4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
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.
11 * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
12 * Split out of fs/inode.c
13 * Additions for address_space-based writeback
16 #include <linux/kernel.h>
17 #include <linux/export.h>
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 #include <linux/sched.h>
23 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
24 #include <linux/kthread.h>
25 #include <linux/writeback.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
28 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
29 #include <linux/device.h>
30 #include <linux/memcontrol.h>
34 * 4MB minimal write chunk size
36 #define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES (4096UL >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10))
38 struct wb_completion {
43 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
45 struct wb_writeback_work {
47 struct super_block *sb;
48 unsigned long *older_than_this;
49 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
50 unsigned int tagged_writepages:1;
51 unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
52 unsigned int range_cyclic:1;
53 unsigned int for_background:1;
54 unsigned int for_sync:1; /* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
55 unsigned int auto_free:1; /* free on completion */
56 enum wb_reason reason; /* why was writeback initiated? */
58 struct list_head list; /* pending work list */
59 struct wb_completion *done; /* set if the caller waits */
63 * If one wants to wait for one or more wb_writeback_works, each work's
64 * ->done should be set to a wb_completion defined using the following
65 * macro. Once all work items are issued with wb_queue_work(), the caller
66 * can wait for the completion of all using wb_wait_for_completion(). Work
67 * items which are waited upon aren't freed automatically on completion.
69 #define DEFINE_WB_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(cmpl) \
70 struct wb_completion cmpl = { \
71 .cnt = ATOMIC_INIT(1), \
76 * If an inode is constantly having its pages dirtied, but then the
77 * updates stop dirtytime_expire_interval seconds in the past, it's
78 * possible for the worst case time between when an inode has its
79 * timestamps updated and when they finally get written out to be two
80 * dirtytime_expire_intervals. We set the default to 12 hours (in
81 * seconds), which means most of the time inodes will have their
82 * timestamps written to disk after 12 hours, but in the worst case a
83 * few inodes might not their timestamps updated for 24 hours.
85 unsigned int dirtytime_expire_interval = 12 * 60 * 60;
87 static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
89 return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_io_list);
93 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
94 * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition
95 * remains local to this file.
97 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
98 #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
100 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_writepage);
102 static bool wb_io_lists_populated(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
104 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb)) {
107 set_bit(WB_has_dirty_io, &wb->state);
108 WARN_ON_ONCE(!wb->avg_write_bandwidth);
109 atomic_long_add(wb->avg_write_bandwidth,
110 &wb->bdi->tot_write_bandwidth);
115 static void wb_io_lists_depopulated(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
117 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && list_empty(&wb->b_dirty) &&
118 list_empty(&wb->b_io) && list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) {
119 clear_bit(WB_has_dirty_io, &wb->state);
120 WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_long_sub_return(wb->avg_write_bandwidth,
121 &wb->bdi->tot_write_bandwidth) < 0);
126 * inode_io_list_move_locked - move an inode onto a bdi_writeback IO list
127 * @inode: inode to be moved
128 * @wb: target bdi_writeback
129 * @head: one of @wb->b_{dirty|io|more_io|dirty_time}
131 * Move @inode->i_io_list to @list of @wb and set %WB_has_dirty_io.
132 * Returns %true if @inode is the first occupant of the !dirty_time IO
133 * lists; otherwise, %false.
135 static bool inode_io_list_move_locked(struct inode *inode,
136 struct bdi_writeback *wb,
137 struct list_head *head)
139 assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
141 list_move(&inode->i_io_list, head);
143 /* dirty_time doesn't count as dirty_io until expiration */
144 if (head != &wb->b_dirty_time)
145 return wb_io_lists_populated(wb);
147 wb_io_lists_depopulated(wb);
152 * inode_io_list_del_locked - remove an inode from its bdi_writeback IO list
153 * @inode: inode to be removed
154 * @wb: bdi_writeback @inode is being removed from
156 * Remove @inode which may be on one of @wb->b_{dirty|io|more_io} lists and
157 * clear %WB_has_dirty_io if all are empty afterwards.
159 static void inode_io_list_del_locked(struct inode *inode,
160 struct bdi_writeback *wb)
162 assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
164 list_del_init(&inode->i_io_list);
165 wb_io_lists_depopulated(wb);
168 static void wb_wakeup(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
170 spin_lock_bh(&wb->work_lock);
171 if (test_bit(WB_registered, &wb->state))
172 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork, 0);
173 spin_unlock_bh(&wb->work_lock);
176 static void finish_writeback_work(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
177 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
179 struct wb_completion *done = work->done;
183 if (done && atomic_dec_and_test(&done->cnt))
184 wake_up_all(&wb->bdi->wb_waitq);
187 static void wb_queue_work(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
188 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
190 trace_writeback_queue(wb, work);
193 atomic_inc(&work->done->cnt);
195 spin_lock_bh(&wb->work_lock);
197 if (test_bit(WB_registered, &wb->state)) {
198 list_add_tail(&work->list, &wb->work_list);
199 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork, 0);
201 finish_writeback_work(wb, work);
203 spin_unlock_bh(&wb->work_lock);
207 * wb_wait_for_completion - wait for completion of bdi_writeback_works
208 * @bdi: bdi work items were issued to
209 * @done: target wb_completion
211 * Wait for one or more work items issued to @bdi with their ->done field
212 * set to @done, which should have been defined with
213 * DEFINE_WB_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(). This function returns after all such
214 * work items are completed. Work items which are waited upon aren't freed
215 * automatically on completion.
217 static void wb_wait_for_completion(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
218 struct wb_completion *done)
220 atomic_dec(&done->cnt); /* put down the initial count */
221 wait_event(bdi->wb_waitq, !atomic_read(&done->cnt));
224 #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
226 /* parameters for foreign inode detection, see wb_detach_inode() */
227 #define WB_FRN_TIME_SHIFT 13 /* 1s = 2^13, upto 8 secs w/ 16bit */
228 #define WB_FRN_TIME_AVG_SHIFT 3 /* avg = avg * 7/8 + new * 1/8 */
229 #define WB_FRN_TIME_CUT_DIV 2 /* ignore rounds < avg / 2 */
230 #define WB_FRN_TIME_PERIOD (2 * (1 << WB_FRN_TIME_SHIFT)) /* 2s */
232 #define WB_FRN_HIST_SLOTS 16 /* inode->i_wb_frn_history is 16bit */
233 #define WB_FRN_HIST_UNIT (WB_FRN_TIME_PERIOD / WB_FRN_HIST_SLOTS)
234 /* each slot's duration is 2s / 16 */
235 #define WB_FRN_HIST_THR_SLOTS (WB_FRN_HIST_SLOTS / 2)
236 /* if foreign slots >= 8, switch */
237 #define WB_FRN_HIST_MAX_SLOTS (WB_FRN_HIST_THR_SLOTS / 2 + 1)
238 /* one round can affect upto 5 slots */
240 static atomic_t isw_nr_in_flight = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
241 static struct workqueue_struct *isw_wq;
243 void __inode_attach_wb(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
245 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
246 struct bdi_writeback *wb = NULL;
248 if (inode_cgwb_enabled(inode)) {
249 struct cgroup_subsys_state *memcg_css;
252 memcg_css = mem_cgroup_css_from_page(page);
253 wb = wb_get_create(bdi, memcg_css, GFP_ATOMIC);
255 /* must pin memcg_css, see wb_get_create() */
256 memcg_css = task_get_css(current, memory_cgrp_id);
257 wb = wb_get_create(bdi, memcg_css, GFP_ATOMIC);
266 * There may be multiple instances of this function racing to
267 * update the same inode. Use cmpxchg() to tell the winner.
269 if (unlikely(cmpxchg(&inode->i_wb, NULL, wb)))
274 * locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list - determine a locked inode's wb and lock it
275 * @inode: inode of interest with i_lock held
277 * Returns @inode's wb with its list_lock held. @inode->i_lock must be
278 * held on entry and is released on return. The returned wb is guaranteed
279 * to stay @inode's associated wb until its list_lock is released.
281 static struct bdi_writeback *
282 locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(struct inode *inode)
283 __releases(&inode->i_lock)
284 __acquires(&wb->list_lock)
287 struct bdi_writeback *wb = inode_to_wb(inode);
290 * inode_to_wb() association is protected by both
291 * @inode->i_lock and @wb->list_lock but list_lock nests
292 * outside i_lock. Drop i_lock and verify that the
293 * association hasn't changed after acquiring list_lock.
296 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
297 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
299 /* i_wb may have changed inbetween, can't use inode_to_wb() */
300 if (likely(wb == inode->i_wb)) {
301 wb_put(wb); /* @inode already has ref */
305 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
308 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
313 * inode_to_wb_and_lock_list - determine an inode's wb and lock it
314 * @inode: inode of interest
316 * Same as locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list() but @inode->i_lock isn't held
319 static struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(struct inode *inode)
320 __acquires(&wb->list_lock)
322 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
323 return locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
326 struct inode_switch_wbs_context {
328 struct bdi_writeback *new_wb;
330 struct rcu_head rcu_head;
331 struct work_struct work;
334 static void inode_switch_wbs_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
336 struct inode_switch_wbs_context *isw =
337 container_of(work, struct inode_switch_wbs_context, work);
338 struct inode *inode = isw->inode;
339 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
340 struct bdi_writeback *old_wb = inode->i_wb;
341 struct bdi_writeback *new_wb = isw->new_wb;
342 struct radix_tree_iter iter;
343 bool switched = false;
347 * By the time control reaches here, RCU grace period has passed
348 * since I_WB_SWITCH assertion and all wb stat update transactions
349 * between unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin/end() are guaranteed to be
350 * synchronizing against the i_pages lock.
352 * Grabbing old_wb->list_lock, inode->i_lock and the i_pages lock
353 * gives us exclusion against all wb related operations on @inode
354 * including IO list manipulations and stat updates.
356 if (old_wb < new_wb) {
357 spin_lock(&old_wb->list_lock);
358 spin_lock_nested(&new_wb->list_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
360 spin_lock(&new_wb->list_lock);
361 spin_lock_nested(&old_wb->list_lock, SINGLE_DEPTH_NESTING);
363 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
364 xa_lock_irq(&mapping->i_pages);
367 * Once I_FREEING is visible under i_lock, the eviction path owns
368 * the inode and we shouldn't modify ->i_io_list.
370 if (unlikely(inode->i_state & I_FREEING))
374 * Count and transfer stats. Note that PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY points
375 * to possibly dirty pages while PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK points to
376 * pages actually under writeback.
378 radix_tree_for_each_tagged(slot, &mapping->i_pages, &iter, 0,
379 PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY) {
380 struct page *page = radix_tree_deref_slot_protected(slot,
381 &mapping->i_pages.xa_lock);
382 if (likely(page) && PageDirty(page)) {
383 dec_wb_stat(old_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
384 inc_wb_stat(new_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
388 radix_tree_for_each_tagged(slot, &mapping->i_pages, &iter, 0,
389 PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK) {
390 struct page *page = radix_tree_deref_slot_protected(slot,
391 &mapping->i_pages.xa_lock);
393 WARN_ON_ONCE(!PageWriteback(page));
394 dec_wb_stat(old_wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
395 inc_wb_stat(new_wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
402 * Transfer to @new_wb's IO list if necessary. The specific list
403 * @inode was on is ignored and the inode is put on ->b_dirty which
404 * is always correct including from ->b_dirty_time. The transfer
405 * preserves @inode->dirtied_when ordering.
407 if (!list_empty(&inode->i_io_list)) {
410 inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, old_wb);
411 inode->i_wb = new_wb;
412 list_for_each_entry(pos, &new_wb->b_dirty, i_io_list)
413 if (time_after_eq(inode->dirtied_when,
416 inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, new_wb, pos->i_io_list.prev);
418 inode->i_wb = new_wb;
421 /* ->i_wb_frn updates may race wbc_detach_inode() but doesn't matter */
422 inode->i_wb_frn_winner = 0;
423 inode->i_wb_frn_avg_time = 0;
424 inode->i_wb_frn_history = 0;
428 * Paired with load_acquire in unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin() and
429 * ensures that the new wb is visible if they see !I_WB_SWITCH.
431 smp_store_release(&inode->i_state, inode->i_state & ~I_WB_SWITCH);
433 xa_unlock_irq(&mapping->i_pages);
434 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
435 spin_unlock(&new_wb->list_lock);
436 spin_unlock(&old_wb->list_lock);
447 atomic_dec(&isw_nr_in_flight);
450 static void inode_switch_wbs_rcu_fn(struct rcu_head *rcu_head)
452 struct inode_switch_wbs_context *isw = container_of(rcu_head,
453 struct inode_switch_wbs_context, rcu_head);
455 /* needs to grab bh-unsafe locks, bounce to work item */
456 INIT_WORK(&isw->work, inode_switch_wbs_work_fn);
457 queue_work(isw_wq, &isw->work);
461 * inode_switch_wbs - change the wb association of an inode
462 * @inode: target inode
463 * @new_wb_id: ID of the new wb
465 * Switch @inode's wb association to the wb identified by @new_wb_id. The
466 * switching is performed asynchronously and may fail silently.
