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1da177e4 1/*
f30c2269 2 * mm/page-writeback.c
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3 *
4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
04fbfdc1 5 * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc., Peter Zijlstra <pzijlstr@redhat.com>
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6 *
7 * Contains functions related to writing back dirty pages at the
8 * address_space level.
9 *
e1f8e874 10 * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
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11 * Initial version
12 */
13
14#include <linux/kernel.h>
15#include <linux/module.h>
16#include <linux/spinlock.h>
17#include <linux/fs.h>
18#include <linux/mm.h>
19#include <linux/swap.h>
20#include <linux/slab.h>
21#include <linux/pagemap.h>
22#include <linux/writeback.h>
23#include <linux/init.h>
24#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
55e829af 25#include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
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26#include <linux/blkdev.h>
27#include <linux/mpage.h>
d08b3851 28#include <linux/rmap.h>
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29#include <linux/percpu.h>
30#include <linux/notifier.h>
31#include <linux/smp.h>
32#include <linux/sysctl.h>
33#include <linux/cpu.h>
34#include <linux/syscalls.h>
cf9a2ae8 35#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
811d736f 36#include <linux/pagevec.h>
028c2dd1 37#include <trace/events/writeback.h>
1da177e4 38
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39/*
40 * Sleep at most 200ms at a time in balance_dirty_pages().
41 */
42#define MAX_PAUSE max(HZ/5, 1)
43
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44/*
45 * Estimate write bandwidth at 200ms intervals.
46 */
47#define BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL max(HZ/5, 1)
48
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49/*
50 * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited
51 * will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling.
52 */
53static long ratelimit_pages = 32;
54
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55/*
56 * When balance_dirty_pages decides that the caller needs to perform some
57 * non-background writeback, this is how many pages it will attempt to write.
3a2e9a5a 58 * It should be somewhat larger than dirtied pages to ensure that reasonably
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59 * large amounts of I/O are submitted.
60 */
3a2e9a5a 61static inline long sync_writeback_pages(unsigned long dirtied)
1da177e4 62{
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63 if (dirtied < ratelimit_pages)
64 dirtied = ratelimit_pages;
65
66 return dirtied + dirtied / 2;
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67}
68
69/* The following parameters are exported via /proc/sys/vm */
70
71/*
5b0830cb 72 * Start background writeback (via writeback threads) at this percentage
1da177e4 73 */
1b5e62b4 74int dirty_background_ratio = 10;
1da177e4 75
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76/*
77 * dirty_background_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
78 * dirty_background_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
79 */
80unsigned long dirty_background_bytes;
81
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82/*
83 * free highmem will not be subtracted from the total free memory
84 * for calculating free ratios if vm_highmem_is_dirtyable is true
85 */
86int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
87
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88/*
89 * The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
90 */
1b5e62b4 91int vm_dirty_ratio = 20;
1da177e4 92
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93/*
94 * vm_dirty_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
95 * vm_dirty_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
96 */
97unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes;
98
1da177e4 99/*
704503d8 100 * The interval between `kupdate'-style writebacks
1da177e4 101 */
22ef37ee 102unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval = 5 * 100; /* centiseconds */
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103
104/*
704503d8 105 * The longest time for which data is allowed to remain dirty
1da177e4 106 */
22ef37ee 107unsigned int dirty_expire_interval = 30 * 100; /* centiseconds */
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108
109/*
110 * Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings.
111 */
112int block_dump;
113
114/*
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115 * Flag that puts the machine in "laptop mode". Doubles as a timeout in jiffies:
116 * a full sync is triggered after this time elapses without any disk activity.
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117 */
118int laptop_mode;
119
120EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode);
121
122/* End of sysctl-exported parameters */
123
c42843f2 124unsigned long global_dirty_limit;
1da177e4 125
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126/*
127 * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative writeout speeds.
128 *
129 * We do this by keeping a floating proportion between BDIs, based on page
130 * writeback completions [end_page_writeback()]. Those devices that write out
131 * pages fastest will get the larger share, while the slower will get a smaller
132 * share.
133 *
134 * We use page writeout completions because we are interested in getting rid of
135 * dirty pages. Having them written out is the primary goal.
136 *
137 * We introduce a concept of time, a period over which we measure these events,
138 * because demand can/will vary over time. The length of this period itself is
139 * measured in page writeback completions.
140 *
141 */
142static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions;
3e26c149 143static struct prop_descriptor vm_dirties;
04fbfdc1 144
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145/*
146 * couple the period to the dirty_ratio:
147 *
148 * period/2 ~ roundup_pow_of_two(dirty limit)
149 */
150static int calc_period_shift(void)
151{
152 unsigned long dirty_total;
153
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154 if (vm_dirty_bytes)
155 dirty_total = vm_dirty_bytes / PAGE_SIZE;
156 else
157 dirty_total = (vm_dirty_ratio * determine_dirtyable_memory()) /
158 100;
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159 return 2 + ilog2(dirty_total - 1);
160}
161
162/*
2da02997 163 * update the period when the dirty threshold changes.
04fbfdc1 164 */
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165static void update_completion_period(void)
166{
167 int shift = calc_period_shift();
168 prop_change_shift(&vm_completions, shift);
169 prop_change_shift(&vm_dirties, shift);
170}
171
172int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
8d65af78 173 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
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174 loff_t *ppos)
175{
176 int ret;
177
8d65af78 178 ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
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179 if (ret == 0 && write)
180 dirty_background_bytes = 0;
181 return ret;
182}
183
184int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
8d65af78 185 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
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186 loff_t *ppos)
187{
188 int ret;
189
8d65af78 190 ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
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191 if (ret == 0 && write)
192 dirty_background_ratio = 0;
193 return ret;
194}
195
04fbfdc1 196int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
8d65af78 197 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
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198 loff_t *ppos)
199{
200 int old_ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
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201 int ret;
202
8d65af78 203 ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
04fbfdc1 204 if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_ratio != old_ratio) {
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205 update_completion_period();
206 vm_dirty_bytes = 0;
207 }
208 return ret;
209}
210
211
212int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
8d65af78 213 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
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214 loff_t *ppos)
215{
fc3501d4 216 unsigned long old_bytes = vm_dirty_bytes;
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217 int ret;
218
8d65af78 219 ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
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220 if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_bytes != old_bytes) {
221 update_completion_period();
222 vm_dirty_ratio = 0;
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223 }
224 return ret;
225}
226
227/*
228 * Increment the BDI's writeout completion count and the global writeout
229 * completion count. Called from test_clear_page_writeback().
230 */
231static inline void __bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
232{
f7d2b1ec 233 __inc_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITTEN);
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234 __prop_inc_percpu_max(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions,
235 bdi->max_prop_frac);
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236}
237
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238void bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
239{
240 unsigned long flags;
241
242 local_irq_save(flags);
243 __bdi_writeout_inc(bdi);
244 local_irq_restore(flags);
245}
246EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_writeout_inc);
247
1cf6e7d8 248void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk)
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249{
250 prop_inc_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties);
251}
252
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253/*
254 * Obtain an accurate fraction of the BDI's portion.
255 */
256static void bdi_writeout_fraction(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
257 long *numerator, long *denominator)
258{
3efaf0fa 259 prop_fraction_percpu(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions,
04fbfdc1 260 numerator, denominator);
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261}
262
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263static inline void task_dirties_fraction(struct task_struct *tsk,
264 long *numerator, long *denominator)
265{
266 prop_fraction_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties,
267 numerator, denominator);
268}
269
270/*
1babe183 271 * task_dirty_limit - scale down dirty throttling threshold for one task
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272 *
273 * task specific dirty limit:
274 *
275 * dirty -= (dirty/8) * p_{t}
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276 *
277 * To protect light/slow dirtying tasks from heavier/fast ones, we start
278 * throttling individual tasks before reaching the bdi dirty limit.
279 * Relatively low thresholds will be allocated to heavy dirtiers. So when
280 * dirty pages grow large, heavy dirtiers will be throttled first, which will
281 * effectively curb the growth of dirty pages. Light dirtiers with high enough
282 * dirty threshold may never get throttled.
3e26c149 283 */
bcff25fc 284#define TASK_LIMIT_FRACTION 8
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285static unsigned long task_dirty_limit(struct task_struct *tsk,
286 unsigned long bdi_dirty)
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287{
288 long numerator, denominator;
16c4042f 289 unsigned long dirty = bdi_dirty;
bcff25fc 290 u64 inv = dirty / TASK_LIMIT_FRACTION;
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291
292 task_dirties_fraction(tsk, &numerator, &denominator);
293 inv *= numerator;
294 do_div(inv, denominator);
295
296 dirty -= inv;
3e26c149 297
16c4042f 298 return max(dirty, bdi_dirty/2);
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299}
300
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301/* Minimum limit for any task */
302static unsigned long task_min_dirty_limit(unsigned long bdi_dirty)
303{
304 return bdi_dirty - bdi_dirty / TASK_LIMIT_FRACTION;
305}
306
189d3c4a 307/*
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308 * bdi_min_ratio keeps the sum of the minimum dirty shares of all
309 * registered backing devices, which, for obvious reasons, can not
310 * exceed 100%.
189d3c4a 311 */
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312static unsigned int bdi_min_ratio;
313
314int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio)
315{
316 int ret = 0;
189d3c4a 317
cfc4ba53 318 spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
a42dde04 319 if (min_ratio > bdi->max_ratio) {
189d3c4a 320 ret = -EINVAL;
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321 } else {
322 min_ratio -= bdi->min_ratio;
323 if (bdi_min_ratio + min_ratio < 100) {
324 bdi_min_ratio += min_ratio;
325 bdi->min_ratio += min_ratio;
326 } else {
327 ret = -EINVAL;
328 }
329 }
cfc4ba53 330 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
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331
332 return ret;
333}
334
335int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned max_ratio)
336{
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337 int ret = 0;
338
339 if (max_ratio > 100)
340 return -EINVAL;
341
cfc4ba53 342 spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
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343 if (bdi->min_ratio > max_ratio) {
344 ret = -EINVAL;
345 } else {
346 bdi->max_ratio = max_ratio;
347 bdi->max_prop_frac = (PROP_FRAC_BASE * max_ratio) / 100;
348 }
cfc4ba53 349 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
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350
351 return ret;
352}
a42dde04 353EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_set_max_ratio);
189d3c4a 354
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355/*
356 * Work out the current dirty-memory clamping and background writeout
357 * thresholds.
358 *
359 * The main aim here is to lower them aggressively if there is a lot of mapped
360 * memory around. To avoid stressing page reclaim with lots of unreclaimable
361 * pages. It is better to clamp down on writers than to start swapping, and
362 * performing lots of scanning.
363 *
364 * We only allow 1/2 of the currently-unmapped memory to be dirtied.
365 *
366 * We don't permit the clamping level to fall below 5% - that is getting rather
367 * excessive.
368 *
369 * We make sure that the background writeout level is below the adjusted
370 * clamping level.
371 */
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372
373static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total)
374{
375#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
376 int node;
377 unsigned long x = 0;
378
37b07e41 379 for_each_node_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY) {
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380 struct zone *z =
381 &NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM];
382
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383 x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) +
384 zone_reclaimable_pages(z);
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385 }
386 /*
387 * Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger
388 * than the number of the total dirtyable memory. This can only
389 * occur in very strange VM situations but we want to make sure
390 * that this does not occur.
391 */
392 return min(x, total);
393#else
394 return 0;
395#endif
396}
397
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398/**
399 * determine_dirtyable_memory - amount of memory that may be used
400 *
401 * Returns the numebr of pages that can currently be freed and used
402 * by the kernel for direct mappings.
403 */
404unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
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405{
406 unsigned long x;
407
adea02a1 408 x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_reclaimable_pages();
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409
410 if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable)
411 x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x);
412
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413 return x + 1; /* Ensure that we never return 0 */
414}
415
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416static unsigned long hard_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh)
417{
418 return max(thresh, global_dirty_limit);
419}
420
03ab450f 421/*
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422 * global_dirty_limits - background-writeback and dirty-throttling thresholds
423 *
424 * Calculate the dirty thresholds based on sysctl parameters
425 * - vm.dirty_background_ratio or vm.dirty_background_bytes
426 * - vm.dirty_ratio or vm.dirty_bytes
427 * The dirty limits will be lifted by 1/4 for PF_LESS_THROTTLE (ie. nfsd) and
ebd1373d 428 * real-time tasks.
1babe183 429 */
16c4042f 430void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty)
1da177e4 431{
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432 unsigned long background;
433 unsigned long dirty;
240c879f 434 unsigned long uninitialized_var(available_memory);
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435 struct task_struct *tsk;
436
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437 if (!vm_dirty_bytes || !dirty_background_bytes)
438 available_memory = determine_dirtyable_memory();
439
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440 if (vm_dirty_bytes)
441 dirty = DIV_ROUND_UP(vm_dirty_bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
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442 else
443 dirty = (vm_dirty_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
1da177e4 444
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445 if (dirty_background_bytes)
446 background = DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_background_bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
447 else
448 background = (dirty_background_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
1da177e4 449
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450 if (background >= dirty)
451 background = dirty / 2;
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452 tsk = current;
453 if (tsk->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE || rt_task(tsk)) {
454 background += background / 4;
455 dirty += dirty / 4;
456 }
457 *pbackground = background;
458 *pdirty = dirty;
e1cbe236 459 trace_global_dirty_state(background, dirty);
16c4042f 460}
04fbfdc1 461
6f718656 462/**
1babe183 463 * bdi_dirty_limit - @bdi's share of dirty throttling threshold
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464 * @bdi: the backing_dev_info to query
465 * @dirty: global dirty limit in pages
1babe183 466 *
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467 * Returns @bdi's dirty limit in pages. The term "dirty" in the context of
468 * dirty balancing includes all PG_dirty, PG_writeback and NFS unstable pages.
469 * And the "limit" in the name is not seriously taken as hard limit in
470 * balance_dirty_pages().
1babe183 471 *
6f718656 472 * It allocates high/low dirty limits to fast/slow devices, in order to prevent
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473 * - starving fast devices
474 * - piling up dirty pages (that will take long time to sync) on slow devices
475 *
476 * The bdi's share of dirty limit will be adapting to its throughput and
477 * bounded by the bdi->min_ratio and/or bdi->max_ratio parameters, if set.
478 */
479unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long dirty)
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480{
481 u64 bdi_dirty;
482 long numerator, denominator;
04fbfdc1 483
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484 /*
485 * Calculate this BDI's share of the dirty ratio.
486 */
487 bdi_writeout_fraction(bdi, &numerator, &denominator);
04fbfdc1 488
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489 bdi_dirty = (dirty * (100 - bdi_min_ratio)) / 100;
490 bdi_dirty *= numerator;
491 do_div(bdi_dirty, denominator);
04fbfdc1 492
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493 bdi_dirty += (dirty * bdi->min_ratio) / 100;
494 if (bdi_dirty > (dirty * bdi->max_ratio) / 100)
495 bdi_dirty = dirty * bdi->max_ratio / 100;
496
497 return bdi_dirty;
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498}
499
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500static void bdi_update_write_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
501 unsigned long elapsed,
502 unsigned long written)
503{
504 const unsigned long period = roundup_pow_of_two(3 * HZ);
505 unsigned long avg = bdi->avg_write_bandwidth;
506 unsigned long old = bdi->write_bandwidth;
507 u64 bw;
508
509 /*
510 * bw = written * HZ / elapsed
511 *
512 * bw * elapsed + write_bandwidth * (period - elapsed)
513 * write_bandwidth = ---------------------------------------------------
514 * period
515 */
516 bw = written - bdi->written_stamp;
517 bw *= HZ;
518 if (unlikely(elapsed > period)) {
519 do_div(bw, elapsed);
520 avg = bw;
521 goto out;
522 }
523 bw += (u64)bdi->write_bandwidth * (period - elapsed);
524 bw >>= ilog2(period);
525
526 /*
527 * one more level of smoothing, for filtering out sudden spikes
528 */
529 if (avg > old && old >= (unsigned long)bw)
530 avg -= (avg - old) >> 3;
531
532 if (avg < old && old <= (unsigned long)bw)
533 avg += (old - avg) >> 3;
534
535out:
536 bdi->write_bandwidth = bw;
537 bdi->avg_write_bandwidth = avg;
538}
539
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540/*
541 * The global dirtyable memory and dirty threshold could be suddenly knocked
542 * down by a large amount (eg. on the startup of KVM in a swapless system).
543 * This may throw the system into deep dirty exceeded state and throttle
544 * heavy/light dirtiers alike. To retain good responsiveness, maintain
545 * global_dirty_limit for tracking slowly down to the knocked down dirty
546 * threshold.
547 */
548static void update_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh, unsigned long dirty)
549{
550 unsigned long limit = global_dirty_limit;
551
552 /*
553 * Follow up in one step.
554 */
555 if (limit < thresh) {
556 limit = thresh;
557 goto update;
558 }
559
560 /*
561 * Follow down slowly. Use the higher one as the target, because thresh
562 * may drop below dirty. This is exactly the reason to introduce
563 * global_dirty_limit which is guaranteed to lie above the dirty pages.
564 */
565 thresh = max(thresh, dirty);
566 if (limit > thresh) {
567 limit -= (limit - thresh) >> 5;
568 goto update;
569 }
570 return;
571update:
572 global_dirty_limit = limit;
573}
574
575static void global_update_bandwidth(unsigned long thresh,
576 unsigned long dirty,
577 unsigned long now)
578{
579 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dirty_lock);
580 static unsigned long update_time;
581
582 /*
583 * check locklessly first to optimize away locking for the most time
584 */
585 if (time_before(now, update_time + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL))
586 return;
587
588 spin_lock(&dirty_lock);
589 if (time_after_eq(now, update_time + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)) {
590 update_dirty_limit(thresh, dirty);
591 update_time = now;
592 }
593 spin_unlock(&dirty_lock);
594}
595
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597 unsigned long thresh,
598 unsigned long dirty,
599 unsigned long bdi_thresh,
600 unsigned long bdi_dirty,
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601 unsigned long start_time)
602{
603 unsigned long now = jiffies;
604 unsigned long elapsed = now - bdi->bw_time_stamp;
605 unsigned long written;
606
607 /*
608 * rate-limit, only update once every 200ms.
609 */
610 if (elapsed < BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)
611 return;
612
613 written = percpu_counter_read(&bdi->bdi_stat[BDI_WRITTEN]);
614
615 /*
616 * Skip quiet periods when disk bandwidth is under-utilized.
617 * (at least 1s idle time between two flusher runs)
618 */
619 if (elapsed > HZ && time_before(bdi->bw_time_stamp, start_time))
620 goto snapshot;
621
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622 if (thresh)
623 global_update_bandwidth(thresh, dirty, now);
624
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625 bdi_update_write_bandwidth(bdi, elapsed, written);
626
627snapshot:
628 bdi->written_stamp = written;
629 bdi->bw_time_stamp = now;
630}
631
632static void bdi_update_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
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633 unsigned long thresh,
634 unsigned long dirty,
635 unsigned long bdi_thresh,
636 unsigned long bdi_dirty,
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637 unsigned long start_time)
638{
639 if (time_is_after_eq_jiffies(bdi->bw_time_stamp + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL))
640 return;
641 spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
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642 __bdi_update_bandwidth(bdi, thresh, dirty, bdi_thresh, bdi_dirty,
643 start_time);
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644 spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
645}
646
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647/*
648 * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
649 * data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
650 * the caller to perform writeback if the system is over `vm_dirty_ratio'.
5b0830cb
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651 * If we're over `background_thresh' then the writeback threads are woken to
652 * perform some writeout.
