@@ -548,108 +548,85 @@ select_queue:
return ret;
}
-static void unpin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block **psb)
+static void unpin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
{
- struct super_block *sb = *psb;
-
- if (sb) {
- up_read(&sb->s_umount);
- put_super(sb);
- *psb = NULL;
- }
+ up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+ put_super(sb);
}
+enum sb_pin_state {
+ SB_PINNED,
+ SB_NOT_PINNED,
+ SB_PIN_FAILED
+};
+
/*
* For WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, the caller does not have the sb pinned
* before calling writeback. So make sure that we do pin it, so it doesn't
* go away while we are writing inodes from it.
- *
- * Returns 0 if the super was successfully pinned (or pinning wasn't needed),
- * 1 if we failed.
*/
-static int pin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc,
- struct inode *inode, struct super_block **psb)
+static enum sb_pin_state pin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc,
+ struct super_block *sb)
{
- struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
-
- /*
- * If this sb is already pinned, nothing more to do. If not and
- * *psb is non-NULL, unpin the old one first
- */
- if (sb == *psb)
- return 0;
- else if (*psb)
- unpin_sb_for_writeback(psb);
-
/*
* Caller must already hold the ref for this
*/
if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
- return 0;
+ return SB_NOT_PINNED;
}
-
spin_lock(&sb_lock);
sb->s_count++;
if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
if (sb->s_root) {
spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
- goto pinned;
+ return SB_PINNED;
}
/*
* umounted, drop rwsem again and fall through to failure
*/
up_read(&sb->s_umount);
}
-
sb->s_count--;
spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
- return 1;
-pinned:
- *psb = sb;
- return 0;
+ return SB_PIN_FAILED;
}
-static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
- struct writeback_control *wbc)
+/*
+ * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
+ * If @wbc->sb != NULL, then find and write all such
+ * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
+ * in reverse order.
+ * Return 1, if the caller writeback routine should be
+ * interrupted. Otherwise return 0.
+ */
+static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+ struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
- struct super_block *sb = wbc->sb, *pin_sb = NULL;
- const unsigned long start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
-
- spin_lock(&inode_lock);
-
- if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
- queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
-
while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
- struct inode *inode = list_entry(wb->b_io.prev,
- struct inode, i_list);
long pages_skipped;
-
- /*
- * super block given and doesn't match, skip this inode
- */
- if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb) {
+ struct inode *inode = list_entry(wb->b_io.prev,
+ struct inode, i_list);
+ if (wbc->sb && sb != inode->i_sb) {
+ /* super block given and doesn't
+ match, skip this inode */
redirty_tail(inode);
continue;
}
-
+ if (sb != inode->i_sb)
+ /* finish with this superblock */
+ return 0;
if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_WILL_FREE)) {
requeue_io(inode);
continue;
}
-
/*
* Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
* This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
*/
- if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, start))
- break;
-
- if (pin_sb_for_writeback(wbc, inode, &pin_sb)) {
- requeue_io(inode);
- continue;
- }
+ if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, wbc->wb_start))
+ return 1;
BUG_ON(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR));
__iget(inode);
@@ -668,14 +645,50 @@ static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
wbc->more_io = 1;
- break;
+ return 1;
}
if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
wbc->more_io = 1;
}
+ /* b_io is empty */
+ return 1;
+}
+
+static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+ struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
- unpin_sb_for_writeback(&pin_sb);
+ wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
+ spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
+ queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
+
+ while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
+ struct inode *inode = list_entry(wb->b_io.prev,
+ struct inode, i_list);
+ struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+ enum sb_pin_state state;
+
+ if (wbc->sb && sb != wbc->sb) {
+ /* super block given and doesn't
+ match, skip this inode */
+ redirty_tail(inode);
+ continue;
+ }
+ state = pin_sb_for_writeback(wbc, sb);
+
+ if (state == SB_PIN_FAILED) {
+ requeue_io(inode);
+ continue;
+ }
+ ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc);
+ if (state == SB_PINNED)
+ unpin_sb_for_writeback(sb);
+ if (ret)
+ break;
+ }
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
/* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
}
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ struct writeback_control {
enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
unsigned long *older_than_this; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
older than this */
+ unsigned long wb_start; /* Time writeback_inodes_wb was
+ called. This is needed to avoid
+ extra jobs and livelock */
long nr_to_write; /* Write this many pages, and decrement
this for each page written */
long pages_skipped; /* Pages which were not written */