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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 "internal.h"
  29. #define inode_to_bdi(inode) ((inode)->i_mapping->backing_dev_info)
  30. /*
  31. * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
  32. */
  33. int nr_pdflush_threads;
  34. /*
  35. * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
  36. */
  37. struct wb_writeback_args {
  38. long nr_pages;
  39. struct super_block *sb;
  40. enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
  41. int for_kupdate:1;
  42. int range_cyclic:1;
  43. int for_background:1;
  44. int sb_pinned:1;
  45. };
  46. /*
  47. * Work items for the bdi_writeback threads
  48. */
  49. struct bdi_work {
  50. struct list_head list; /* pending work list */
  51. struct rcu_head rcu_head; /* for RCU free/clear of work */
  52. unsigned long seen; /* threads that have seen this work */
  53. atomic_t pending; /* number of threads still to do work */
  54. struct wb_writeback_args args; /* writeback arguments */
  55. unsigned long state; /* flag bits, see WS_* */
  56. };
  57. enum {
  58. WS_USED_B = 0,
  59. WS_ONSTACK_B,
  60. };
  61. #define WS_USED (1 << WS_USED_B)
  62. #define WS_ONSTACK (1 << WS_ONSTACK_B)
  63. static inline bool bdi_work_on_stack(struct bdi_work *work)
  64. {
  65. return test_bit(WS_ONSTACK_B, &work->state);
  66. }
  67. static inline void bdi_work_init(struct bdi_work *work,
  68. struct wb_writeback_args *args)
  69. {
  70. INIT_RCU_HEAD(&work->rcu_head);
  71. work->args = *args;
  72. work->state = WS_USED;
  73. }
  74. /**
  75. * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
  76. * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
  77. *
  78. * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
  79. * backing device.
  80. */
  81. int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  82. {
  83. return !list_empty(&bdi->work_list);
  84. }
  85. static void bdi_work_clear(struct bdi_work *work)
  86. {
  87. clear_bit(WS_USED_B, &work->state);
  88. smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
  89. /*
  90. * work can have disappeared at this point. bit waitq functions
  91. * should be able to tolerate this, provided bdi_sched_wait does
  92. * not dereference it's pointer argument.
  93. */
  94. wake_up_bit(&work->state, WS_USED_B);
  95. }
  96. static void bdi_work_free(struct rcu_head *head)
  97. {
  98. struct bdi_work *work = container_of(head, struct bdi_work, rcu_head);
  99. if (!bdi_work_on_stack(work))
  100. kfree(work);
  101. else
  102. bdi_work_clear(work);
  103. }
  104. static void wb_work_complete(struct bdi_work *work)
  105. {
  106. const enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode = work->args.sync_mode;
  107. int onstack = bdi_work_on_stack(work);
  108. /*
  109. * For allocated work, we can clear the done/seen bit right here.
  110. * For on-stack work, we need to postpone both the clear and free
  111. * to after the RCU grace period, since the stack could be invalidated
  112. * as soon as bdi_work_clear() has done the wakeup.
  113. */
  114. if (!onstack)
  115. bdi_work_clear(work);
  116. if (sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE || onstack)
  117. call_rcu(&work->rcu_head, bdi_work_free);
  118. }
  119. static void wb_clear_pending(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct bdi_work *work)
  120. {
  121. /*
  122. * The caller has retrieved the work arguments from this work,
  123. * drop our reference. If this is the last ref, delete and free it
  124. */
  125. if (atomic_dec_and_test(&work->pending)) {
  126. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
  127. spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
  128. list_del_rcu(&work->list);
  129. spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
  130. wb_work_complete(work);
  131. }
  132. }
  133. static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct bdi_work *work)
  134. {
  135. work->seen = bdi->wb_mask;
  136. BUG_ON(!work->seen);
  137. atomic_set(&work->pending, bdi->wb_cnt);
  138. BUG_ON(!bdi->wb_cnt);
  139. /*
  140. * list_add_tail_rcu() contains the necessary barriers to
  141. * make sure the above stores are seen before the item is
  142. * noticed on the list
  143. */
  144. spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
  145. list_add_tail_rcu(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
  146. spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
  147. /*
  148. * If the default thread isn't there, make sure we add it. When
  149. * it gets created and wakes up, we'll run this work.
  150. */
  151. if (unlikely(list_empty_careful(&bdi->wb_list)))
  152. wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
  153. else {
  154. struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
  155. if (wb->task)
  156. wake_up_process(wb->task);
  157. }
  158. }
  159. /*
  160. * Used for on-stack allocated work items. The caller needs to wait until
  161. * the wb threads have acked the work before it's safe to continue.
  162. */
  163. static void bdi_wait_on_work_clear(struct bdi_work *work)
  164. {
  165. wait_on_bit(&work->state, WS_USED_B, bdi_sched_wait,
  166. TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
  167. }
  168. static void bdi_alloc_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
  169. struct wb_writeback_args *args)
  170. {
  171. struct bdi_work *work;
  172. /*
  173. * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
  174. * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
  175. */
  176. work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
  177. if (work) {
  178. bdi_work_init(work, args);
  179. bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
  180. } else {
  181. struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
  182. if (wb->task)
  183. wake_up_process(wb->task);
  184. }
  185. }
  186. /**
  187. * bdi_sync_writeback - start and wait for writeback
  188. * @bdi: the backing device to write from
  189. * @sb: write inodes from this super_block
  190. *
  191. * Description:
  192. * This does WB_SYNC_ALL data integrity writeback and waits for the
  193. * IO to complete. Callers must hold the sb s_umount semaphore for
  194. * reading, to avoid having the super disappear before we are done.
  195. */
  196. static void bdi_sync_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
  197. struct super_block *sb)
  198. {
  199. struct wb_writeback_args args = {
  200. .sb = sb,
  201. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
  202. .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
  203. .range_cyclic = 0,
  204. /*
  205. * Setting sb_pinned is not necessary for WB_SYNC_ALL, but
  206. * lets make it explicitly clear.
  207. */
  208. .sb_pinned = 1,
  209. };
  210. struct bdi_work work;
  211. bdi_work_init(&work, &args);
  212. work.state |= WS_ONSTACK;
  213. bdi_queue_work(bdi, &work);
  214. bdi_wait_on_work_clear(&work);
  215. }
  216. /**
  217. * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
  218. * @bdi: the backing device to write from
  219. * @sb: write inodes from this super_block
  220. * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
  221. * @sb_locked: caller already holds sb umount sem.
  222. *
  223. * Description:
  224. * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
  225. * started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
  226. * completion. Caller specifies whether sb umount sem is held already or not.
  227. *
  228. */
  229. void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct super_block *sb,
  230. long nr_pages, int sb_locked)
  231. {
  232. struct wb_writeback_args args = {
  233. .sb = sb,
  234. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
  235. .nr_pages = nr_pages,
  236. .range_cyclic = 1,
  237. .sb_pinned = sb_locked,
  238. };
  239. /*
  240. * We treat @nr_pages=0 as the special case to do background writeback,
  241. * ie. to sync pages until the background dirty threshold is reached.
  242. */
  243. if (!nr_pages) {
  244. args.nr_pages = LONG_MAX;
  245. args.for_background = 1;
  246. }
  247. bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args);
  248. }
  249. /*
  250. * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
  251. * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
  252. *
  253. * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
  254. * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
  255. * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
  256. * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
  257. */
  258. static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode)
  259. {
  260. struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
  261. if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
  262. struct inode *tail;
  263. tail = list_entry(wb->b_dirty.next, struct inode, i_list);
  264. if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
  265. inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
  266. }
  267. list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_dirty);
  268. }
  269. /*
  270. * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
  271. */
  272. static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode)
  273. {
  274. struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
  275. list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_more_io);
  276. }
  277. static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
  278. {
  279. /*
  280. * Prevent speculative execution through spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  281. */
  282. smp_mb();
  283. wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
  284. }
  285. static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
  286. {
  287. bool ret = time_after(inode->dirtied_when, t);
  288. #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
  289. /*
  290. * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
  291. * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
  292. * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
  293. * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
  294. */
  295. ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
  296. #endif
  297. return ret;
  298. }
  299. /*
  300. * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
  301. */
  302. static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
  303. struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
  304. unsigned long *older_than_this)
  305. {
  306. LIST_HEAD(tmp);
  307. struct list_head *pos, *node;
  308. struct super_block *sb = NULL;
  309. struct inode *inode;
  310. int do_sb_sort = 0;
  311. while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
  312. inode = list_entry(delaying_queue->prev, struct inode, i_list);
  313. if (older_than_this &&
  314. inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
  315. break;
  316. if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
  317. do_sb_sort = 1;
  318. sb = inode->i_sb;
  319. list_move(&inode->i_list, &tmp);
  320. }
  321. /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
  322. if (!do_sb_sort) {
  323. list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue);
  324. return;
  325. }
  326. /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
  327. while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
  328. inode = list_entry(tmp.prev, struct inode, i_list);
  329. sb = inode->i_sb;
  330. list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) {
  331. inode = list_entry(pos, struct inode, i_list);
  332. if (inode->i_sb == sb)
  333. list_move(&inode->i_list, dispatch_queue);
  334. }
  335. }
  336. }
  337. /*
  338. * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
  339. */
  340. static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
  341. {
  342. list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, wb->b_io.prev);
  343. move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
  344. }
  345. static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  346. {
  347. if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode))
  348. return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, wbc);
  349. return 0;
  350. }
  351. /*
  352. * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
  353. */
  354. static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
  355. {
  356. DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
  357. wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
  358. wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
  359. do {
  360. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  361. __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
  362. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  363. } while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
  364. }
  365. /*
  366. * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under inode_lock. Either the
  367. * caller has ref on the inode (either via __iget or via syscall against an fd)
  368. * or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set (via generic_forget_inode)
  369. *
  370. * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
  371. *
  372. * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile. We want to avoid
  373. * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
  374. * livelocks, etc.
  375. *
  376. * Called under inode_lock.
  377. */
  378. static int
  379. writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  380. {
  381. struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
  382. unsigned dirty;
  383. int ret;
  384. if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
  385. WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
  386. else
  387. WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
  388. if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
  389. /*
  390. * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
  391. * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
  392. * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
  393. *
  394. * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
  395. * completed a full scan of b_io.
  396. */
  397. if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
  398. requeue_io(inode);
  399. return 0;
  400. }
  401. /*
  402. * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait.
  403. */
  404. inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
  405. }
  406. BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
  407. /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
  408. inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
  409. inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
  410. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  411. ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
  412. /*
  413. * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
  414. * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
  415. * I/O completion.
  416. */
  417. if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
  418. int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
  419. if (ret == 0)
  420. ret = err;
  421. }
  422. /*
  423. * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
  424. * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
  425. * write_inode()
  426. */
  427. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  428. dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
  429. inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
  430. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  431. /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
  432. if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
  433. int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
  434. if (ret == 0)
  435. ret = err;
  436. }
  437. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  438. inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
  439. if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR))) {
  440. if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_PAGES) && wbc->for_kupdate) {
  441. /*
  442. * More pages get dirtied by a fast dirtier.
  443. */
  444. goto select_queue;
  445. } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
  446. /*
  447. * At least XFS will redirty the inode during the
  448. * writeback (delalloc) and on io completion (isize).
  449. */
  450. redirty_tail(inode);
  451. } else if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
  452. /*
  453. * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
  454. * sometimes bales out without doing anything. Redirty
  455. * the inode; Move it from b_io onto b_more_io/b_dirty.
  456. */
  457. /*
  458. * akpm: if the caller was the kupdate function we put
  459. * this inode at the head of b_dirty so it gets first
  460. * consideration. Otherwise, move it to the tail, for
  461. * the reasons described there. I'm not really sure
  462. * how much sense this makes. Presumably I had a good
  463. * reasons for doing it this way, and I'd rather not
  464. * muck with it at present.
  465. */
  466. if (wbc->for_kupdate) {
  467. /*
  468. * For the kupdate function we move the inode
  469. * to b_more_io so it will get more writeout as
  470. * soon as the queue becomes uncongested.
  471. */
  472. inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
  473. select_queue:
  474. if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
  475. /*
  476. * slice used up: queue for next turn
  477. */
  478. requeue_io(inode);
  479. } else {
  480. /*
  481. * somehow blocked: retry later
  482. */
  483. redirty_tail(inode);
  484. }
  485. } else {
  486. /*
  487. * Otherwise fully redirty the inode so that
  488. * other inodes on this superblock will get some
  489. * writeout. Otherwise heavy writing to one
  490. * file would indefinitely suspend writeout of
  491. * all the other files.
  492. */
  493. inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
  494. redirty_tail(inode);
  495. }
  496. } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
  497. /*
  498. * The inode is clean, inuse
  499. */
  500. list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
  501. } else {
  502. /*
  503. * The inode is clean, unused
  504. */
  505. list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
  506. }
  507. }
  508. inode_sync_complete(inode);
  509. return ret;
  510. }
  511. static void unpin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
  512. {
  513. up_read(&sb->s_umount);
  514. put_super(sb);
  515. }
  516. enum sb_pin_state {
  517. SB_PINNED,
  518. SB_NOT_PINNED,
  519. SB_PIN_FAILED
  520. };
  521. /*
  522. * For WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, the caller does not have the sb pinned
  523. * before calling writeback. So make sure that we do pin it, so it doesn't
  524. * go away while we are writing inodes from it.
  525. */
  526. static enum sb_pin_state pin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc,
  527. struct super_block *sb)
  528. {
  529. /*
  530. * Caller must already hold the ref for this
  531. */
  532. if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->sb_pinned) {
  533. WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
  534. return SB_NOT_PINNED;
  535. }
  536. spin_lock(&sb_lock);
  537. sb->s_count++;
  538. if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
  539. if (sb->s_root) {
  540. spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
  541. return SB_PINNED;
  542. }
  543. /*
  544. * umounted, drop rwsem again and fall through to failure
  545. */
  546. up_read(&sb->s_umount);
  547. }
  548. sb->s_count--;
  549. spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
  550. return SB_PIN_FAILED;
  551. }
  552. /*
  553. * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
  554. * If @wbc->sb != NULL, then find and write all such
  555. * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
  556. * in reverse order.
  557. * Return 1, if the caller writeback routine should be
  558. * interrupted. Otherwise return 0.
  559. */
  560. static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
  561. struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  562. struct writeback_control *wbc)
  563. {
  564. while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
  565. long pages_skipped;
  566. struct inode *inode = list_entry(wb->b_io.prev,
  567. struct inode, i_list);
  568. if (wbc->sb && sb != inode->i_sb) {
  569. /* super block given and doesn't
  570. match, skip this inode */
  571. redirty_tail(inode);
  572. continue;
  573. }
  574. if (sb != inode->i_sb)
  575. /* finish with this superblock */
  576. return 0;
  577. if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_WILL_FREE)) {
  578. requeue_io(inode);
  579. continue;
  580. }
  581. /*
  582. * Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
  583. * This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
  584. */
  585. if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, wbc->wb_start))
  586. return 1;
  587. BUG_ON(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR));
  588. __iget(inode);
  589. pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
  590. writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
  591. if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
  592. /*
  593. * writeback is not making progress due to locked
  594. * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
  595. */
  596. redirty_tail(inode);
  597. }
  598. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  599. iput(inode);
  600. cond_resched();
  601. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  602. if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
  603. wbc->more_io = 1;
  604. return 1;
  605. }
  606. if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
  607. wbc->more_io = 1;
  608. }
  609. /* b_io is empty */
  610. return 1;
  611. }
  612. static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  613. struct writeback_control *wbc)
  614. {
  615. int ret = 0;
  616. wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
  617. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  618. if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
  619. queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
  620. while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
  621. struct inode *inode = list_entry(wb->b_io.prev,
  622. struct inode, i_list);
  623. struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
  624. enum sb_pin_state state;
  625. if (wbc->sb && sb != wbc->sb) {
  626. /* super block given and doesn't
  627. match, skip this inode */
  628. redirty_tail(inode);
  629. continue;
  630. }
  631. state = pin_sb_for_writeback(wbc, sb);
  632. if (state == SB_PIN_FAILED) {
  633. requeue_io(inode);
  634. continue;
  635. }
  636. ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc);
  637. if (state == SB_PINNED)
  638. unpin_sb_for_writeback(sb);
  639. if (ret)
  640. break;
  641. }
  642. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  643. /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
  644. }
  645. void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc)
  646. {
  647. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wbc->bdi;
  648. writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, wbc);
  649. }
  650. /*
  651. * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/kupdate
  652. * operation. We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
  653. * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
  654. * been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates
  655. * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
  656. */
  657. #define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024
  658. static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
  659. {
  660. unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
  661. get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL, NULL);
  662. return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  663. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) >= background_thresh);
  664. }
  665. /*
  666. * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
  667. *
  668. * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
  669. * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
  670. * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
  671. * older than a specific point in time.
  672. *
  673. * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
  674. * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
  675. * one-second gap.
  676. *
  677. * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
  678. * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
  679. */
  680. static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  681. struct wb_writeback_args *args)
  682. {
  683. struct writeback_control wbc = {
  684. .bdi = wb->bdi,
  685. .sb = args->sb,
  686. .sync_mode = args->sync_mode,
  687. .older_than_this = NULL,
  688. .for_kupdate = args->for_kupdate,
  689. .for_background = args->for_background,
  690. .range_cyclic = args->range_cyclic,
  691. .sb_pinned = args->sb_pinned,
  692. };
  693. unsigned long oldest_jif;
  694. long wrote = 0;
  695. struct inode *inode;
  696. if (wbc.for_kupdate) {
  697. wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
  698. oldest_jif = jiffies -
  699. msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
  700. }
  701. if (!wbc.range_cyclic) {
  702. wbc.range_start = 0;
  703. wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
  704. }
  705. for (;;) {
  706. /*
  707. * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
  708. */
  709. if (args->nr_pages <= 0)
  710. break;
  711. /*
  712. * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
  713. * background dirty threshold
  714. */
  715. if (args->for_background && !over_bground_thresh())
  716. break;
  717. wbc.more_io = 0;
  718. wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
  719. wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
  720. writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
  721. args->nr_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
  722. wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
  723. /*
  724. * If we consumed everything, see if we have more
  725. */
  726. if (wbc.nr_to_write <= 0)
  727. continue;
  728. /*
  729. * Didn't write everything and we don't have more IO, bail
  730. */
  731. if (!wbc.more_io)
  732. break;
  733. /*
  734. * Did we write something? Try for more
  735. */
  736. if (wbc.nr_to_write < MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES)
  737. continue;
  738. /*
  739. * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
  740. * become available for writeback. Otherwise
  741. * we'll just busyloop.
  742. */
  743. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  744. if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) {
  745. inode = list_entry(wb->b_more_io.prev,
  746. struct inode, i_list);
  747. inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
  748. }
  749. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  750. }
  751. return wrote;
  752. }
  753. /*
  754. * Return the next bdi_work struct that hasn't been processed by this
  755. * wb thread yet. ->seen is initially set for each thread that exists
  756. * for this device, when a thread first notices a piece of work it
  757. * clears its bit. Depending on writeback type, the thread will notify
  758. * completion on either receiving the work (WB_SYNC_NONE) or after
  759. * it is done (WB_SYNC_ALL).
  760. */
  761. static struct bdi_work *get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
  762. struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  763. {
  764. struct bdi_work *work, *ret = NULL;
  765. rcu_read_lock();
  766. list_for_each_entry_rcu(work, &bdi->work_list, list) {
  767. if (!test_bit(wb->nr, &work->seen))
  768. continue;
  769. clear_bit(wb->nr, &work->seen);
  770. ret = work;
  771. break;
  772. }
  773. rcu_read_unlock();
  774. return ret;
  775. }
  776. static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  777. {
  778. unsigned long expired;
  779. long nr_pages;
  780. /*
  781. * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
  782. */
  783. if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
  784. return 0;
  785. expired = wb->last_old_flush +
  786. msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
  787. if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
  788. return 0;
  789. wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
  790. nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  791. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
  792. (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
  793. if (nr_pages) {
  794. struct wb_writeback_args args = {
  795. .nr_pages = nr_pages,
  796. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
  797. .for_kupdate = 1,
  798. .range_cyclic = 1,
  799. };
  800. return wb_writeback(wb, &args);
  801. }
  802. return 0;
  803. }
  804. /*
  805. * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
  806. */
  807. long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
  808. {
  809. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
  810. struct bdi_work *work;
  811. long wrote = 0;
  812. while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi, wb)) != NULL) {
  813. struct wb_writeback_args args = work->args;
  814. /*
  815. * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
  816. */
  817. if (force_wait)
  818. work->args.sync_mode = args.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;
  819. /*
  820. * If this isn't a data integrity operation, just notify
  821. * that we have seen this work and we are now starting it.
  822. */
  823. if (args.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
  824. wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
  825. wrote += wb_writeback(wb, &args);
  826. /*
  827. * This is a data integrity writeback, so only do the
  828. * notification when we have completed the work.
  829. */
  830. if (args.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
  831. wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
  832. }
  833. /*
  834. * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
  835. */
  836. wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
  837. return wrote;
  838. }
  839. /*
  840. * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
  841. * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
  842. */
  843. int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  844. {
  845. unsigned long last_active = jiffies;
  846. unsigned long wait_jiffies = -1UL;
  847. long pages_written;
  848. while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
  849. pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);
  850. if (pages_written)
  851. last_active = jiffies;
  852. else if (wait_jiffies != -1UL) {
  853. unsigned long max_idle;
  854. /*
  855. * Longest period of inactivity that we tolerate. If we
  856. * see dirty data again later, the task will get
  857. * recreated automatically.
  858. */
  859. max_idle = max(5UL * 60 * HZ, wait_jiffies);
  860. if (time_after(jiffies, max_idle + last_active))
  861. break;
  862. }
  863. if (dirty_writeback_interval) {
  864. wait_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
  865. schedule_timeout_interruptible(wait_jiffies);
  866. } else
  867. schedule();
  868. try_to_freeze();
  869. }
  870. return 0;
  871. }
  872. /*
  873. * Schedule writeback for all backing devices. This does WB_SYNC_NONE
  874. * writeback, for integrity writeback see bdi_sync_writeback().
  875. */
  876. static void bdi_writeback_all(struct super_block *sb, long nr_pages)
  877. {
  878. struct wb_writeback_args args = {
  879. .sb = sb,
  880. .nr_pages = nr_pages,
  881. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
  882. };
  883. struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
  884. rcu_read_lock();
  885. list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
  886. if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
  887. continue;
  888. bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args);
  889. }
  890. rcu_read_unlock();
  891. }
  892. /*
  893. * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
  894. * the whole world.
  895. */
  896. void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages)
  897. {
  898. if (nr_pages == 0)
  899. nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  900. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
  901. bdi_writeback_all(NULL, nr_pages);
  902. }
  903. static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
  904. {
  905. if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
  906. struct dentry *dentry;
  907. const char *name = "?";
  908. dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
  909. if (dentry) {
  910. spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
  911. name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
  912. }
  913. printk(KERN_DEBUG
  914. "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
  915. current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
  916. name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
  917. if (dentry) {
  918. spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
  919. dput(dentry);
  920. }
  921. }
  922. }
  923. /**
  924. * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
  925. * @inode: inode to mark
  926. * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
  927. * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
  928. * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
  929. *
  930. * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
  931. *
  932. * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
  933. * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
  934. * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
  935. * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
  936. *
  937. * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
  938. * them dirty.
  939. *
  940. * This function *must* be atomic for the I_DIRTY_PAGES case -
  941. * set_page_dirty() is called under spinlock in several places.
  942. *
  943. * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
  944. * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
  945. * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
  946. * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
  947. * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
  948. * blockdev inode.
  949. */
  950. void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
  951. {
  952. struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
  953. /*
  954. * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
  955. * dirty the inode itself
  956. */
  957. if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
  958. if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
  959. sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode);
  960. }
  961. /*
  962. * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
  963. * -- mikulas
  964. */
  965. smp_mb();
  966. /* avoid the locking if we can */
  967. if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
  968. return;
  969. if (unlikely(block_dump))
  970. block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);
  971. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  972. if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
  973. const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
  974. inode->i_state |= flags;
  975. /*
  976. * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
  977. * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
  978. * superblock list, based upon its state.
  979. */
  980. if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
  981. goto out;
  982. /*
  983. * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
  984. * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
  985. */
  986. if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
  987. if (hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash))
  988. goto out;
  989. }
  990. if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR))
  991. goto out;
  992. /*
  993. * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
  994. * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
  995. */
  996. if (!was_dirty) {
  997. struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
  998. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
  999. if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi) &&
  1000. !test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) {
  1001. WARN_ON(1);
  1002. printk(KERN_ERR "bdi-%s not registered\n",
  1003. bdi->name);
  1004. }
  1005. inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
  1006. list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_dirty);
  1007. }
  1008. }
  1009. out:
  1010. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  1011. }
  1012. EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
  1013. /*
  1014. * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes. A wait will be performed
  1015. * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
  1016. *
  1017. * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
  1018. * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
  1019. *
  1020. * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
  1021. * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
  1022. * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks,
  1023. * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
  1024. *
  1025. * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io. They are moved back onto
  1026. * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing. This way, none can be missed
  1027. * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
  1028. * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
  1029. */
  1030. static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
  1031. {
  1032. struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
  1033. /*
  1034. * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
  1035. * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
  1036. */
  1037. WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
  1038. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  1039. /*
  1040. * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
  1041. * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
  1042. * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
  1043. * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
  1044. * we still have to wait for that writeout.
  1045. */
  1046. list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
  1047. struct address_space *mapping;
  1048. if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
  1049. continue;
  1050. mapping = inode->i_mapping;
  1051. if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
  1052. continue;
  1053. __iget(inode);
  1054. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  1055. /*
  1056. * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have
  1057. * been removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
  1058. * inode_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
  1059. * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it
  1060. * under inode_lock. So we keep the reference and iput
  1061. * it later.
  1062. */
  1063. iput(old_inode);
  1064. old_inode = inode;
  1065. filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
  1066. cond_resched();
  1067. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  1068. }
  1069. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  1070. iput(old_inode);
  1071. }
  1072. static void __writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, int sb_locked)
  1073. {
  1074. unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
  1075. unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
  1076. long nr_to_write;
  1077. nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
  1078. (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
  1079. bdi_start_writeback(sb->s_bdi, sb, nr_to_write, sb_locked);
  1080. }
  1081. /**
  1082. * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
  1083. * @sb: the superblock
  1084. *
  1085. * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
  1086. * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
  1087. * for IO completion of submitted IO. The number of pages submitted is
  1088. * returned.
  1089. */
  1090. void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
  1091. {
  1092. __writeback_inodes_sb(sb, 0);
  1093. }
  1094. EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
  1095. /**
  1096. * writeback_inodes_sb_locked - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
  1097. * @sb: the superblock
  1098. *
  1099. * Like writeback_inodes_sb(), except the caller already holds the
  1100. * sb umount sem.
  1101. */
  1102. void writeback_inodes_sb_locked(struct super_block *sb)
  1103. {
  1104. __writeback_inodes_sb(sb, 1);
  1105. }
  1106. /**
  1107. * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
  1108. * @sb: the superblock
  1109. *
  1110. * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
  1111. * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
  1112. */
  1113. int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
  1114. {
  1115. if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
  1116. writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
  1117. return 1;
  1118. } else
  1119. return 0;
  1120. }
  1121. EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
  1122. /**
  1123. * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
  1124. * @sb: the superblock
  1125. *
  1126. * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
  1127. * super_block. The number of pages synced is returned.
  1128. */
  1129. void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
  1130. {
  1131. bdi_sync_writeback(sb->s_bdi, sb);
  1132. wait_sb_inodes(sb);
  1133. }
  1134. EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
  1135. /**
  1136. * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
  1137. * @inode: inode to write to disk
  1138. * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
  1139. *
  1140. * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
  1141. * primarily needed by knfsd.
  1142. *
  1143. * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
  1144. */
  1145. int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
  1146. {
  1147. int ret;
  1148. struct writeback_control wbc = {
  1149. .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
  1150. .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
  1151. .range_start = 0,
  1152. .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
  1153. };
  1154. if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
  1155. wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
  1156. might_sleep();
  1157. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  1158. ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
  1159. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  1160. if (sync)
  1161. inode_sync_wait(inode);
  1162. return ret;
  1163. }
  1164. EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
  1165. /**
  1166. * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
  1167. * @inode: the inode to sync
  1168. * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
  1169. *
  1170. * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
  1171. * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
  1172. * update inode->i_state.
  1173. *
  1174. * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
  1175. */
  1176. int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  1177. {
  1178. int ret;
  1179. spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  1180. ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
  1181. spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
  1182. return ret;
  1183. }
  1184. EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);