 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
795 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
797 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
798 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
799 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
800 * older than a specific point in time.
802 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
803 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
806 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
807 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
809 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
810 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
812 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
813 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
814 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
818 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
819 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
821 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
824 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
826 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
830 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
831 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
832 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
833 * after the other works are all done.
835 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
836 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
840 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
841 * background dirty threshold
843 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
))
847 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
848 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
849 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
852 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
853 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
854 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
855 } else if (work
->for_background
)
856 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
858 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
859 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
862 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
864 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
865 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
867 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
870 * Did we write something? Try for more
872 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
873 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
874 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
875 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
880 * No more inodes for IO, bail
882 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
885 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
886 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
887 * we'll just busyloop.
889 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
890 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
891 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
892 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
893 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
894 /* This function drops i_lock... */
895 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
896 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
899 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
901 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
905 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
907 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
908 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
910 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
912 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
913 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
914 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
915 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
916 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
918 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
923 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
924 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
926 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
928 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
929 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
930 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
933 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
935 if (over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
)) {
937 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
938 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
939 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
942 .reason
= WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
,
945 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
951 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
953 unsigned long expired
;
957 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
959 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
962 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
963 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
964 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
967 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
968 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
971 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
972 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
973 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
976 .reason
= WB_REASON_PERIODIC
,
979 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
986 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
988 static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
990 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
991 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
994 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
995 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
997 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
999 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
1002 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
1003 * work item, otherwise just free it.
1006 complete(work
->done
);
1012 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
1014 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
1015 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
1016 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
1022 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1023 * reschedules periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1025 void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_struct
*work
)
1027 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= container_of(to_delayed_work(work
),
1028 struct bdi_writeback
, dwork
);
1029 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
1032 set_worker_desc("flush-%s", dev_name(bdi
->dev
));
1033 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1035 if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() ||
1036 !test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
))) {
1038 * The normal path. Keep writing back @bdi until its
1039 * work_list is empty. Note that this path is also taken
1040 * if @bdi is shutting down even when we're running off the
1041 * rescuer as work_list needs to be drained.
1044 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
);
1045 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1046 } while (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
));
1049 * bdi_wq can't get enough workers and we're running off
1050 * the emergency worker. Don't hog it. Hopefully, 1024 is
1051 * enough for efficient IO.
1053 pages_written
= writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi
->wb
, 1024,
1054 WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD
);
1055 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1058 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
1059 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &wb
->dwork
, 0);
1060 else if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
1061 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1063 current
->flags
&= ~PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1067 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
1070 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1072 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
1075 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
1078 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
1079 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
1081 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, reason
);
1086 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
1088 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
1089 struct dentry
*dentry
;
1090 const char *name
= "?";
1092 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
1094 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1095 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
1098 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1099 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
1100 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1102 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1109 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1110 * @inode: inode to mark
1111 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1112 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1113 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1115 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1117 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1118 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1119 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1120 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1122 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1125 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1126 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1127 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1128 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1129 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1132 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1134 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1135 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1138 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1139 * dirty the inode itself
1141 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
1142 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode
, flags
);
1144 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1145 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1147 trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1151 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1156 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1157 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
1160 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1161 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1163 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1164 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1165 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1167 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1170 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1171 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1172 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1174 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1175 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1178 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1179 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1181 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1182 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1183 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1185 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1186 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1189 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1190 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1193 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1194 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1196 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1197 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1198 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1199 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1200 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1203 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1204 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1205 * bdi thread to make sure background
1206 * write-back happens later.
1208 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1212 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1213 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1214 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1217 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1222 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1225 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1227 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1229 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1232 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1233 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1235 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1237 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1240 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1241 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1242 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1243 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1244 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1246 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1247 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1249 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1250 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1251 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1252 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1256 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1257 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1260 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1261 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1262 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1263 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1264 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1270 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1274 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1276 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1281 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1282 * @sb: the superblock
1283 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1284 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
1286 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1287 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1288 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1290 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1292 enum wb_reason reason
)
1294 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1295 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1297 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1298 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1304 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1306 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1307 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1308 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1310 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1313 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1314 * @sb: the superblock
1315 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1317 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1318 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1319 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1321 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1323 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1325 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1328 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - try to start writeback if none underway
1329 * @sb: the superblock
1330 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1331 * @reason: the reason of writeback
1333 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
1334 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1336 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1338 enum wb_reason reason
)
1340 if (writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
))
1343 if (!down_read_trylock(&sb
->s_umount
))
1346 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
, reason
);
1347 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1350 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1353 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
1354 * @sb: the superblock
1355 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1357 * Implement by try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr()
1358 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1360 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1362 return try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1364 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb
);
1367 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1368 * @sb: the superblock
1370 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1373 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1375 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1376 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1378 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1379 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1382 .reason
= WB_REASON_SYNC
,
1386 /* Nothing to do? */
1387 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1389 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1391 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1392 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1396 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1399 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1400 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1401 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1403 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1404 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1406 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1408 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1410 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1411 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1412 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1413 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1415 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1418 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1419 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1422 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1424 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1427 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1428 * @inode: the inode to sync
1429 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1431 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1432 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1433 * update inode->i_state.
1435 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1437 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1439 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
, wbc
);
1441 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1444 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1445 * @inode: the inode to sync
1446 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1448 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1450 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1452 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1454 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1455 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1456 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1459 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1461 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);