unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
unsigned int range_cyclic:1;
unsigned int for_background:1;
+ unsigned int for_sync:1; /* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
enum wb_reason reason; /* why was writeback initiated? */
struct list_head list; /* pending work list */
/*
* Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
* This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
- * I/O completion.
+ * I/O completion. We don't do it for sync(2) writeback because it has a
+ * separate, external IO completion path and ->sync_fs for guaranteeing
+ * inode metadata is written back correctly.
*/
- if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
+ if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL && !wbc->for_sync) {
int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
if (ret == 0)
ret = err;
.tagged_writepages = work->tagged_writepages,
.for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate,
.for_background = work->for_background,
+ .for_sync = work->for_sync,
.range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic,
.range_start = 0,
.range_end = LLONG_MAX,
return wrote;
}
-long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
+static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
enum wb_reason reason)
{
struct wb_writeback_work work = {
/*
* Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
*/
-long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
+static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
struct wb_writeback_work *work;
set_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi)) != NULL) {
- /*
- * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
- * because this thread is exiting now.
- */
- if (force_wait)
- work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;
trace_writeback_exec(bdi, work);
* rescuer as work_list needs to be drained.
*/
do {
- pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);
+ pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb);
trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);
} while (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list));
} else {
{
struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
- if (!nr_pages) {
- nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
- global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
- }
+ if (!nr_pages)
+ nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages();
rcu_read_lock();
list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
bool wakeup_bdi = false;
bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
"bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);
wakeup_bdi = true;
}
- spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
.range_cyclic = 0,
.done = &done,
.reason = WB_REASON_SYNC,
+ .for_sync = 1,
};
/* Nothing to do? */