1da177e4 653 */
3a2e9a5a
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654static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
655 unsigned long write_chunk)
1da177e4 656{
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657 unsigned long nr_reclaimable, bdi_nr_reclaimable;
658 unsigned long nr_dirty; /* = file_dirty + writeback + unstable_nfs */
659 unsigned long bdi_dirty;
364aeb28
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660 unsigned long background_thresh;
661 unsigned long dirty_thresh;
662 unsigned long bdi_thresh;
bcff25fc
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663 unsigned long task_bdi_thresh;
664 unsigned long min_task_bdi_thresh;
1da177e4 665 unsigned long pages_written = 0;
87c6a9b2 666 unsigned long pause = 1;
e50e3720 667 bool dirty_exceeded = false;
bcff25fc 668 bool clear_dirty_exceeded = true;
1da177e4 669 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
e98be2d5 670 unsigned long start_time = jiffies;
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671
672 for (;;) {
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673 nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
674 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
7762741e 675 nr_dirty = nr_reclaimable + global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
5fce25a9 676
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677 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
678
679 /*
680 * Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot
681 * catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts
682 * when the bdi limits are ramping up.
683 */
7762741e 684 if (nr_dirty <= (background_thresh + dirty_thresh) / 2)
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685 break;
686
687 bdi_thresh = bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, dirty_thresh);
bcff25fc
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688 min_task_bdi_thresh = task_min_dirty_limit(bdi_thresh);
689 task_bdi_thresh = task_dirty_limit(current, bdi_thresh);
16c4042f 690
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691 /*
692 * In order to avoid the stacked BDI deadlock we need
693 * to ensure we accurately count the 'dirty' pages when
694 * the threshold is low.
695 *
696 * Otherwise it would be possible to get thresh+n pages
697 * reported dirty, even though there are thresh-m pages
698 * actually dirty; with m+n sitting in the percpu
699 * deltas.
700 */
bcff25fc 701 if (task_bdi_thresh < 2 * bdi_stat_error(bdi)) {
e50e3720 702 bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
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703 bdi_dirty = bdi_nr_reclaimable +
704 bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
e50e3720
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705 } else {
706 bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
7762741e
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707 bdi_dirty = bdi_nr_reclaimable +
708 bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
e50e3720 709 }
5fce25a9 710
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711 /*
712 * The bdi thresh is somehow "soft" limit derived from the
713 * global "hard" limit. The former helps to prevent heavy IO
714 * bdi or process from holding back light ones; The latter is
715 * the last resort safeguard.
716 */
bcff25fc 717 dirty_exceeded = (bdi_dirty > task_bdi_thresh) ||
7762741e 718 (nr_dirty > dirty_thresh);
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719 clear_dirty_exceeded = (bdi_dirty <= min_task_bdi_thresh) &&
720 (nr_dirty <= dirty_thresh);
e50e3720
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721
722 if (!dirty_exceeded)
04fbfdc1 723 break;
1da177e4 724
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725 if (!bdi->dirty_exceeded)
726 bdi->dirty_exceeded = 1;
1da177e4 727
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728 bdi_update_bandwidth(bdi, dirty_thresh, nr_dirty,
729 bdi_thresh, bdi_dirty, start_time);
e98be2d5 730
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731 /* Note: nr_reclaimable denotes nr_dirty + nr_unstable.
732 * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked
733 * filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been
734 * written to the server's write cache, but has not yet
735 * been flushed to permanent storage.
d7831a0b
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736 * Only move pages to writeback if this bdi is over its
737 * threshold otherwise wait until the disk writes catch
738 * up.
1da177e4 739 */
d46db3d5 740 trace_balance_dirty_start(bdi);
bcff25fc 741 if (bdi_nr_reclaimable > task_bdi_thresh) {
d46db3d5
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742 pages_written += writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb,
743 write_chunk);
744 trace_balance_dirty_written(bdi, pages_written);
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745 if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
746 break; /* We've done our duty */
04fbfdc1 747 }
d153ba64 748 __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
d25105e8 749 io_schedule_timeout(pause);
d46db3d5 750 trace_balance_dirty_wait(bdi);
87c6a9b2 751
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752 dirty_thresh = hard_dirty_limit(dirty_thresh);
753 /*
754 * max-pause area. If dirty exceeded but still within this
755 * area, no need to sleep for more than 200ms: (a) 8 pages per
756 * 200ms is typically more than enough to curb heavy dirtiers;
757 * (b) the pause time limit makes the dirtiers more responsive.
758 */
bb082295
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759 if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh &&
760 bdi_dirty < (task_bdi_thresh + bdi_thresh) / 2 &&
ffd1f609
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761 time_after(jiffies, start_time + MAX_PAUSE))
762 break;
87c6a9b2
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763
764 /*
765 * Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous
766 * default of taking a 100ms nap.
767 */
768 pause <<= 1;
769 if (pause > HZ / 10)
770 pause = HZ / 10;
1da177e4
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771 }
772
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773 /* Clear dirty_exceeded flag only when no task can exceed the limit */
774 if (clear_dirty_exceeded && bdi->dirty_exceeded)
04fbfdc1 775 bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0;
1da177e4
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776
777 if (writeback_in_progress(bdi))
5b0830cb 778 return;
1da177e4
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779
780 /*
781 * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
782 * starting background writeout, and then write out all the way down
783 * to the lower threshold. So slow writers cause minimal disk activity.
784 *
785 * In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
786 * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
787 */
788 if ((laptop_mode && pages_written) ||
e50e3720 789 (!laptop_mode && (nr_reclaimable > background_thresh)))
c5444198 790 bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi);
1da177e4
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791}
792
a200ee18 793void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite)
edc79b2a 794{
a200ee18 795 if (set_page_dirty(page) || page_mkwrite) {
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796 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
797
798 if (mapping)
799 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
800 }
801}
802
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803static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, bdp_ratelimits) = 0;
804
1da177e4 805/**
fa5a734e 806 * balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr - balance dirty memory state
67be2dd1 807 * @mapping: address_space which was dirtied
a580290c 808 * @nr_pages_dirtied: number of pages which the caller has just dirtied
1da177e4
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809 *
810 * Processes which are dirtying memory should call in here once for each page
811 * which was newly dirtied. The function will periodically check the system's
812 * dirty state and will initiate writeback if needed.
813 *
814 * On really big machines, get_writeback_state is expensive, so try to avoid
815 * calling it too often (ratelimiting). But once we're over the dirty memory
816 * limit we decrease the ratelimiting by a lot, to prevent individual processes
817 * from overshooting the limit by (ratelimit_pages) each.
