writeback: make writeback_control.nr_to_write straight
authorWu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Thu, 5 May 2011 01:54:37 +0000 (19:54 -0600)
committerWu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Sun, 10 Jul 2011 05:09:01 +0000 (22:09 -0700)
Pass struct wb_writeback_work all the way down to writeback_sb_inodes(),
and initialize the struct writeback_control there.

struct writeback_control is basically designed to control writeback of a
single file, but we keep abuse it for writing multiple files in
writeback_sb_inodes() and its callers.

It immediately clean things up, e.g. suddenly wbc.nr_to_write vs
work->nr_pages starts to make sense, and instead of saving and restoring
pages_skipped in writeback_sb_inodes it can always start with a clean
zero value.

It also makes a neat IO pattern change: large dirty files are now
written in the full 4MB writeback chunk size, rather than whatever
remained quota in wbc->nr_to_write.

Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Proposed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
fs/btrfs/extent_io.c
fs/fs-writeback.c
include/linux/writeback.h
include/trace/events/writeback.h
mm/backing-dev.c
mm/page-writeback.c

index 7055d11..561262d 100644 (file)
@@ -2551,7 +2551,6 @@ int extent_write_full_page(struct extent_io_tree *tree, struct page *page,
        };
        struct writeback_control wbc_writepages = {
                .sync_mode      = wbc->sync_mode,
-               .older_than_this = NULL,
                .nr_to_write    = 64,
                .range_start    = page_offset(page) + PAGE_CACHE_SIZE,
                .range_end      = (loff_t)-1,
@@ -2584,7 +2583,6 @@ int extent_write_locked_range(struct extent_io_tree *tree, struct inode *inode,
        };
        struct writeback_control wbc_writepages = {
                .sync_mode      = mode,
-               .older_than_this = NULL,
                .nr_to_write    = nr_pages * 2,
                .range_start    = start,
                .range_end      = end + 1,
index 6caa982..2c947da 100644 (file)
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
+/*
+ * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/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     1024L
+
 /*
  * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
  */
 struct wb_writeback_work {
        long nr_pages;
        struct super_block *sb;
+       unsigned long *older_than_this;
        enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
        unsigned int tagged_writepages:1;
        unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
@@ -472,7 +482,6 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                         * No need to add it back to the LRU.
                         */
                        list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
-                       wbc->inodes_written++;
                }
        }
        inode_sync_complete(inode);
@@ -506,6 +515,31 @@ static bool pin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
        return false;
 }
 
+static long writeback_chunk_size(struct wb_writeback_work *work)
+{
+       long pages;
+
+       /*
+        * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
+        * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
+        * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
+        *
+        * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
+        *
+        *      wb_writeback()
+        *          writeback_sb_inodes()       <== called only once
+        *              write_cache_pages()     <== called once for each inode
+        *                   (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
+        *                   (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
+        */
+       if (work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || work->tagged_writepages)
+               pages = LONG_MAX;
+       else
+               pages = min(MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES, work->nr_pages);
+
+       return pages;
+}
+
 /*
  * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
  *
@@ -513,18 +547,30 @@ static bool pin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
  * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
  * in reverse order.
  *
- * Return 1, if the caller writeback routine should be
- * interrupted. Otherwise return 0.
+ * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written.
  */
-static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
-               struct writeback_control *wbc, bool only_this_sb)
+static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
+                               struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+                               struct wb_writeback_work *work)
 {
+       struct writeback_control wbc = {
+               .sync_mode              = work->sync_mode,
+               .tagged_writepages      = work->tagged_writepages,
+               .for_kupdate            = work->for_kupdate,
+               .for_background         = work->for_background,
+               .range_cyclic           = work->range_cyclic,
+               .range_start            = 0,
+               .range_end              = LLONG_MAX,
+       };
+       unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
+       long write_chunk;
+       long wrote = 0;  /* count both pages and inodes */
+
        while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
-               long pages_skipped;
                struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
 
                if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
-                       if (only_this_sb) {
+                       if (work->sb) {
                                /*
                                 * We only want to write back data for this
                                 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
@@ -539,7 +585,7 @@ static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                         * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
                         * pin the next superblock.
                         */
-                       return 0;
+                       break;
                }
 
                /*
@@ -553,12 +599,18 @@ static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                        requeue_io(inode, wb);
                        continue;
                }
-
                __iget(inode);
+               write_chunk = writeback_chunk_size(work);
+               wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
+               wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
+
+               writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
 
-               pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
-               writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, wbc);
-               if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
+               work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
+               wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
+               if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
+                       wrote++;
+               if (wbc.pages_skipped) {
                        /*
                         * writeback is not making progress due to locked
                         * buffers.  Skip this inode for now.
@@ -570,17 +622,25 @@ static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                iput(inode);
                cond_resched();
                spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
-               if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
-                       return 1;
+               /*
+                * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check
+                * background threshold and other termination conditions.
+                */
+               if (wrote) {
+                       if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
+                               break;
+                       if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
+                               break;
+               }
        }
-       /* b_io is empty */
-       return 1;
+       return wrote;
 }
 
-static void __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
-                                 struct writeback_control *wbc)
+static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+                                 struct wb_writeback_work *work)
 {
-       int ret = 0;
+       unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
+       long wrote = 0;
 
        while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
                struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
@@ -590,33 +650,37 @@ static void __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                        requeue_io(inode, wb);
                        continue;
                }
-               ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, false);
+               wrote += writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, work);
                drop_super(sb);
 
-               if (ret)
-                       break;
+               /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */
+               if (wrote) {
+                       if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL))
+                               break;
+                       if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
+                               break;
+               }
        }
        /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
+       return wrote;
 }
 
-void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
-               struct writeback_control *wbc)
+long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages)
 {
+       struct wb_writeback_work work = {
+               .nr_pages       = nr_pages,
+               .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+               .range_cyclic   = 1,
+       };
+
        spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
        if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
-               queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
-       __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, wbc);
+               queue_io(wb, NULL);
+       __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &work);
        spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
-}
 
-/*
- * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/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
+       return nr_pages - work.nr_pages;
+}
 
 static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
 {
@@ -646,42 +710,13 @@ static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                         struct wb_writeback_work *work)
 {
-       struct writeback_control wbc = {
-               .sync_mode              = work->sync_mode,
-               .tagged_writepages      = work->tagged_writepages,
-               .older_than_this        = NULL,
-               .for_kupdate            = work->for_kupdate,
-               .for_background         = work->for_background,
-               .range_cyclic           = work->range_cyclic,
-       };
+       long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
        unsigned long oldest_jif;
-       long wrote = 0;
-       long write_chunk = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
        struct inode *inode;
-
-       if (!wbc.range_cyclic) {
-               wbc.range_start = 0;
-               wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
-       }
-
-       /*
-        * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
-        * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
-        * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
-        *
-        * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
-        *
-        *      wb_writeback()
-        *          writeback_sb_inodes()       <== called only once
-        *              write_cache_pages()     <== called once for each inode
-        *                   (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
-        *                   (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
-        */
-       if (wbc.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc.tagged_writepages)
-               write_chunk = LONG_MAX;
+       long progress;
 
        oldest_jif = jiffies;
-       wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
+       work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
 
        spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
        for (;;) {
@@ -711,24 +746,17 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                if (work->for_kupdate) {
                        oldest_jif = jiffies -
                                msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
-                       wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
+                       work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
                }
 
-               wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
-               wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
-               wbc.inodes_written = 0;
-
-               trace_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc, wb->bdi);
+               trace_writeback_start(wb->bdi, work);
                if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
-                       queue_io(wb, wbc.older_than_this);
+                       queue_io(wb, work->older_than_this);
                if (work->sb)
-                       writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, &wbc, true);
+                       progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
                else
-                       __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
-               trace_wbc_writeback_written(&wbc, wb->bdi);
-
-               work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
-               wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
+                       progress = __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, work);
+               trace_writeback_written(wb->bdi, work);
 
                /*
                 * Did we write something? Try for more
@@ -738,9 +766,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long
                 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes.
                 */
-               if (wbc.nr_to_write < write_chunk)
-                       continue;
-               if (wbc.inodes_written)
+               if (progress)
                        continue;
                /*
                 * No more inodes for IO, bail
@@ -753,8 +779,8 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                 * we'll just busyloop.
                 */
                if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))  {
+                       trace_writeback_wait(wb->bdi, work);
                        inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
-                       trace_wbc_writeback_wait(&wbc, wb->bdi);
                        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
                        inode_wait_for_writeback(inode, wb);
                        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -762,7 +788,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
        }
        spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 
-       return wrote;
+       return nr_pages - work->nr_pages;
 }
 
 /*
index 2f1b512..df1b7f1 100644 (file)
@@ -24,12 +24,9 @@ enum writeback_sync_modes {
  */
 struct writeback_control {
        enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
-       unsigned long *older_than_this; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
-                                          older than this */
        long nr_to_write;               /* Write this many pages, and decrement
                                           this for each page written */
        long pages_skipped;             /* Pages which were not written */
-       long inodes_written;            /* # of inodes written (at least) */
 
        /*
         * For a_ops->writepages(): is start or end are non-zero then this is
@@ -56,8 +53,7 @@ void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr);
 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *);
 int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr);
 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
-void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
-               struct writeback_control *wbc);
+long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages);
 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait);
 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages);
 
index 205d149..3e7662a 100644 (file)
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(writeback_work_class, name, \
 DEFINE_WRITEBACK_WORK_EVENT(writeback_nothread);
 DEFINE_WRITEBACK_WORK_EVENT(writeback_queue);
 DEFINE_WRITEBACK_WORK_EVENT(writeback_exec);
+DEFINE_WRITEBACK_WORK_EVENT(writeback_start);
+DEFINE_WRITEBACK_WORK_EVENT(writeback_written);
+DEFINE_WRITEBACK_WORK_EVENT(writeback_wait);
 
 TRACE_EVENT(writeback_pages_written,
        TP_PROTO(long pages_written),
@@ -101,6 +104,30 @@ DEFINE_WRITEBACK_EVENT(writeback_bdi_register);
 DEFINE_WRITEBACK_EVENT(writeback_bdi_unregister);
 DEFINE_WRITEBACK_EVENT(writeback_thread_start);
 DEFINE_WRITEBACK_EVENT(writeback_thread_stop);
+DEFINE_WRITEBACK_EVENT(balance_dirty_start);
+DEFINE_WRITEBACK_EVENT(balance_dirty_wait);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(balance_dirty_written,
+
+       TP_PROTO(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, int written),
+
+       TP_ARGS(bdi, written),
+
+       TP_STRUCT__entry(
+               __array(char,   name, 32)
+               __field(int,    written)
+       ),
+
+       TP_fast_assign(
+               strncpy(__entry->name, dev_name(bdi->dev), 32);
+               __entry->written = written;
+       ),
+
+       TP_printk("bdi %s written %d",
+                 __entry->name,
+                 __entry->written
+       )
+);
 
 DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(wbc_class,
        TP_PROTO(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct backing_dev_info *bdi),
@@ -114,7 +141,6 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(wbc_class,
                __field(int, for_background)
                __field(int, for_reclaim)
                __field(int, range_cyclic)
-               __field(unsigned long, older_than_this)
                __field(long, range_start)
                __field(long, range_end)
        ),
@@ -128,14 +154,12 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(wbc_class,
                __entry->for_background = wbc->for_background;
                __entry->for_reclaim    = wbc->for_reclaim;
                __entry->range_cyclic   = wbc->range_cyclic;
-               __entry->older_than_this = wbc->older_than_this ?
-                                               *wbc->older_than_this : 0;
                __entry->range_start    = (long)wbc->range_start;
                __entry->range_end      = (long)wbc->range_end;
        ),
 
        TP_printk("bdi %s: towrt=%ld skip=%ld mode=%d kupd=%d "
-               "bgrd=%d reclm=%d cyclic=%d older=0x%lx "
+               "bgrd=%d reclm=%d cyclic=%d "
                "start=0x%lx end=0x%lx",
                __entry->name,
                __entry->nr_to_write,
@@ -145,7 +169,6 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(wbc_class,
                __entry->for_background,
                __entry->for_reclaim,
                __entry->range_cyclic,
-               __entry->older_than_this,
                __entry->range_start,
                __entry->range_end)
 )
@@ -154,12 +177,6 @@ DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(wbc_class,
 DEFINE_EVENT(wbc_class, name, \
        TP_PROTO(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct backing_dev_info *bdi), \
        TP_ARGS(wbc, bdi))
-DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writeback_start);
-DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writeback_written);
-DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writeback_wait);
-DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_balance_dirty_start);
-DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_balance_dirty_written);
-DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_balance_dirty_wait);
 DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writepage);
 
 TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io,
index 5f6553e..7ba303b 100644 (file)
@@ -260,18 +260,6 @@ 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 = {
-               .sync_mode              = WB_SYNC_NONE,
-               .older_than_this        = NULL,
-               .range_cyclic           = 1,
-               .nr_to_write            = 1024,
-       };
-
-       writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, &wbc);
-}
-
 /*
  * kupdated() used to do this. We cannot do it from the bdi_forker_thread()
  * or we risk deadlocking on ->s_umount. The longer term solution would be
@@ -457,9 +445,10 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
                        if (IS_ERR(task)) {
                                /*
                                 * If thread creation fails, force writeout of
-                                * the bdi from the thread.
+                                * the bdi from the thread. Hopefully 1024 is
+                                * large enough for efficient IO.
                                 */
-                               bdi_flush_io(bdi);
+                               writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, 1024);
                        } else {
                                /*
                                 * The spinlock makes sure we do not lose
index 1965d05..9d6ac2b 100644 (file)
@@ -491,13 +491,6 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
        struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 
        for (;;) {
-               struct writeback_control wbc = {
-                       .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
-                       .older_than_this = NULL,
-                       .nr_to_write    = write_chunk,
-                       .range_cyclic   = 1,
-               };
-
                nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
                                        global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
                nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
@@ -559,17 +552,17 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
                 * threshold otherwise wait until the disk writes catch
                 * up.
                 */
-               trace_wbc_balance_dirty_start(&wbc, bdi);
+               trace_balance_dirty_start(bdi);
                if (bdi_nr_reclaimable > bdi_thresh) {
-                       writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, &wbc);
-                       pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
-                       trace_wbc_balance_dirty_written(&wbc, bdi);
+                       pages_written += writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb,
+                                                            write_chunk);
+                       trace_balance_dirty_written(bdi, pages_written);
                        if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
                                break;          /* We've done our duty */
                }
-               trace_wbc_balance_dirty_wait(&wbc, bdi);
                __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
                io_schedule_timeout(pause);
+               trace_balance_dirty_wait(bdi);
 
                /*
                 * Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous