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/module.h>
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 #include <linux/sched.h>
23 #include <linux/kthread.h>
24 #include <linux/freezer.h>
25 #include <linux/writeback.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
28 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
29 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
33 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
35 struct wb_writeback_work
{
37 struct super_block
*sb
;
38 unsigned long *older_than_this
;
39 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
40 unsigned int tagged_writepages
:1;
41 unsigned int for_kupdate
:1;
42 unsigned int range_cyclic
:1;
43 unsigned int for_background
:1;
44 enum wb_reason reason
; /* why was writeback initiated? */
46 struct list_head list
; /* pending work list */
47 struct completion
*done
; /* set if the caller waits */
51 * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
53 int nr_pdflush_threads
;
56 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
57 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
59 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
62 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
64 return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &bdi
->state
);
66 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_in_progress
);
68 static inline struct backing_dev_info
*inode_to_bdi(struct inode
*inode
)
70 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
72 if (strcmp(sb
->s_type
->name
, "bdev") == 0)
73 return inode
->i_mapping
->backing_dev_info
;
78 static inline struct inode
*wb_inode(struct list_head
*head
)
80 return list_entry(head
, struct inode
, i_wb_list
);
84 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
85 * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition
86 * remains local to this file.
88 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
89 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
91 /* Wakeup flusher thread or forker thread to fork it. Requires bdi->wb_lock. */
92 static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
95 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
98 * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
99 * will create and run it.
101 wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info
.wb
.task
);
105 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
106 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
108 trace_writeback_queue(bdi
, work
);
110 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
111 list_add_tail(&work
->list
, &bdi
->work_list
);
113 trace_writeback_nothread(bdi
, work
);
114 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi
);
115 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
119 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
120 bool range_cyclic
, enum wb_reason reason
)
122 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
125 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
126 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
128 work
= kzalloc(sizeof(*work
), GFP_ATOMIC
);
131 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi
);
132 wake_up_process(bdi
->wb
.task
);
137 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
;
138 work
->nr_pages
= nr_pages
;
139 work
->range_cyclic
= range_cyclic
;
140 work
->reason
= reason
;
142 bdi_queue_work(bdi
, work
);
146 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
147 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
148 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
149 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
152 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
153 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
154 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
157 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
, long nr_pages
,
158 enum wb_reason reason
)
160 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, true, reason
);
164 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
165 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
168 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
169 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
170 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
171 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
173 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
176 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
177 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
179 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi
);
180 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
181 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi
);
182 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
186 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
188 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode
*inode
)
190 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
192 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
193 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
194 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
198 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
199 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
201 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
202 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
203 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
204 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
206 static void redirty_tail(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
208 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
209 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_dirty
)) {
212 tail
= wb_inode(wb
->b_dirty
.next
);
213 if (time_before(inode
->dirtied_when
, tail
->dirtied_when
))
214 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
216 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_dirty
);
220 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
222 static void requeue_io(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
224 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
225 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &wb
->b_more_io
);
228 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode
*inode
)
231 * Prevent speculative execution through
232 * spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
236 wake_up_bit(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
239 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode
*inode
, unsigned long t
)
241 bool ret
= time_after(inode
->dirtied_when
, t
);
244 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
245 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
246 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
247 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
249 ret
= ret
&& time_before_eq(inode
->dirtied_when
, jiffies
);
255 * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
257 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head
*delaying_queue
,
258 struct list_head
*dispatch_queue
,
259 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
262 struct list_head
*pos
, *node
;
263 struct super_block
*sb
= NULL
;
268 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue
)) {
269 inode
= wb_inode(delaying_queue
->prev
);
270 if (work
->older_than_this
&&
271 inode_dirtied_after(inode
, *work
->older_than_this
))
273 if (sb
&& sb
!= inode
->i_sb
)
276 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &tmp
);
280 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
282 list_splice(&tmp
, dispatch_queue
);
286 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
287 while (!list_empty(&tmp
)) {
288 sb
= wb_inode(tmp
.prev
)->i_sb
;
289 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos
, node
, &tmp
) {
290 inode
= wb_inode(pos
);
291 if (inode
->i_sb
== sb
)
292 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, dispatch_queue
);
300 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
302 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
303 * =============> gf edc BA
305 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
306 * =============> g fBAedc
308 * +--> dequeue for IO
310 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
313 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
314 list_splice_init(&wb
->b_more_io
, &wb
->b_io
);
315 moved
= move_expired_inodes(&wb
->b_dirty
, &wb
->b_io
, work
);
316 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb
, work
, moved
);
319 static int write_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
321 if (inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode
&& !is_bad_inode(inode
))
322 return inode
->i_sb
->s_op
->write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
327 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
329 static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode
*inode
,
330 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
332 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq
, &inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
333 wait_queue_head_t
*wqh
;
335 wqh
= bit_waitqueue(&inode
->i_state
, __I_SYNC
);
336 while (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
337 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
338 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
339 __wait_on_bit(wqh
, &wq
, inode_wait
, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE
);
340 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
341 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
346 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under wb->list_lock and
347 * inode->i_lock. Either the caller has an active reference on the inode or
348 * the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
350 * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
352 * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile. We want to avoid
353 * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
357 writeback_single_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
358 struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
360 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
361 long nr_to_write
= wbc
->nr_to_write
;
365 assert_spin_locked(&wb
->list_lock
);
366 assert_spin_locked(&inode
->i_lock
);
368 if (!atomic_read(&inode
->i_count
))
369 WARN_ON(!(inode
->i_state
& (I_WILL_FREE
|I_FREEING
)));
371 WARN_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_WILL_FREE
);
373 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
) {
375 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
376 * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
377 * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
379 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
380 * completed a full scan of b_io.
382 if (wbc
->sync_mode
!= WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
383 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
384 trace_writeback_single_inode_requeue(inode
, wbc
,
390 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait.
392 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
, wb
);
395 BUG_ON(inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
);
397 /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
398 inode
->i_state
|= I_SYNC
;
399 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
400 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
401 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
403 ret
= do_writepages(mapping
, wbc
);
406 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
407 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
410 if (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
) {
411 int err
= filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
417 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
418 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
421 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
422 dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
423 inode
->i_state
&= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
);
424 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
425 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
426 if (dirty
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
427 int err
= write_inode(inode
, wbc
);
432 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
433 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
434 inode
->i_state
&= ~I_SYNC
;
435 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)) {
437 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in
438 * one shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below.
439 * Update the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
441 if ((inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) &&
442 (wbc
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| wbc
->tagged_writepages
))
443 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
445 if (mapping_tagged(mapping
, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY
)) {
447 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
448 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
450 inode
->i_state
|= I_DIRTY_PAGES
;
451 if (wbc
->nr_to_write
<= 0) {
453 * slice used up: queue for next turn
455 requeue_io(inode
, wb
);
458 * Writeback blocked by something other than
459 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
460 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
461 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
462 * that cannot be performed immediately.
464 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
466 } else if (inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
) {
468 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback
469 * operations, such as delayed allocation during
470 * submission or metadata updates after data IO
473 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
476 * The inode is clean. At this point we either have
477 * a reference to the inode or it's on it's way out.
478 * No need to add it back to the LRU.
480 list_del_init(&inode
->i_wb_list
);
483 inode_sync_complete(inode
);
484 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode
, wbc
, nr_to_write
);
488 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
,
489 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
494 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
495 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
496 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
498 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
501 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
502 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
503 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
504 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
506 if (work
->sync_mode
== WB_SYNC_ALL
|| work
->tagged_writepages
)
509 pages
= min(bdi
->avg_write_bandwidth
/ 2,
510 global_dirty_limit
/ DIRTY_SCOPE
);
511 pages
= min(pages
, work
->nr_pages
);
512 pages
= round_down(pages
+ MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
,
513 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES
);
520 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
522 * If @only_this_sb is true, then find and write all such
523 * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
526 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
528 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
,
529 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
530 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
532 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
533 .sync_mode
= work
->sync_mode
,
534 .tagged_writepages
= work
->tagged_writepages
,
535 .for_kupdate
= work
->for_kupdate
,
536 .for_background
= work
->for_background
,
537 .range_cyclic
= work
->range_cyclic
,
539 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
541 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
543 long wrote
= 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
545 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
546 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
548 if (inode
->i_sb
!= sb
) {
551 * We only want to write back data for this
552 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
553 * to it back onto the dirty list.
555 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
560 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
561 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
562 * pin the next superblock.
568 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes beeing freed, first
569 * kind does not need peridic writeout yet, and for the latter
570 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
572 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
573 if (inode
->i_state
& (I_NEW
| I_FREEING
| I_WILL_FREE
)) {
574 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
575 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
579 write_chunk
= writeback_chunk_size(wb
->bdi
, work
);
580 wbc
.nr_to_write
= write_chunk
;
581 wbc
.pages_skipped
= 0;
583 writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
585 work
->nr_pages
-= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
586 wrote
+= write_chunk
- wbc
.nr_to_write
;
587 if (!(inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
))
589 if (wbc
.pages_skipped
) {
591 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
592 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
594 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
596 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
597 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
600 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
602 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
603 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
606 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
608 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
615 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
616 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
618 unsigned long start_time
= jiffies
;
621 while (!list_empty(&wb
->b_io
)) {
622 struct inode
*inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_io
.prev
);
623 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
625 if (!grab_super_passive(sb
)) {
627 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to
628 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
629 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
631 redirty_tail(inode
, wb
);
634 wrote
+= writeback_sb_inodes(sb
, wb
, work
);
637 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
639 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time
+ HZ
/ 10UL))
641 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
645 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
649 long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, long nr_pages
,
650 enum wb_reason reason
)
652 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
653 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
654 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
659 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
660 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
662 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, &work
);
663 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
665 return nr_pages
- work
.nr_pages
;
668 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
670 unsigned long background_thresh
, dirty_thresh
;
672 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh
, &dirty_thresh
);
674 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
675 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) > background_thresh
)
678 if (bdi_stat(bdi
, BDI_RECLAIMABLE
) >
679 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi
, background_thresh
))
686 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi,
687 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it.
689 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
690 unsigned long start_time
)
692 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb
->bdi
, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time
);
696 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
698 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
699 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
700 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
701 * older than a specific point in time.
703 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
704 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
707 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
708 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
710 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
,
711 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
)
713 unsigned long wb_start
= jiffies
;
714 long nr_pages
= work
->nr_pages
;
715 unsigned long oldest_jif
;
719 oldest_jif
= jiffies
;
720 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
722 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
725 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
727 if (work
->nr_pages
<= 0)
731 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
732 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
733 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
734 * after the other works are all done.
736 if ((work
->for_background
|| work
->for_kupdate
) &&
737 !list_empty(&wb
->bdi
->work_list
))
741 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
742 * background dirty threshold
744 if (work
->for_background
&& !over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
))
747 if (work
->for_kupdate
) {
748 oldest_jif
= jiffies
-
749 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval
* 10);
750 work
->older_than_this
= &oldest_jif
;
753 trace_writeback_start(wb
->bdi
, work
);
754 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_io
))
757 progress
= writeback_sb_inodes(work
->sb
, wb
, work
);
759 progress
= __writeback_inodes_wb(wb
, work
);
760 trace_writeback_written(wb
->bdi
, work
);
762 wb_update_bandwidth(wb
, wb_start
);
765 * Did we write something? Try for more
767 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
768 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
769 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
770 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
775 * No more inodes for IO, bail
777 if (list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
))
780 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
781 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
782 * we'll just busyloop.
784 if (!list_empty(&wb
->b_more_io
)) {
785 trace_writeback_wait(wb
->bdi
, work
);
786 inode
= wb_inode(wb
->b_more_io
.prev
);
787 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
788 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode
, wb
);
789 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
792 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
794 return nr_pages
- work
->nr_pages
;
798 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
800 static struct wb_writeback_work
*
801 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
)
803 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
= NULL
;
805 spin_lock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
806 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
)) {
807 work
= list_entry(bdi
->work_list
.next
,
808 struct wb_writeback_work
, list
);
809 list_del_init(&work
->list
);
811 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi
->wb_lock
);
816 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
817 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
819 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
821 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
822 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
) +
823 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
826 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
828 if (over_bground_thresh(wb
->bdi
)) {
830 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
831 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
832 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
835 .reason
= WB_REASON_BACKGROUND
,
838 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
844 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
)
846 unsigned long expired
;
850 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
852 if (!dirty_writeback_interval
)
855 expired
= wb
->last_old_flush
+
856 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10);
857 if (time_before(jiffies
, expired
))
860 wb
->last_old_flush
= jiffies
;
861 nr_pages
= get_nr_dirty_pages();
864 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
865 .nr_pages
= nr_pages
,
866 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
869 .reason
= WB_REASON_PERIODIC
,
872 return wb_writeback(wb
, &work
);
879 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
881 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback
*wb
, int force_wait
)
883 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
884 struct wb_writeback_work
*work
;
887 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
888 while ((work
= get_next_work_item(bdi
)) != NULL
) {
890 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
891 * because this thread is exiting now.
894 work
->sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
;
896 trace_writeback_exec(bdi
, work
);
898 wrote
+= wb_writeback(wb
, work
);
901 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
902 * work item, otherwise just free it.
905 complete(work
->done
);
911 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
913 wrote
+= wb_check_old_data_flush(wb
);
914 wrote
+= wb_check_background_flush(wb
);
915 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running
, &wb
->bdi
->state
);
921 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
922 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
924 int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data
)
926 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= data
;
927 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= wb
->bdi
;
930 current
->flags
|= PF_SWAPWRITE
;
932 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
935 * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
937 set_user_nice(current
, 0);
939 trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi
);
941 while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
943 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
944 * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
946 del_timer(&wb
->wakeup_timer
);
948 pages_written
= wb_do_writeback(wb
, 0);
950 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written
);
953 wb
->last_active
= jiffies
;
955 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE
);
956 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
) || kthread_should_stop()) {
957 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING
);
961 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb
) && dirty_writeback_interval
)
962 schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval
* 10));
965 * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
966 * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
967 * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
975 /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
976 if (!list_empty(&bdi
->work_list
))
977 wb_do_writeback(wb
, 1);
979 trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi
);
985 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
988 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages
, enum wb_reason reason
)
990 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
;
993 nr_pages
= global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY
) +
994 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS
);
998 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi
, &bdi_list
, bdi_list
) {
999 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi
))
1001 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi
, nr_pages
, false, reason
);
1006 static noinline
void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
)
1008 if (inode
->i_ino
|| strcmp(inode
->i_sb
->s_id
, "bdev")) {
1009 struct dentry
*dentry
;
1010 const char *name
= "?";
1012 dentry
= d_find_alias(inode
);
1014 spin_lock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1015 name
= (const char *) dentry
->d_name
.name
;
1018 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
1019 current
->comm
, task_pid_nr(current
), inode
->i_ino
,
1020 name
, inode
->i_sb
->s_id
);
1022 spin_unlock(&dentry
->d_lock
);
1029 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
1030 * @inode: inode to mark
1031 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
1032 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
1033 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
1035 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
1037 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
1038 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
1039 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
1040 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
1042 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
1045 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
1046 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
1047 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
1048 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
1049 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
1052 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode
*inode
, int flags
)
1054 struct super_block
*sb
= inode
->i_sb
;
1055 struct backing_dev_info
*bdi
= NULL
;
1058 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
1059 * dirty the inode itself
1061 if (flags
& (I_DIRTY_SYNC
| I_DIRTY_DATASYNC
)) {
1062 if (sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode
)
1063 sb
->s_op
->dirty_inode(inode
, flags
);
1067 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
1072 /* avoid the locking if we can */
1073 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) == flags
)
1076 if (unlikely(block_dump
))
1077 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode
);
1079 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1080 if ((inode
->i_state
& flags
) != flags
) {
1081 const int was_dirty
= inode
->i_state
& I_DIRTY
;
1083 inode
->i_state
|= flags
;
1086 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
1087 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
1088 * superblock list, based upon its state.
1090 if (inode
->i_state
& I_SYNC
)
1091 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1094 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
1095 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
1097 if (!S_ISBLK(inode
->i_mode
)) {
1098 if (inode_unhashed(inode
))
1099 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1101 if (inode
->i_state
& I_FREEING
)
1102 goto out_unlock_inode
;
1105 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
1106 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
1109 bool wakeup_bdi
= false;
1110 bdi
= inode_to_bdi(inode
);
1112 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi
)) {
1113 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered
, &bdi
->state
),
1114 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi
->name
);
1117 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
1118 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
1119 * bdi thread to make sure background
1120 * write-back happens later.
1122 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi
->wb
))
1126 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1127 spin_lock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1128 inode
->dirtied_when
= jiffies
;
1129 list_move(&inode
->i_wb_list
, &bdi
->wb
.b_dirty
);
1130 spin_unlock(&bdi
->wb
.list_lock
);
1133 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi
);
1138 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1141 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty
);
1144 * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes. A wait will be performed
1145 * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
1147 * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
1148 * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
1150 * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
1151 * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
1152 * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks,
1153 * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
1155 * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io. They are moved back onto
1156 * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing. This way, none can be missed
1157 * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
1158 * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
1160 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block
*sb
)
1162 struct inode
*inode
, *old_inode
= NULL
;
1165 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
1166 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
1168 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1170 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1173 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
1174 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
1175 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
1176 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
1177 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
1179 list_for_each_entry(inode
, &sb
->s_inodes
, i_sb_list
) {
1180 struct address_space
*mapping
= inode
->i_mapping
;
1182 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1183 if ((inode
->i_state
& (I_FREEING
|I_WILL_FREE
|I_NEW
)) ||
1184 (mapping
->nrpages
== 0)) {
1185 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1189 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1190 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1193 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
1194 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
1195 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
1196 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
1197 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
1203 filemap_fdatawait(mapping
);
1207 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1209 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock
);
1214 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1215 * @sb: the superblock
1216 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1217 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
1219 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1220 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1221 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1223 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block
*sb
,
1225 enum wb_reason reason
)
1227 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1228 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1230 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1231 .tagged_writepages
= 1,
1237 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1238 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1239 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1241 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr
);
1244 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
1245 * @sb: the superblock
1246 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1248 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
1249 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
1250 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
1252 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1254 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason
);
1256 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb
);
1259 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1260 * @sb: the superblock
1261 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1263 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1264 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1266 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
, enum wb_reason reason
)
1268 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1269 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1270 writeback_inodes_sb(sb
, reason
);
1271 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1276 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle
);
1279 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
1280 * @sb: the superblock
1281 * @nr: the number of pages to write
1282 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
1284 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
1285 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
1287 int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block
*sb
,
1289 enum wb_reason reason
)
1291 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb
->s_bdi
)) {
1292 down_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1293 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb
, nr
, reason
);
1294 up_read(&sb
->s_umount
);
1299 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle
);
1302 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
1303 * @sb: the superblock
1305 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
1308 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block
*sb
)
1310 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done
);
1311 struct wb_writeback_work work
= {
1313 .sync_mode
= WB_SYNC_ALL
,
1314 .nr_pages
= LONG_MAX
,
1317 .reason
= WB_REASON_SYNC
,
1320 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb
->s_umount
));
1322 bdi_queue_work(sb
->s_bdi
, &work
);
1323 wait_for_completion(&done
);
1327 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb
);
1330 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
1331 * @inode: inode to write to disk
1332 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
1334 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
1335 * primarily needed by knfsd.
1337 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
1339 int write_inode_now(struct inode
*inode
, int sync
)
1341 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1343 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1344 .nr_to_write
= LONG_MAX
,
1345 .sync_mode
= sync
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1347 .range_end
= LLONG_MAX
,
1350 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode
->i_mapping
))
1351 wbc
.nr_to_write
= 0;
1354 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1355 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1356 ret
= writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, &wbc
);
1357 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1358 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1360 inode_sync_wait(inode
);
1363 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now
);
1366 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
1367 * @inode: the inode to sync
1368 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
1370 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
1371 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
1372 * update inode->i_state.
1374 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
1376 int sync_inode(struct inode
*inode
, struct writeback_control
*wbc
)
1378 struct bdi_writeback
*wb
= &inode_to_bdi(inode
)->wb
;
1381 spin_lock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1382 spin_lock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1383 ret
= writeback_single_inode(inode
, wb
, wbc
);
1384 spin_unlock(&inode
->i_lock
);
1385 spin_unlock(&wb
->list_lock
);
1388 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode
);
1391 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
1392 * @inode: the inode to sync
1393 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
1395 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
1397 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
1399 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode
*inode
, int wait
)
1401 struct writeback_control wbc
= {
1402 .sync_mode
= wait
? WB_SYNC_ALL
: WB_SYNC_NONE
,
1403 .nr_to_write
= 0, /* metadata-only */
1406 return sync_inode(inode
, &wbc
);
1408 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata
);