xfs: convert the xfsaild threads to a workqueue

Similar to the xfssyncd, the per-filesystem xfsaild threads can be
converted to a global workqueue and run periodically by delayed
works. This makes sense for the AIL pushing because it uses
variable timeouts depending on the work that needs to be done.

By removing the xfsaild, we simplify the AIL pushing code and
remove the need to spread the code to implement the threading
and pushing across multiple files.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Alex Elder <aelder@sgi.com>

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 7 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
index 35162c238fa3..6ebd322bd37c 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_trans_priv.h
@@ -65,16 +65,22 @@ struct xfs_ail_cursor {
 struct xfs_ail {
         struct xfs_mount        *xa_mount;
         struct list_head        xa_ail;
-        uint                    xa_gen;
-        struct task_struct      *xa_task;
         xfs_lsn_t               xa_target;
         struct xfs_ail_cursor   xa_cursors;
         spinlock_t              xa_lock;
+        struct delayed_work     xa_work;
+        xfs_lsn_t               xa_last_pushed_lsn;
+        unsigned long           xa_flags;
 };
 
+#define XFS_AIL_PUSHING_BIT     0
+
 /*
  * From xfs_trans_ail.c
  */
+
+extern struct workqueue_struct  *xfs_ail_wq;    /* AIL workqueue */
+
 void    xfs_trans_ail_update_bulk(struct xfs_ail *ailp,
                                 struct xfs_log_item **log_items, int nr_items,
                                 xfs_lsn_t lsn) __releases(ailp->xa_lock);
@@ -112,11 +118,6 @@ struct xfs_log_item	*xfs_trans_ail_cursor_next(struct xfs_ail *ailp,
 void                    xfs_trans_ail_cursor_done(struct xfs_ail *ailp,
                                         struct xfs_ail_cursor *cur);
 
-long    xfsaild_push(struct xfs_ail *, xfs_lsn_t *);
-void    xfsaild_wakeup(struct xfs_ail *, xfs_lsn_t);
-int     xfsaild_start(struct xfs_ail *);
-void    xfsaild_stop(struct xfs_ail *);
-
 #if BITS_PER_LONG != 64
 static inline void
 xfs_trans_ail_copy_lsn(