468 static void inode_switch_wbs(struct inode *inode, int new_wb_id)
470 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
471 struct cgroup_subsys_state *memcg_css;
472 struct inode_switch_wbs_context *isw;
474 /* noop if seems to be already in progress */
475 if (inode->i_state & I_WB_SWITCH)
478 isw = kzalloc(sizeof(*isw), GFP_ATOMIC);
482 /* find and pin the new wb */
484 memcg_css = css_from_id(new_wb_id, &memory_cgrp_subsys);
486 isw->new_wb = wb_get_create(bdi, memcg_css, GFP_ATOMIC);
491 /* while holding I_WB_SWITCH, no one else can update the association */
492 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
493 if (!(inode->i_sb->s_flags & SB_ACTIVE) ||
494 inode->i_state & (I_WB_SWITCH | I_FREEING) ||
495 inode_to_wb(inode) == isw->new_wb) {
496 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
499 inode->i_state |= I_WB_SWITCH;
501 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
505 atomic_inc(&isw_nr_in_flight);
508 * In addition to synchronizing among switchers, I_WB_SWITCH tells
509 * the RCU protected stat update paths to grab the i_page
510 * lock so that stat transfer can synchronize against them.
511 * Let's continue after I_WB_SWITCH is guaranteed to be visible.
513 call_rcu(&isw->rcu_head, inode_switch_wbs_rcu_fn);
523 * wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode - associate wbc with target inode and unlock it
524 * @wbc: writeback_control of interest
525 * @inode: target inode
527 * @inode is locked and about to be written back under the control of @wbc.
528 * Record @inode's writeback context into @wbc and unlock the i_lock. On
529 * writeback completion, wbc_detach_inode() should be called. This is used
530 * to track the cgroup writeback context.
532 void wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc,
535 if (!inode_cgwb_enabled(inode)) {
536 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
540 wbc->wb = inode_to_wb(inode);
543 wbc->wb_id = wbc->wb->memcg_css->id;
544 wbc->wb_lcand_id = inode->i_wb_frn_winner;
545 wbc->wb_tcand_id = 0;
547 wbc->wb_lcand_bytes = 0;
548 wbc->wb_tcand_bytes = 0;
551 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
554 * A dying wb indicates that the memcg-blkcg mapping has changed
555 * and a new wb is already serving the memcg. Switch immediately.
557 if (unlikely(wb_dying(wbc->wb)))
558 inode_switch_wbs(inode, wbc->wb_id);
562 * wbc_detach_inode - disassociate wbc from inode and perform foreign detection
563 * @wbc: writeback_control of the just finished writeback
565 * To be called after a writeback attempt of an inode finishes and undoes
566 * wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(). Can be called under any context.
568 * As concurrent write sharing of an inode is expected to be very rare and
569 * memcg only tracks page ownership on first-use basis severely confining
570 * the usefulness of such sharing, cgroup writeback tracks ownership
571 * per-inode. While the support for concurrent write sharing of an inode
572 * is deemed unnecessary, an inode being written to by different cgroups at
573 * different points in time is a lot more common, and, more importantly,
574 * charging only by first-use can too readily lead to grossly incorrect
575 * behaviors (single foreign page can lead to gigabytes of writeback to be
576 * incorrectly attributed).
578 * To resolve this issue, cgroup writeback detects the majority dirtier of
579 * an inode and transfers the ownership to it. To avoid unnnecessary
580 * oscillation, the detection mechanism keeps track of history and gives
581 * out the switch verdict only if the foreign usage pattern is stable over
582 * a certain amount of time and/or writeback attempts.
584 * On each writeback attempt, @wbc tries to detect the majority writer
585 * using Boyer-Moore majority vote algorithm. In addition to the byte
586 * count from the majority voting, it also counts the bytes written for the
587 * current wb and the last round's winner wb (max of last round's current
588 * wb, the winner from two rounds ago, and the last round's majority
589 * candidate). Keeping track of the historical winner helps the algorithm
590 * to semi-reliably detect the most active writer even when it's not the
593 * Once the winner of the round is determined, whether the winner is
594 * foreign or not and how much IO time the round consumed is recorded in
595 * inode->i_wb_frn_history. If the amount of recorded foreign IO time is
596 * over a certain threshold, the switch verdict is given.
598 void wbc_detach_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc)
600 struct bdi_writeback *wb = wbc->wb;
601 struct inode *inode = wbc->inode;
602 unsigned long avg_time, max_bytes, max_time;
609 history = inode->i_wb_frn_history;
610 avg_time = inode->i_wb_frn_avg_time;
612 /* pick the winner of this round */
613 if (wbc->wb_bytes >= wbc->wb_lcand_bytes &&
614 wbc->wb_bytes >= wbc->wb_tcand_bytes) {
616 max_bytes = wbc->wb_bytes;
617 } else if (wbc->wb_lcand_bytes >= wbc->wb_tcand_bytes) {
618 max_id = wbc->wb_lcand_id;
619 max_bytes = wbc->wb_lcand_bytes;
621 max_id = wbc->wb_tcand_id;
622 max_bytes = wbc->wb_tcand_bytes;
626 * Calculate the amount of IO time the winner consumed and fold it
627 * into the running average kept per inode. If the consumed IO
628 * time is lower than avag / WB_FRN_TIME_CUT_DIV, ignore it for
629 * deciding whether to switch or not. This is to prevent one-off
630 * small dirtiers from skewing the verdict.
632 max_time = DIV_ROUND_UP((max_bytes >> PAGE_SHIFT) << WB_FRN_TIME_SHIFT,
633 wb->avg_write_bandwidth);
635 avg_time += (max_time >> WB_FRN_TIME_AVG_SHIFT) -
636 (avg_time >> WB_FRN_TIME_AVG_SHIFT);
638 avg_time = max_time; /* immediate catch up on first run */
640 if (max_time >= avg_time / WB_FRN_TIME_CUT_DIV) {
644 * The switch verdict is reached if foreign wb's consume
645 * more than a certain proportion of IO time in a
646 * WB_FRN_TIME_PERIOD. This is loosely tracked by 16 slot
647 * history mask where each bit represents one sixteenth of
648 * the period. Determine the number of slots to shift into
649 * history from @max_time.
651 slots = min(DIV_ROUND_UP(max_time, WB_FRN_HIST_UNIT),
652 (unsigned long)WB_FRN_HIST_MAX_SLOTS);
654 if (wbc->wb_id != max_id)
655 history |= (1U << slots) - 1;
658 * Switch if the current wb isn't the consistent winner.
659 * If there are multiple closely competing dirtiers, the
660 * inode may switch across them repeatedly over time, which
661 * is okay. The main goal is avoiding keeping an inode on
662 * the wrong wb for an extended period of time.
664 if (hweight32(history) > WB_FRN_HIST_THR_SLOTS)
665 inode_switch_wbs(inode, max_id);
669 * Multiple instances of this function may race to update the
670 * following fields but we don't mind occassional inaccuracies.
672 inode->i_wb_frn_winner = max_id;
673 inode->i_wb_frn_avg_time = min(avg_time, (unsigned long)U16_MAX);
674 inode->i_wb_frn_history = history;
681 * wbc_account_io - account IO issued during writeback
682 * @wbc: writeback_control of the writeback in progress
683 * @page: page being written out
684 * @bytes: number of bytes being written out
686 * @bytes from @page are about to written out during the writeback
687 * controlled by @wbc. Keep the book for foreign inode detection. See
688 * wbc_detach_inode().
690 void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page,
696 * pageout() path doesn't attach @wbc to the inode being written
697 * out. This is intentional as we don't want the function to block
698 * behind a slow cgroup. Ultimately, we want pageout() to kick off
699 * regular writeback instead of writing things out itself.
704 id = mem_cgroup_css_from_page(page)->id;
706 if (id == wbc->wb_id) {
707 wbc->wb_bytes += bytes;
711 if (id == wbc->wb_lcand_id)
712 wbc->wb_lcand_bytes += bytes;
714 /* Boyer-Moore majority vote algorithm */
715 if (!wbc->wb_tcand_bytes)
716 wbc->wb_tcand_id = id;
717 if (id == wbc->wb_tcand_id)
718 wbc->wb_tcand_bytes += bytes;
720 wbc->wb_tcand_bytes -= min(bytes, wbc->wb_tcand_bytes);
722 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wbc_account_io);
725 * inode_congested - test whether an inode is congested
726 * @inode: inode to test for congestion (may be NULL)
727 * @cong_bits: mask of WB_[a]sync_congested bits to test
729 * Tests whether @inode is congested. @cong_bits is the mask of congestion
730 * bits to test and the return value is the mask of set bits.
732 * If cgroup writeback is enabled for @inode, the congestion state is
733 * determined by whether the cgwb (cgroup bdi_writeback) for the blkcg
734 * associated with @inode is congested; otherwise, the root wb's congestion
737 * @inode is allowed to be NULL as this function is often called on
738 * mapping->host which is NULL for the swapper space.
740 int inode_congested(struct inode *inode, int cong_bits)
743 * Once set, ->i_wb never becomes NULL while the inode is alive.
744 * Start transaction iff ->i_wb is visible.
746 if (inode && inode_to_wb_is_valid(inode)) {
747 struct bdi_writeback *wb;
748 struct wb_lock_cookie lock_cookie = {};
751 wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &lock_cookie);
752 congested = wb_congested(wb, cong_bits);
753 unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, &lock_cookie);
757 return wb_congested(&inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb, cong_bits);
759 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(inode_congested);
762 * wb_split_bdi_pages - split nr_pages to write according to bandwidth
763 * @wb: target bdi_writeback to split @nr_pages to
764 * @nr_pages: number of pages to write for the whole bdi
766 * Split @wb's portion of @nr_pages according to @wb's write bandwidth in
767 * relation to the total write bandwidth of all wb's w/ dirty inodes on
770 static long wb_split_bdi_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages)
772 unsigned long this_bw = wb->avg_write_bandwidth;
773 unsigned long tot_bw = atomic_long_read(&wb->bdi->tot_write_bandwidth);
775 if (nr_pages == LONG_MAX)
779 * This may be called on clean wb's and proportional distribution
780 * may not make sense, just use the original @nr_pages in those
781 * cases. In general, we wanna err on the side of writing more.
783 if (!tot_bw || this_bw >= tot_bw)
786 return DIV_ROUND_UP_ULL((u64)nr_pages * this_bw, tot_bw);
790 * bdi_split_work_to_wbs - split a wb_writeback_work to all wb's of a bdi
791 * @bdi: target backing_dev_info
792 * @base_work: wb_writeback_work to issue
793 * @skip_if_busy: skip wb's which already have writeback in progress
795 * Split and issue @base_work to all wb's (bdi_writeback's) of @bdi which
796 * have dirty inodes. If @base_work->nr_page isn't %LONG_MAX, it's
797 * distributed to the busy wbs according to each wb's proportion in the
798 * total active write bandwidth of @bdi.
800 static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
801 struct wb_writeback_work *base_work,
804 struct bdi_writeback *last_wb = NULL;
805 struct bdi_writeback *wb = list_entry(&bdi->wb_list,
806 struct bdi_writeback, bdi_node);
811 list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(wb, &bdi->wb_list, bdi_node) {
812 DEFINE_WB_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(fallback_work_done);
813 struct wb_writeback_work fallback_work;
814 struct wb_writeback_work *work;
822 /* SYNC_ALL writes out I_DIRTY_TIME too */
823 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb) &&
824 (base_work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE ||
825 list_empty(&wb->b_dirty_time)))
827 if (skip_if_busy && writeback_in_progress(wb))
830 nr_pages = wb_split_bdi_pages(wb, base_work->nr_pages);
832 work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
835 work->nr_pages = nr_pages;
837 wb_queue_work(wb, work);
841 /* alloc failed, execute synchronously using on-stack fallback */
842 work = &fallback_work;
844 work->nr_pages = nr_pages;
846 work->done = &fallback_work_done;
848 wb_queue_work(wb, work);
851 * Pin @wb so that it stays on @bdi->wb_list. This allows
852 * continuing iteration from @wb after dropping and
853 * regrabbing rcu read lock.
859 wb_wait_for_completion(bdi, &fallback_work_done);
869 * cgroup_writeback_umount - flush inode wb switches for umount
871 * This function is called when a super_block is about to be destroyed and
872 * flushes in-flight inode wb switches. An inode wb switch goes through
873 * RCU and then workqueue, so the two need to be flushed in order to ensure
874 * that all previously scheduled switches are finished. As wb switches are
875 * rare occurrences and synchronize_rcu() can take a while, perform
876 * flushing iff wb switches are in flight.
