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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/backing-dev.c | 341 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 179 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/vmscan.c | 2 |
3 files changed, 352 insertions, 170 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index 6f163e0f050..7f3fa79f25c 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -1,8 +1,11 @@ #include <linux/wait.h> #include <linux/backing-dev.h> +#include <linux/kthread.h> +#include <linux/freezer.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/pagemap.h> +#include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/module.h> #include <linux/writeback.h> @@ -22,8 +25,18 @@ struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = { EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_backing_dev_info); static struct class *bdi_class; -DEFINE_MUTEX(bdi_lock); +DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bdi_lock); LIST_HEAD(bdi_list); +LIST_HEAD(bdi_pending_list); + +static struct task_struct *sync_supers_tsk; +static struct timer_list sync_supers_timer; + +static int bdi_sync_supers(void *); +static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long); +static void arm_supers_timer(void); + +static void bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS #include <linux/debugfs.h> @@ -187,6 +200,13 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void) { int err; + sync_supers_tsk = kthread_run(bdi_sync_supers, NULL, "sync_supers"); + BUG_ON(IS_ERR(sync_supers_tsk)); + + init_timer(&sync_supers_timer); + setup_timer(&sync_supers_timer, sync_supers_timer_fn, 0); + arm_supers_timer(); + err = bdi_init(&default_backing_dev_info); if (!err) bdi_register(&default_backing_dev_info, NULL, "default"); @@ -195,6 +215,242 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void) } subsys_initcall(default_bdi_init); +static void bdi_wb_init(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct backing_dev_info *bdi) +{ + memset(wb, 0, sizeof(*wb)); + + wb->bdi = bdi; + wb->last_old_flush = jiffies; + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_dirty); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_io); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_more_io); +} + +static void bdi_task_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, + struct bdi_writeback *wb) +{ + struct task_struct *tsk = current; + + spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock); + list_add_tail_rcu(&wb->list, &bdi->wb_list); + spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock); + + tsk->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE; + set_freezable(); + + /* + * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal + */ + set_user_nice(tsk, 0); +} + +static int bdi_start_fn(void *ptr) +{ + struct bdi_writeback *wb = ptr; + struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi; + int ret; + + /* + * Add us to the active bdi_list + */ + spin_lock(&bdi_lock); + list_add(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list); + spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + + bdi_task_init(bdi, wb); + + /* + * Clear pending bit and wakeup anybody waiting to tear us down + */ + clear_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state); + smp_mb__after_clear_bit(); + wake_up_bit(&bdi->state, BDI_pending); + + ret = bdi_writeback_task(wb); + + /* + * Remove us from the list + */ + spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock); + list_del_rcu(&wb->list); + spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock); + + /* + * Flush any work that raced with us exiting. No new work + * will be added, since this bdi isn't discoverable anymore. + */ + if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) + wb_do_writeback(wb, 1); + + wb->task = NULL; + return ret; +} + +int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) +{ + return wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb); +} + +static void bdi_flush_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) +{ + struct writeback_control wbc = { + .bdi = bdi, + .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, + .older_than_this = NULL, + .range_cyclic = 1, + .nr_to_write = 1024, + }; + + writeback_inodes_wbc(&wbc); +} + +/* + * kupdated() used to do this. We cannot do it from the bdi_forker_task() + * or we risk deadlocking on ->s_umount. The longer term solution would be + * to implement sync_supers_bdi() or similar and simply do it from the + * bdi writeback tasks individually. + */ +static int bdi_sync_supers(void *unused) +{ + set_user_nice(current, 0); + + while (!kthread_should_stop()) { + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); + schedule(); + + /* + * Do this periodically, like kupdated() did before. + */ + sync_supers(); + } + + return 0; +} + +static void arm_supers_timer(void) +{ + unsigned long next; + + next = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10) + jiffies; + mod_timer(&sync_supers_timer, round_jiffies_up(next)); +} + +static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long unused) +{ + wake_up_process(sync_supers_tsk); + arm_supers_timer(); +} + +static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr) +{ + struct bdi_writeback *me = ptr; + + bdi_task_init(me->bdi, me); + + for (;;) { + struct backing_dev_info *bdi, *tmp; + struct bdi_writeback *wb; + + /* + * Temporary measure, we want to make sure we don't see + * dirty data on the default backing_dev_info + */ + if (wb_has_dirty_io(me) || !list_empty(&me->bdi->work_list)) + wb_do_writeback(me, 0); + + spin_lock(&bdi_lock); + + /* + * Check if any existing bdi's have dirty data without + * a thread registered. If so, set that up. + */ + list_for_each_entry_safe(bdi, tmp, &bdi_list, bdi_list) { + if (bdi->wb.task) + continue; + if (list_empty(&bdi->work_list) && + !bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi)) + continue; + + bdi_add_default_flusher_task(bdi); + } + + set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); + + if (list_empty(&bdi_pending_list)) { + unsigned long wait; + + spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + wait = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10); + schedule_timeout(wait); + try_to_freeze(); + continue; + } + + __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); + + /* + * This is our real job - check for pending entries in + * bdi_pending_list, and create the tasks that got added + */ + bdi = list_entry(bdi_pending_list.next, struct backing_dev_info, + bdi_list); + list_del_init(&bdi->bdi_list); + spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + + wb = &bdi->wb; + wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_start_fn, wb, "flush-%s", + dev_name(bdi->dev)); + /* + * If task creation fails, then readd the bdi to + * the pending list and force writeout of the bdi + * from this forker thread. That will free some memory + * and we can try again. + */ + if (IS_ERR(wb->task)) { + wb->task = NULL; + + /* + * Add this 'bdi' to the back, so we get + * a chance to flush other bdi's to free + * memory. + */ + spin_lock(&bdi_lock); + list_add_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_pending_list); + spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + + bdi_flush_io(bdi); + } + } + + return 0; +} + +/* + * Add the default flusher task that gets created for any bdi + * that has dirty data pending writeout + */ +void static bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) +{ + if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) + return; + + /* + * Check with the helper whether to proceed adding a task. Will only + * abort if we two or more simultanous calls to + * bdi_add_default_flusher_task() occured, further additions will block + * waiting for previous additions to finish. + */ + if (!test_and_set_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state)) { + list_move_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_pending_list); + + /* + * We are now on the pending list, wake up bdi_forker_task() + * to finish the job and add us back to the active bdi_list + */ + wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task); + } +} + int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent, const char *fmt, ...) { @@ -213,13 +469,34 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent, goto exit; } - mutex_lock(&bdi_lock); + spin_lock(&bdi_lock); list_add_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list); - mutex_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); bdi->dev = dev; - bdi_debug_register(bdi, dev_name(dev)); + /* + * Just start the forker thread for our default backing_dev_info, + * and add other bdi's to the list. They will get a thread created + * on-demand when they need it. + */ + if (bdi_cap_flush_forker(bdi)) { + struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb; + + wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_forker_task, wb, "bdi-%s", + dev_name(dev)); + if (IS_ERR(wb->task)) { + wb->task = NULL; + ret = -ENOMEM; + + spin_lock(&bdi_lock); + list_del(&bdi->bdi_list); + spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + goto exit; + } + } + + bdi_debug_register(bdi, dev_name(dev)); exit: return ret; } @@ -231,17 +508,42 @@ int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_register_dev); -static void bdi_remove_from_list(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) +/* + * Remove bdi from the global list and shutdown any threads we have running + */ +static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { - mutex_lock(&bdi_lock); + struct bdi_writeback *wb; + + if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) + return; + + /* + * If setup is pending, wait for that to complete first + */ + wait_on_bit(&bdi->state, BDI_pending, bdi_sched_wait, + TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); + + /* + * Make sure nobody finds us on the bdi_list anymore + */ + spin_lock(&bdi_lock); list_del(&bdi->bdi_list); - mutex_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + + /* + * Finally, kill the kernel threads. We don't need to be RCU + * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility. + */ + list_for_each_entry(wb, &bdi->wb_list, list) + kthread_stop(wb->task); } void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { if (bdi->dev) { - bdi_remove_from_list(bdi); + if (!bdi_cap_flush_forker(bdi)) + bdi_wb_shutdown(bdi); bdi_debug_unregister(bdi); device_unregister(bdi->dev); bdi->dev = NULL; @@ -251,18 +553,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_unregister); int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { - int i; - int err; + int i, err; bdi->dev = NULL; bdi->min_ratio = 0; bdi->max_ratio = 100; bdi->max_prop_frac = PROP_FRAC_BASE; + spin_lock_init(&bdi->wb_lock); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->bdi_list); - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->b_io); - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->b_dirty); - INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->b_more_io); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->wb_list); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->work_list); + + bdi_wb_init(&bdi->wb, bdi); + + /* + * Just one thread support for now, hard code mask and count + */ + bdi->wb_mask = 1; + bdi->wb_cnt = 1; for (i = 0; i < NR_BDI_STAT_ITEMS; i++) { err = percpu_counter_init(&bdi->bdi_stat[i], 0); @@ -277,8 +586,6 @@ int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) err: while (i--) percpu_counter_destroy(&bdi->bdi_stat[i]); - - bdi_remove_from_list(bdi); } return err; @@ -289,9 +596,7 @@ void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { int i; - WARN_ON(!list_empty(&bdi->b_dirty)); - WARN_ON(!list_empty(&bdi->b_io)); - WARN_ON(!list_empty(&bdi->b_more_io)); + WARN_ON(bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi)); bdi_unregister(bdi); diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index f8341b6019b..25e7770309b 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -36,15 +36,6 @@ #include <linux/pagevec.h> /* - * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdflush/kupdate - * operation. We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for - * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has - * been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates - * the dirty each time it has written this many pages. - */ -#define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024 - -/* * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited * will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling. */ @@ -117,8 +108,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode); /* End of sysctl-exported parameters */ -static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages); - /* * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative writeout speeds. * @@ -326,7 +315,7 @@ int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio) { int ret = 0; - mutex_lock(&bdi_lock); + spin_lock(&bdi_lock); if (min_ratio > bdi->max_ratio) { ret = -EINVAL; } else { @@ -338,7 +327,7 @@ int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio) ret = -EINVAL; } } - mutex_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); return ret; } @@ -350,14 +339,14 @@ int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned max_ratio) if (max_ratio > 100) return -EINVAL; - mutex_lock(&bdi_lock); + spin_lock(&bdi_lock); if (bdi->min_ratio > max_ratio) { ret = -EINVAL; } else { bdi->max_ratio = max_ratio; bdi->max_prop_frac = (PROP_FRAC_BASE * max_ratio) / 100; } - mutex_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); return ret; } @@ -543,7 +532,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping) * up. */ if (bdi_nr_reclaimable > bdi_thresh) { - writeback_inodes(&wbc); + writeback_inodes_wbc(&wbc); pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write; get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, &bdi_thresh, bdi); @@ -572,7 +561,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping) if (pages_written >= write_chunk) break; /* We've done our duty */ - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); + schedule_timeout(1); } if (bdi_nr_reclaimable + bdi_nr_writeback < bdi_thresh && @@ -591,10 +580,18 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping) * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low. */ if ((laptop_mode && pages_written) || - (!laptop_mode && (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) - + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) - > background_thresh))) - pdflush_operation(background_writeout, 0); + (!laptop_mode && ((nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS)) + > background_thresh))) { + struct writeback_control wbc = { + .bdi = bdi, + .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, + .nr_to_write = nr_writeback, + }; + + + bdi_start_writeback(&wbc); + } } void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite) @@ -678,153 +675,35 @@ void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask) } } -/* - * writeback at least _min_pages, and keep writing until the amount of dirty - * memory is less than the background threshold, or until we're all clean. - */ -static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages) -{ - long min_pages = _min_pages; - struct writeback_control wbc = { - .bdi = NULL, - .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, - .older_than_this = NULL, - .nr_to_write = 0, - .nonblocking = 1, - .range_cyclic = 1, - }; - - for ( ; ; ) { - unsigned long background_thresh; - unsigned long dirty_thresh; - - get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL, NULL); - if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + - global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) < background_thresh - && min_pages <= 0) - break; - wbc.more_io = 0; - wbc.encountered_congestion = 0; - wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES; - wbc.pages_skipped = 0; - writeback_inodes(&wbc); - min_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write; - if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0 || wbc.pages_skipped > 0) { - /* Wrote less than expected */ - if (wbc.encountered_congestion || wbc.more_io) - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); - else - break; - } - } -} - -/* - * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back - * the whole world. Returns 0 if a pdflush thread was dispatched. Returns - * -1 if all pdflush threads were busy. - */ -int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages) -{ - if (nr_pages == 0) - nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + - global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS); - return pdflush_operation(background_writeout, nr_pages); -} - -static void wb_timer_fn(unsigned long unused); static void laptop_timer_fn(unsigned long unused); -static DEFINE_TIMER(wb_timer, wb_timer_fn, 0, 0); static DEFINE_TIMER(laptop_mode_wb_timer, laptop_timer_fn, 0, 0); /* - * Periodic writeback of "old" data. - * - * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the - * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code - * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are - * older than a specific point in time. - * - * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event - * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a - * one-second gap. - * - * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back - * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings. - */ -static void wb_kupdate(unsigned long arg) -{ - unsigned long oldest_jif; - unsigned long start_jif; - unsigned long next_jif; - long nr_to_write; - struct writeback_control wbc = { - .bdi = NULL, - .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, - .older_than_this = &oldest_jif, - .nr_to_write = 0, - .nonblocking = 1, - .for_kupdate = 1, - .range_cyclic = 1, - }; - - sync_supers(); - - oldest_jif = jiffies - msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10); - start_jif = jiffies; - next_jif = start_jif + msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10); - nr_to_write = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + - global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) + - (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused); - while (nr_to_write > 0) { - wbc.more_io = 0; - wbc.encountered_congestion = 0; - wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES; - writeback_inodes(&wbc); - if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0) { - if (wbc.encountered_congestion || wbc.more_io) - congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10); - else - break; /* All the old data is written */ - } - nr_to_write -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write; - } - if (time_before(next_jif, jiffies + HZ)) - next_jif = jiffies + HZ; - if (dirty_writeback_interval) - mod_timer(&wb_timer, next_jif); -} - -/* * sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs */ int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos) { proc_dointvec(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos); - if (dirty_writeback_interval) - mod_timer(&wb_timer, jiffies + - msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10)); - else - del_timer(&wb_timer); return 0; } -static void wb_timer_fn(unsigned long unused) -{ - if (pdflush_operation(wb_kupdate, 0) < 0) - mod_timer(&wb_timer, jiffies + HZ); /* delay 1 second */ -} - -static void laptop_flush(unsigned long unused) +static void do_laptop_sync(struct work_struct *work) { - sys_sync(); + wakeup_flusher_threads(0); + kfree(work); } static void laptop_timer_fn(unsigned long unused) { - pdflush_operation(laptop_flush, 0); + struct work_struct *work; + + work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC); + if (work) { + INIT_WORK(work, do_laptop_sync); + schedule_work(work); + } } /* @@ -907,8 +786,6 @@ void __init page_writeback_init(void) { int shift; - mod_timer(&wb_timer, - jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10)); writeback_set_ratelimit(); register_cpu_notifier(&ratelimit_nb); diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c index 94e86dd6954..ba8228e0a80 100644 --- a/mm/vmscan.c +++ b/mm/vmscan.c @@ -1720,7 +1720,7 @@ static unsigned long do_try_to_free_pages(struct zonelist *zonelist, */ if (total_scanned > sc->swap_cluster_max + sc->swap_cluster_max / 2) { - wakeup_pdflush(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned); + wakeup_flusher_threads(laptop_mode ? 0 : total_scanned); sc->may_writepage = 1; } |