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1 /*
2 * fs/fs-writeback.c
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>
21 #include <linux/fs.h>
22 #include <linux/mm.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>
30 #include "internal.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 {
41 long nr_pages;
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 */
56 /**
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
61 * backing device.
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;
76 return sb->s_bdi;
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)) {
109 if (work->done)
110 complete(work->done);
111 goto out_unlock;
113 list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
114 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
115 out_unlock:
116 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
119 static void
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);
130 if (!work) {
131 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi);
132 bdi_wakeup_thread(bdi);
133 return;
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
150 * Description:
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
166 * Description:
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)) {
207 struct inode *tail;
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 */
231 smp_mb();
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);
238 #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
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);
246 #endif
247 return ret;
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)
258 LIST_HEAD(tmp);
259 struct list_head *pos, *node;
260 struct super_block *sb = NULL;
261 struct inode *inode;
262 int do_sb_sort = 0;
263 int moved = 0;
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))
269 break;
270 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp);
271 moved++;
272 if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode->i_sb))
273 continue;
274 if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
275 do_sb_sort = 1;
276 sb = inode->i_sb;
279 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
280 if (!do_sb_sort) {
281 list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue);
282 goto out;
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);
294 out:
295 return moved;
299 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
300 * Before
301 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
302 * =============> gf edc BA
303 * After
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)
311 int moved;
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)
320 int ret;
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);
326 return ret;
328 return 0;
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, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
346 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
351 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
353 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
355 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
356 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
357 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
361 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
362 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
363 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
365 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode *inode)
366 __releases(inode->i_lock)
368 DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
369 wait_queue_head_t *wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
370 int sleep;
372 prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
373 sleep = inode->i_state & I_SYNC;
374 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
375 if (sleep)
376 schedule();
377 finish_wait(wqh, &wait);
381 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
382 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we
383 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
384 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
385 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
386 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
388 static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
389 struct writeback_control *wbc)
391 if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
392 return;
395 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one
396 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update
397 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
399 if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
400 (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages))
401 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
403 if (wbc->pages_skipped) {
405 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
406 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
408 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
409 return;
412 if (mapping_tagged(inode->i_mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
414 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
415 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
417 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
418 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
419 requeue_io(inode, wb);
420 } else {
422 * Writeback blocked by something other than
423 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
424 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
425 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
426 * that cannot be performed immediately.
428 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
430 } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
432 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
433 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
434 * updates after data IO completion.
436 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
437 } else {
438 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
439 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
444 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
445 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
446 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
448 static int
449 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
451 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
452 long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
453 unsigned dirty;
454 int ret;
456 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_SYNC));
458 trace_writeback_single_inode_start(inode, wbc, nr_to_write);
460 ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
463 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
464 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
465 * I/O completion. We don't do it for sync(2) writeback because it has a
466 * separate, external IO completion path and ->sync_fs for guaranteeing
467 * inode metadata is written back correctly.
469 if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL && !wbc->for_sync) {
470 int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
471 if (ret == 0)
472 ret = err;
476 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
477 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
478 * write_inode()
480 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
481 /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */
482 if (!mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY))
483 inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
484 dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
485 inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
486 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
487 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
488 if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
489 int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
490 if (ret == 0)
491 ret = err;
493 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc, nr_to_write);
494 return ret;
498 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
499 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
501 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
502 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
503 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
505 static int
506 writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
507 struct writeback_control *wbc)
509 int ret = 0;
511 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
512 if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
513 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
514 else
515 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
517 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
518 if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
519 goto out;
521 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
522 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
523 * away under us.
525 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
527 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
529 * Skip inode if it is clean and we have no outstanding writeback in
530 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode. We don't want to mess with writeback lists in this
531 * function since flusher thread may be doing for example sync in
532 * parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So here we
533 * make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there unless
534 * we have completely cleaned the inode.
