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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 "internal.h"
32 * 4MB minimal write chunk size
34 #define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES (4096UL >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10))
37 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
39 struct wb_writeback_work {
40 long nr_pages;
41 struct super_block *sb;
42 unsigned long *older_than_this;
43 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
44 unsigned int tagged_writepages:1;
45 unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
46 unsigned int range_cyclic:1;
47 unsigned int for_background:1;
48 enum wb_reason reason; /* why was writeback initiated? */
50 struct list_head list; /* pending work list */
51 struct completion *done; /* set if the caller waits */
54 /**
55 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
56 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
58 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
59 * backing device.
61 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
63 return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &bdi->state);
65 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_in_progress);
67 static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
69 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
71 if (strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "bdev") == 0)
72 return inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
74 return sb->s_bdi;
77 static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
79 return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_wb_list);
83 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
84 * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition
85 * remains local to this file.
87 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
88 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
90 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
91 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
93 trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work);
95 spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
96 list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
97 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
99 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
102 static void
103 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
104 bool range_cyclic, enum wb_reason reason)
106 struct wb_writeback_work *work;
109 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
110 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
112 work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
113 if (!work) {
114 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi);
115 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
116 return;
119 work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE;
120 work->nr_pages = nr_pages;
121 work->range_cyclic = range_cyclic;
122 work->reason = reason;
124 bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
128 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
129 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
130 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
131 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
133 * Description:
134 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
135 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
136 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
139 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
140 enum wb_reason reason)
142 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, true, reason);
146 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
147 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
149 * Description:
150 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
151 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
152 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
153 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
155 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
158 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
159 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
161 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi);
162 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
166 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
168 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode *inode)
170 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
172 spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
173 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
174 spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
178 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
179 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
181 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
182 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
183 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
184 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
186 static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
188 assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
189 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
190 struct inode *tail;
192 tail = wb_inode(wb->b_dirty.next);
193 if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
194 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
196 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_dirty);
200 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
202 static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
204 assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
205 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_more_io);
208 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
210 inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
211 /* If inode is clean an unused, put it into LRU now... */
212 inode_add_lru(inode);
213 /* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */
214 smp_mb();
215 wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
218 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
220 bool ret = time_after(inode->dirtied_when, t);
221 #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
223 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
224 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
225 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
226 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
228 ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
229 #endif
230 return ret;
234 * Move expired (dirtied before work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
235 * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
237 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
238 struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
239 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
241 LIST_HEAD(tmp);
242 struct list_head *pos, *node;
243 struct super_block *sb = NULL;
244 struct inode *inode;
245 int do_sb_sort = 0;
246 int moved = 0;
248 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
249 inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
250 if (work->older_than_this &&
251 inode_dirtied_after(inode, *work->older_than_this))
252 break;
253 if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
254 do_sb_sort = 1;
255 sb = inode->i_sb;
256 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp);
257 moved++;
260 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
261 if (!do_sb_sort) {
262 list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue);
263 goto out;
266 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
267 while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
268 sb = wb_inode(tmp.prev)->i_sb;
269 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) {
270 inode = wb_inode(pos);
271 if (inode->i_sb == sb)
272 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, dispatch_queue);
275 out:
276 return moved;
280 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
281 * Before
282 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
283 * =============> gf edc BA
284 * After
285 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
286 * =============> g fBAedc
288 * +--> dequeue for IO
290 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work)
292 int moved;
293 assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
294 list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
295 moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, work);
296 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, work, moved);
299 static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
301 int ret;
303 if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode)) {
304 trace_writeback_write_inode_start(inode, wbc);
305 ret = inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, wbc);
306 trace_writeback_write_inode(inode, wbc);
307 return ret;
309 return 0;
313 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held.
314 * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock.
316 static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
317 __releases(inode->i_lock)
318 __acquires(inode->i_lock)
320 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
321 wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
323 wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
324 while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
325 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
326 __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
327 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
332 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
334 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
336 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
337 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
338 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
342 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
343 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
344 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
346 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode *inode)
347 __releases(inode->i_lock)
349 DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
350 wait_queue_head_t *wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
351 int sleep;
353 prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
354 sleep = inode->i_state & I_SYNC;
355 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
356 if (sleep)
357 schedule();
358 finish_wait(wqh, &wait);
362 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
363 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we
364 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
365 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
366 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
367 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
369 static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
370 struct writeback_control *wbc)
372 if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
373 return;
376 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one
377 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update
378 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
380 if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
381 (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages))
382 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
384 if (wbc->pages_skipped) {
386 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
387 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
389 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
390 return;
393 if (mapping_tagged(inode->i_mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
395 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
396 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
398 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
399 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
400 requeue_io(inode, wb);
401 } else {
403 * Writeback blocked by something other than
404 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
405 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
406 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
407 * that cannot be performed immediately.
409 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
411 } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
413 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
414 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
415 * updates after data IO completion.
417 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
418 } else {
419 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
420 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
425 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
426 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
427 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
429 static int
430 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
432 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
433 long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
434 unsigned dirty;
435 int ret;
437 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_SYNC));
439 trace_writeback_single_inode_start(inode, wbc, nr_to_write);
441 ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
444 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
445 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
446 * I/O completion.
448 if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
449 int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
450 if (ret == 0)
451 ret = err;
455 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
456 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
457 * write_inode()
459 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
460 /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */
461 if (!mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY))
462 inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
463 dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
464 inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
465 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
466 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
467 if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
468 int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
469 if (ret == 0)
470 ret = err;
472 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc, nr_to_write);
473 return ret;
477 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
478 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
480 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
481 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
482 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
484 static int
485 writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
486 struct writeback_control *wbc)
488 int ret = 0;
490 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
491 if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
492 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
493 else
494 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
496 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
497 if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
498 goto out;
500 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
501 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
502 * away under us.
504 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
506 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
508 * Skip inode if it is clean. We don't want to mess with writeback
509 * lists in this function since flusher thread may be doing for example
510 * sync in parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So
511 * here we make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there
512 * unless we have completely cleaned the inode.
514 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
515 goto out;
516 inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
517 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
519 ret = __writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
521 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
522 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
524 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
525 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
527 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
528 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
529 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
530 inode_sync_complete(inode);
531 out:
532 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
533 return ret;
536 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
537 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
539 long pages;
542 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
543 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
544 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
546 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
548 * wb_writeback()
549 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
550 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
551 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
552 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
554 if (work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || work->tagged_writepages)
555 pages = LONG_MAX;
556 else {
557 pages = min(bdi->avg_write_bandwidth / 2,
558 global_dirty_limit / DIRTY_SCOPE);
559 pages = min(pages, work->nr_pages);
560 pages = round_down(pages + MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES,
561 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES);
564 return pages;
568 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
570 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
572 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
573 struct bdi_writeback *wb,
574 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
576 struct writeback_control wbc = {
577 .sync_mode = work->sync_mode,
578 .tagged_writepages = work->tagged_writepages,
579 .for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate,
580 .for_background = work->for_background,
581 .range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic,
582 .range_start = 0,
583 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
585 unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
586 long write_chunk;
587 long wrote = 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
589 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
590 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
592 if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
593 if (work->sb) {
595 * We only want to write back data for this
596 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
597 * to it back onto the dirty list.
599 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
600 continue;
604 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
605 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
606 * pin the next superblock.
608 break;
612 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
613 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
614 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
616 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
617 if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
618 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
619 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
620 continue;
622 if ((inode->i_state & I_SYNC) && wbc.sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
624 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
625 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
626 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
627 * other inodes on s_io.
629 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
630 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
632 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
633 requeue_io(inode, wb);
634 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode);
635 continue;
637 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
640 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
641 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
642 * WB_SYNC_ALL case.
644 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
645 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
646 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
647 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
648 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
649 continue;
651 inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
652 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
654 write_chunk = writeback_chunk_size(wb->bdi, work);
655 wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
656 wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
659 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
660 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
662 __writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
664 work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
665 wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
666 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
667 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
668 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
669 wrote++;
670 requeue_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
671 inode_sync_complete(inode);
672 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
673 cond_resched_lock(&wb->list_lock);
675 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
676 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
678 if (wrote) {
679 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
680 break;
681 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
682 break;
685 return wrote;
688 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
689 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
691 unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
692 long wrote = 0;
694 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
695 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
696 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
698 if (!grab_super_passive(sb)) {
700 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
701 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
702 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
704 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
705 continue;
707 wrote += writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, work);
708 drop_super(sb);
710 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
711 if (wrote) {
712 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
713 break;
714 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
715 break;
718 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
719 return wrote;
722 long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
723 enum wb_reason reason)
725 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
726 .nr_pages = nr_pages,
727 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
728 .range_cyclic = 1,
729 .reason = reason,
732 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
733 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
734 queue_io(wb, &work);
735 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &work);
736 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
738 return nr_pages - work.nr_pages;
741 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
743 unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
745 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
747 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
748 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh)
749 return true;
751 if (bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE) >
752 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, background_thresh))
753 return true;
755 return false;
759 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
760 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
762 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
763 unsigned long start_time)
765 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb->bdi, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time);
769 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
771 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
772 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
773 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
774 * older than a specific point in time.
776 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
777 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
778 * one-second gap.
780 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
781 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
783 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
784 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
786 unsigned long wb_start = jiffies;
787 long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
788 unsigned long oldest_jif;
789 struct inode *inode;
790 long progress;
792 oldest_jif = jiffies;
793 work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
795 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
796 for (;;) {
798 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
800 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
801 break;
804 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
805 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
806 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
807 * after the other works are all done.
809 if ((work->for_background || work->for_kupdate) &&
810 !list_empty(&wb->bdi->work_list))
811 break;
814 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
815 * background dirty threshold
817 if (work->for_background && !over_bground_thresh(wb->bdi))
818 break;
821 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
822 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
823 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
824 * safe.
826 if (work->for_kupdate) {
827 oldest_jif = jiffies -
828 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
829 } else if (work->for_background)
830 oldest_jif = jiffies;
832 trace_writeback_start(wb->bdi, work);
833 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
834 queue_io(wb, work);
835 if (work->sb)
836 progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
837 else
838 progress = __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, work);
839 trace_writeback_written(wb->bdi, work);
841 wb_update_bandwidth(wb, wb_start);
844 * Did we write something? Try for more
846 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
847 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
848 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
849 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
851 if (progress)
852 continue;
854 * No more inodes for IO, bail
856 if (list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
857 break;
859 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
860 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
861 * we'll just busyloop.
863 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) {
864 trace_writeback_wait(wb->bdi, work);
865 inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
866 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
867 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
868 /* This function drops i_lock... */
869 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
870 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
873 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
875 return nr_pages - work->nr_pages;
879 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
881 static struct wb_writeback_work *
882 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
884 struct wb_writeback_work *work = NULL;
886 spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
887 if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) {
888 work = list_entry(bdi->work_list.next,
889 struct wb_writeback_work, list);
890 list_del_init(&work->list);
892 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
893 return work;
897 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
898 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
900 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
902 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
903 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
904 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
907 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
909 if (over_bground_thresh(wb->bdi)) {
911 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
912 .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
913 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
914 .for_background = 1,
915 .range_cyclic = 1,
916 .reason = WB_REASON_BACKGROUND,
919 return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
922 return 0;
925 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
927 unsigned long expired;
928 long nr_pages;
931 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
933 if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
934 return 0;
936 expired = wb->last_old_flush +
937 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
938 if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
939 return 0;
941 wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
942 nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages();
944 if (nr_pages) {
945 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
946 .nr_pages = nr_pages,
947 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
948 .for_kupdate = 1,
949 .range_cyclic = 1,
950 .reason = WB_REASON_PERIODIC,
953 return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
956 return 0;
960 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
962 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
964 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
965 struct wb_writeback_work *work;
966 long wrote = 0;
968 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
969 while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi)) != NULL) {
971 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
972 * because this thread is exiting now.
974 if (force_wait)
975 work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;
977 trace_writeback_exec(bdi, work);
979 wrote += wb_writeback(wb, work);
982 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
983 * work item, otherwise just free it.
985 if (work->done)
986 complete(work->done);
987 else
988 kfree(work);
992 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
994 wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
995 wrote += wb_check_background_flush(wb);
996 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
998 return wrote;
1002 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1003 * reschedules periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1005 void bdi_writeback_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
1007 struct bdi_writeback *wb = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
1008 struct bdi_writeback, dwork);
1009 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
1010 long pages_written;
1012 set_worker_desc("flush-%s", dev_name(bdi->dev));
1013 current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
1015 if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() ||
1016 list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list))) {
1018 * The normal path. Keep writing back @bdi until its
1019 * work_list is empty. Note that this path is also taken
1020 * if @bdi is shutting down even when we're running off the
1021 * rescuer as work_list needs to be drained.
1023 do {
1024 pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);
1025 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
1026 } while (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list));
1027 } else {
1029 * bdi_wq can't get enough workers and we're running off
1030 * the emergency worker. Don't hog it. Hopefully, 1024 is
1031 * enough for efficient IO.
1033 pages_written = writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, 1024,
1034 WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD);
1035 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
1038 if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list) ||
1039 (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval))
1040 queue_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork,
1041 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
1043 current->flags &= ~PF_SWAPWRITE;
1047 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
1048 * the whole world.
1050 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason)
1052 struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
1054 if (!nr_pages) {
1055 nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
1056 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
1059 rcu_read_lock();
1060 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
1061 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
1062 continue;
1063 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, false, reason);
1065 rcu_read_unlock();
1068 static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
1070 if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
1071 struct dentry *dentry;
1072 const char *name = "?";
1074 dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
1075 if (dentry) {
1076 spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
1077 name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
1079 printk(KERN_DEBUG
1080 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1081 current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
1082 name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
1083 if (dentry) {
1084 spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
1085 dput(dentry);
1091 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1092 * @inode: inode to mark
1093 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1094 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1095 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1097 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1099 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1100 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1101 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1102 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1104 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1105 * them dirty.
1107 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1108 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1109 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1110 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1111 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1112 * blockdev inode.
1114 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
1116 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
1117 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL;
1120 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1121 * dirty the inode itself
1123 if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
1124 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode, flags);
1126 if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
1127 sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags);
1129 trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode, flags);
1133 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1134 * -- mikulas
1136 smp_mb();
1138 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1139 if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
1140 return;
1142 if (unlikely(block_dump))
1143 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);
1145 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1146 if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
1147 const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
1149 inode->i_state |= flags;
1152 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1153 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1154 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1156 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
1157 goto out_unlock_inode;
1160 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1161 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1163 if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
1164 if (inode_unhashed(inode))
1165 goto out_unlock_inode;
1167 if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
1168 goto out_unlock_inode;
1171 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1172 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1174 if (!was_dirty) {
1175 bool wakeup_bdi = false;
1176 bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
1178 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
1179 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
1180 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);
1183 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1184 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1185 * bdi thread to make sure background
1186 * write-back happens later.
1188 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb))
1189 wakeup_bdi = true;
1192 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1193 spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
1194 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
1195 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
1196 spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
1198 if (wakeup_bdi)
1199 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
1200 return;
1203 out_unlock_inode:
1204 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1207 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
1209 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
1211 struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
1214 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1215 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1217 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
1219 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
1222 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1223 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1224 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1225 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1226 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1228 list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
1229 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
1231 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1232 if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) ||
1233 (mapping->nrpages == 0)) {
1234 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1235 continue;
1237 __iget(inode);
1238 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1239 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
1242 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1243 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1244 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1245 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1246 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1247 * later.
1249 iput(old_inode);
1250 old_inode = inode;
1252 filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
1254 cond_resched();
1256 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
1258 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
1259 iput(old_inode);
1263 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1264 * @sb: the superblock
1265 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1266 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
1268 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1269 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1270 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1272 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb,
1273 unsigned long nr,
1274 enum wb_reason reason)
1276 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
1277 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
1278 .sb = sb,
1279 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
1280 .tagged_writepages = 1,
1281 .done = &done,
1282 .nr_pages = nr,
1283 .reason = reason,
1286 if (sb->s_bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info)
1287 return;
1288 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
1289 bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
1290 wait_for_completion(&done);
1292 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
1295 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1296 * @sb: the superblock
1297 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1299 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1300 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1301 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1303 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
1305 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason);
1307 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
1310 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - try to start writeback if none underway
1311 * @sb: the superblock
1312 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1313 * @reason: the reason of writeback
1315 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
1316 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1318 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb,
1319 unsigned long nr,
1320 enum wb_reason reason)
1322 if (writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi))
1323 return 1;
1325 if (!down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount))
1326 return 0;
1328 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr, reason);
1329 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
1330 return 1;
1332 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
1335 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
1336 * @sb: the superblock
1337 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1339 * Implement by try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr()
1340 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1342 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
1344 return try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason);
1346 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb);
1349 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1350 * @sb: the superblock
1352 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1353 * super_block.
1355 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
1357 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
1358 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
1359 .sb = sb,
1360 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
1361 .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
1362 .range_cyclic = 0,
1363 .done = &done,
1364 .reason = WB_REASON_SYNC,
1367 /* Nothing to do? */
1368 if (sb->s_bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info)
1369 return;
1370 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
1372 bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
1373 wait_for_completion(&done);
1375 wait_sb_inodes(sb);
1377 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
1380 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1381 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1382 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1384 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1385 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1387 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1389 int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
1391 struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
1392 struct writeback_control wbc = {
1393 .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
1394 .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
1395 .range_start = 0,
1396 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
1399 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
1400 wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
1402 might_sleep();
1403 return writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
1405 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
1408 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1409 * @inode: the inode to sync
1410 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1412 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1413 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1414 * update inode->i_state.
1416 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1418 int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
1420 return writeback_single_inode(inode, &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb, wbc);
1422 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
1425 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1426 * @inode: the inode to sync
1427 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1429 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1431 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1433 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait)
1435 struct writeback_control wbc = {
1436 .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
1437 .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */
1440 return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
1442 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata);