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diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 6caa98247a5b..2c947da39f6e 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -30,11 +30,21 @@
30#include "internal.h" 30#include "internal.h"
31 31
32/* 32/*
33 * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/kupdate
34 * operation. We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
35 * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
36 * been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates
37 * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
38 */
39#define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024L
40
41/*
33 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control 42 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
34 */ 43 */
35struct wb_writeback_work { 44struct wb_writeback_work {
36 long nr_pages; 45 long nr_pages;
37 struct super_block *sb; 46 struct super_block *sb;
47 unsigned long *older_than_this;
38 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode; 48 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
39 unsigned int tagged_writepages:1; 49 unsigned int tagged_writepages:1;
40 unsigned int for_kupdate:1; 50 unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
@@ -472,7 +482,6 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
472 * No need to add it back to the LRU. 482 * No need to add it back to the LRU.
473 */ 483 */
474 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list); 484 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
475 wbc->inodes_written++;
476 } 485 }
477 } 486 }
478 inode_sync_complete(inode); 487 inode_sync_complete(inode);
@@ -506,6 +515,31 @@ static bool pin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
506 return false; 515 return false;
507} 516}
508 517
518static long writeback_chunk_size(struct wb_writeback_work *work)
519{
520 long pages;
521
522 /*
523 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
524 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
525 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
526 *
527 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
528 *
529 * wb_writeback()
530 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
531 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
532 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
533 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
534 */
535 if (work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || work->tagged_writepages)
536 pages = LONG_MAX;
537 else
538 pages = min(MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES, work->nr_pages);
539
540 return pages;
541}
542
509/* 543/*
510 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb. 544 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
511 * 545 *
@@ -513,18 +547,30 @@ static bool pin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
513 * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially 547 * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
514 * in reverse order. 548 * in reverse order.
515 * 549 *
516 * Return 1, if the caller writeback routine should be 550 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
517 * interrupted. Otherwise return 0.
518 */ 551 */
519static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb, 552static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
520 struct writeback_control *wbc, bool only_this_sb) 553 struct bdi_writeback *wb,
554 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
521{ 555{
556 struct writeback_control wbc = {
557 .sync_mode = work->sync_mode,
558 .tagged_writepages = work->tagged_writepages,
559 .for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate,
560 .for_background = work->for_background,
561 .range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic,
562 .range_start = 0,
563 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
564 };
565 unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
566 long write_chunk;
567 long wrote = 0; /* count both pages and inodes */
568
522 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) { 569 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
523 long pages_skipped;
524 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev); 570 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
525 571
526 if (inode->i_sb != sb) { 572 if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
527 if (only_this_sb) { 573 if (work->sb) {
528 /* 574 /*
529 * We only want to write back data for this 575 * We only want to write back data for this
530 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging 576 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
@@ -539,7 +585,7 @@ static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
539 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and 585 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
540 * pin the next superblock. 586 * pin the next superblock.
541 */ 587 */
542 return 0; 588 break;
543 } 589 }
544 590
545 /* 591 /*
@@ -553,12 +599,18 @@ static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
553 requeue_io(inode, wb); 599 requeue_io(inode, wb);
554 continue; 600 continue;
555 } 601 }
556
557 __iget(inode); 602 __iget(inode);
603 write_chunk = writeback_chunk_size(work);
604 wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
605 wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
606
607 writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
558 608
559 pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped; 609 work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
560 writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, wbc); 610 wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
561 if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) { 611 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
612 wrote++;
613 if (wbc.pages_skipped) {
562 /* 614 /*
563 * writeback is not making progress due to locked 615 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
564 * buffers. Skip this inode for now. 616 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
@@ -570,17 +622,25 @@ static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
570 iput(inode); 622 iput(inode);
571 cond_resched(); 623 cond_resched();
572 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); 624 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
573 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) 625 /*
574 return 1; 626 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
627 * background threshold and other termination conditions.
628 */
629 if (wrote) {
630 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
631 break;
632 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
633 break;
634 }
575 } 635 }
576 /* b_io is empty */ 636 return wrote;
577 return 1;
578} 637}
579 638
580static void __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, 639static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
581 struct writeback_control *wbc) 640 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
582{ 641{
583 int ret = 0; 642 unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
643 long wrote = 0;
584 644
585 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) { 645 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
586 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev); 646 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
@@ -590,33 +650,37 @@ static void __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
590 requeue_io(inode, wb); 650 requeue_io(inode, wb);
591 continue; 651 continue;
592 } 652 }
593 ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, false); 653 wrote += writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, work);
594 drop_super(sb); 654 drop_super(sb);
595 655
596 if (ret) 656 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
597 break; 657 if (wrote) {
658 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
659 break;
660 if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
661 break;
662 }
598 } 663 }
599 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */ 664 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
665 return wrote;
600} 666}
601 667
602void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, 668long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages)
603 struct writeback_control *wbc)
604{ 669{
670 struct wb_writeback_work work = {
671 .nr_pages = nr_pages,
672 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
673 .range_cyclic = 1,
674 };
675
605 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); 676 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
606 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io)) 677 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
607 queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this); 678 queue_io(wb, NULL);
608 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, wbc); 679 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &work);
609 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); 680 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
610}
611 681
612/* 682 return nr_pages - work.nr_pages;
613 * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/kupdate 683}
614 * operation. We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
615 * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
616 * been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates
617 * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
618 */
619#define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024
620 684
621static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void) 685static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
622{ 686{
@@ -646,42 +710,13 @@ static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
646static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, 710static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
647 struct wb_writeback_work *work) 711 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
648{ 712{
649 struct writeback_control wbc = { 713 long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
650 .sync_mode = work->sync_mode,
651 .tagged_writepages = work->tagged_writepages,
652 .older_than_this = NULL,
653 .for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate,
654 .for_background = work->for_background,
655 .range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic,
656 };
657 unsigned long oldest_jif; 714 unsigned long oldest_jif;
658 long wrote = 0;
659 long write_chunk = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
660 struct inode *inode; 715 struct inode *inode;
661 716 long progress;
662 if (!wbc.range_cyclic) {
663 wbc.range_start = 0;
664 wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
665 }
666
667 /*
668 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
669 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
670 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
671 *
672 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
673 *
674 * wb_writeback()
675 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once
676 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
677 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
678 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
679 */
680 if (wbc.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc.tagged_writepages)
681 write_chunk = LONG_MAX;
682 717
683 oldest_jif = jiffies; 718 oldest_jif = jiffies;
684 wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif; 719 work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
685 720
686 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); 721 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
687 for (;;) { 722 for (;;) {
@@ -711,24 +746,17 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
711 if (work->for_kupdate) { 746 if (work->for_kupdate) {
712 oldest_jif = jiffies - 747 oldest_jif = jiffies -
713 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10); 748 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
714 wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif; 749 work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
715 } 750 }
716 751
717 wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk; 752 trace_writeback_start(wb->bdi, work);
718 wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
719 wbc.inodes_written = 0;
720
721 trace_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc, wb->bdi);
722 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io)) 753 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
723 queue_io(wb, wbc.older_than_this); 754 queue_io(wb, work->older_than_this);
724 if (work->sb) 755 if (work->sb)
725 writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, &wbc, true); 756 progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
726 else 757 else
727 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc); 758 progress = __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, work);
728 trace_wbc_writeback_written(&wbc, wb->bdi); 759 trace_writeback_written(wb->bdi, work);
729
730 work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
731 wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
732 760
733 /* 761 /*
734 * Did we write something? Try for more 762 * Did we write something? Try for more
@@ -738,9 +766,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
738 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long 766 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
739 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes. 767 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
740 */ 768 */
741 if (wbc.nr_to_write < write_chunk) 769 if (progress)
742 continue;
743 if (wbc.inodes_written)
744 continue; 770 continue;
745 /* 771 /*
746 * No more inodes for IO, bail 772 * No more inodes for IO, bail
@@ -753,8 +779,8 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
753 * we'll just busyloop. 779 * we'll just busyloop.
754 */ 780 */
755 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) { 781 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) {
782 trace_writeback_wait(wb->bdi, work);
756 inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev); 783 inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
757 trace_wbc_writeback_wait(&wbc, wb->bdi);
758 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 784 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
759 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode, wb); 785 inode_wait_for_writeback(inode, wb);
760 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 786 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -762,7 +788,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
762 } 788 }
763 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); 789 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
764 790
765 return wrote; 791 return nr_pages - work->nr_pages;
766} 792}
767 793
768/* 794/*