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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -0700 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2010-08-10 15:22:42 -0700 |
commit | 2f9e825d3e0e2b407ae8f082de5c00afcf7378fb (patch) | |
tree | f8b3ee40674ce4acd5508a0a0bf52a30904caf6c /mm | |
parent | 7ae0dea900b027cd90e8a3e14deca9a19e17638b (diff) | |
parent | de75d60d5ea235e6e09f4962ab22541ce0fe176a (diff) |
Merge branch 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block
* 'for-2.6.36' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: (149 commits)
block: make sure that REQ_* types are seen even with CONFIG_BLOCK=n
xen-blkfront: fix missing out label
blkdev: fix blkdev_issue_zeroout return value
block: update request stacking methods to support discards
block: fix missing export of blk_types.h
writeback: fix bad _bh spinlock nesting
drbd: revert "delay probes", feature is being re-implemented differently
drbd: Initialize all members of sync_conf to their defaults [Bugz 315]
drbd: Disable delay probes for the upcomming release
writeback: cleanup bdi_register
writeback: add new tracepoints
writeback: remove unnecessary init_timer call
writeback: optimize periodic bdi thread wakeups
writeback: prevent unnecessary bdi threads wakeups
writeback: move bdi threads exiting logic to the forker thread
writeback: restructure bdi forker loop a little
writeback: move last_active to bdi
writeback: do not remove bdi from bdi_list
writeback: simplify bdi code a little
writeback: do not lose wake-ups in bdi threads
...
Fixed up pretty trivial conflicts in drivers/block/virtio_blk.c and
drivers/scsi/scsi_error.c as per Jens.
Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
-rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 445 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 5 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | mm/page_io.c | 2 |
3 files changed, 216 insertions, 236 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index f9fd3dd3916..08d357522e7 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); diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index df8202ebc7b..0c6258bd1ba 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ #include <linux/syscalls.h> #include <linux/buffer_head.h> #include <linux/pagevec.h> +#include <trace/events/writeback.h> /* * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited @@ -535,11 +536,13 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, * threshold otherwise wait until the disk writes catch * up. */ + trace_wbc_balance_dirty_start(&wbc, bdi); if (bdi_nr_reclaimable > bdi_thresh) { writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, &wbc); pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write; get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, &bdi_thresh, bdi); + trace_wbc_balance_dirty_written(&wbc, bdi); } /* @@ -565,6 +568,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, if (pages_written >= write_chunk) break; /* We've done our duty */ + trace_wbc_balance_dirty_wait(&wbc, bdi); __set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); io_schedule_timeout(pause); @@ -962,6 +966,7 @@ continue_unlock: if (!clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) goto continue_unlock; + trace_wbc_writepage(wbc, mapping->backing_dev_info); ret = (*writepage)(page, wbc, data); if (unlikely(ret)) { if (ret == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) { diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c index 31a3b962230..2dee975bf46 100644 --- a/mm/page_io.c +++ b/mm/page_io.c @@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ int swap_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc) goto out; } if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) - rw |= (1 << BIO_RW_SYNCIO) | (1 << BIO_RW_UNPLUG); + rw |= REQ_SYNC | REQ_UNPLUG; count_vm_event(PSWPOUT); set_page_writeback(page); unlock_page(page); |