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writeback: only use bdi_writeback_all() for WB_SYNC_NONE writeout
authorJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Tue, 15 Sep 2009 07:53:35 +0000 (09:53 +0200)
committerJens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Wed, 16 Sep 2009 13:18:51 +0000 (15:18 +0200)
Data integrity writeback must use bdi_start_writeback() and ensure
that wbc->sb and wbc->bdi are set.

Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
fs/fs-writeback.c

index c5e91225501dcbe749be8450ad848a6c85a799a1..14f06b45919749f3ac06f31138279baaae1832b4 100644 (file)
@@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ struct wb_writeback_args {
  */
 struct bdi_work {
        struct list_head list;
-       struct list_head wait_list;
        struct rcu_head rcu_head;
 
        unsigned long seen;
@@ -198,7 +197,8 @@ static void bdi_wait_on_work_clear(struct bdi_work *work)
                    TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 
-static struct bdi_work *bdi_alloc_work(struct writeback_control *wbc)
+static void bdi_alloc_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
+                                struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
        struct bdi_work *work;
 
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ static struct bdi_work *bdi_alloc_work(struct writeback_control *wbc)
        if (work)
                bdi_work_init(work, wbc);
 
-       return work;
+       bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
 }
 
 void bdi_start_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc)
@@ -216,11 +216,9 @@ void bdi_start_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc)
         * bdi_queue_work() will wake up the thread and flush old data. This
         * should ensure some amount of progress in freeing memory.
         */
-       if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
-               struct bdi_work *w = bdi_alloc_work(wbc);
-
-               bdi_queue_work(wbc->bdi, w);
-       } else {
+       if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
+               bdi_alloc_queue_work(wbc->bdi, wbc);
+       else {
                struct bdi_work work;
 
                bdi_work_init(&work, wbc);
@@ -860,67 +858,26 @@ int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 }
 
 /*
- * Schedule writeback for all backing devices. Expensive! If this is a data
- * integrity operation, writeback will be complete when this returns. If
- * we are simply called for WB_SYNC_NONE, then writeback will merely be
- * scheduled to run.
+ * Schedule writeback for all backing devices. Can only be used for
+ * WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, WB_SYNC_ALL should use bdi_start_writeback()
+ * and pass in the superblock.
  */
 static void bdi_writeback_all(struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
-       const bool must_wait = wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL;
        struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
-       struct bdi_work *work;
-       LIST_HEAD(list);
 
-restart:
+       WARN_ON(wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL);
+
        spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
 
        list_for_each_entry(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
-               struct bdi_work *work;
-
                if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
                        continue;
 
-               /*
-                * If work allocation fails, do the writes inline. We drop
-                * the lock and restart the list writeout. This should be OK,
-                * since this happens rarely and because the writeout should
-                * eventually make more free memory available.
-                */
-               work = bdi_alloc_work(wbc);
-               if (!work) {
-                       struct writeback_control __wbc;
-
-                       /*
-                        * Not a data integrity writeout, just continue
-                        */
-                       if (!must_wait)
-                               continue;
-
-                       spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
-                       __wbc = *wbc;
-                       __wbc.bdi = bdi;
-                       writeback_inodes_wbc(&__wbc);
-                       goto restart;
-               }
-               if (must_wait)
-                       list_add_tail(&work->wait_list, &list);
-
-               bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
+               bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, wbc);
        }
 
        spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
-
-       /*
-        * If this is for WB_SYNC_ALL, wait for pending work to complete
-        * before returning.
-        */
-       while (!list_empty(&list)) {
-               work = list_entry(list.next, struct bdi_work, wait_list);
-               list_del(&work->wait_list);
-               bdi_wait_on_work_clear(work);
-               call_rcu(&work->rcu_head, bdi_work_free);
-       }
 }
 
 /*
@@ -1177,6 +1134,7 @@ long sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
        struct writeback_control wbc = {
                .sb             = sb,
+               .bdi            = sb->s_bdi,
                .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_ALL,
                .range_start    = 0,
                .range_end      = LLONG_MAX,
@@ -1184,7 +1142,7 @@ long sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
        long nr_to_write = LONG_MAX; /* doesn't actually matter */
 
        wbc.nr_to_write = nr_to_write;
-       bdi_writeback_all(&wbc);
+       bdi_start_writeback(&wbc);
        wait_sb_inodes(&wbc);
        return nr_to_write - wbc.nr_to_write;
 }