878 void cgroup_writeback_umount(void)
880 if (atomic_read(&isw_nr_in_flight)) {
882 flush_workqueue(isw_wq);
886 static int __init cgroup_writeback_init(void)
888 isw_wq = alloc_workqueue("inode_switch_wbs", 0, 0);
893 fs_initcall(cgroup_writeback_init);
895 #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */
897 static struct bdi_writeback *
898 locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(struct inode *inode)
899 __releases(&inode->i_lock)
900 __acquires(&wb->list_lock)
902 struct bdi_writeback *wb = inode_to_wb(inode);
904 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
905 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
909 static struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(struct inode *inode)
910 __acquires(&wb->list_lock)
912 struct bdi_writeback *wb = inode_to_wb(inode);
914 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
918 static long wb_split_bdi_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages)
923 static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
924 struct wb_writeback_work *base_work,
929 if (!skip_if_busy || !writeback_in_progress(&bdi->wb)) {
930 base_work->auto_free = 0;
931 wb_queue_work(&bdi->wb, base_work);
935 #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */
938 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode
939 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
941 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void)
943 return global_node_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
944 global_node_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
945 get_nr_dirty_inodes();
948 static void wb_start_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, enum wb_reason reason)
950 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb))
954 * All callers of this function want to start writeback of all
955 * dirty pages. Places like vmscan can call this at a very
956 * high frequency, causing pointless allocations of tons of
957 * work items and keeping the flusher threads busy retrieving
958 * that work. Ensure that we only allow one of them pending and
959 * inflight at the time.
961 if (test_bit(WB_start_all, &wb->state) ||
962 test_and_set_bit(WB_start_all, &wb->state))
965 wb->start_all_reason = reason;
970 * wb_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
971 * @wb: bdi_writback to write from
974 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When
975 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given wb
976 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold.
977 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
979 void wb_start_background_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
982 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background
983 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do.
985 trace_writeback_wake_background(wb);
990 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on.
992 void inode_io_list_del(struct inode *inode)
994 struct bdi_writeback *wb;
996 wb = inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
997 inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
998 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
1002 * mark an inode as under writeback on the sb
1004 void sb_mark_inode_writeback(struct inode *inode)
1006 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
1007 unsigned long flags;
1009 if (list_empty(&inode->i_wb_list)) {
1010 spin_lock_irqsave(&sb->s_inode_wblist_lock, flags);
1011 if (list_empty(&inode->i_wb_list)) {
1012 list_add_tail(&inode->i_wb_list, &sb->s_inodes_wb);
1013 trace_sb_mark_inode_writeback(inode);
1015 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sb->s_inode_wblist_lock, flags);
1020 * clear an inode as under writeback on the sb
1022 void sb_clear_inode_writeback(struct inode *inode)
1024 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
1025 unsigned long flags;
1027 if (!list_empty(&inode->i_wb_list)) {
1028 spin_lock_irqsave(&sb->s_inode_wblist_lock, flags);
1029 if (!list_empty(&inode->i_wb_list)) {
1030 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
1031 trace_sb_clear_inode_writeback(inode);
1033 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&sb->s_inode_wblist_lock, flags);
1038 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
1039 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
1041 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
1042 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is
1043 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
1044 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
1046 static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
1048 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
1051 tail = wb_inode(wb->b_dirty.next);
1052 if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
1053 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
1055 inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty);
1059 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
1061 static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
1063 inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_more_io);
1066 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
1068 inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
1069 /* If inode is clean an unused, put it into LRU now... */
1070 inode_add_lru(inode);
1071 /* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */
1073 wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
1076 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
1078 bool ret = time_after(inode->dirtied_when, t);
1079 #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
1081 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
1082 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
1083 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
1084 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
1086 ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
1091 #define EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME 0x0001
1094 * Move expired (dirtied before work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
1095 * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
1097 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
1098 struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
1100 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
1102 unsigned long *older_than_this = NULL;
1103 unsigned long expire_time;
1105 struct list_head *pos, *node;
1106 struct super_block *sb = NULL;
1107 struct inode *inode;
1111 if ((flags & EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME) == 0)
1112 older_than_this = work->older_than_this;
1113 else if (!work->for_sync) {
1114 expire_time = jiffies - (dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ);
1115 older_than_this = &expire_time;
1117 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
1118 inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
1119 if (older_than_this &&
1120 inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
1122 list_move(&inode->i_io_list, &tmp);
1124 if (flags & EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME)
1125 set_bit(__I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED, &inode->i_state);
1126 if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode->i_sb))
1128 if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
1133 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
1135 list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue);
1139 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
1140 while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
1141 sb = wb_inode(tmp.prev)->i_sb;
1142 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) {
1143 inode = wb_inode(pos);
1144 if (inode->i_sb == sb)
1145 list_move(&inode->i_io_list, dispatch_queue);
1153 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
1155 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
1156 * =============> gf edc BA
1158 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io
1159 * =============> g fBAedc
1161 * +--> dequeue for IO
1163 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work)
1167 assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
1168 list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
1169 moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, 0, work);
1170 moved += move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty_time, &wb->b_io,
1171 EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME, work);
1173 wb_io_lists_populated(wb);
1174 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, work, moved);
1177 static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
1181 if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode)) {
1182 trace_writeback_write_inode_start(inode, wbc);
1183 ret = inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, wbc);
1184 trace_writeback_write_inode(inode, wbc);
1191 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held.
1192 * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock.
1194 static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
1195 __releases(inode->i_lock)
1196 __acquires(inode->i_lock)
1198 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
1199 wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
1201 wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
1202 while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
1203 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1204 __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, bit_wait,
1205 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
1206 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1211 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned.
1213 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
1215 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1216 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
1217 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1221 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock
1222 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference
1223 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away.
1225 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode *inode)
1226 __releases(inode->i_lock)
1229 wait_queue_head_t *wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
1232 prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
1233 sleep = inode->i_state & I_SYNC;
1234 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1237 finish_wait(wqh, &wait);
1241 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and
1242 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we
1243 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among
1244 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else
1245 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher
1246 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences.
1248 static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
1249 struct writeback_control *wbc)
1251 if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
1255 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one
1256 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update
1257 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again.
1259 if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
1260 (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages))
1261 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
1263 if (wbc->pages_skipped) {
1265 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
1266 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
1268 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
1272 if (mapping_tagged(inode->i_mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
1274 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
1275 * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
1277 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
1278 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */
1279 requeue_io(inode, wb);
1282 * Writeback blocked by something other than
1283 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
1284 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
1285 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
1286 * that cannot be performed immediately.
1288 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
1290 } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
1292 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations,
1293 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
1294 * updates after data IO completion.
1296 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
1297 } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
1298 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
1299 inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty_time);
1301 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
1302 inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
1307 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
1308 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
1309 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
1312 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
1314 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
1315 long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
1319 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_SYNC));
1321 trace_writeback_single_inode_start(inode, wbc, nr_to_write);
1323 ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
1326 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
1327 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
1328 * I/O completion. We don't do it for sync(2) writeback because it has a
1329 * separate, external IO completion path and ->sync_fs for guaranteeing
1330 * inode metadata is written back correctly.
1332 if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL && !wbc->for_sync) {
1333 int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
1339 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
1340 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
1343 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1345 dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
1346 if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
1347 if ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) ||
1348 wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ||
1349 unlikely(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED) ||
1350 unlikely(time_after(jiffies,
1351 (inode->dirtied_time_when +
1352 dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ)))) {
1353 dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED;
1354 trace_writeback_lazytime(inode);
1357 inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED;
1358 inode->i_state &= ~dirty;
1361 * Paired with smp_mb() in __mark_inode_dirty(). This allows
1362 * __mark_inode_dirty() to test i_state without grabbing i_lock -
1363 * either they see the I_DIRTY bits cleared or we see the dirtied
1366 * I_DIRTY_PAGES is always cleared together above even if @mapping
1367 * still has dirty pages. The flag is reinstated after smp_mb() if
1368 * necessary. This guarantees that either __mark_inode_dirty()
1369 * sees clear I_DIRTY_PAGES or we see PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY.
1373 if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY))
1374 inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
1376 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1378 if (dirty & I_DIRTY_TIME)
1379 mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
1380 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
1381 if (dirty & ~I_DIRTY_PAGES) {
1382 int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
1386 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc, nr_to_write);
1391 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
1392 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
1394 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
1395 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
1396 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
1398 static int writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode,
1399 struct writeback_control *wbc)
1401 struct bdi_writeback *wb;
1404 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1405 if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
1406 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
1408 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
1410 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
1411 if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
1414 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
1415 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
1418 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
1420 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
1422 * Skip inode if it is clean and we have no outstanding writeback in
1423 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode. We don't want to mess with writeback lists in this
1424 * function since flusher thread may be doing for example sync in
1425 * parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So here we
1426 * make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there unless
1427 * we have completely cleaned the inode.
1429 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL) &&
1430 (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL ||
1431 !mapping_tagged(inode->i_mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK)))
1433 inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
1434 wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(wbc, inode);
1436 ret = __writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
1438 wbc_detach_inode(wbc);
1440 wb = inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
1441 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1443 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
1444 * touch it. See comment above for explanation.
1446 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL))
1447 inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
1448 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
1449 inode_sync_complete(inode);
1451 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1455 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
1456 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
1461 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
1462 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
1463 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
1465 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
1468 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
1469 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
1470 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
1471 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
1473 if (work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || work->tagged_writepages)
1476 pages = min(wb->avg_write_bandwidth / 2,
1477 global_wb_domain.dirty_limit / DIRTY_SCOPE);
1478 pages = min(pages, work->nr_pages);
1479 pages = round_down(pages + MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES,
1480 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES);
1487 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
1489 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
1491 * NOTE! This is called with wb->list_lock held, and will
1492 * unlock and relock that for each inode it ends up doing
1495 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
1496 struct bdi_writeback *wb,
1497 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
1499 struct writeback_control wbc = {
1500 .sync_mode = work->sync_mode,
1501 .tagged_writepages = work->tagged_writepages,
1502 .for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate,
1503 .for_background = work->for_background,
1504 .for_sync = work->for_sync,
1505 .range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic,
1507 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
1509 unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
1511 long wrote = 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
1513 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
1514 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
1515 struct bdi_writeback *tmp_wb;
1517 if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
1520 * We only want to write back data for this
1521 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
1522 * to it back onto the dirty list.
1524 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
1529 * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
1530 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
1531 * pin the next superblock.
1537 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first
1538 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter
1539 * kind writeout is handled by the freer.
1541 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1542 if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
1543 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1544 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
1547 if ((inode->i_state & I_SYNC) && wbc.sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
1549 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not
1550 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to
1551 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the
1552 * other inodes on s_io.
1554 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode
1555 * when we completed a full scan of b_io.
1557 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1558 requeue_io(inode, wb);
1559 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode);
1562 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
1565 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we
1566 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the
1569 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
1570 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */
1571 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
1572 /* Inode may be gone, start again */
1573 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
1576 inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
1577 wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(&wbc, inode);
1579 write_chunk = writeback_chunk_size(wb, work);
1580 wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
1581 wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
1584 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set
1585 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed.
1587 __writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
1589 wbc_detach_inode(&wbc);
1590 work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
1591 wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
1593 if (need_resched()) {
1595 * We're trying to balance between building up a nice
1596 * long list of IOs to improve our merge rate, and
1597 * getting those IOs out quickly for anyone throttling
1598 * in balance_dirty_pages(). cond_resched() doesn't
1599 * unplug, so get our IOs out the door before we
1602 blk_flush_plug(current);
1607 * Requeue @inode if still dirty. Be careful as @inode may
1608 * have been switched to another wb in the meantime.
1610 tmp_wb = inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
1611 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1612 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL))
1614 requeue_inode(inode, tmp_wb, &wbc);
1615 inode_sync_complete(inode);
1616 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
1618 if (unlikely(tmp_wb != wb)) {
1619 spin_unlock(&tmp_wb->list_lock);
1620 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
1624 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
1625 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
1628 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
1630 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
1637 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
1638 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
1640 unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
1643 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
1644 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
1645 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
1647 if (!trylock_super(sb)) {
1649 * trylock_super() may fail consistently due to
1650 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use
1651 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb.
1653 redirty_tail(inode, wb);
1656 wrote += writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, work);
1657 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
1659 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
1661 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
1663 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
1667 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
1671 static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
1672 enum wb_reason reason)
1674 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
1675 .nr_pages = nr_pages,
1676 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
1680 struct blk_plug plug;
1682 blk_start_plug(&plug);
1683 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
1684 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
1685 queue_io(wb, &work);
1686 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &work);
1687 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
1688 blk_finish_plug(&plug);
1690 return nr_pages - work.nr_pages;
1694 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
1696 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
1697 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
1698 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
1699 * older than a specific point in time.
1701 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
1702 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
1705 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
1706 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
1708 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
1709 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
1711 unsigned long wb_start = jiffies;
1712 long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
1713 unsigned long oldest_jif;
1714 struct inode *inode;
1716 struct blk_plug plug;
1718 oldest_jif = jiffies;
1719 work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
1721 blk_start_plug(&plug);
1722 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
1725 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
1727 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
1731 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may
1732 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do
1733 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted
1734 * after the other works are all done.
1736 if ((work->for_background || work->for_kupdate) &&
1737 !list_empty(&wb->work_list))
1741 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
1742 * background dirty threshold
1744 if (work->for_background && !wb_over_bg_thresh(wb))
1748 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
1749 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
1750 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
1753 if (work->for_kupdate) {
1754 oldest_jif = jiffies -
1755 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
1756 } else if (work->for_background)
1757 oldest_jif = jiffies;
1759 trace_writeback_start(wb, work);
1760 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
1763 progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
1765 progress = __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, work);
1766 trace_writeback_written(wb, work);
1768 wb_update_bandwidth(wb, wb_start);
1771 * Did we write something? Try for more
1773 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches.
1774 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily
1775 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
1776 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
1781 * No more inodes for IO, bail
1783 if (list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
1786 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
1787 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
1788 * we'll just busyloop.
1790 trace_writeback_wait(wb, work);
1791 inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
1792 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
1793 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
1794 /* This function drops i_lock... */
1795 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
1796 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
1798 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
1799 blk_finish_plug(&plug);
1801 return nr_pages - work->nr_pages;
1805 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
1807 static struct wb_writeback_work *get_next_work_item(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
1809 struct wb_writeback_work *work = NULL;
1811 spin_lock_bh(&wb->work_lock);
1812 if (!list_empty(&wb->work_list)) {
1813 work = list_entry(wb->work_list.next,
1814 struct wb_writeback_work, list);
1815 list_del_init(&work->list);
1817 spin_unlock_bh(&wb->work_lock);
1821 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
1823 if (wb_over_bg_thresh(wb)) {
1825 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
1826 .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
1827 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
1828 .for_background = 1,
1830 .reason = WB_REASON_BACKGROUND,
1833 return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
1839 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
1841 unsigned long expired;
1845 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
1847 if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
1850 expired = wb->last_old_flush +
1851 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
1852 if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
1855 wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
1856 nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages();
1859 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
1860 .nr_pages = nr_pages,
1861 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
1864 .reason = WB_REASON_PERIODIC,
1867 return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
1873 static long wb_check_start_all(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
1877 if (!test_bit(WB_start_all, &wb->state))
1880 nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages();
1882 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
1883 .nr_pages = wb_split_bdi_pages(wb, nr_pages),
1884 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
1886 .reason = wb->start_all_reason,
1889 nr_pages = wb_writeback(wb, &work);
1892 clear_bit(WB_start_all, &wb->state);
1898 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
1900 static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
1902 struct wb_writeback_work *work;
1905 set_bit(WB_writeback_running, &wb->state);
1906 while ((work = get_next_work_item(wb)) != NULL) {
1907 trace_writeback_exec(wb, work);
1908 wrote += wb_writeback(wb, work);
1909 finish_writeback_work(wb, work);
1913 * Check for a flush-everything request
1915 wrote += wb_check_start_all(wb);
1918 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
1920 wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
1921 wrote += wb_check_background_flush(wb);
1922 clear_bit(WB_writeback_running, &wb->state);
1928 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
1929 * reschedules periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
1931 void wb_workfn(struct work_struct *work)
1933 struct bdi_writeback *wb = container_of(to_delayed_work(work),
1934 struct bdi_writeback, dwork);
1937 set_worker_desc("flush-%s", dev_name(wb->bdi->dev));
1938 current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE;
1940 if (likely(!current_is_workqueue_rescuer() ||
1941 !test_bit(WB_registered, &wb->state))) {
1943 * The normal path. Keep writing back @wb until its
1944 * work_list is empty. Note that this path is also taken
1945 * if @wb is shutting down even when we're running off the
1946 * rescuer as work_list needs to be drained.
1949 pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb);
1950 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
1951 } while (!list_empty(&wb->work_list));
1954 * bdi_wq can't get enough workers and we're running off
1955 * the emergency worker. Don't hog it. Hopefully, 1024 is
1956 * enough for efficient IO.
1958 pages_written = writeback_inodes_wb(wb, 1024,
1959 WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD);
1960 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
1963 if (!list_empty(&wb->work_list))
1964 mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &wb->dwork, 0);
1965 else if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval)
1966 wb_wakeup_delayed(wb);
1968 current->flags &= ~PF_SWAPWRITE;
1972 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages on this bdi. If `nr_pages' is zero,
1973 * write back the whole world.
1975 static void __wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
1976 enum wb_reason reason)
1978 struct bdi_writeback *wb;
1980 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
1983 list_for_each_entry_rcu(wb, &bdi->wb_list, bdi_node)
1984 wb_start_writeback(wb, reason);
1987 void wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
1988 enum wb_reason reason)
1991 __wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(bdi, reason);
1996 * Wakeup the flusher threads to start writeback of all currently dirty pages
1998 void wakeup_flusher_threads(enum wb_reason reason)
2000 struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
2003 * If we are expecting writeback progress we must submit plugged IO.
2005 if (blk_needs_flush_plug(current))
2006 blk_schedule_flush_plug(current);
2009 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list)
2010 __wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(bdi, reason);
2015 * Wake up bdi's periodically to make sure dirtytime inodes gets
2016 * written back periodically. We deliberately do *not* check the
2017 * b_dirtytime list in wb_has_dirty_io(), since this would cause the
2018 * kernel to be constantly waking up once there are any dirtytime
2019 * inodes on the system. So instead we define a separate delayed work
2020 * function which gets called much more rarely. (By default, only
2021 * once every 12 hours.)
2023 * If there is any other write activity going on in the file system,
2024 * this function won't be necessary. But if the only thing that has
2025 * happened on the file system is a dirtytime inode caused by an atime
2026 * update, we need this infrastructure below to make sure that inode
2027 * eventually gets pushed out to disk.
2029 static void wakeup_dirtytime_writeback(struct work_struct *w);
2030 static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(dirtytime_work, wakeup_dirtytime_writeback);
2032 static void wakeup_dirtytime_writeback(struct work_struct *w)
2034 struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
2037 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
2038 struct bdi_writeback *wb;
2040 list_for_each_entry_rcu(wb, &bdi->wb_list, bdi_node)
2041 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty_time))
2045 schedule_delayed_work(&dirtytime_work, dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ);
2048 static int __init start_dirtytime_writeback(void)
2050 schedule_delayed_work(&dirtytime_work, dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ);
2053 __initcall(start_dirtytime_writeback);
2055 int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
2056 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
2060 ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
2061 if (ret == 0 && write)
2062 mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &dirtytime_work, 0);
2066 static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
2068 if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
2069 struct dentry *dentry;
2070 const char *name = "?";
2072 dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
2074 spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
2075 name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
2078 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
2079 current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
2080 name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
2082 spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
2089 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
2091 * @inode: inode to mark
2092 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
2094 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
2095 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
2097 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
2099 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
2100 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
2101 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
2102 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
2104 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
2107 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
2108 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
2109 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
2110 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
2111 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
2114 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
2116 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
2119 trace_writeback_mark_inode_dirty(inode, flags);
2122 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
2123 * dirty the inode itself
2125 if (flags & (I_DIRTY_INODE | I_DIRTY_TIME)) {
2126 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_start(inode, flags);
2128 if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
2129 sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags);
2131 trace_writeback_dirty_inode(inode, flags);
2133 if (flags & I_DIRTY_INODE)
2134 flags &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME;
2135 dirtytime = flags & I_DIRTY_TIME;
2138 * Paired with smp_mb() in __writeback_single_inode() for the
2139 * following lockless i_state test. See there for details.
2143 if (((inode->i_state & flags) == flags) ||
2144 (dirtytime && (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_INODE)))
2147 if (unlikely(block_dump))
2148 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);
2150 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
2151 if (dirtytime && (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_INODE))
2152 goto out_unlock_inode;
2153 if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
2154 const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
2156 inode_attach_wb(inode, NULL);
2158 if (flags & I_DIRTY_INODE)
2159 inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME;
2160 inode->i_state |= flags;
2163 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
2164 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
2165 * superblock list, based upon its state.
2167 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
2168 goto out_unlock_inode;
2171 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
2172 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
2174 if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
2175 if (inode_unhashed(inode))
2176 goto out_unlock_inode;
2178 if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
2179 goto out_unlock_inode;
2182 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
2183 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
2186 struct bdi_writeback *wb;
2187 struct list_head *dirty_list;
2188 bool wakeup_bdi = false;
2190 wb = locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
2192 WARN(bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(wb->bdi) &&
2193 !test_bit(WB_registered, &wb->state),
2194 "bdi-%s not registered\n", wb->bdi->name);
2196 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
2198 inode->dirtied_time_when = jiffies;
2200 if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY)
2201 dirty_list = &wb->b_dirty;
2203 dirty_list = &wb->b_dirty_time;
2205 wakeup_bdi = inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb,
2208 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
2209 trace_writeback_dirty_inode_enqueue(inode);
2212 * If this is the first dirty inode for this bdi,
2213 * we have to wake-up the corresponding bdi thread
2214 * to make sure background write-back happens
2217 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(wb->bdi) && wakeup_bdi)
2218 wb_wakeup_delayed(wb);
2223 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
2225 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
2228 * The @s_sync_lock is used to serialise concurrent sync operations
2229 * to avoid lock contention problems with concurrent wait_sb_inodes() calls.
2230 * Concurrent callers will block on the s_sync_lock rather than doing contending
2231 * walks. The queueing maintains sync(2) required behaviour as all the IO that
2232 * has been issued up to the time this function is enter is guaranteed to be
2233 * completed by the time we have gained the lock and waited for all IO that is
2234 * in progress regardless of the order callers are granted the lock.
2236 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
2238 LIST_HEAD(sync_list);
2241 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
2242 * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
2244 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
2246 mutex_lock(&sb->s_sync_lock);
2249 * Splice the writeback list onto a temporary list to avoid waiting on
2250 * inodes that have started writeback after this point.
2252 * Use rcu_read_lock() to keep the inodes around until we have a
2253 * reference. s_inode_wblist_lock protects sb->s_inodes_wb as well as
2254 * the local list because inodes can be dropped from either by writeback
2258 spin_lock_irq(&sb->s_inode_wblist_lock);
2259 list_splice_init(&sb->s_inodes_wb, &sync_list);
2262 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback, because
2263 * there may have been pages dirtied before our sync call, but which had
2264 * writeout started before we write it out. In which case, the inode
2265 * may not be on the dirty list, but we still have to wait for that
2268 while (!list_empty(&sync_list)) {
2269 struct inode *inode = list_first_entry(&sync_list, struct inode,
2271 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
2274 * Move each inode back to the wb list before we drop the lock
2275 * to preserve consistency between i_wb_list and the mapping
2276 * writeback tag. Writeback completion is responsible to remove
2277 * the inode from either list once the writeback tag is cleared.
2279 list_move_tail(&inode->i_wb_list, &sb->s_inodes_wb);
2282 * The mapping can appear untagged while still on-list since we
2283 * do not have the mapping lock. Skip it here, wb completion
2286 if (!mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK))
2289 spin_unlock_irq(&sb->s_inode_wblist_lock);
2291 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
2292 if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) {
2293 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
2295 spin_lock_irq(&sb->s_inode_wblist_lock);
2299 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
2303 * We keep the error status of individual mapping so that
2304 * applications can catch the writeback error using fsync(2).
2305 * See filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors() for details.
2307 filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(mapping);
2314 spin_lock_irq(&sb->s_inode_wblist_lock);
2316 spin_unlock_irq(&sb->s_inode_wblist_lock);
2318 mutex_unlock(&sb->s_sync_lock);
2321 static void __writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr,
2322 enum wb_reason reason, bool skip_if_busy)
2324 DEFINE_WB_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
2325 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
2327 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
2328 .tagged_writepages = 1,
2333 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = sb->s_bdi;
2335 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi) || bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info)
2337 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
2339 bdi_split_work_to_wbs(sb->s_bdi, &work, skip_if_busy);
2340 wb_wait_for_completion(bdi, &done);
2344 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
2345 * @sb: the superblock
2346 * @nr: the number of pages to write
2347 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
2349 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
2350 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
2351 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
2353 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb,
2355 enum wb_reason reason)
2357 __writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr, reason, false);
2359 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
2362 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
2363 * @sb: the superblock
2364 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
2366 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
2367 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
2368 * for IO completion of submitted IO.
2370 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
2372 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason);
2374 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
2377 * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
2378 * @sb: the superblock
2379 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
2381 * Invoke __writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
2383 void try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
2385 if (!down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount))
2388 __writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason, true);
2389 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
2391 EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb);
2394 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
2395 * @sb: the superblock
2397 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
2400 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
2402 DEFINE_WB_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
2403 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
2405 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
2406 .nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
2409 .reason = WB_REASON_SYNC,
2412 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = sb->s_bdi;
2415 * Can't skip on !bdi_has_dirty() because we should wait for !dirty
2416 * inodes under writeback and I_DIRTY_TIME inodes ignored by
2417 * bdi_has_dirty() need to be written out too.
2419 if (bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info)
2421 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
2423 bdi_split_work_to_wbs(bdi, &work, false);
2424 wb_wait_for_completion(bdi, &done);
2428 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
2431 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
2432 * @inode: inode to write to disk
2433 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
2435 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
2436 * primarily needed by knfsd.
2438 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
2440 int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
2442 struct writeback_control wbc = {
2443 .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
2444 .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
2446 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
2449 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
2450 wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
2453 return writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
2455 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
2458 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
2459 * @inode: the inode to sync
2460 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
2462 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
2463 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
2464 * update inode->i_state.
2466 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
2468 int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
2470 return writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
2472 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
2475 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk
2476 * @inode: the inode to sync
2477 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
2479 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion.
2481 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
2483 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait)
2485 struct writeback_control wbc = {
2486 .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
2487 .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */
2490 return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
2492 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata);