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  1. /*
  2. * fs/fs-writeback.c
  3. *
  4. * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
  5. *
  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.
  10. *
  11. * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
  12. * Split out of fs/inode.c
  13. * Additions for address_space-based writeback
  14. */
  15. #include <linux/kernel.h>
  16. #include <linux/module.h>
  17. #include <linux/spinlock.h>
  18. #include <linux/slab.h>
  19. #include <linux/sched.h>
  20. #include <linux/fs.h>
  21. #include <linux/mm.h>
  22. #include <linux/kthread.h>
  23. #include <linux/freezer.h>
  24. #include <linux/writeback.h>
  25. #include <linux/blkdev.h>
  26. #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
  27. #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
  28. #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
  29. #include "internal.h"
  30. /*
  31. * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
  32. */
  33. struct wb_writeback_work {
  34. long nr_pages;
  35. struct super_block *sb;
  36. enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
  37. unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
  38. unsigned int range_cyclic:1;
  39. unsigned int for_background:1;
  40. struct list_head list; /* pending work list */
  41. struct completion *done; /* set if the caller waits */
  42. };
  43. /*
  44. * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
  45. * wb_writeback_work structure so that the definition remains local to this
  46. * file.
  47. */
  48. #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
  49. #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
  50. /*
  51. * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
  52. */
  53. int nr_pdflush_threads;
  54. /**
  55. * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
  56. * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
  57. *
  58. * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
  59. * backing device.
  60. */
  61. int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  62. {
  63. return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &bdi->state);
  64. }
  65. static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
  66. {
  67. struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
  68. if (strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "bdev") == 0)
  69. return inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
  70. return sb->s_bdi;
  71. }
  72. static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
  73. {
  74. return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_wb_list);
  75. }
  76. /* Wakeup flusher thread or forker thread to fork it. Requires bdi->wb_lock. */
  77. static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  78. {
  79. if (bdi->wb.task) {
  80. wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
  81. } else {
  82. /*
  83. * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
  84. * will create and run it.
  85. */
  86. wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
  87. }
  88. }
  89. static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
  90. struct wb_writeback_work *work)
  91. {
  92. trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work);
  93. spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  94. list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
  95. if (!bdi->wb.task)
  96. trace_writeback_nothread(bdi, work);
  97. bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi);
  98. spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  99. }
  100. static void
  101. __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
  102. bool range_cyclic)
  103. {
  104. struct wb_writeback_work *work;
  105. /*
  106. * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
  107. * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
  108. */
  109. work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
  110. if (!work) {
  111. if (bdi->wb.task) {
  112. trace_writeback_nowork(bdi);
  113. wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
  114. }
  115. return;
  116. }
  117. work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE;
  118. work->nr_pages = nr_pages;
  119. work->range_cyclic = range_cyclic;
  120. bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
  121. }
  122. /**
  123. * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
  124. * @bdi: the backing device to write from
  125. * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
  126. *
  127. * Description:
  128. * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
  129. * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
  130. * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
  131. *
  132. */
  133. void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages)
  134. {
  135. __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, true);
  136. }
  137. /**
  138. * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
  139. * @bdi: the backing device to write from
  140. *
  141. * Description:
  142. * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
  143. * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
  144. * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
  145. * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
  146. */
  147. void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  148. {
  149. /*
  150. * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
  151. * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
  152. */
  153. trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi);
  154. spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  155. bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi);
  156. spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  157. }
  158. /*
  159. * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
  160. */
  161. void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode *inode)
  162. {
  163. spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  164. list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
  165. spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  166. }
  167. /*
  168. * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
  169. * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
  170. *
  171. * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
  172. * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
  173. * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
  174. * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
  175. */
  176. static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode)
  177. {
  178. struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
  179. assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  180. if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
  181. struct inode *tail;
  182. tail = wb_inode(wb->b_dirty.next);
  183. if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
  184. inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
  185. }
  186. list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_dirty);
  187. }
  188. /*
  189. * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
  190. */
  191. static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode)
  192. {
  193. struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
  194. assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  195. list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_more_io);
  196. }
  197. static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
  198. {
  199. /*
  200. * Prevent speculative execution through
  201. * spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  202. */
  203. smp_mb();
  204. wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
  205. }
  206. static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
  207. {
  208. bool ret = time_after(inode->dirtied_when, t);
  209. #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
  210. /*
  211. * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
  212. * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
  213. * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
  214. * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
  215. */
  216. ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
  217. #endif
  218. return ret;
  219. }
  220. /*
  221. * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
  222. */
  223. static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
  224. struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
  225. unsigned long *older_than_this)
  226. {
  227. LIST_HEAD(tmp);
  228. struct list_head *pos, *node;
  229. struct super_block *sb = NULL;
  230. struct inode *inode;
  231. int do_sb_sort = 0;
  232. while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
  233. inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
  234. if (older_than_this &&
  235. inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
  236. break;
  237. if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
  238. do_sb_sort = 1;
  239. sb = inode->i_sb;
  240. list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp);
  241. }
  242. /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
  243. if (!do_sb_sort) {
  244. list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue);
  245. return;
  246. }
  247. /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
  248. while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
  249. sb = wb_inode(tmp.prev)->i_sb;
  250. list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) {
  251. inode = wb_inode(pos);
  252. if (inode->i_sb == sb)
  253. list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, dispatch_queue);
  254. }
  255. }
  256. }
  257. /*
  258. * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
  259. * Before
  260. * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
  261. * =============> gf edc BA
  262. * After
  263. * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
  264. * =============> g fBAedc
  265. * |
  266. * +--> dequeue for IO
  267. */
  268. static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
  269. {
  270. assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  271. list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
  272. move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
  273. }
  274. static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  275. {
  276. if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode))
  277. return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, wbc);
  278. return 0;
  279. }
  280. /*
  281. * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
  282. */
  283. static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
  284. {
  285. DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
  286. wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
  287. wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
  288. while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
  289. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  290. spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  291. __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
  292. spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  293. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  294. }
  295. }
  296. /*
  297. * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under inode_wb_list_lock and
  298. * inode->i_lock. Either the caller has an active reference on the inode or
  299. * the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
  300. *
  301. * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
  302. *
  303. * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile. We want to avoid
  304. * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
  305. * livelocks, etc.
  306. */
  307. static int
  308. writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  309. {
  310. struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
  311. unsigned dirty;
  312. int ret;
  313. assert_spin_locked(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  314. assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
  315. if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
  316. WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
  317. else
  318. WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
  319. if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
  320. /*
  321. * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
  322. * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
  323. * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
  324. *
  325. * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
  326. * completed a full scan of b_io.
  327. */
  328. if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
  329. requeue_io(inode);
  330. return 0;
  331. }
  332. /*
  333. * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait.
  334. */
  335. inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
  336. }
  337. BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
  338. /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
  339. inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
  340. inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
  341. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  342. spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  343. ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
  344. /*
  345. * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
  346. * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
  347. * I/O completion.
  348. */
  349. if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
  350. int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
  351. if (ret == 0)
  352. ret = err;
  353. }
  354. /*
  355. * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
  356. * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
  357. * write_inode()
  358. */
  359. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  360. dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
  361. inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
  362. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  363. /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
  364. if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
  365. int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
  366. if (ret == 0)
  367. ret = err;
  368. }
  369. spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  370. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  371. inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
  372. if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
  373. if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
  374. /*
  375. * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
  376. * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
  377. */
  378. inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
  379. if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
  380. /*
  381. * slice used up: queue for next turn
  382. */
  383. requeue_io(inode);
  384. } else {
  385. /*
  386. * Writeback blocked by something other than
  387. * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
  388. * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
  389. * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
  390. * that cannot be performed immediately.
  391. */
  392. redirty_tail(inode);
  393. }
  394. } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
  395. /*
  396. * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback
  397. * operations, such as delayed allocation during
  398. * submission or metadata updates after data IO
  399. * completion.
  400. */
  401. redirty_tail(inode);
  402. } else {
  403. /*
  404. * The inode is clean. At this point we either have
  405. * a reference to the inode or it's on it's way out.
  406. * No need to add it back to the LRU.
  407. */
  408. list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
  409. }
  410. }
  411. inode_sync_complete(inode);
  412. return ret;
  413. }
  414. /*
  415. * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
  416. *
  417. * If @only_this_sb is true, then find and write all such
  418. * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
  419. * in reverse order.
  420. *
  421. * Return 1, if the caller writeback routine should be
  422. * interrupted. Otherwise return 0.
  423. */
  424. static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  425. struct writeback_control *wbc, bool only_this_sb)
  426. {
  427. while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
  428. long pages_skipped;
  429. struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
  430. if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
  431. if (only_this_sb) {
  432. /*
  433. * We only want to write back data for this
  434. * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
  435. * to it back onto the dirty list.
  436. */
  437. redirty_tail(inode);
  438. continue;
  439. }
  440. /*
  441. * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
  442. * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
  443. * pin the next superblock.
  444. */
  445. return 0;
  446. }
  447. /*
  448. * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes beeing freed, first
  449. * kind does not need peridic writeout yet, and for the latter
  450. * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
  451. */
  452. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  453. if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
  454. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  455. requeue_io(inode);
  456. continue;
  457. }
  458. /*
  459. * Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
  460. * This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
  461. */
  462. if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, wbc->wb_start)) {
  463. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  464. return 1;
  465. }
  466. __iget(inode);
  467. pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
  468. writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
  469. if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
  470. /*
  471. * writeback is not making progress due to locked
  472. * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
  473. */
  474. redirty_tail(inode);
  475. }
  476. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  477. spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  478. iput(inode);
  479. cond_resched();
  480. spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  481. if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
  482. wbc->more_io = 1;
  483. return 1;
  484. }
  485. if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
  486. wbc->more_io = 1;
  487. }
  488. /* b_io is empty */
  489. return 1;
  490. }
  491. void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  492. struct writeback_control *wbc)
  493. {
  494. int ret = 0;
  495. if (!wbc->wb_start)
  496. wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
  497. spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  498. if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
  499. queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
  500. while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
  501. struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
  502. struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
  503. if (!grab_super_passive(sb)) {
  504. requeue_io(inode);
  505. continue;
  506. }
  507. ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, false);
  508. drop_super(sb);
  509. if (ret)
  510. break;
  511. }
  512. spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  513. /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
  514. }
  515. static void __writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb,
  516. struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  517. {
  518. WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
  519. spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  520. if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
  521. queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
  522. writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, true);
  523. spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  524. }
  525. /*
  526. * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/kupdate
  527. * operation. We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
  528. * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
  529. * been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates
  530. * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
  531. */
  532. #define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024
  533. static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
  534. {
  535. unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
  536. global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
  537. return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  538. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh);
  539. }
  540. /*
  541. * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
  542. *
  543. * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
  544. * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
  545. * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
  546. * older than a specific point in time.
  547. *
  548. * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
  549. * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
  550. * one-second gap.
  551. *
  552. * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
  553. * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
  554. */
  555. static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  556. struct wb_writeback_work *work)
  557. {
  558. struct writeback_control wbc = {
  559. .sync_mode = work->sync_mode,
  560. .older_than_this = NULL,
  561. .for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate,
  562. .for_background = work->for_background,
  563. .range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic,
  564. };
  565. unsigned long oldest_jif;
  566. long wrote = 0;
  567. long write_chunk;
  568. struct inode *inode;
  569. if (wbc.for_kupdate) {
  570. wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
  571. oldest_jif = jiffies -
  572. msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
  573. }
  574. if (!wbc.range_cyclic) {
  575. wbc.range_start = 0;
  576. wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
  577. }
  578. /*
  579. * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
  580. * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
  581. * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
  582. *
  583. * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
  584. *
  585. * wb_writeback()
  586. * __writeback_inodes_sb() <== called only once
  587. * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
  588. * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
  589. * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
  590. */
  591. if (wbc.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
  592. write_chunk = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
  593. else
  594. write_chunk = LONG_MAX;
  595. wbc.wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
  596. for (;;) {
  597. /*
  598. * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
  599. */
  600. if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
  601. break;
  602. /*
  603. * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
  604. * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
  605. * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
  606. * after the other works are all done.
  607. */
  608. if ((work->for_background || work->for_kupdate) &&
  609. !list_empty(&wb->bdi->work_list))
  610. break;
  611. /*
  612. * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
  613. * background dirty threshold
  614. */
  615. if (work->for_background && !over_bground_thresh())
  616. break;
  617. wbc.more_io = 0;
  618. wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
  619. wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
  620. trace_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc, wb->bdi);
  621. if (work->sb)
  622. __writeback_inodes_sb(work->sb, wb, &wbc);
  623. else
  624. writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
  625. trace_wbc_writeback_written(&wbc, wb->bdi);
  626. work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
  627. wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
  628. /*
  629. * If we consumed everything, see if we have more
  630. */
  631. if (wbc.nr_to_write <= 0)
  632. continue;
  633. /*
  634. * Didn't write everything and we don't have more IO, bail
  635. */
  636. if (!wbc.more_io)
  637. break;
  638. /*
  639. * Did we write something? Try for more
  640. */
  641. if (wbc.nr_to_write < write_chunk)
  642. continue;
  643. /*
  644. * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
  645. * become available for writeback. Otherwise
  646. * we'll just busyloop.
  647. */
  648. spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  649. if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) {
  650. inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
  651. trace_wbc_writeback_wait(&wbc, wb->bdi);
  652. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  653. inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
  654. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  655. }
  656. spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  657. }
  658. return wrote;
  659. }
  660. /*
  661. * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
  662. */
  663. static struct wb_writeback_work *
  664. get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  665. {
  666. struct wb_writeback_work *work = NULL;
  667. spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  668. if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) {
  669. work = list_entry(bdi->work_list.next,
  670. struct wb_writeback_work, list);
  671. list_del_init(&work->list);
  672. }
  673. spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  674. return work;
  675. }
  676. /*
  677. * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
  678. * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
  679. */
  680. static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
  681. {
  682. return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  683. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
  684. get_nr_dirty_inodes();
  685. }
  686. static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  687. {
  688. if (over_bground_thresh()) {
  689. struct wb_writeback_work work = {
  690. .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
  691. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
  692. .for_background = 1,
  693. .range_cyclic = 1,
  694. };
  695. return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
  696. }
  697. return 0;
  698. }
  699. static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  700. {
  701. unsigned long expired;
  702. long nr_pages;
  703. /*
  704. * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
  705. */
  706. if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
  707. return 0;
  708. expired = wb->last_old_flush +
  709. msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
  710. if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
  711. return 0;
  712. wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
  713. nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages();
  714. if (nr_pages) {
  715. struct wb_writeback_work work = {
  716. .nr_pages = nr_pages,
  717. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
  718. .for_kupdate = 1,
  719. .range_cyclic = 1,
  720. };
  721. return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
  722. }
  723. return 0;
  724. }
  725. /*
  726. * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
  727. */
  728. long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
  729. {
  730. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
  731. struct wb_writeback_work *work;
  732. long wrote = 0;
  733. set_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
  734. while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi)) != NULL) {
  735. /*
  736. * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
  737. * because this thread is exiting now.
  738. */
  739. if (force_wait)
  740. work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;
  741. trace_writeback_exec(bdi, work);
  742. wrote += wb_writeback(wb, work);
  743. /*
  744. * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
  745. * work item, otherwise just free it.
  746. */
  747. if (work->done)
  748. complete(work->done);
  749. else
  750. kfree(work);
  751. }
  752. /*
  753. * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
  754. */
  755. wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
  756. wrote += wb_check_background_flush(wb);
  757. clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
  758. return wrote;
  759. }
  760. /*
  761. * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
  762. * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
  763. */
  764. int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
  765. {
  766. struct bdi_writeback *wb = data;
  767. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
  768. long pages_written;
  769. current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
  770. set_freezable();
  771. wb->last_active = jiffies;
  772. /*
  773. * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
  774. */
  775. set_user_nice(current, 0);
  776. trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi);
  777. while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
  778. /*
  779. * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
  780. * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
  781. */
  782. del_timer(&wb->wakeup_timer);
  783. pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);
  784. trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
  785. if (pages_written)
  786. wb->last_active = jiffies;
  787. set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
  788. if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list) || kthread_should_stop()) {
  789. __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
  790. continue;
  791. }
  792. if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval)
  793. schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
  794. else {
  795. /*
  796. * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
  797. * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
  798. * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
  799. */
  800. schedule();
  801. }
  802. try_to_freeze();
  803. }
  804. /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
  805. if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
  806. wb_do_writeback(wb, 1);
  807. trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi);
  808. return 0;
  809. }
  810. /*
  811. * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
  812. * the whole world.
  813. */
  814. void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages)
  815. {
  816. struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
  817. if (!nr_pages) {
  818. nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  819. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
  820. }
  821. rcu_read_lock();
  822. list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
  823. if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
  824. continue;
  825. __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, false);
  826. }
  827. rcu_read_unlock();
  828. }
  829. static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
  830. {
  831. if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
  832. struct dentry *dentry;
  833. const char *name = "?";
  834. dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
  835. if (dentry) {
  836. spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
  837. name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
  838. }
  839. printk(KERN_DEBUG
  840. "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
  841. current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
  842. name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
  843. if (dentry) {
  844. spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
  845. dput(dentry);
  846. }
  847. }
  848. }
  849. /**
  850. * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
  851. * @inode: inode to mark
  852. * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
  853. * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
  854. * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
  855. *
  856. * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
  857. *
  858. * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
  859. * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
  860. * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
  861. * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
  862. *
  863. * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
  864. * them dirty.
  865. *
  866. * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
  867. * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
  868. * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
  869. * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
  870. * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
  871. * blockdev inode.
  872. */
  873. void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
  874. {
  875. struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
  876. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL;
  877. /*
  878. * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
  879. * dirty the inode itself
  880. */
  881. if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
  882. if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
  883. sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags);
  884. }
  885. /*
  886. * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
  887. * -- mikulas
  888. */
  889. smp_mb();
  890. /* avoid the locking if we can */
  891. if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
  892. return;
  893. if (unlikely(block_dump))
  894. block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);
  895. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  896. if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
  897. const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
  898. inode->i_state |= flags;
  899. /*
  900. * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
  901. * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
  902. * superblock list, based upon its state.
  903. */
  904. if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
  905. goto out_unlock_inode;
  906. /*
  907. * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
  908. * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
  909. */
  910. if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
  911. if (inode_unhashed(inode))
  912. goto out_unlock_inode;
  913. }
  914. if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
  915. goto out_unlock_inode;
  916. /*
  917. * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
  918. * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
  919. */
  920. if (!was_dirty) {
  921. bool wakeup_bdi = false;
  922. bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
  923. if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
  924. WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
  925. "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);
  926. /*
  927. * If this is the first dirty inode for this
  928. * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
  929. * bdi thread to make sure background
  930. * write-back happens later.
  931. */
  932. if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb))
  933. wakeup_bdi = true;
  934. }
  935. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  936. spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  937. inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
  938. list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
  939. spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  940. if (wakeup_bdi)
  941. bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
  942. return;
  943. }
  944. }
  945. out_unlock_inode:
  946. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  947. }
  948. EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
  949. /*
  950. * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes. A wait will be performed
  951. * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
  952. *
  953. * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
  954. * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
  955. *
  956. * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
  957. * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
  958. * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks,
  959. * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
  960. *
  961. * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io. They are moved back onto
  962. * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing. This way, none can be missed
  963. * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
  964. * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
  965. */
  966. static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
  967. {
  968. struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
  969. /*
  970. * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
  971. * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
  972. */
  973. WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
  974. spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
  975. /*
  976. * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
  977. * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
  978. * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
  979. * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
  980. * we still have to wait for that writeout.
  981. */
  982. list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
  983. struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
  984. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  985. if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) ||
  986. (mapping->nrpages == 0)) {
  987. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  988. continue;
  989. }
  990. __iget(inode);
  991. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  992. spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
  993. /*
  994. * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
  995. * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
  996. * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
  997. * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
  998. * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
  999. * later.
  1000. */
  1001. iput(old_inode);
  1002. old_inode = inode;
  1003. filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
  1004. cond_resched();
  1005. spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
  1006. }
  1007. spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
  1008. iput(old_inode);
  1009. }
  1010. /**
  1011. * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
  1012. * @sb: the superblock
  1013. * @nr: the number of pages to write
  1014. *
  1015. * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
  1016. * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
  1017. * for IO completion of submitted IO.
  1018. */
  1019. void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr)
  1020. {
  1021. DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
  1022. struct wb_writeback_work work = {
  1023. .sb = sb,
  1024. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
  1025. .done = &done,
  1026. .nr_pages = nr,
  1027. };
  1028. WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
  1029. bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
  1030. wait_for_completion(&done);
  1031. }
  1032. EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
  1033. /**
  1034. * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
  1035. * @sb: the superblock
  1036. *
  1037. * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
  1038. * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
  1039. * for IO completion of submitted IO.
  1040. */
  1041. void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
  1042. {
  1043. return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages());
  1044. }
  1045. EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
  1046. /**
  1047. * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
  1048. * @sb: the superblock
  1049. *
  1050. * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
  1051. * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
  1052. */
  1053. int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
  1054. {
  1055. if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
  1056. down_read(&sb->s_umount);
  1057. writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
  1058. up_read(&sb->s_umount);
  1059. return 1;
  1060. } else
  1061. return 0;
  1062. }
  1063. EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
  1064. /**
  1065. * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
  1066. * @sb: the superblock
  1067. * @nr: the number of pages to write
  1068. *
  1069. * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
  1070. * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
  1071. */
  1072. int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block *sb,
  1073. unsigned long nr)
  1074. {
  1075. if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
  1076. down_read(&sb->s_umount);
  1077. writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr);
  1078. up_read(&sb->s_umount);
  1079. return 1;
  1080. } else
  1081. return 0;
  1082. }
  1083. EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle);
  1084. /**
  1085. * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
  1086. * @sb: the superblock
  1087. *
  1088. * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
  1089. * super_block.
  1090. */
  1091. void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
  1092. {
  1093. DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
  1094. struct wb_writeback_work work = {
  1095. .sb = sb,
  1096. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
  1097. .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
  1098. .range_cyclic = 0,
  1099. .done = &done,
  1100. };
  1101. WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
  1102. bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
  1103. wait_for_completion(&done);
  1104. wait_sb_inodes(sb);
  1105. }
  1106. EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
  1107. /**
  1108. * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
  1109. * @inode: inode to write to disk
  1110. * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
  1111. *
  1112. * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
  1113. * primarily needed by knfsd.
  1114. *
  1115. * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
  1116. */
  1117. int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
  1118. {
  1119. int ret;
  1120. struct writeback_control wbc = {
  1121. .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
  1122. .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
  1123. .range_start = 0,
  1124. .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
  1125. };
  1126. if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
  1127. wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
  1128. might_sleep();
  1129. spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  1130. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  1131. ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
  1132. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  1133. spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  1134. if (sync)
  1135. inode_sync_wait(inode);
  1136. return ret;
  1137. }
  1138. EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
  1139. /**
  1140. * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
  1141. * @inode: the inode to sync
  1142. * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
  1143. *
  1144. * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
  1145. * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
  1146. * update inode->i_state.
  1147. *
  1148. * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
  1149. */
  1150. int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  1151. {
  1152. int ret;
  1153. spin_lock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  1154. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  1155. ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
  1156. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  1157. spin_unlock(&inode_wb_list_lock);
  1158. return ret;
  1159. }
  1160. EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
  1161. /**
  1162. * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
  1163. * @inode: the inode to sync
  1164. * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
  1165. *
  1166. * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
  1167. *
  1168. * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
  1169. */
  1170. int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait)
  1171. {
  1172. struct writeback_control wbc = {
  1173. .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
  1174. .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */
  1175. };
  1176. return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
  1177. }
  1178. EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata);