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diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index f9fd3dd3916b..08d357522e78 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/writeback.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
+#include <trace/events/writeback.h>
static atomic_long_t bdi_seq = ATOMIC_LONG_INIT(0);
@@ -49,8 +50,6 @@ static struct timer_list sync_supers_timer;
static int bdi_sync_supers(void *);
static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long);
-static void bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
-
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
#include <linux/seq_file.h>
@@ -65,28 +64,21 @@ static void bdi_debug_init(void)
static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
{
struct backing_dev_info *bdi = m->private;
- struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
unsigned long background_thresh;
unsigned long dirty_thresh;
unsigned long bdi_thresh;
unsigned long nr_dirty, nr_io, nr_more_io, nr_wb;
struct inode *inode;
- /*
- * inode lock is enough here, the bdi->wb_list is protected by
- * RCU on the reader side
- */
nr_wb = nr_dirty = nr_io = nr_more_io = 0;
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
- list_for_each_entry(wb, &bdi->wb_list, list) {
- nr_wb++;
- list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_dirty, i_list)
- nr_dirty++;
- list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_io, i_list)
- nr_io++;
- list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_more_io, i_list)
- nr_more_io++;
- }
+ list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_dirty, i_list)
+ nr_dirty++;
+ list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_io, i_list)
+ nr_io++;
+ list_for_each_entry(inode, &wb->b_more_io, i_list)
+ nr_more_io++;
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, &bdi_thresh, bdi);
@@ -98,19 +90,16 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
"BdiDirtyThresh: %8lu kB\n"
"DirtyThresh: %8lu kB\n"
"BackgroundThresh: %8lu kB\n"
- "WritebackThreads: %8lu\n"
"b_dirty: %8lu\n"
"b_io: %8lu\n"
"b_more_io: %8lu\n"
"bdi_list: %8u\n"
- "state: %8lx\n"
- "wb_list: %8u\n",
+ "state: %8lx\n",
(unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK)),
(unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE)),
K(bdi_thresh), K(dirty_thresh),
- K(background_thresh), nr_wb, nr_dirty, nr_io, nr_more_io,
- !list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list), bdi->state,
- !list_empty(&bdi->wb_list));
+ K(background_thresh), nr_dirty, nr_io, nr_more_io,
+ !list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list), bdi->state);
#undef K
return 0;
@@ -247,7 +236,6 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
sync_supers_tsk = kthread_run(bdi_sync_supers, NULL, "sync_supers");
BUG_ON(IS_ERR(sync_supers_tsk));
- init_timer(&sync_supers_timer);
setup_timer(&sync_supers_timer, sync_supers_timer_fn, 0);
bdi_arm_supers_timer();
@@ -259,77 +247,6 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
}
subsys_initcall(default_bdi_init);
-static void bdi_wb_init(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
-{
- memset(wb, 0, sizeof(*wb));
-
- wb->bdi = bdi;
- wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_dirty);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_io);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_more_io);
-}
-
-static void bdi_task_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
- struct bdi_writeback *wb)
-{
- struct task_struct *tsk = current;
-
- spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
- list_add_tail_rcu(&wb->list, &bdi->wb_list);
- spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
-
- tsk->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
- set_freezable();
-
- /*
- * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
- */
- set_user_nice(tsk, 0);
-}
-
-static int bdi_start_fn(void *ptr)
-{
- struct bdi_writeback *wb = ptr;
- struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
- int ret;
-
- /*
- * Add us to the active bdi_list
- */
- spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
- list_add_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list);
- spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
-
- bdi_task_init(bdi, wb);
-
- /*
- * Clear pending bit and wakeup anybody waiting to tear us down
- */
- clear_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state);
- smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
- wake_up_bit(&bdi->state, BDI_pending);
-
- ret = bdi_writeback_task(wb);
-
- /*
- * Remove us from the list
- */
- spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
- list_del_rcu(&wb->list);
- spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
-
- /*
- * Flush any work that raced with us exiting. No new work
- * will be added, since this bdi isn't discoverable anymore.
- */
- if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
- wb_do_writeback(wb, 1);
-
- wb->task = NULL;
- return ret;
-}
-
int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
return wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb);
@@ -348,10 +265,10 @@ static void bdi_flush_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
}
/*
- * kupdated() used to do this. We cannot do it from the bdi_forker_task()
+ * kupdated() used to do this. We cannot do it from the bdi_forker_thread()
* or we risk deadlocking on ->s_umount. The longer term solution would be
* to implement sync_supers_bdi() or similar and simply do it from the
- * bdi writeback tasks individually.
+ * bdi writeback thread individually.
*/
static int bdi_sync_supers(void *unused)
{
@@ -387,144 +304,198 @@ static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
bdi_arm_supers_timer();
}
-static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)
+static void wakeup_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+{
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = (struct backing_dev_info *)data;
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ if (bdi->wb.task) {
+ trace_writeback_wake_thread(bdi);
+ wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * When bdi tasks are inactive for long time, they are killed.
+ * In this case we have to wake-up the forker thread which
+ * should create and run the bdi thread.
+ */
+ trace_writeback_wake_forker_thread(bdi);
+ wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+}
+
+/*
+ * This function is used when the first inode for this bdi is marked dirty. It
+ * wakes-up the corresponding bdi thread which should then take care of the
+ * periodic background write-out of dirty inodes. Since the write-out would
+ * starts only 'dirty_writeback_interval' centisecs from now anyway, we just
+ * set up a timer which wakes the bdi thread up later.
+ *
+ * Note, we wouldn't bother setting up the timer, but this function is on the
+ * fast-path (used by '__mark_inode_dirty()'), so we save few context switches
+ * by delaying the wake-up.
+ */
+void bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ unsigned long timeout;
+
+ timeout = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
+ mod_timer(&bdi->wb.wakeup_timer, jiffies + timeout);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Calculate the longest interval (jiffies) bdi threads are allowed to be
+ * inactive.
+ */
+static unsigned long bdi_longest_inactive(void)
+{
+ unsigned long interval;
+
+ interval = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
+ return max(5UL * 60 * HZ, interval);
+}
+
+static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
{
struct bdi_writeback *me = ptr;
- bdi_task_init(me->bdi, me);
+ current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
+ set_freezable();
+
+ /*
+ * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
+ */
+ set_user_nice(current, 0);
for (;;) {
- struct backing_dev_info *bdi, *tmp;
- struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+ struct task_struct *task = NULL;
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
+ enum {
+ NO_ACTION, /* Nothing to do */
+ FORK_THREAD, /* Fork bdi thread */
+ KILL_THREAD, /* Kill inactive bdi thread */
+ } action = NO_ACTION;
/*
* Temporary measure, we want to make sure we don't see
* dirty data on the default backing_dev_info
*/
- if (wb_has_dirty_io(me) || !list_empty(&me->bdi->work_list))
+ if (wb_has_dirty_io(me) || !list_empty(&me->bdi->work_list)) {
+ del_timer(&me->wakeup_timer);
wb_do_writeback(me, 0);
+ }
spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
- /*
- * Check if any existing bdi's have dirty data without
- * a thread registered. If so, set that up.
- */
- list_for_each_entry_safe(bdi, tmp, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
- if (bdi->wb.task)
- continue;
- if (list_empty(&bdi->work_list) &&
- !bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
+ list_for_each_entry(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
+ bool have_dirty_io;
+
+ if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi) ||
+ bdi_cap_flush_forker(bdi))
continue;
- bdi_add_default_flusher_task(bdi);
- }
+ WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
+ "bdi %p/%s is not registered!\n", bdi, bdi->name);
- set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ have_dirty_io = !list_empty(&bdi->work_list) ||
+ wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb);
- if (list_empty(&bdi_pending_list)) {
- unsigned long wait;
+ /*
+ * If the bdi has work to do, but the thread does not
+ * exist - create it.
+ */
+ if (!bdi->wb.task && have_dirty_io) {
+ /*
+ * Set the pending bit - if someone will try to
+ * unregister this bdi - it'll wait on this bit.
+ */
+ set_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state);
+ action = FORK_THREAD;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+
+ /*
+ * If there is no work to do and the bdi thread was
+ * inactive long enough - kill it. The wb_lock is taken
+ * to make sure no-one adds more work to this bdi and
+ * wakes the bdi thread up.
+ */
+ if (bdi->wb.task && !have_dirty_io &&
+ time_after(jiffies, bdi->wb.last_active +
+ bdi_longest_inactive())) {
+ task = bdi->wb.task;
+ bdi->wb.task = NULL;
+ spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ set_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state);
+ action = KILL_THREAD;
+ break;
+ }
+ spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
- spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
- wait = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
- if (wait)
- schedule_timeout(wait);
+ /* Keep working if default bdi still has things to do */
+ if (!list_empty(&me->bdi->work_list))
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
+ switch (action) {
+ case FORK_THREAD:
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+ task = kthread_run(bdi_writeback_thread, &bdi->wb, "flush-%s",
+ dev_name(bdi->dev));
+ if (IS_ERR(task)) {
+ /*
+ * If thread creation fails, force writeout of
+ * the bdi from the thread.
+ */
+ bdi_flush_io(bdi);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * The spinlock makes sure we do not lose
+ * wake-ups when racing with 'bdi_queue_work()'.
+ */
+ spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ bdi->wb.task = task;
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ }
+ break;
+
+ case KILL_THREAD:
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+ kthread_stop(task);
+ break;
+
+ case NO_ACTION:
+ if (!wb_has_dirty_io(me) || !dirty_writeback_interval)
+ /*
+ * There are no dirty data. The only thing we
+ * should now care about is checking for
+ * inactive bdi threads and killing them. Thus,
+ * let's sleep for longer time, save energy and
+ * be friendly for battery-driven devices.
+ */
+ schedule_timeout(bdi_longest_inactive());
else
- schedule();
+ schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
try_to_freeze();
+ /* Back to the main loop */
continue;
}
- __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
-
- /*
- * This is our real job - check for pending entries in
- * bdi_pending_list, and create the tasks that got added
- */
- bdi = list_entry(bdi_pending_list.next, struct backing_dev_info,
- bdi_list);
- list_del_init(&bdi->bdi_list);
- spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
-
- wb = &bdi->wb;
- wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_start_fn, wb, "flush-%s",
- dev_name(bdi->dev));
/*
- * If task creation fails, then readd the bdi to
- * the pending list and force writeout of the bdi
- * from this forker thread. That will free some memory
- * and we can try again.
+ * Clear pending bit and wakeup anybody waiting to tear us down.
*/
- if (IS_ERR(wb->task)) {
- wb->task = NULL;
-
- /*
- * Add this 'bdi' to the back, so we get
- * a chance to flush other bdi's to free
- * memory.
- */
- spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
- list_add_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_pending_list);
- spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
-
- bdi_flush_io(bdi);
- }
+ clear_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state);
+ smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+ wake_up_bit(&bdi->state, BDI_pending);
}
return 0;
}
-static void bdi_add_to_pending(struct rcu_head *head)
-{
- struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
-
- bdi = container_of(head, struct backing_dev_info, rcu_head);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->bdi_list);
-
- spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
- list_add_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_pending_list);
- spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
-
- /*
- * We are now on the pending list, wake up bdi_forker_task()
- * to finish the job and add us back to the active bdi_list
- */
- wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
-}
-
-/*
- * Add the default flusher task that gets created for any bdi
- * that has dirty data pending writeout
- */
-void static bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
-{
- if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi))
- return;
-
- if (WARN_ON(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state))) {
- printk(KERN_ERR "bdi %p/%s is not registered!\n",
- bdi, bdi->name);
- return;
- }
-
- /*
- * Check with the helper whether to proceed adding a task. Will only
- * abort if we two or more simultanous calls to
- * bdi_add_default_flusher_task() occured, further additions will block
- * waiting for previous additions to finish.
- */
- if (!test_and_set_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state)) {
- list_del_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list);
-
- /*
- * We must wait for the current RCU period to end before
- * moving to the pending list. So schedule that operation
- * from an RCU callback.
- */
- call_rcu(&bdi->rcu_head, bdi_add_to_pending);
- }
-}
-
/*
* Remove bdi from bdi_list, and ensure that it is no longer visible
*/
@@ -541,23 +512,16 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent,
const char *fmt, ...)
{
va_list args;
- int ret = 0;
struct device *dev;
if (bdi->dev) /* The driver needs to use separate queues per device */
- goto exit;
+ return 0;
va_start(args, fmt);
dev = device_create_vargs(bdi_class, parent, MKDEV(0, 0), bdi, fmt, args);
va_end(args);
- if (IS_ERR(dev)) {
- ret = PTR_ERR(dev);
- goto exit;
- }
-
- spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
- list_add_tail_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list);
- spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+ if (IS_ERR(dev))
+ return PTR_ERR(dev);
bdi->dev = dev;
@@ -569,21 +533,21 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent,
if (bdi_cap_flush_forker(bdi)) {
struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
- wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_forker_task, wb, "bdi-%s",
+ wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_forker_thread, wb, "bdi-%s",
dev_name(dev));
- if (IS_ERR(wb->task)) {
- wb->task = NULL;
- ret = -ENOMEM;
-
- bdi_remove_from_list(bdi);
- goto exit;
- }
+ if (IS_ERR(wb->task))
+ return PTR_ERR(wb->task);
}
bdi_debug_register(bdi, dev_name(dev));
set_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state);
-exit:
- return ret;
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+ list_add_tail_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+
+ trace_writeback_bdi_register(bdi);
+ return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_register);
@@ -598,31 +562,29 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_register_dev);
*/
static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
- struct bdi_writeback *wb;
-
if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi))
return;
/*
- * If setup is pending, wait for that to complete first
+ * Make sure nobody finds us on the bdi_list anymore
*/
- wait_on_bit(&bdi->state, BDI_pending, bdi_sched_wait,
- TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ bdi_remove_from_list(bdi);
/*
- * Make sure nobody finds us on the bdi_list anymore
+ * If setup is pending, wait for that to complete first
*/
- bdi_remove_from_list(bdi);
+ wait_on_bit(&bdi->state, BDI_pending, bdi_sched_wait,
+ TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
/*
- * Finally, kill the kernel threads. We don't need to be RCU
+ * Finally, kill the kernel thread. We don't need to be RCU
* safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility. Force
* unfreeze of the thread before calling kthread_stop(), otherwise
* it would never exet if it is currently stuck in the refrigerator.
*/
- list_for_each_entry(wb, &bdi->wb_list, list) {
- thaw_process(wb->task);
- kthread_stop(wb->task);
+ if (bdi->wb.task) {
+ thaw_process(bdi->wb.task);
+ kthread_stop(bdi->wb.task);
}
}
@@ -644,7 +606,9 @@ static void bdi_prune_sb(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
if (bdi->dev) {
+ trace_writeback_bdi_unregister(bdi);
bdi_prune_sb(bdi);
+ del_timer_sync(&bdi->wb.wakeup_timer);
if (!bdi_cap_flush_forker(bdi))
bdi_wb_shutdown(bdi);
@@ -655,6 +619,18 @@ void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_unregister);
+static void bdi_wb_init(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ memset(wb, 0, sizeof(*wb));
+
+ wb->bdi = bdi;
+ wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_dirty);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_io);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_more_io);
+ setup_timer(&wb->wakeup_timer, wakeup_timer_fn, (unsigned long)bdi);
+}
+
int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
int i, err;
@@ -666,7 +642,6 @@ int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
bdi->max_prop_frac = PROP_FRAC_BASE;
spin_lock_init(&bdi->wb_lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->bdi_list);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->wb_list);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->work_list);
bdi_wb_init(&bdi->wb, bdi);