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 struct backing_dev_info
*inode_to_bdi(struct inode
*inode
)
71 struct super_block
*sb
;
74 return &noop_backing_dev_info
;
78 if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb
))
79 return blk_get_backing_dev_info(I_BDEV(inode
));
83 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inode_to_bdi
);
85 static inline struct inode
*wb_inode(struct list_head
*head
)
87 return list_entry(head
, struct inode
, i_wb_list
);
91 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
92 * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition
93 * remains local to this file.
95 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
96 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
98 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_writepage
);
100 static void bdi_wakeup_thread(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
102 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
103 if (test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
))
104 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &bdi
->wb
.dwork
, 0);
105 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
108 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
109 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
111 trace_writeback_queue(bdi
, work
);
113 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
114 if (!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
)) {
116 complete(work
->done
);
119 list_add_tail(&work
->list
, &bdi
->work_list
);
120 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &bdi
->wb
.dwork
, 0);
122 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
126 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
127 bool range_cyclic
, enum wb_reason reason
)
129 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
132 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
133 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
135 work
= kzalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
137 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi
);
138 bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi
);
142 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
;
143 work
->nr_pages
= nr_pages
;
144 work
->range_cyclic
= range_cyclic
;
145 work
->reason
= reason
;
147 bdi_queue_work(bdi
, work
);
151 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
152 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
153 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
154 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
157 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
158 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
159 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
162 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
163 enum wb_reason reason
)
165 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, true, reason
);
169 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
170 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
173 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
174 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
175 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
176 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
178 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
181 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
182 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
184 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi
);
185 bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi
);
189 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
191 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode
*inode
)
193 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
195 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
196 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
197 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
201 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
202 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
204 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
205 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
206 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
207 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
209 static void redirty_tail(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
211 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
212 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_dirty
)) {
215 tail
= wb_inode(wb
->b_dirty
.next
);
216 if (time_before(inode
->dirtied_when
, tail
->dirtied_when
))
217 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
219 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_dirty
);
223 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
225 static void requeue_io(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
227 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
228 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_more_io
);
231 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode
*inode
)
233 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_SYNC
;
234 /* If inode is clean an unused, put it into LRU now... */
235 inode_add_lru(inode
);
236 /* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */
238 wake_up_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
241 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode
*inode
, unsigned long t
)
243 bool ret
= time_after(inode
->dirtied_when
, t
);
246 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
247 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
248 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
249 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
251 ret
= ret
&& time_before_eq(inode
->dirtied_when
, jiffies
);
256 #define EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME 0x0001
259 * Move expired (dirtied before work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
260 * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
262 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head
*delaying_queue
,
263 struct list_head
*dispatch_queue
,
265 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
267 unsigned long *older_than_this
= NULL
;
268 unsigned long expire_time
;
270 struct list_head
*pos
, *node
;
271 struct super_block
*sb
= NULL
;
276 if ((flags
& EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME
) == 0)
277 older_than_this
= work
->older_than_this
;
278 else if ((work
->reason
== WB_REASON_SYNC
) == 0) {
279 expire_time
= jiffies
- (HZ
* 86400);
280 older_than_this
= &expire_time
;
282 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue
)) {
283 inode
= wb_inode(delaying_queue
->prev
);
284 if (older_than_this
&&
285 inode_dirtied_after(inode
, *older_than_this
))
287 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &tmp
);
289 if (flags
& EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME
)
290 set_bit(__I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED
, &inode
->i_state
);
291 if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode
->i_sb
))
293 if (sb
&& sb
!= inode
->i_sb
)
298 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
300 list_splice(&tmp
, dispatch_queue
);
304 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
305 while (!list_empty(&tmp
)) {
306 sb
= wb_inode(tmp
.prev
)->i_sb
;
307 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos
, node
, &tmp
) {
308 inode
= wb_inode(pos
);
309 if (inode
->i_sb
== sb
)
310 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, dispatch_queue
);
318 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
320 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
321 * =============> gf edc BA
323 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
324 * =============> g fBAedc
326 * +--> dequeue for IO
328 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
332 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
333 list_splice_init(&wb
->b_more_io
, &wb
->b_io
);
334 moved
= move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty
, &wb
->b_io
, 0, work
);
335 moved
+= move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty_time
, &wb
->b_io
,
336 EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME
, work
);
337 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb
, work
, moved
);
340 static int write_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
344 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
)) {
345 trace_writeback_write_inode_start(inode
, wbc
);
346 ret
= inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
347 trace_writeback_write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
354 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held.
355 * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock.
357 static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
358 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
359 __acquires(inode
->i_lock
)
361 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
362 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
364 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
365 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
366 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
367 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, bit_wait
,
368 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
369 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
374 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
376 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
378 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
379 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
380 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
384 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
385 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
386 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
388 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode
*inode
)
389 __releases(inode
->i_lock
)
392 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
395 prepare_to_wait(wqh
, &wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
396 sleep
= inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
;
397 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
400 finish_wait(wqh
, &wait
);
404 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
405 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we
406 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
407 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
408 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
409 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
411 static void requeue_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
412 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
414 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
418 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one
419 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update
420 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
422 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
423 (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
))
424 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
426 if (wbc
->pages_skipped
) {
428 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
429 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
431 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
435 if (mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
437 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
438 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
440 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
441 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
442 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
445 * Writeback blocked by something other than
446 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
447 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
448 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
449 * that cannot be performed immediately.
451 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
453 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
455 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
456 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
457 * updates after data IO completion.
459 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
460 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY_TIME
) {
461 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_dirty_time
);
463 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
464 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
469 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
470 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
471 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
474 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
476 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
477 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
481 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
));
483 trace_writeback_single_inode_start(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
485 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
488 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
489 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
490 * I/O completion. We don't do it for sync(2) writeback because it has a
491 * separate, external IO completion path and ->sync_fs for guaranteeing
492 * inode metadata is written back correctly.
494 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
&& !wbc
->for_sync
) {
495 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
501 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
502 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
505 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
507 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
508 if (((dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) &&
509 (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY_TIME
)) ||
510 (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED
)) {
511 dirty
|= I_DIRTY_TIME
| I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED
;
512 trace_writeback_lazytime(inode
);
514 inode
->i_state
&= ~dirty
;
517 * Paired with smp_mb() in __mark_inode_dirty(). This allows
518 * __mark_inode_dirty() to test i_state without grabbing i_lock -
519 * either they see the I_DIRTY bits cleared or we see the dirtied
522 * I_DIRTY_PAGES is always cleared together above even if @mapping
523 * still has dirty pages. The flag is reinstated after smp_mb() if
524 * necessary. This guarantees that either __mark_inode_dirty()
525 * sees clear I_DIRTY_PAGES or we see PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY.
529 if (mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
))
530 inode
->i_state
|= I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
532 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
534 if (dirty
& I_DIRTY_TIME
)
535 mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode
);
536 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
537 if (dirty
& ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
) {
538 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
542 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
547 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
548 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
550 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
551 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
552 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
555 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
556 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
560 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
561 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
562 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
564 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
566 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
567 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
)
570 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
571 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
574 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
576 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
578 * Skip inode if it is clean and we have no outstanding writeback in
579 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode. We don't want to mess with writeback lists in this
580 * function since flusher thread may be doing for example sync in
581 * parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So here we
582 * make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there unless
583 * we have completely cleaned the inode.
585 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY_ALL
) &&
586 (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
||
587 !mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK
)))
589 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
590 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
592 ret
= __writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
);
594 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
595 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
597 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
598 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
600 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY_ALL
))
601 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
602 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
603 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
605 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
609 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
610 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
615 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
616 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
617 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
619 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
622 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
623 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
624 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
625 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
627 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
630 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
631 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
632 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
633 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
634 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
641 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
643 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
645 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
646 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
647 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
649 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
650 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
651 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
652 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
653 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
654 .for_sync
= work
->for_sync
,
655 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
657 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
659 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
661 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
663 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
664 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
666 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
669 * We only want to write back data for this
670 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
671 * to it back onto the dirty list.
673 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
678 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
679 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
680 * pin the next superblock.
686 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
687 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
688 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
690 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
691 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
692 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
693 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
696 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) && wbc
.sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
698 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
699 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
700 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
701 * other inodes on s_io.
703 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
704 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
706 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
707 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
708 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode
);
711 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
714 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
715 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
718 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
719 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
720 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
721 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
722 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
725 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
726 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
728 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
729 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
730 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
733 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
734 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
736 __writeback_single_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
738 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
739 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
740 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
741 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
742 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY_ALL
))
744 requeue_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
745 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
746 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
747 cond_resched_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
749 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
750 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
753 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
755 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
762 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
763 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
765 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
768 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
769 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
770 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
772 if (!trylock_super(sb
)) {
774 * trylock_super() may fail consistently due to
775 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
776 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
778 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
781 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
782 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
784 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
786 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
788 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
792 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
796 static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
,
797 enum wb_reason reason
)
799 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
800 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
801 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
806 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
807 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
809 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
810 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
812 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
815 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
817 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
819 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
821 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
822 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
)
825 if (bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) >
826 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, background_thresh
))
833 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
834 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
836 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
837 unsigned long start_time
)
839 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
843 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
845 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
846 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
847 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
848 * older than a specific point in time.
850 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
851 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
854 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
855 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
857 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
858 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
860 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
861 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
862 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
866 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
867 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
869 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
872 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
874 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
878 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
879 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
880 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
881 * after the other works are all done.
883 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
884 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
888 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
889 * background dirty threshold
891 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
))
895 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
896 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
897 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
900 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
901 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
902 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
903 } else if (work
->for_background
)
904 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
906 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
907 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
910 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
912 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
913 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
915 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
918 * Did we write something? Try for more
920 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
921 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
922 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
923 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
928 * No more inodes for IO, bail
930 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
933 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
934 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
935 * we'll just busyloop.
937 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
938 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
939 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
940 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
941 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
942 /* This function drops i_lock... */
943 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
944 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
947 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
949 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
953 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
955 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
956 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
958 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
960 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
961 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
962 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
963 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
964 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
966 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
971 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
972 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
974 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
976 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
977 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
978 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
981 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
983 if (over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
)) {
985 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
986 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
987 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
990 .reason
= WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
,
993 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
999 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
1001 unsigned long expired
;
1005 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
1007 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
1010 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
1011 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
1012 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
1015 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
1016 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
1019 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1020 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
1021 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1024 .reason
= WB_REASON_PERIODIC
,
1027 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
1034 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
1036 static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
1038 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
1039 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
1042 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
1043 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
1045 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
1047 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
1050 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
1051 * work item, otherwise just free it.
1054 complete(work
->done
);
1060 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
1062 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
1063 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
1064 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
1070 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1071 * reschedules periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1073 void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_struct
*work
)
1075 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= container_of(to_delayed_work(work
),
1076 struct bdi_writeback
, dwork
);
1077 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
1080 set_worker_desc("flush-%s", dev_name(bdi
->dev
));
1081 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1083 if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() ||
1084 !test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
))) {
1086 * The normal path. Keep writing back @bdi until its
1087 * work_list is empty. Note that this path is also taken
1088 * if @bdi is shutting down even when we're running off the
1089 * rescuer as work_list needs to be drained.
1092 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
);
1093 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1094 } while (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
));
1097 * bdi_wq can't get enough workers and we're running off
1098 * the emergency worker. Don't hog it. Hopefully, 1024 is
1099 * enough for efficient IO.
1101 pages_written
= writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi
->wb
, 1024,
1102 WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD
);
1103 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1106 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
1107 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &wb
->dwork
, 0);
1108 else if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
1109 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1111 current
->flags
&= ~PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1115 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
1118 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1120 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
1123 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
1126 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
1127 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
1129 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, reason
);
1134 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
1136 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
1137 struct dentry
*dentry
;
1138 const char *name
= "?";
1140 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
1142 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1143 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
1146 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1147 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
1148 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1150 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1157 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1158 * @inode: inode to mark
1159 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1160 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1161 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1163 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1165 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1166 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1167 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1168 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1170 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1173 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1174 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1175 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1176 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1177 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1180 #define I_DIRTY_INODE (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)
1181 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1183 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1184 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1187 trace_writeback_mark_inode_dirty(inode
, flags
);
1190 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1191 * dirty the inode itself
1193 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
| I_DIRTY_TIME
)) {
1194 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode
, flags
);
1196 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1197 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1199 trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1201 if (flags
& I_DIRTY_INODE
)
1202 flags
&= ~I_DIRTY_TIME
;
1203 dirtytime
= flags
& I_DIRTY_TIME
;
1206 * Paired with smp_mb() in __writeback_single_inode() for the
1207 * following lockless i_state test. See there for details.
1211 if (((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
) ||
1212 (dirtytime
&& (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY_INODE
)))
1215 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1216 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1218 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1219 if (dirtytime
&& (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY_INODE
))
1220 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1221 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1222 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1224 if (flags
& I_DIRTY_INODE
)
1225 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_TIME
;
1226 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1229 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1230 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1231 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1233 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1234 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1237 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1238 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1240 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1241 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1242 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1244 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1245 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1248 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1249 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1252 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1253 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1255 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1256 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1257 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1258 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1259 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1262 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1263 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1264 * bdi thread to make sure background
1265 * write-back happens later.
1267 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1271 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1272 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, dirtytime
?
1273 &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty_time
: &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1274 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1275 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_enqueue(inode
);
1278 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1283 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1286 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1288 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1290 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1293 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1294 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1296 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1298 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1301 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1302 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1303 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1304 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1305 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1307 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1308 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1310 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1311 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1312 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1313 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1317 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1318 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1321 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1322 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1323 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1324 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1325 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1331 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1335 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1337 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1342 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1343 * @sb: the superblock
1344 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1345 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
1347 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1348 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1349 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1351 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1353 enum wb_reason reason
)
1355 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1356 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1358 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1359 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1365 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1367 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1368 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1369 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1371 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1374 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1375 * @sb: the superblock
1376 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1378 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1379 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1380 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1382 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1384 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1386 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1389 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - try to start writeback if none underway
1390 * @sb: the superblock
1391 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1392 * @reason: the reason of writeback
1394 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
1395 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1397 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1399 enum wb_reason reason
)
1401 if (writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
))
1404 if (!down_read_trylock(&sb
->s_umount
))
1407 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
, reason
);
1408 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1411 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1414 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
1415 * @sb: the superblock
1416 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1418 * Implement by try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr()
1419 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1421 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1423 return try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1425 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb
);
1428 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1429 * @sb: the superblock
1431 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1434 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1436 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1437 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1439 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1440 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1443 .reason
= WB_REASON_SYNC
,
1447 /* Nothing to do? */
1448 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1450 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1452 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1453 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1457 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1460 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1461 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1462 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1464 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1465 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1467 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1469 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1471 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1472 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1473 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1474 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1476 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1479 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1480 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1483 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1485 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1488 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1489 * @inode: the inode to sync
1490 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1492 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1493 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1494 * update inode->i_state.
1496 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1498 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1500 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
, wbc
);
1502 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1505 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1506 * @inode: the inode to sync
1507 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1509 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1511 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1513 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1515 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1516 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1517 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1520 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1522 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);