536 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
537 (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL ||
538 !mapping_tagged(inode->i_mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK)))
539 goto out;
540 inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
541 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
543 ret = __writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
545 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
546 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
548 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
549 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
551 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
552 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
553 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
554 inode_sync_complete(inode);
555 out:
556 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
557 return ret;
560 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
561 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
563 long pages;
566 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
567 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
568 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
570 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
572 * wb_writeback()
573 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
574 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
575 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
576 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
578 if (work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || work->tagged_writepages)
579 pages = LONG_MAX;
580 else {
581 pages = min(bdi->avg_write_bandwidth / 2,
582 global_dirty_limit / DIRTY_SCOPE);
583 pages = min(pages, work->nr_pages);
584 pages = round_down(pages + MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES,
585 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES);
588 return pages;
592 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
594 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
596 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
597 struct bdi_writeback *wb,
598 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
600 struct writeback_control wbc = {
601 .sync_mode = work->sync_mode,
602 .tagged_writepages = work->tagged_writepages,
603 .for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate,
604 .for_background = work->for_background,
605 .for_sync = work->for_sync,
606 .range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic,
607 .range_start = 0,
608 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
610 unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
611 long write_chunk;
612 long wrote = 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
614 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
615 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
617 if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
618 if (work->sb) {
620 * We only want to write back data for this
621 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
622 * to it back onto the dirty list.
624 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
625 continue;
629 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
630 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
631 * pin the next superblock.
633 break;
637 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
638 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
639 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
641 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
642 if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
643 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
644 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
645 continue;
647 if ((inode->i_state & I_SYNC) && wbc.sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
649 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
650 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
651 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
652 * other inodes on s_io.
654 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
655 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
657 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
658 requeue_io(inode, wb);
659 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode);
660 continue;
662 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
665 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
666 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
667 * WB_SYNC_ALL case.
669 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
670 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
671 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
672 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
673 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
674 continue;
676 inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
677 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
679 write_chunk = writeback_chunk_size(wb->bdi, work);
680 wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
681 wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
684 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
685 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
687 __writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
689 work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
690 wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
691 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
692 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
693 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
694 wrote++;
695 requeue_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
696 inode_sync_complete(inode);
697 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
698 cond_resched_lock(&wb->list_lock);
700 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
701 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
703 if (wrote) {
704 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
705 break;
706 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
707 break;
710 return wrote;
713 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
714 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
716 unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
717 long wrote = 0;
719 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
720 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
721 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
723 if (!grab_super_passive(sb)) {
725 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
726 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
727 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
729 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
730 continue;
732 wrote += writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, work);
733 drop_super(sb);
735 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
736 if (wrote) {
737 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
738 break;
739 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
740 break;
743 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
744 return wrote;
747 static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
748 enum wb_reason reason)
750 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
751 .nr_pages = nr_pages,
752 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
753 .range_cyclic = 1,
754 .reason = reason,
757 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
758 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
759 queue_io(wb, &work);
760 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &work);
761 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
763 return nr_pages - work.nr_pages;
766 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
768 unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
770 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
772 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
773 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh)
774 return true;
776 if (bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE) >
777 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, background_thresh))
778 return true;
780 return false;
784 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
785 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
787 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
788 unsigned long start_time)
790 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb->bdi, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time);
794 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
796 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
797 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
798 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
799 * older than a specific point in time.
801 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
802 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
803 * one-second gap.
805 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
806 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
808 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
809 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
811 unsigned long wb_start = jiffies;
812 long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
813 unsigned long oldest_jif;
814 struct inode *inode;
815 long progress;
817 oldest_jif = jiffies;
818 work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
820 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
821 for (;;) {
823 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
825 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
826 break;
829 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
830 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
831 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
832 * after the other works are all done.
834 if ((work->for_background || work->for_kupdate) &&
835 !list_empty(&wb->bdi->work_list))
836 break;
839 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
840 * background dirty threshold
842 if (work->for_background && !over_bground_thresh(wb->bdi))
843 break;
846 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
847 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
848 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
849 * safe.
851 if (work->for_kupdate) {
852 oldest_jif = jiffies -
853 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
854 } else if (work->for_background)
855 oldest_jif = jiffies;
857 trace_writeback_start(wb->bdi, work);
858 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
859 queue_io(wb, work);
860 if (work->sb)
861 progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
862 else
863 progress = __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, work);
864 trace_writeback_written(wb->bdi, work);
866 wb_update_bandwidth(wb, wb_start);
869 * Did we write something? Try for more
871 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
872 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
873 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
874 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
876 if (progress)
877 continue;
879 * No more inodes for IO, bail
881 if (list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
882 break;
884 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
885 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
886 * we'll just busyloop.
888 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) {
889 trace_writeback_wait(wb->bdi, work);
890 inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
891 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
892 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
893 /* This function drops i_lock... */
894 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
895 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
898 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
900 return nr_pages - work->nr_pages;
904 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
906 static struct wb_writeback_work *
907 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
909 struct wb_writeback_work *work = NULL;
911 spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
912 if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) {
913 work = list_entry(bdi->work_list.next,
914 struct wb_writeback_work, list);
915 list_del_init(&work->list);
917 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
918 return work;
922 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
923 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
925 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
927 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
928 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
929 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
932 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
934 if (over_bground_thresh(wb->bdi)) {
936 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
937 .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
938 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
939 .for_background = 1,
940 .range_cyclic = 1,
941 .reason = WB_REASON_BACKGROUND,
944 return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
947 return 0;
950 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
952 unsigned long expired;
953 long nr_pages;
956 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
958 if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
959 return 0;
961 expired = wb->last_old_flush +
962 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
963 if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
964 return 0;
966 wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
967 nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages();
969 if (nr_pages) {
970 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
971 .nr_pages = nr_pages,
972 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
973 .for_kupdate = 1,
974 .range_cyclic = 1,
975 .reason = WB_REASON_PERIODIC,
978 return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
981 return 0;
985 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
987 static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
989 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
990 struct wb_writeback_work *work;
991 long wrote = 0;
993 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
994 while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi)) != NULL) {
996 trace_writeback_exec(bdi, work);
998 wrote += wb_writeback(wb, work);
1001 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
1002 * work item, otherwise just free it.
1004 if (work->done)
1005 complete(work->done);
1006 else
1007 kfree(work);
1011 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
1013 wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
1014 wrote += wb_check_background_flush(wb);
1015 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
1017 return wrote;
1021 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1022 * reschedules periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1024 void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
1026 struct bdi_writeback *wb = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
1027 struct bdi_writeback, dwork);
1028 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
1029 long pages_written;
1031 set_worker_desc("flush-%s", dev_name(bdi->dev));
1032 current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
1034 if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() ||
1035 !test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state))) {
1037 * The normal path. Keep writing back @bdi until its
1038 * work_list is empty. Note that this path is also taken
1039 * if @bdi is shutting down even when we're running off the
1040 * rescuer as work_list needs to be drained.
1042 do {
1043 pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb);
1044 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
1045 } while (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list));
1046 } else {
1048 * bdi_wq can't get enough workers and we're running off
1049 * the emergency worker. Don't hog it. Hopefully, 1024 is
1050 * enough for efficient IO.
1052 pages_written = writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, 1024,
1053 WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD);
1054 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
1057 if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
1058 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork, 0);
1059 else if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval)
1060 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
1062 current->flags &= ~PF_SWAPWRITE;
1066 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
1067 * the whole world.
1069 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason)
1071 struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
1073 if (!nr_pages)
1074 nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages();
1076 rcu_read_lock();
1077 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
1078 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
1079 continue;
1080 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, false, reason);
1082 rcu_read_unlock();
1085 static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
1087 if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
1088 struct dentry *dentry;
1089 const char *name = "?";
1091 dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
1092 if (dentry) {
1093 spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
1094 name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
1096 printk(KERN_DEBUG
1097 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1098 current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
1099 name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
1100 if (dentry) {
1101 spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
1102 dput(dentry);
1108 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1109 * @inode: inode to mark
1110 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1111 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1112 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1114 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1116 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1117 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1118 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1119 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1121 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1122 * them dirty.
1124 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1125 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1126 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1127 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1128 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1129 * blockdev inode.
1131 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
1133 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
1134 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL;
1137 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1138 * dirty the inode itself
1140 if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
1141 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode, flags);
1143 if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
1144 sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags);
1146 trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode, flags);
1150 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1151 * -- mikulas
1153 smp_mb();
1155 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1156 if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
1157 return;
1159 if (unlikely(block_dump))
1160 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);
1162 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1163 if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
1164 const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
1166 inode->i_state |= flags;
1169 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1170 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1171 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1173 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
1174 goto out_unlock_inode;
1177 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1178 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1180 if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
1181 if (inode_unhashed(inode))
1182 goto out_unlock_inode;
1184 if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
1185 goto out_unlock_inode;
1188 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1189 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1191 if (!was_dirty) {
1192 bool wakeup_bdi = false;
1193 bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
1195 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1196 spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
1197 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
1198 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
1199 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);
1202 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1203 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1204 * bdi thread to make sure background
1205 * write-back happens later.
1207 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb))
1208 wakeup_bdi = true;
1211 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
1212 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
1213 spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
1215 if (wakeup_bdi)
1216 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
1217 return;
1220 out_unlock_inode:
1221 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1224 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
1226 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
1228 struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
1231 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1232 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1234 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
1236 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
1239 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1240 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1241 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1242 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1243 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1245 list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
1246 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
1248 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1249 if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) ||
1250 (mapping->nrpages == 0)) {
1251 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1252 continue;
1254 __iget(inode);
1255 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1256 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
1259 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1260 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1261 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1262 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1263 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1264 * later.
1266 iput(old_inode);
1267 old_inode = inode;
1269 filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
1271 cond_resched();
1273 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
1275 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
1276 iput(old_inode);
1280 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1281 * @sb: the superblock
1282 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1283 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
1285 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1286 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1287 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1289 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb,
1290 unsigned long nr,
1291 enum wb_reason reason)
1293 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
1294 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
1295 .sb = sb,
1296 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
1297 .tagged_writepages = 1,
1298 .done = &done,
1299 .nr_pages = nr,
1300 .reason = reason,
1303 if (sb->s_bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info)
1304 return;
1305 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
1306 bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
1307 wait_for_completion(&done);
1309 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
1312 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1313 * @sb: the superblock
1314 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1316 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1317 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1318 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1320 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
1322 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason);
1324 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
1327 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - try to start writeback if none underway
1328 * @sb: the superblock
1329 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1330 * @reason: the reason of writeback
1332 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
1333 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1335 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb,
1336 unsigned long nr,
1337 enum wb_reason reason)
1339 if (writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi))
1340 return 1;
1342 if (!down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount))
1343 return 0;
1345 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr, reason);
1346 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
1347 return 1;
1349 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
1352 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
1353 * @sb: the superblock
1354 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1356 * Implement by try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr()
1357 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1359 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
1361 return try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason);
1363 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb);
1366 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1367 * @sb: the superblock
1369 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1370 * super_block.
1372 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
1374 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
1375 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
1376 .sb = sb,
1377 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
1378 .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
1379 .range_cyclic = 0,
1380 .done = &done,
1381 .reason = WB_REASON_SYNC,
1382 .for_sync = 1,
1385 /* Nothing to do? */
1386 if (sb->s_bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info)
1387 return;
1388 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
1390 bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
1391 wait_for_completion(&done);
1393 wait_sb_inodes(sb);
1395 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
1398 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1399 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1400 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1402 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1403 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1405 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1407 int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
1409 struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
1410 struct writeback_control wbc = {
1411 .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
1412 .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
1413 .range_start = 0,
1414 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
1417 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
1418 wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
1420 might_sleep();
1421 return writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
1423 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
1426 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1427 * @inode: the inode to sync
1428 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1430 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1431 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1432 * update inode->i_state.
1434 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1436 int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
1438 return writeback_single_inode(inode, &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb, wbc);
1440 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
1443 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1444 * @inode: the inode to sync
1445 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1447 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1449 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1451 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait)
1453 struct writeback_control wbc = {
1454 .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
1455 .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */
1458 return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
1460 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata);