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
);
483 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
484 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY
;
487 * Paired with smp_mb() in __mark_inode_dirty(). This allows
488 * __mark_inode_dirty() to test i_state without grabbing i_lock -
489 * either they see the I_DIRTY bits cleared or we see the dirtied
492 * I_DIRTY_PAGES is always cleared together above even if @mapping
493 * still has dirty pages. The flag is reinstated after smp_mb() if
494 * necessary. This guarantees that either __mark_inode_dirty()
495 * sees clear I_DIRTY_PAGES or we see PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY.
499 if (mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
))
500 inode
->i_state
|= I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
502 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
504 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
505 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
506 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
510 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
515 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
516 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
518 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
519 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
520 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
523 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
524 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
528 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
529 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
530 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
532 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
534 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
535 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
)
538 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
539 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
542 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
);
544 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
546 * Skip inode if it is clean and we have no outstanding writeback in
547 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode. We don't want to mess with writeback lists in this
548 * function since flusher thread may be doing for example sync in
549 * parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So here we
550 * make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there unless
551 * we have completely cleaned the inode.
553 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
554 (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
||
555 !mapping_tagged(inode
->i_mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK
)))
557 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
558 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
560 ret
= __writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
);
562 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
563 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
565 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
566 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
568 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
569 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
570 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
571 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
573 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
577 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
578 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
583 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
584 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
585 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
587 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
590 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
591 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
592 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
593 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
595 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
598 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
599 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
600 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
601 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
602 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
609 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
611 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
613 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
614 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
615 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
617 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
618 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
619 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
620 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
621 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
622 .for_sync
= work
->for_sync
,
623 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
625 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
627 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
629 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
631 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
632 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
634 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
637 * We only want to write back data for this
638 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
639 * to it back onto the dirty list.
641 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
646 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
647 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
648 * pin the next superblock.
654 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
655 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
656 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
658 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
659 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
660 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
661 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
664 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) && wbc
.sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
666 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
667 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
668 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
669 * other inodes on s_io.
671 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
672 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
674 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
675 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
676 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode
);
679 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
682 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
683 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
686 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
687 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
688 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
689 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
690 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
693 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
694 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
696 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
697 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
698 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
701 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
702 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
704 __writeback_single_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
706 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
707 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
709 if (need_resched()) {
711 * We're trying to balance between building up a nice
712 * long list of IOs to improve our merge rate, and
713 * getting those IOs out quickly for anyone throttling
714 * in balance_dirty_pages(). cond_resched() doesn't
715 * unplug, so get our IOs out the door before we
718 blk_flush_plug(current
);
723 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
724 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
725 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
727 requeue_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
728 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
729 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
732 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
733 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
736 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
738 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
745 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
746 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
748 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
751 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
752 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
753 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
755 if (!grab_super_passive(sb
)) {
757 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
758 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
759 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
761 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
764 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
767 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
769 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
771 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
775 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
779 static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
,
780 enum wb_reason reason
)
782 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
783 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
784 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
789 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
790 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
792 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
793 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
795 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
798 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
800 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
802 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
804 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
805 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
)
808 if (bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) >
809 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, background_thresh
))
816 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
817 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
819 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
820 unsigned long start_time
)
822 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
826 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
828 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
829 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
830 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
831 * older than a specific point in time.
833 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
834 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
837 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
838 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
840 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
841 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
843 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
844 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
845 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
849 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
850 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
852 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
855 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
857 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
861 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
862 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
863 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
864 * after the other works are all done.
866 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
867 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
871 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
872 * background dirty threshold
874 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
))
878 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
879 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
880 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
883 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
884 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
885 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
886 } else if (work
->for_background
)
887 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
889 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
890 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
893 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
895 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
896 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
898 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
901 * Did we write something? Try for more
903 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
904 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
905 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
906 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
911 * No more inodes for IO, bail
913 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
916 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
917 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
918 * we'll just busyloop.
920 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
921 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
922 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
923 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
924 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
925 /* This function drops i_lock... */
926 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode
);
927 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
930 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
932 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
936 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
938 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
939 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
941 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
943 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
944 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
945 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
946 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
947 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
949 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
954 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
955 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
957 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
959 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
960 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
961 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
964 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
966 if (over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
)) {
968 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
969 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
970 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
973 .reason
= WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
,
976 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
982 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
984 unsigned long expired
;
988 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
990 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
993 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
994 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
995 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
998 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
999 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
1002 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1003 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
1004 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1007 .reason
= WB_REASON_PERIODIC
,
1010 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
1017 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
1019 static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
1021 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
1022 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
1025 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
1026 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
1028 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
1030 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
1033 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
1034 * work item, otherwise just free it.
1037 complete(work
->done
);
1043 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
1045 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
1046 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
1047 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
1053 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1054 * reschedules periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1056 void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_struct
*work
)
1058 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= container_of(to_delayed_work(work
),
1059 struct bdi_writeback
, dwork
);
1060 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
1063 set_worker_desc("flush-%s", dev_name(bdi
->dev
));
1064 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1066 if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() ||
1067 !test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
))) {
1069 * The normal path. Keep writing back @bdi until its
1070 * work_list is empty. Note that this path is also taken
1071 * if @bdi is shutting down even when we're running off the
1072 * rescuer as work_list needs to be drained.
1075 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
);
1076 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1077 } while (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
));
1080 * bdi_wq can't get enough workers and we're running off
1081 * the emergency worker. Don't hog it. Hopefully, 1024 is
1082 * enough for efficient IO.
1084 pages_written
= writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi
->wb
, 1024,
1085 WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD
);
1086 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
1089 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
1090 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq
, &wb
->dwork
, 0);
1091 else if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
1092 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1094 current
->flags
&= ~PF_SWAPWRITE
;
1098 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
1101 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1103 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
1106 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
1109 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
1110 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
1112 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, reason
);
1117 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
1119 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
1120 struct dentry
*dentry
;
1121 const char *name
= "?";
1123 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
1125 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1126 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
1129 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1130 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
1131 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1133 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1140 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1141 * @inode: inode to mark
1142 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1143 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1144 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1146 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1148 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1149 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1150 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1151 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1153 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1156 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1157 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1158 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1159 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1160 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1163 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1165 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1166 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1169 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1170 * dirty the inode itself
1172 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
1173 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode
, flags
);
1175 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1176 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1178 trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1182 * Paired with smp_mb() in __writeback_single_inode() for the
1183 * following lockless i_state test. See there for details.
1187 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
1190 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1191 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1193 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1194 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1195 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1197 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1200 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1201 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1202 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1204 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1205 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1208 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1209 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1211 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1212 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1213 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1215 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1216 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1219 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1220 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1223 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1224 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1226 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1227 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1228 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1229 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1230 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1233 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1234 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1235 * bdi thread to make sure background
1236 * write-back happens later.
1238 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1242 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1243 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1244 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1247 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1252 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1255 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1257 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1259 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1262 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1263 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1265 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1267 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1270 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1271 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1272 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1273 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1274 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1276 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1277 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1279 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1280 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1281 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1282 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1286 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1287 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1290 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1291 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1292 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1293 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1294 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1300 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1304 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1306 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1311 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1312 * @sb: the superblock
1313 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1314 * @reason: reason why some writeback work 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_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1322 enum wb_reason reason
)
1324 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1325 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1327 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1328 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1334 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1336 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1337 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1338 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1340 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1343 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1344 * @sb: the superblock
1345 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was 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(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1353 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1355 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1358 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - try to start writeback if none underway
1359 * @sb: the superblock
1360 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1361 * @reason: the reason of writeback
1363 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
1364 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1366 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1368 enum wb_reason reason
)
1370 if (writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
))
1373 if (!down_read_trylock(&sb
->s_umount
))
1376 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
, reason
);
1377 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1380 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1383 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
1384 * @sb: the superblock
1385 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1387 * Implement by try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr()
1388 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1390 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1392 return try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1394 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb
);
1397 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1398 * @sb: the superblock
1400 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1403 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1405 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1406 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1408 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1409 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1412 .reason
= WB_REASON_SYNC
,
1416 /* Nothing to do? */
1417 if (sb
->s_bdi
== &noop_backing_dev_info
)
1419 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1421 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1422 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1426 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1429 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1430 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1431 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1433 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1434 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1436 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1438 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1440 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1441 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1442 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1443 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1445 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1448 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1449 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1452 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1454 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1457 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1458 * @inode: the inode to sync
1459 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1461 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1462 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1463 * update inode->i_state.
1465 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1467 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1469 return writeback_single_inode(inode
, &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
, wbc
);
1471 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1474 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1475 * @inode: the inode to sync
1476 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1478 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1480 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1482 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1484 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1485 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1486 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1489 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1491 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);