818 */
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819void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
820 unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied)
1da177e4 821{
36715cef 822 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
fa5a734e
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823 unsigned long ratelimit;
824 unsigned long *p;
1da177e4 825
36715cef
WF
826 if (!bdi_cap_account_dirty(bdi))
827 return;
828
1da177e4 829 ratelimit = ratelimit_pages;
04fbfdc1 830 if (mapping->backing_dev_info->dirty_exceeded)
1da177e4
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831 ratelimit = 8;
832
833 /*
834 * Check the rate limiting. Also, we do not want to throttle real-time
835 * tasks in balance_dirty_pages(). Period.
836 */
fa5a734e 837 preempt_disable();
245b2e70 838 p = &__get_cpu_var(bdp_ratelimits);
fa5a734e
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839 *p += nr_pages_dirtied;
840 if (unlikely(*p >= ratelimit)) {
3a2e9a5a 841 ratelimit = sync_writeback_pages(*p);
fa5a734e
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842 *p = 0;
843 preempt_enable();
3a2e9a5a 844 balance_dirty_pages(mapping, ratelimit);
1da177e4
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845 return;
846 }
fa5a734e 847 preempt_enable();
1da177e4 848}
fa5a734e 849EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr);
1da177e4 850
232ea4d6 851void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
1da177e4 852{
364aeb28
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853 unsigned long background_thresh;
854 unsigned long dirty_thresh;
1da177e4
LT
855
856 for ( ; ; ) {
16c4042f 857 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
1da177e4
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858
859 /*
860 * Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
861 * allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
862 */
863 dirty_thresh += dirty_thresh / 10; /* wheeee... */
864
c24f21bd
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865 if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
866 global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
867 break;
8aa7e847 868 congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
369f2389
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869
870 /*
871 * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
872 * or progress in the filesystem. So we cannot just sit here
873 * waiting for IO to complete.
874 */
875 if ((gfp_mask & (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) != (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO))
876 break;
1da177e4
LT
877 }
878}
879
1da177e4
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880/*
881 * sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
882 */
883int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
8d65af78 884 void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
1da177e4 885{
8d65af78 886 proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
6423104b 887 bdi_arm_supers_timer();
1da177e4
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888 return 0;
889}
890
c2c4986e 891#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
31373d09 892void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
1da177e4 893{
31373d09
MG
894 struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *)data;
895 int nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
896 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
1da177e4 897
31373d09
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898 /*
899 * We want to write everything out, not just down to the dirty
900 * threshold
901 */
31373d09 902 if (bdi_has_dirty_io(&q->backing_dev_info))
c5444198 903 bdi_start_writeback(&q->backing_dev_info, nr_pages);
1da177e4
LT
904}
905
906/*
907 * We've spun up the disk and we're in laptop mode: schedule writeback
908 * of all dirty data a few seconds from now. If the flush is already scheduled
909 * then push it back - the user is still using the disk.
910 */
31373d09 911void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info *info)
1da177e4 912{
31373d09 913 mod_timer(&info->laptop_mode_wb_timer, jiffies + laptop_mode);
1da177e4
LT
914}
915
916/*
917 * We're in laptop mode and we've just synced. The sync's writes will have
918 * caused another writeback to be scheduled by laptop_io_completion.
919 * Nothing needs to be written back anymore, so we unschedule the writeback.
920 */
921void laptop_sync_completion(void)
922{
31373d09
MG
923 struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
924
925 rcu_read_lock();
926
927 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list)
928 del_timer(&bdi->laptop_mode_wb_timer);
929
930 rcu_read_unlock();
1da177e4 931}
c2c4986e 932#endif
1da177e4
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933
934/*
935 * If ratelimit_pages is too high then we can get into dirty-data overload
936 * if a large number of processes all perform writes at the same time.
937 * If it is too low then SMP machines will call the (expensive)
938 * get_writeback_state too often.
939 *
940 * Here we set ratelimit_pages to a level which ensures that when all CPUs are
941 * dirtying in parallel, we cannot go more than 3% (1/32) over the dirty memory
942 * thresholds before writeback cuts in.
943 *
944 * But the limit should not be set too high. Because it also controls the
945 * amount of memory which the balance_dirty_pages() caller has to write back.
946 * If this is too large then the caller will block on the IO queue all the
947 * time. So limit it to four megabytes - the balance_dirty_pages() caller
948 * will write six megabyte chunks, max.
949 */
950
2d1d43f6 951void writeback_set_ratelimit(void)
1da177e4 952{
40c99aae 953 ratelimit_pages = vm_total_pages / (num_online_cpus() * 32);
1da177e4
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954 if (ratelimit_pages < 16)
955 ratelimit_pages = 16;
956 if (ratelimit_pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE > 4096 * 1024)
957 ratelimit_pages = (4096 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
958}
959
26c2143b 960static int __cpuinit
1da177e4
LT
961ratelimit_handler(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long u, void *v)
962{
2d1d43f6 963 writeback_set_ratelimit();
aa0f0303 964 return NOTIFY_DONE;
1da177e4
LT
965}
966
74b85f37 967static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata ratelimit_nb = {
1da177e4
LT
968 .notifier_call = ratelimit_handler,
969 .next = NULL,
970};
971
972/*
dc6e29da
LT
973 * Called early on to tune the page writeback dirty limits.
974 *
975 * We used to scale dirty pages according to how total memory
976 * related to pages that could be allocated for buffers (by
977 * comparing nr_free_buffer_pages() to vm_total_pages.
978 *
979 * However, that was when we used "dirty_ratio" to scale with
980 * all memory, and we don't do that any more. "dirty_ratio"
981 * is now applied to total non-HIGHPAGE memory (by subtracting
982 * totalhigh_pages from vm_total_pages), and as such we can't
983 * get into the old insane situation any more where we had
984 * large amounts of dirty pages compared to a small amount of
985 * non-HIGHMEM memory.
986 *
987 * But we might still want to scale the dirty_ratio by how
988 * much memory the box has..
1da177e4
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989 */
990void __init page_writeback_init(void)
991{
04fbfdc1
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992 int shift;
993
2d1d43f6 994 writeback_set_ratelimit();
1da177e4 995 register_cpu_notifier(&ratelimit_nb);
04fbfdc1
PZ
996
997 shift = calc_period_shift();
998 prop_descriptor_init(&vm_completions, shift);
3e26c149 999 prop_descriptor_init(&vm_dirties, shift);
1da177e4
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1000}
1001
f446daae
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1002/**
1003 * tag_pages_for_writeback - tag pages to be written by write_cache_pages
1004 * @mapping: address space structure to write
1005 * @start: starting page index
1006 * @end: ending page index (inclusive)
1007 *
1008 * This function scans the page range from @start to @end (inclusive) and tags
1009 * all pages that have DIRTY tag set with a special TOWRITE tag. The idea is
1010 * that write_cache_pages (or whoever calls this function) will then use
1011 * TOWRITE tag to identify pages eligible for writeback. This mechanism is
1012 * used to avoid livelocking of writeback by a process steadily creating new
1013 * dirty pages in the file (thus it is important for this function to be quick
1014 * so that it can tag pages faster than a dirtying process can create them).
1015 */
1016/*
1017 * We tag pages in batches of WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH to reduce tree_lock latency.
1018 */
f446daae
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1019void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
1020 pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
1021{
3c111a07 1022#define WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH 4096
f446daae
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1023 unsigned long tagged;
1024
1025 do {
1026 spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
1027 tagged = radix_tree_range_tag_if_tagged(&mapping->page_tree,
1028 &start, end, WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH,
1029 PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY, PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE);
1030 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
1031 WARN_ON_ONCE(tagged > WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH);
1032 cond_resched();
d5ed3a4a
JK
1033 /* We check 'start' to handle wrapping when end == ~0UL */
1034 } while (tagged >= WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH && start);
f446daae
JK
1035}
1036EXPORT_SYMBOL(tag_pages_for_writeback);
1037
811d736f 1038/**
0ea97180 1039 * write_cache_pages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and write all of them.
811d736f
DH
1040 * @mapping: address space structure to write
1041 * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
0ea97180
MS
1042 * @writepage: function called for each page
1043 * @data: data passed to writepage function
811d736f 1044 *
0ea97180 1045 * If a page is already under I/O, write_cache_pages() skips it, even
811d736f
DH
1046 * if it's dirty. This is desirable behaviour for memory-cleaning writeback,
1047 * but it is INCORRECT for data-integrity system calls such as fsync(). fsync()
1048 * and msync() need to guarantee that all the data which was dirty at the time
1049 * the call was made get new I/O started against them. If wbc->sync_mode is
1050 * WB_SYNC_ALL then we were called for data integrity and we must wait for
1051 * existing IO to complete.
f446daae
JK
1052 *
1053 * To avoid livelocks (when other process dirties new pages), we first tag
1054 * pages which should be written back with TOWRITE tag and only then start
1055 * writing them. For data-integrity sync we have to be careful so that we do
1056 * not miss some pages (e.g., because some other process has cleared TOWRITE
1057 * tag we set). The rule we follow is that TOWRITE tag can be cleared only
1058 * by the process clearing the DIRTY tag (and submitting the page for IO).
811d736f 1059 */
0ea97180
MS
1060int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
1061 struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage,
1062 void *data)
811d736f 1063{
811d736f
DH
1064 int ret = 0;
1065 int done = 0;
811d736f
DH
1066 struct pagevec pvec;
1067 int nr_pages;
31a12666 1068 pgoff_t uninitialized_var(writeback_index);
811d736f
DH
1069 pgoff_t index;
1070 pgoff_t end; /* Inclusive */
bd19e012 1071 pgoff_t done_index;
31a12666 1072 int cycled;
811d736f 1073 int range_whole = 0;
f446daae 1074 int tag;
811d736f 1075
811d736f
DH
1076 pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
1077 if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
31a12666
NP
1078 writeback_index = mapping->writeback_index; /* prev offset */
1079 index = writeback_index;
1080 if (index == 0)
1081 cycled = 1;
1082 else
1083 cycled = 0;
811d736f
DH
1084 end = -1;
1085 } else {
1086 index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
1087 end = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
1088 if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
1089 range_whole = 1;
31a12666 1090 cycled = 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */
811d736f 1091 }
6e6938b6 1092 if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
f446daae
JK
1093 tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE;
1094 else
1095 tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY;
811d736f 1096retry:
6e6938b6 1097 if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
f446daae 1098 tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, index, end);
bd19e012 1099 done_index = index;
5a3d5c98
NP
1100 while (!done && (index <= end)) {
1101 int i;
1102
f446daae 1103 nr_pages = pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec, mapping, &index, tag,
5a3d5c98
NP
1104 min(end - index, (pgoff_t)PAGEVEC_SIZE-1) + 1);
1105 if (nr_pages == 0)
1106 break;
811d736f 1107
811d736f
DH
1108 for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
1109 struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
1110
1111 /*
d5482cdf
NP
1112 * At this point, the page may be truncated or
1113 * invalidated (changing page->mapping to NULL), or
1114 * even swizzled back from swapper_space to tmpfs file
1115 * mapping. However, page->index will not change
1116 * because we have a reference on the page.
811d736f 1117 */
d5482cdf
NP
1118 if (page->index > end) {
1119 /*
1120 * can't be range_cyclic (1st pass) because
1121 * end == -1 in that case.
1122 */
1123 done = 1;
1124 break;
1125 }
1126
cf15b07c 1127 done_index = page->index;
d5482cdf 1128
811d736f
DH
1129 lock_page(page);
1130
5a3d5c98
NP
1131 /*
1132 * Page truncated or invalidated. We can freely skip it
1133 * then, even for data integrity operations: the page
1134 * has disappeared concurrently, so there could be no
1135 * real expectation of this data interity operation
1136 * even if there is now a new, dirty page at the same
1137 * pagecache address.
1138 */
811d736f 1139 if (unlikely(page->mapping != mapping)) {
5a3d5c98 1140continue_unlock:
811d736f
DH
1141 unlock_page(page);
1142 continue;
1143 }
1144
515f4a03
NP
1145 if (!PageDirty(page)) {
1146 /* someone wrote it for us */
1147 goto continue_unlock;
1148 }
1149
1150 if (PageWriteback(page)) {
1151 if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE)
1152 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
1153 else
1154 goto continue_unlock;
1155 }
811d736f 1156
515f4a03
NP
1157 BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));
1158 if (!clear_page_dirty_for_io(page))
5a3d5c98 1159 goto continue_unlock;
811d736f 1160
9e094383 1161 trace_wbc_writepage(wbc, mapping->backing_dev_info);
0ea97180 1162 ret = (*writepage)(page, wbc, data);
00266770
NP
1163 if (unlikely(ret)) {
1164 if (ret == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
1165 unlock_page(page);
1166 ret = 0;
1167 } else {
1168 /*
1169 * done_index is set past this page,
1170 * so media errors will not choke
1171 * background writeout for the entire
1172 * file. This has consequences for
1173 * range_cyclic semantics (ie. it may
1174 * not be suitable for data integrity
1175 * writeout).
1176 */
cf15b07c 1177 done_index = page->index + 1;
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1178 done = 1;
1179 break;
1180 }
0b564927 1181 }
00266770 1182
546a1924
DC
1183 /*
1184 * We stop writing back only if we are not doing
1185 * integrity sync. In case of integrity sync we have to
1186 * keep going until we have written all the pages
1187 * we tagged for writeback prior to entering this loop.
1188 */
1189 if (--wbc->nr_to_write <= 0 &&
1190 wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
1191 done = 1;
1192 break;
05fe478d 1193 }
811d736f
DH
1194 }
1195 pagevec_release(&pvec);
1196 cond_resched();
1197 }
3a4c6800 1198 if (!cycled && !done) {
811d736f 1199 /*
31a12666 1200 * range_cyclic:
811d736f
DH
1201 * We hit the last page and there is more work to be done: wrap
1202 * back to the start of the file
1203 */
31a12666 1204 cycled = 1;
811d736f 1205 index = 0;
31a12666 1206 end = writeback_index - 1;
811d736f
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1207 goto retry;
1208 }
0b564927
DC
1209 if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
1210 mapping->writeback_index = done_index;
06d6cf69 1211
811d736f
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1212 return ret;
1213}
0ea97180
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1214EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_cache_pages);
1215
1216/*
1217 * Function used by generic_writepages to call the real writepage
1218 * function and set the mapping flags on error
1219 */
1220static int __writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
1221 void *data)
1222{
1223 struct address_space *mapping = data;
1224 int ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, wbc);
1225 mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
1226 return ret;
1227}
1228
1229/**
1230 * generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and writepage() all of them.
1231 * @mapping: address space structure to write
1232 * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
1233 *
1234 * This is a library function, which implements the writepages()
1235 * address_space_operation.
1236 */
1237int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
1238 struct writeback_control *wbc)
1239{
9b6096a6
SL
1240 struct blk_plug plug;
1241 int ret;
1242
0ea97180
MS
1243 /* deal with chardevs and other special file */
1244 if (!mapping->a_ops->writepage)
1245 return 0;
1246
9b6096a6
SL
1247 blk_start_plug(&plug);
1248 ret = write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, __writepage, mapping);
1249 blk_finish_plug(&plug);
1250 return ret;
0ea97180 1251}
811d736f
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1252
1253EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_writepages);
1254
1da177e4
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1255int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
1256{
22905f77
AM
1257 int ret;
1258
1da177e4
LT
1259 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
1260 return 0;
1261 if (mapping->a_ops->writepages)
d08b3851 1262 ret = mapping->a_ops->writepages(mapping, wbc);
22905f77
AM
1263 else
1264 ret = generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
22905f77 1265 return ret;
1da177e4
LT
1266}
1267
1268/**
1269 * write_one_page - write out a single page and optionally wait on I/O
67be2dd1
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1270 * @page: the page to write
1271 * @wait: if true, wait on writeout
1da177e4
LT
1272 *
1273 * The page must be locked by the caller and will be unlocked upon return.
1274 *
1275 * write_one_page() returns a negative error code if I/O failed.
1276 */
1277int write_one_page(struct page *page, int wait)
1278{
1279 struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
1280 int ret = 0;
1281 struct writeback_control wbc = {
1282 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
1283 .nr_to_write = 1,
1284 };
1285
1286 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
1287
1288 if (wait)
1289 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
1290
1291 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
1292 page_cache_get(page);
1293 ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
1294 if (ret == 0 && wait) {
1295 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
1296 if (PageError(page))
1297 ret = -EIO;
1298 }
1299 page_cache_release(page);
1300 } else {
1301 unlock_page(page);
1302 }
1303 return ret;
1304}
1305EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_one_page);
1306
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1307/*
1308 * For address_spaces which do not use buffers nor write back.
1309 */
1310int __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(struct page *page)
1311{
1312 if (!PageDirty(page))
c3f0da63 1313 return !TestSetPageDirty(page);
76719325
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1314 return 0;
1315}
1316
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1317/*
1318 * Helper function for set_page_dirty family.
1319 * NOTE: This relies on being atomic wrt interrupts.
1320 */
1321void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
1322{
1323 if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
1324 __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
ea941f0e 1325 __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_DIRTIED);
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1326 __inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
1327 task_dirty_inc(current);
1328 task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
1329 }
1330}
679ceace 1331EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_dirtied);
e3a7cca1 1332
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1333/*
1334 * Helper function for set_page_writeback family.
1335 * NOTE: Unlike account_page_dirtied this does not rely on being atomic
1336 * wrt interrupts.
1337 */
1338void account_page_writeback(struct page *page)
1339{
1340 inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
1341}
1342EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_writeback);
1343
1da177e4
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1344/*
1345 * For address_spaces which do not use buffers. Just tag the page as dirty in
1346 * its radix tree.
1347 *
1348 * This is also used when a single buffer is being dirtied: we want to set the
1349 * page dirty in that case, but not all the buffers. This is a "bottom-up"
1350 * dirtying, whereas __set_page_dirty_buffers() is a "top-down" dirtying.
1351 *
1352 * Most callers have locked the page, which pins the address_space in memory.
1353 * But zap_pte_range() does not lock the page, however in that case the
1354 * mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference.
1355 *
1356 * We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the
183ff22b 1357 * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() inside tree_lock.
1da177e4
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1358 */
1359int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page)
1360{
1da177e4
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1361 if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
1362 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
1363 struct address_space *mapping2;
1364
8c08540f
AM
1365 if (!mapping)
1366 return 1;
1367
19fd6231 1368 spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
8c08540f
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1369 mapping2 = page_mapping(page);
1370 if (mapping2) { /* Race with truncate? */
1371 BUG_ON(mapping2 != mapping);
787d2214 1372 WARN_ON_ONCE(!PagePrivate(page) && !PageUptodate(page));
e3a7cca1 1373 account_page_dirtied(page, mapping);
8c08540f
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1374 radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
1375 page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
1376 }
19fd6231 1377 spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
8c08540f
AM
1378 if (mapping->host) {
1379 /* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
1380 __mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
1da177e4 1381 }
4741c9fd 1382 return 1;
1da177e4 1383 }
4741c9fd 1384 return 0;
1da177e4
LT
1385}
1386EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_nobuffers);
1387
1388/*
1389 * When a writepage implementation decides that it doesn't want to write this
1390 * page for some reason, it should redirty the locked page via
1391 * redirty_page_for_writepage() and it should then unlock the page and return 0
1392 */
1393int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page)
1394{
1395 wbc->pages_skipped++;
1396 return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
1397}
1398EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage);
1399
1400/*
6746aff7
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1401 * Dirty a page.
1402 *
1403 * For pages with a mapping this should be done under the page lock
1404 * for the benefit of asynchronous memory errors who prefer a consistent
1405 * dirty state. This rule can be broken in some special cases,
1406 * but should be better not to.
1407 *
1da177e4
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1408 * If the mapping doesn't provide a set_page_dirty a_op, then
1409 * just fall through and assume that it wants buffer_heads.
1410 */
1cf6e7d8 1411int set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
1da177e4
LT
1412{
1413 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
1414
1415 if (likely(mapping)) {
1416 int (*spd)(struct page *) = mapping->a_ops->set_page_dirty;
278df9f4
MK
1417 /*
1418 * readahead/lru_deactivate_page could remain
1419 * PG_readahead/PG_reclaim due to race with end_page_writeback
1420 * About readahead, if the page is written, the flags would be
1421 * reset. So no problem.
1422 * About lru_deactivate_page, if the page is redirty, the flag
1423 * will be reset. So no problem. but if the page is used by readahead
1424 * it will confuse readahead and make it restart the size rampup
1425 * process. But it's a trivial problem.
1426 */
1427 ClearPageReclaim(page);
9361401e
DH
1428#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
1429 if (!spd)
1430 spd = __set_page_dirty_buffers;
1431#endif
1432 return (*spd)(page);
1da177e4 1433 }
4741c9fd
AM
1434 if (!PageDirty(page)) {
1435 if (!TestSetPageDirty(page))
1436 return 1;
1437 }
1da177e4
LT
1438 return 0;
1439}
1440EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty);
1441
1442/*
1443 * set_page_dirty() is racy if the caller has no reference against
1444 * page->mapping->host, and if the page is unlocked. This is because another
1445 * CPU could truncate the page off the mapping and then free the mapping.
1446 *
1447 * Usually, the page _is_ locked, or the caller is a user-space process which
1448 * holds a reference on the inode by having an open file.
1449 *
1450 * In other cases, the page should be locked before running set_page_dirty().
1451 */
1452int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page)
1453{
1454 int ret;
1455
7eaceacc 1456 lock_page(page);
1da177e4
LT
1457 ret = set_page_dirty(page);
1458 unlock_page(page);
1459 return ret;
1460}
1461EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty_lock);
1462
1da177e4
LT
1463/*
1464 * Clear a page's dirty flag, while caring for dirty memory accounting.
1465 * Returns true if the page was previously dirty.
1466 *
1467 * This is for preparing to put the page under writeout. We leave the page
1468 * tagged as dirty in the radix tree so that a concurrent write-for-sync
1469 * can discover it via a PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY walk. The ->writepage
1470 * implementation will run either set_page_writeback() or set_page_dirty(),
1471 * at which stage we bring the page's dirty flag and radix-tree dirty tag
1472 * back into sync.
1473 *
1474 * This incoherency between the page's dirty flag and radix-tree tag is
1475 * unfortunate, but it only exists while the page is locked.
1476 */
1477int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
1478{
1479 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
1480
79352894
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1481 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
1482
7658cc28
LT
1483 if (mapping && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
1484 /*
1485 * Yes, Virginia, this is indeed insane.
1486 *
1487 * We use this sequence to make sure that
1488 * (a) we account for dirty stats properly
1489 * (b) we tell the low-level filesystem to
1490 * mark the whole page dirty if it was
1491 * dirty in a pagetable. Only to then
1492 * (c) clean the page again and return 1 to
1493 * cause the writeback.
1494 *
1495 * This way we avoid all nasty races with the
1496 * dirty bit in multiple places and clearing
1497 * them concurrently from different threads.
1498 *
1499 * Note! Normally the "set_page_dirty(page)"
1500 * has no effect on the actual dirty bit - since
1501 * that will already usually be set. But we
1502 * need the side effects, and it can help us
1503 * avoid races.
1504 *
1505 * We basically use the page "master dirty bit"
1506 * as a serialization point for all the different
1507 * threads doing their things.
7658cc28
LT
1508 */
1509 if (page_mkclean(page))
1510 set_page_dirty(page);
79352894
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1511 /*
1512 * We carefully synchronise fault handlers against
1513 * installing a dirty pte and marking the page dirty
1514 * at this point. We do this by having them hold the
1515 * page lock at some point after installing their
1516 * pte, but before marking the page dirty.
1517 * Pages are always locked coming in here, so we get
1518 * the desired exclusion. See mm/memory.c:do_wp_page()
1519 * for more comments.
1520 */
7658cc28 1521 if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
8c08540f 1522 dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
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1523 dec_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info,
1524 BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
7658cc28 1525 return 1;
1da177e4 1526 }
7658cc28 1527 return 0;
1da177e4 1528 }
7658cc28 1529 return TestClearPageDirty(page);
1da177e4 1530}
58bb01a9 1531EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io);
1da177e4
LT
1532
1533int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
1534{
1535 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
1536 int ret;
1537
1538 if (mapping) {
69cb51d1 1539 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
1da177e4
LT
1540 unsigned long flags;
1541
19fd6231 1542 spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
1da177e4 1543 ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
69cb51d1 1544 if (ret) {
1da177e4
LT
1545 radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
1546 page_index(page),
1547 PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
e4ad08fe 1548 if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi)) {
69cb51d1 1549 __dec_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
04fbfdc1
PZ
1550 __bdi_writeout_inc(bdi);
1551 }
69cb51d1 1552 }
19fd6231 1553 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
1da177e4
LT
1554 } else {
1555 ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
1556 }
99b12e3d 1557 if (ret) {
d688abf5 1558 dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
99b12e3d
WF
1559 inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITTEN);
1560 }
1da177e4
LT
1561 return ret;
1562}
1563
1564int test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page)
1565{
1566 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
1567 int ret;
1568
1569 if (mapping) {
69cb51d1 1570 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
1da177e4
LT
1571 unsigned long flags;
1572
19fd6231 1573 spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
1da177e4 1574 ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
69cb51d1 1575 if (!ret) {
1da177e4
LT
1576 radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
1577 page_index(page),
1578 PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
e4ad08fe 1579 if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi))
69cb51d1
PZ
1580 __inc_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
1581 }
1da177e4
LT
1582 if (!PageDirty(page))
1583 radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
1584 page_index(page),
1585 PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
f446daae
JK
1586 radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
1587 page_index(page),
1588 PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE);
19fd6231 1589 spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
1da177e4
LT
1590 } else {
1591 ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
1592 }
d688abf5 1593 if (!ret)
f629d1c9 1594 account_page_writeback(page);
1da177e4
LT
1595 return ret;
1596
1597}
1598EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_set_page_writeback);
1599
1600/*
00128188 1601 * Return true if any of the pages in the mapping are marked with the
1da177e4
LT
1602 * passed tag.
1603 */
1604int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag)
1605{
72c47832 1606 return radix_tree_tagged(&mapping->page_tree, tag);
1da177e4
LT
1607}
1608EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged);
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