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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 tagged_writepages:1;
  38. unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
  39. unsigned int range_cyclic:1;
  40. unsigned int for_background:1;
  41. struct list_head list; /* pending work list */
  42. struct completion *done; /* set if the caller waits */
  43. };
  44. /*
  45. * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
  46. * wb_writeback_work structure so that the definition remains local to this
  47. * file.
  48. */
  49. #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
  50. #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
  51. /*
  52. * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
  53. */
  54. int nr_pdflush_threads;
  55. /**
  56. * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
  57. * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
  58. *
  59. * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
  60. * backing device.
  61. */
  62. int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  63. {
  64. return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &bdi->state);
  65. }
  66. static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
  67. {
  68. struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
  69. if (strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "bdev") == 0)
  70. return inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
  71. return sb->s_bdi;
  72. }
  73. static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
  74. {
  75. return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_wb_list);
  76. }
  77. /* Wakeup flusher thread or forker thread to fork it. Requires bdi->wb_lock. */
  78. static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  79. {
  80. if (bdi->wb.task) {
  81. wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
  82. } else {
  83. /*
  84. * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
  85. * will create and run it.
  86. */
  87. wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
  88. }
  89. }
  90. static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
  91. struct wb_writeback_work *work)
  92. {
  93. trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work);
  94. spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  95. list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
  96. if (!bdi->wb.task)
  97. trace_writeback_nothread(bdi, work);
  98. bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi);
  99. spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  100. }
  101. static void
  102. __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
  103. bool range_cyclic)
  104. {
  105. struct wb_writeback_work *work;
  106. /*
  107. * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
  108. * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
  109. */
  110. work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
  111. if (!work) {
  112. if (bdi->wb.task) {
  113. trace_writeback_nowork(bdi);
  114. wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
  115. }
  116. return;
  117. }
  118. work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE;
  119. work->nr_pages = nr_pages;
  120. work->range_cyclic = range_cyclic;
  121. bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
  122. }
  123. /**
  124. * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
  125. * @bdi: the backing device to write from
  126. * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
  127. *
  128. * Description:
  129. * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
  130. * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on
  131. * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
  132. *
  133. */
  134. void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages)
  135. {
  136. __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, true);
  137. }
  138. /**
  139. * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
  140. * @bdi: the backing device to write from
  141. *
  142. * Description:
  143. * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
  144. * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI
  145. * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
  146. * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
  147. */
  148. void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  149. {
  150. /*
  151. * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
  152. * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
  153. */
  154. trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi);
  155. spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  156. bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi);
  157. spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  158. }
  159. /*
  160. * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
  161. */
  162. void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode *inode)
  163. {
  164. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
  165. spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
  166. list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
  167. spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
  168. }
  169. /*
  170. * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
  171. * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
  172. *
  173. * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
  174. * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
  175. * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
  176. * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
  177. */
  178. static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  179. {
  180. assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
  181. if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
  182. struct inode *tail;
  183. tail = wb_inode(wb->b_dirty.next);
  184. if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
  185. inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
  186. }
  187. list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_dirty);
  188. }
  189. /*
  190. * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
  191. */
  192. static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  193. {
  194. assert_spin_locked(&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(&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 int 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. int moved = 0;
  233. while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
  234. inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
  235. if (older_than_this &&
  236. inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
  237. break;
  238. if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
  239. do_sb_sort = 1;
  240. sb = inode->i_sb;
  241. list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp);
  242. moved++;
  243. }
  244. /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
  245. if (!do_sb_sort) {
  246. list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue);
  247. goto out;
  248. }
  249. /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
  250. while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
  251. sb = wb_inode(tmp.prev)->i_sb;
  252. list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) {
  253. inode = wb_inode(pos);
  254. if (inode->i_sb == sb)
  255. list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, dispatch_queue);
  256. }
  257. }
  258. out:
  259. return moved;
  260. }
  261. /*
  262. * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
  263. * Before
  264. * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
  265. * =============> gf edc BA
  266. * After
  267. * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
  268. * =============> g fBAedc
  269. * |
  270. * +--> dequeue for IO
  271. */
  272. static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
  273. {
  274. int moved;
  275. assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
  276. list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
  277. moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
  278. trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, older_than_this, moved);
  279. }
  280. static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  281. {
  282. if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode))
  283. return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, wbc);
  284. return 0;
  285. }
  286. /*
  287. * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
  288. */
  289. static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode,
  290. struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  291. {
  292. DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
  293. wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
  294. wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
  295. while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
  296. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  297. spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
  298. __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
  299. spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
  300. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  301. }
  302. }
  303. /*
  304. * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under wb->list_lock and
  305. * inode->i_lock. Either the caller has an active reference on the inode or
  306. * the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
  307. *
  308. * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
  309. *
  310. * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile. We want to avoid
  311. * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
  312. * livelocks, etc.
  313. */
  314. static int
  315. writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  316. struct writeback_control *wbc)
  317. {
  318. struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
  319. long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
  320. unsigned dirty;
  321. int ret;
  322. assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
  323. assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
  324. if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
  325. WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
  326. else
  327. WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
  328. if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
  329. /*
  330. * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
  331. * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
  332. * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
  333. *
  334. * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
  335. * completed a full scan of b_io.
  336. */
  337. if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
  338. requeue_io(inode, wb);
  339. trace_writeback_single_inode_requeue(inode, wbc,
  340. nr_to_write);
  341. return 0;
  342. }
  343. /*
  344. * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait.
  345. */
  346. inode_wait_for_writeback(inode, wb);
  347. }
  348. BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
  349. /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
  350. inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
  351. inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
  352. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  353. spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
  354. ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
  355. /*
  356. * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
  357. * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
  358. * I/O completion.
  359. */
  360. if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
  361. int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
  362. if (ret == 0)
  363. ret = err;
  364. }
  365. /*
  366. * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
  367. * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
  368. * write_inode()
  369. */
  370. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  371. dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
  372. inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
  373. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  374. /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
  375. if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
  376. int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
  377. if (ret == 0)
  378. ret = err;
  379. }
  380. spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
  381. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  382. inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
  383. if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
  384. /*
  385. * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in
  386. * one shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below.
  387. * Update the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
  388. */
  389. if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
  390. (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages))
  391. inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
  392. if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
  393. /*
  394. * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
  395. * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
  396. */
  397. inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
  398. if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
  399. /*
  400. * slice used up: queue for next turn
  401. */
  402. requeue_io(inode, wb);
  403. } else {
  404. /*
  405. * Writeback blocked by something other than
  406. * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
  407. * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
  408. * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
  409. * that cannot be performed immediately.
  410. */
  411. redirty_tail(inode, wb);
  412. }
  413. } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
  414. /*
  415. * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback
  416. * operations, such as delayed allocation during
  417. * submission or metadata updates after data IO
  418. * completion.
  419. */
  420. redirty_tail(inode, wb);
  421. } else {
  422. /*
  423. * The inode is clean. At this point we either have
  424. * a reference to the inode or it's on it's way out.
  425. * No need to add it back to the LRU.
  426. */
  427. list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
  428. wbc->inodes_written++;
  429. }
  430. }
  431. inode_sync_complete(inode);
  432. trace_writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc, nr_to_write);
  433. return ret;
  434. }
  435. /*
  436. * For background writeback the caller does not have the sb pinned
  437. * before calling writeback. So make sure that we do pin it, so it doesn't
  438. * go away while we are writing inodes from it.
  439. */
  440. static bool pin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
  441. {
  442. spin_lock(&sb_lock);
  443. if (list_empty(&sb->s_instances)) {
  444. spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
  445. return false;
  446. }
  447. sb->s_count++;
  448. spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
  449. if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
  450. if (sb->s_root)
  451. return true;
  452. up_read(&sb->s_umount);
  453. }
  454. put_super(sb);
  455. return false;
  456. }
  457. /*
  458. * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
  459. *
  460. * If @only_this_sb is true, then find and write all such
  461. * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
  462. * in reverse order.
  463. *
  464. * Return 1, if the caller writeback routine should be
  465. * interrupted. Otherwise return 0.
  466. */
  467. static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  468. struct writeback_control *wbc, bool only_this_sb)
  469. {
  470. while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
  471. long pages_skipped;
  472. struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
  473. if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
  474. if (only_this_sb) {
  475. /*
  476. * We only want to write back data for this
  477. * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
  478. * to it back onto the dirty list.
  479. */
  480. redirty_tail(inode, wb);
  481. continue;
  482. }
  483. /*
  484. * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
  485. * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
  486. * pin the next superblock.
  487. */
  488. return 0;
  489. }
  490. /*
  491. * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes beeing freed, first
  492. * kind does not need peridic writeout yet, and for the latter
  493. * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
  494. */
  495. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  496. if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
  497. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  498. requeue_io(inode, wb);
  499. continue;
  500. }
  501. __iget(inode);
  502. pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
  503. writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, wbc);
  504. if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
  505. /*
  506. * writeback is not making progress due to locked
  507. * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
  508. */
  509. redirty_tail(inode, wb);
  510. }
  511. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  512. spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
  513. iput(inode);
  514. cond_resched();
  515. spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
  516. if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
  517. return 1;
  518. }
  519. /* b_io is empty */
  520. return 1;
  521. }
  522. static void __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  523. struct writeback_control *wbc)
  524. {
  525. int ret = 0;
  526. while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
  527. struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
  528. struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
  529. if (!pin_sb_for_writeback(sb)) {
  530. requeue_io(inode, wb);
  531. continue;
  532. }
  533. ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, false);
  534. drop_super(sb);
  535. if (ret)
  536. break;
  537. }
  538. /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
  539. }
  540. void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  541. struct writeback_control *wbc)
  542. {
  543. spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
  544. if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
  545. queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
  546. __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, wbc);
  547. spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
  548. }
  549. /*
  550. * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/kupdate
  551. * operation. We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
  552. * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
  553. * been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates
  554. * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
  555. */
  556. #define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024
  557. static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
  558. {
  559. unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
  560. global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
  561. return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  562. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh);
  563. }
  564. /*
  565. * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
  566. *
  567. * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
  568. * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
  569. * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
  570. * older than a specific point in time.
  571. *
  572. * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
  573. * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
  574. * one-second gap.
  575. *
  576. * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
  577. * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
  578. */
  579. static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
  580. struct wb_writeback_work *work)
  581. {
  582. struct writeback_control wbc = {
  583. .sync_mode = work->sync_mode,
  584. .tagged_writepages = work->tagged_writepages,
  585. .older_than_this = NULL,
  586. .for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate,
  587. .for_background = work->for_background,
  588. .range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic,
  589. };
  590. unsigned long oldest_jif;
  591. long wrote = 0;
  592. long write_chunk = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
  593. struct inode *inode;
  594. if (!wbc.range_cyclic) {
  595. wbc.range_start = 0;
  596. wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
  597. }
  598. /*
  599. * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
  600. * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
  601. * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
  602. *
  603. * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
  604. *
  605. * wb_writeback()
  606. * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
  607. * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
  608. * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
  609. * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
  610. */
  611. if (wbc.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc.tagged_writepages)
  612. write_chunk = LONG_MAX;
  613. oldest_jif = jiffies;
  614. wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
  615. spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
  616. for (;;) {
  617. /*
  618. * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
  619. */
  620. if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
  621. break;
  622. /*
  623. * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
  624. * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
  625. * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
  626. * after the other works are all done.
  627. */
  628. if ((work->for_background || work->for_kupdate) &&
  629. !list_empty(&wb->bdi->work_list))
  630. break;
  631. /*
  632. * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
  633. * background dirty threshold
  634. */
  635. if (work->for_background && !over_bground_thresh())
  636. break;
  637. if (work->for_kupdate) {
  638. oldest_jif = jiffies -
  639. msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
  640. wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
  641. }
  642. wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
  643. wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
  644. wbc.inodes_written = 0;
  645. trace_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc, wb->bdi);
  646. if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
  647. queue_io(wb, wbc.older_than_this);
  648. if (work->sb)
  649. writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, &wbc, true);
  650. else
  651. __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
  652. trace_wbc_writeback_written(&wbc, wb->bdi);
  653. work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
  654. wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
  655. /*
  656. * Did we write something? Try for more
  657. *
  658. * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
  659. * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
  660. * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
  661. * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
  662. */
  663. if (wbc.nr_to_write < write_chunk)
  664. continue;
  665. if (wbc.inodes_written)
  666. continue;
  667. /*
  668. * No more inodes for IO, bail
  669. */
  670. if (list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
  671. break;
  672. /*
  673. * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
  674. * become available for writeback. Otherwise
  675. * we'll just busyloop.
  676. */
  677. if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) {
  678. inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
  679. trace_wbc_writeback_wait(&wbc, wb->bdi);
  680. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  681. inode_wait_for_writeback(inode, wb);
  682. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  683. }
  684. }
  685. spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
  686. return wrote;
  687. }
  688. /*
  689. * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
  690. */
  691. static struct wb_writeback_work *
  692. get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  693. {
  694. struct wb_writeback_work *work = NULL;
  695. spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  696. if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) {
  697. work = list_entry(bdi->work_list.next,
  698. struct wb_writeback_work, list);
  699. list_del_init(&work->list);
  700. }
  701. spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
  702. return work;
  703. }
  704. /*
  705. * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
  706. * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
  707. */
  708. static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
  709. {
  710. return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  711. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
  712. get_nr_dirty_inodes();
  713. }
  714. static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  715. {
  716. if (over_bground_thresh()) {
  717. struct wb_writeback_work work = {
  718. .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
  719. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
  720. .for_background = 1,
  721. .range_cyclic = 1,
  722. };
  723. return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
  724. }
  725. return 0;
  726. }
  727. static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  728. {
  729. unsigned long expired;
  730. long nr_pages;
  731. /*
  732. * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
  733. */
  734. if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
  735. return 0;
  736. expired = wb->last_old_flush +
  737. msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
  738. if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
  739. return 0;
  740. wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
  741. nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages();
  742. if (nr_pages) {
  743. struct wb_writeback_work work = {
  744. .nr_pages = nr_pages,
  745. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
  746. .for_kupdate = 1,
  747. .range_cyclic = 1,
  748. };
  749. return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
  750. }
  751. return 0;
  752. }
  753. /*
  754. * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
  755. */
  756. long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
  757. {
  758. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
  759. struct wb_writeback_work *work;
  760. long wrote = 0;
  761. set_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
  762. while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi)) != NULL) {
  763. /*
  764. * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
  765. * because this thread is exiting now.
  766. */
  767. if (force_wait)
  768. work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;
  769. trace_writeback_exec(bdi, work);
  770. wrote += wb_writeback(wb, work);
  771. /*
  772. * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
  773. * work item, otherwise just free it.
  774. */
  775. if (work->done)
  776. complete(work->done);
  777. else
  778. kfree(work);
  779. }
  780. /*
  781. * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
  782. */
  783. wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
  784. wrote += wb_check_background_flush(wb);
  785. clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
  786. return wrote;
  787. }
  788. /*
  789. * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
  790. * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
  791. */
  792. int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
  793. {
  794. struct bdi_writeback *wb = data;
  795. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
  796. long pages_written;
  797. current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
  798. set_freezable();
  799. wb->last_active = jiffies;
  800. /*
  801. * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
  802. */
  803. set_user_nice(current, 0);
  804. trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi);
  805. while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
  806. /*
  807. * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
  808. * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
  809. */
  810. del_timer(&wb->wakeup_timer);
  811. pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);
  812. trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
  813. if (pages_written)
  814. wb->last_active = jiffies;
  815. set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
  816. if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list) || kthread_should_stop()) {
  817. __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
  818. continue;
  819. }
  820. if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval)
  821. schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
  822. else {
  823. /*
  824. * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
  825. * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
  826. * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
  827. */
  828. schedule();
  829. }
  830. try_to_freeze();
  831. }
  832. /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
  833. if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
  834. wb_do_writeback(wb, 1);
  835. trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi);
  836. return 0;
  837. }
  838. /*
  839. * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
  840. * the whole world.
  841. */
  842. void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages)
  843. {
  844. struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
  845. if (!nr_pages) {
  846. nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  847. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
  848. }
  849. rcu_read_lock();
  850. list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
  851. if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
  852. continue;
  853. __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, false);
  854. }
  855. rcu_read_unlock();
  856. }
  857. static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
  858. {
  859. if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
  860. struct dentry *dentry;
  861. const char *name = "?";
  862. dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
  863. if (dentry) {
  864. spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
  865. name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
  866. }
  867. printk(KERN_DEBUG
  868. "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
  869. current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
  870. name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
  871. if (dentry) {
  872. spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
  873. dput(dentry);
  874. }
  875. }
  876. }
  877. /**
  878. * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
  879. * @inode: inode to mark
  880. * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
  881. * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
  882. * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
  883. *
  884. * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
  885. *
  886. * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
  887. * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
  888. * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
  889. * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
  890. *
  891. * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
  892. * them dirty.
  893. *
  894. * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
  895. * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
  896. * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
  897. * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
  898. * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
  899. * blockdev inode.
  900. */
  901. void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
  902. {
  903. struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
  904. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL;
  905. /*
  906. * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
  907. * dirty the inode itself
  908. */
  909. if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
  910. if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
  911. sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags);
  912. }
  913. /*
  914. * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
  915. * -- mikulas
  916. */
  917. smp_mb();
  918. /* avoid the locking if we can */
  919. if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
  920. return;
  921. if (unlikely(block_dump))
  922. block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);
  923. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  924. if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
  925. const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
  926. inode->i_state |= flags;
  927. /*
  928. * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
  929. * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
  930. * superblock list, based upon its state.
  931. */
  932. if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
  933. goto out_unlock_inode;
  934. /*
  935. * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
  936. * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
  937. */
  938. if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
  939. if (inode_unhashed(inode))
  940. goto out_unlock_inode;
  941. }
  942. if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
  943. goto out_unlock_inode;
  944. /*
  945. * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
  946. * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
  947. */
  948. if (!was_dirty) {
  949. bool wakeup_bdi = false;
  950. bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
  951. if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
  952. WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
  953. "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);
  954. /*
  955. * If this is the first dirty inode for this
  956. * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
  957. * bdi thread to make sure background
  958. * write-back happens later.
  959. */
  960. if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb))
  961. wakeup_bdi = true;
  962. }
  963. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  964. spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
  965. inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
  966. list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
  967. spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
  968. if (wakeup_bdi)
  969. bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
  970. return;
  971. }
  972. }
  973. out_unlock_inode:
  974. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  975. }
  976. EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
  977. /*
  978. * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes. A wait will be performed
  979. * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
  980. *
  981. * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
  982. * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
  983. *
  984. * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
  985. * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
  986. * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks,
  987. * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
  988. *
  989. * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io. They are moved back onto
  990. * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing. This way, none can be missed
  991. * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
  992. * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
  993. */
  994. static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
  995. {
  996. struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
  997. /*
  998. * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
  999. * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
  1000. */
  1001. WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
  1002. spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
  1003. /*
  1004. * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
  1005. * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
  1006. * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
  1007. * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
  1008. * we still have to wait for that writeout.
  1009. */
  1010. list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
  1011. struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
  1012. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  1013. if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) ||
  1014. (mapping->nrpages == 0)) {
  1015. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  1016. continue;
  1017. }
  1018. __iget(inode);
  1019. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  1020. spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
  1021. /*
  1022. * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been
  1023. * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
  1024. * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
  1025. * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under
  1026. * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it
  1027. * later.
  1028. */
  1029. iput(old_inode);
  1030. old_inode = inode;
  1031. filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
  1032. cond_resched();
  1033. spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
  1034. }
  1035. spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock);
  1036. iput(old_inode);
  1037. }
  1038. /**
  1039. * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
  1040. * @sb: the superblock
  1041. * @nr: the number of pages to write
  1042. *
  1043. * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
  1044. * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
  1045. * for IO completion of submitted IO.
  1046. */
  1047. void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr)
  1048. {
  1049. DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
  1050. struct wb_writeback_work work = {
  1051. .sb = sb,
  1052. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
  1053. .tagged_writepages = 1,
  1054. .done = &done,
  1055. .nr_pages = nr,
  1056. };
  1057. WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
  1058. bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
  1059. wait_for_completion(&done);
  1060. }
  1061. EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
  1062. /**
  1063. * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
  1064. * @sb: the superblock
  1065. *
  1066. * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
  1067. * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
  1068. * for IO completion of submitted IO.
  1069. */
  1070. void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
  1071. {
  1072. return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages());
  1073. }
  1074. EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
  1075. /**
  1076. * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
  1077. * @sb: the superblock
  1078. *
  1079. * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
  1080. * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
  1081. */
  1082. int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
  1083. {
  1084. if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
  1085. down_read(&sb->s_umount);
  1086. writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
  1087. up_read(&sb->s_umount);
  1088. return 1;
  1089. } else
  1090. return 0;
  1091. }
  1092. EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
  1093. /**
  1094. * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
  1095. * @sb: the superblock
  1096. * @nr: the number of pages to write
  1097. *
  1098. * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
  1099. * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
  1100. */
  1101. int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block *sb,
  1102. unsigned long nr)
  1103. {
  1104. if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
  1105. down_read(&sb->s_umount);
  1106. writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr);
  1107. up_read(&sb->s_umount);
  1108. return 1;
  1109. } else
  1110. return 0;
  1111. }
  1112. EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle);
  1113. /**
  1114. * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
  1115. * @sb: the superblock
  1116. *
  1117. * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
  1118. * super_block.
  1119. */
  1120. void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
  1121. {
  1122. DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
  1123. struct wb_writeback_work work = {
  1124. .sb = sb,
  1125. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
  1126. .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
  1127. .range_cyclic = 0,
  1128. .done = &done,
  1129. };
  1130. WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
  1131. bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
  1132. wait_for_completion(&done);
  1133. wait_sb_inodes(sb);
  1134. }
  1135. EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
  1136. /**
  1137. * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
  1138. * @inode: inode to write to disk
  1139. * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
  1140. *
  1141. * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
  1142. * primarily needed by knfsd.
  1143. *
  1144. * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
  1145. */
  1146. int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
  1147. {
  1148. struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
  1149. int ret;
  1150. struct writeback_control wbc = {
  1151. .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
  1152. .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
  1153. .range_start = 0,
  1154. .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
  1155. };
  1156. if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
  1157. wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
  1158. might_sleep();
  1159. spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
  1160. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  1161. ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
  1162. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  1163. spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
  1164. if (sync)
  1165. inode_sync_wait(inode);
  1166. return ret;
  1167. }
  1168. EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
  1169. /**
  1170. * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
  1171. * @inode: the inode to sync
  1172. * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
  1173. *
  1174. * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
  1175. * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
  1176. * update inode->i_state.
  1177. *
  1178. * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
  1179. */
  1180. int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  1181. {
  1182. struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
  1183. int ret;
  1184. spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
  1185. spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
  1186. ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, wbc);
  1187. spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
  1188. spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
  1189. return ret;
  1190. }
  1191. EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
  1192. /**
  1193. * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
  1194. * @inode: the inode to sync
  1195. * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
  1196. *
  1197. * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
  1198. *
  1199. * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
  1200. */
  1201. int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait)
  1202. {
  1203. struct writeback_control wbc = {
  1204. .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
  1205. .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */
  1206. };
  1207. return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
  1208. }
  1209. EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata);