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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/buffer.c | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fs-writeback.c | 161 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 30 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/shmem.c | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 8 |
5 files changed, 142 insertions, 72 deletions
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 24afd7422ae..6fa530256bf 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -280,7 +280,7 @@ void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev) EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_bdev); /* - * Kick pdflush then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory. + * Kick the writeback threads then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory. */ static void free_more_memory(void) { @@ -1709,9 +1709,9 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page, /* * If it's a fully non-blocking write attempt and we cannot * lock the buffer then redirty the page. Note that this can - * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from pdflush and kswapd - * activity, but those code paths have their own higher-level - * throttling. + * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from writeback threads + * and kswapd activity, but those code paths have their own + * higher-level throttling. */ if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) { lock_buffer(bh); @@ -3208,7 +3208,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_sync_page); * still running obsolete flush daemons, so we terminate them here. * * Use of bdflush() is deprecated and will be removed in a future kernel. - * The `pdflush' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call. + * The `flush-X' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call. */ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(bdflush, int, func, long, data) { diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 8e1e5e19d21..fb61178c86e 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -41,8 +41,9 @@ struct wb_writeback_args { long nr_pages; struct super_block *sb; enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode; - int for_kupdate; - int range_cyclic; + int for_kupdate:1; + int range_cyclic:1; + int for_background:1; }; /* @@ -257,6 +258,15 @@ void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages) .range_cyclic = 1, }; + /* + * We treat @nr_pages=0 as the special case to do background writeback, + * ie. to sync pages until the background dirty threshold is reached. + */ + if (!nr_pages) { + args.nr_pages = LONG_MAX; + args.for_background = 1; + } + bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args); } @@ -310,7 +320,7 @@ static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t) * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck. * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past. * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times - * from permanently stopping the whole pdflush writeback. + * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback. */ ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies); #endif @@ -324,13 +334,38 @@ static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue, struct list_head *dispatch_queue, unsigned long *older_than_this) { + LIST_HEAD(tmp); + struct list_head *pos, *node; + struct super_block *sb = NULL; + struct inode *inode; + int do_sb_sort = 0; + while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) { - struct inode *inode = list_entry(delaying_queue->prev, - struct inode, i_list); + inode = list_entry(delaying_queue->prev, struct inode, i_list); if (older_than_this && inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this)) break; - list_move(&inode->i_list, dispatch_queue); + if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb) + do_sb_sort = 1; + sb = inode->i_sb; + list_move(&inode->i_list, &tmp); + } + + /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */ + if (!do_sb_sort) { + list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue); + return; + } + + /* Move inodes from one superblock together */ + while (!list_empty(&tmp)) { + inode = list_entry(tmp.prev, struct inode, i_list); + sb = inode->i_sb; + list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) { + inode = list_entry(pos, struct inode, i_list); + if (inode->i_sb == sb) + list_move(&inode->i_list, dispatch_queue); + } } } @@ -439,8 +474,18 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) spin_lock(&inode_lock); inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC; if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR))) { - if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) && - mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) { + if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_PAGES) && wbc->for_kupdate) { + /* + * More pages get dirtied by a fast dirtier. + */ + goto select_queue; + } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) { + /* + * At least XFS will redirty the inode during the + * writeback (delalloc) and on io completion (isize). + */ + redirty_tail(inode); + } else if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) { /* * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages() * sometimes bales out without doing anything. Redirty @@ -462,6 +507,7 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) * soon as the queue becomes uncongested. */ inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES; +select_queue: if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) { /* * slice used up: queue for next turn @@ -484,12 +530,6 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES; redirty_tail(inode); } - } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) { - /* - * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back - * the pages. - */ - redirty_tail(inode); } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) { /* * The inode is clean, inuse @@ -506,6 +546,17 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) return ret; } +static void unpin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block **psb) +{ + struct super_block *sb = *psb; + + if (sb) { + up_read(&sb->s_umount); + put_super(sb); + *psb = NULL; + } +} + /* * For WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, the caller does not have the sb pinned * before calling writeback. So make sure that we do pin it, so it doesn't @@ -515,11 +566,20 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) * 1 if we failed. */ static int pin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc, - struct inode *inode) + struct inode *inode, struct super_block **psb) { struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb; /* + * If this sb is already pinned, nothing more to do. If not and + * *psb is non-NULL, unpin the old one first + */ + if (sb == *psb) + return 0; + else if (*psb) + unpin_sb_for_writeback(psb); + + /* * Caller must already hold the ref for this */ if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) { @@ -532,7 +592,7 @@ static int pin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc, if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) { if (sb->s_root) { spin_unlock(&sb_lock); - return 0; + goto pinned; } /* * umounted, drop rwsem again and fall through to failure @@ -543,24 +603,15 @@ static int pin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc, sb->s_count--; spin_unlock(&sb_lock); return 1; -} - -static void unpin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc, - struct inode *inode) -{ - struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb; - - if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) - return; - - up_read(&sb->s_umount); - put_super(sb); +pinned: + *psb = sb; + return 0; } static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct writeback_control *wbc) { - struct super_block *sb = wbc->sb; + struct super_block *sb = wbc->sb, *pin_sb = NULL; const int is_blkdev_sb = sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb); const unsigned long start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */ @@ -619,7 +670,7 @@ static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, start)) break; - if (pin_sb_for_writeback(wbc, inode)) { + if (pin_sb_for_writeback(wbc, inode, &pin_sb)) { requeue_io(inode); continue; } @@ -628,7 +679,6 @@ static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, __iget(inode); pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped; writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc); - unpin_sb_for_writeback(wbc, inode); if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) { /* * writeback is not making progress due to locked @@ -648,6 +698,8 @@ static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, wbc->more_io = 1; } + unpin_sb_for_writeback(&pin_sb); + spin_unlock(&inode_lock); /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */ } @@ -706,6 +758,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, }; unsigned long oldest_jif; long wrote = 0; + struct inode *inode; if (wbc.for_kupdate) { wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif; @@ -719,20 +772,16 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, for (;;) { /* - * Don't flush anything for non-integrity writeback where - * no nr_pages was given + * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed */ - if (!args->for_kupdate && args->nr_pages <= 0 && - args->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) + if (args->nr_pages <= 0) break; /* - * If no specific pages were given and this is just a - * periodic background writeout and we are below the - * background dirty threshold, don't do anything + * For background writeout, stop when we are below the + * background dirty threshold */ - if (args->for_kupdate && args->nr_pages <= 0 && - !over_bground_thresh()) + if (args->for_background && !over_bground_thresh()) break; wbc.more_io = 0; @@ -744,13 +793,32 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write; /* - * If we ran out of stuff to write, bail unless more_io got set + * If we consumed everything, see if we have more */ - if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0 || wbc.pages_skipped > 0) { - if (wbc.more_io && !wbc.for_kupdate) - continue; + if (wbc.nr_to_write <= 0) + continue; + /* + * Didn't write everything and we don't have more IO, bail + */ + if (!wbc.more_io) break; + /* + * Did we write something? Try for more + */ + if (wbc.nr_to_write < MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES) + continue; + /* + * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to + * become available for writeback. Otherwise + * we'll just busyloop. + */ + spin_lock(&inode_lock); + if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) { + inode = list_entry(wb->b_more_io.prev, + struct inode, i_list); + inode_wait_for_writeback(inode); } + spin_unlock(&inode_lock); } return wrote; @@ -1060,9 +1128,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty); * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this. * - * If we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance - * against the entire list. - * * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue. * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks, @@ -1141,7 +1206,7 @@ void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb) nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable + (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused); - bdi_writeback_all(sb, nr_to_write); + bdi_start_writeback(sb->s_bdi, nr_to_write); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb); diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index d99664e8607..69b5fbabc8b 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -44,18 +44,21 @@ static long ratelimit_pages = 32; /* * When balance_dirty_pages decides that the caller needs to perform some * non-background writeback, this is how many pages it will attempt to write. - * It should be somewhat larger than RATELIMIT_PAGES to ensure that reasonably + * It should be somewhat larger than dirtied pages to ensure that reasonably * large amounts of I/O are submitted. */ -static inline long sync_writeback_pages(void) +static inline long sync_writeback_pages(unsigned long dirtied) { - return ratelimit_pages + ratelimit_pages / 2; + if (dirtied < ratelimit_pages) + dirtied = ratelimit_pages; + + return dirtied + dirtied / 2; } /* The following parameters are exported via /proc/sys/vm */ /* - * Start background writeback (via pdflush) at this percentage + * Start background writeback (via writeback threads) at this percentage */ int dirty_background_ratio = 10; @@ -474,10 +477,11 @@ get_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty, * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty * data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force * the caller to perform writeback if the system is over `vm_dirty_ratio'. - * If we're over `background_thresh' then pdflush is woken to perform some - * writeout. + * If we're over `background_thresh' then the writeback threads are woken to + * perform some writeout. */ -static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping) +static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, + unsigned long write_chunk) { long nr_reclaimable, bdi_nr_reclaimable; long nr_writeback, bdi_nr_writeback; @@ -485,7 +489,6 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping) unsigned long dirty_thresh; unsigned long bdi_thresh; unsigned long pages_written = 0; - unsigned long write_chunk = sync_writeback_pages(); unsigned long pause = 1; struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info; @@ -579,7 +582,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping) bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0; if (writeback_in_progress(bdi)) - return; /* pdflush is already working this queue */ + return; /* * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before @@ -590,10 +593,10 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping) * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low. */ if ((laptop_mode && pages_written) || - (!laptop_mode && ((nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) - + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS)) + (!laptop_mode && ((global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS)) > background_thresh))) - bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_writeback); + bdi_start_writeback(bdi, 0); } void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite) @@ -640,9 +643,10 @@ void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping, p = &__get_cpu_var(bdp_ratelimits); *p += nr_pages_dirtied; if (unlikely(*p >= ratelimit)) { + ratelimit = sync_writeback_pages(*p); *p = 0; preempt_enable(); - balance_dirty_pages(mapping); + balance_dirty_pages(mapping, ratelimit); return; } preempt_enable(); diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c index 98631c26c20..ccf446a9faa 100644 --- a/mm/shmem.c +++ b/mm/shmem.c @@ -1046,8 +1046,9 @@ static int shmem_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc) * sync from ever calling shmem_writepage; but a stacking filesystem * may use the ->writepage of its underlying filesystem, in which case * tmpfs should write out to swap only in response to memory pressure, - * and not for pdflush or sync. However, in those cases, we do still - * want to check if there's a redundant swappage to be discarded. + * and not for the writeback threads or sync. However, in those cases, + * we do still want to check if there's a redundant swappage to be + * discarded. */ if (wbc->for_reclaim) swap = get_swap_page(); diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 1219ceb8a9b..64e43889883 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1709,10 +1709,10 @@ static void shrink_zones(int priority, struct zonelist *zonelist, * * If the caller is !__GFP_FS then the probability of a failure is reasonably * high - the zone may be full of dirty or under-writeback pages, which this - * caller can't do much about. We kick pdflush and take explicit naps in the - * hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the allocating task - * holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not work, and the - * allocation attempt will fail. + * caller can't do much about. We kick the writeback threads and take explicit + * naps in the hope that some of these pages can be written. But if the + * allocating task holds filesystem locks which prevent writeout this might not + * work, and the allocation attempt will fail. * * returns: 0, if no pages reclaimed * else, the number of pages reclaimed |