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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-08-28 10:57:14 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2020-08-28 10:57:14 -0700
commite30942859030199dab5ad73f95faac226133c639 (patch)
tree6145dd98f46be3eb43714bd6adce4f75762fcb0a
parent40129b8cb41704c98901e08c3edf8224b8af1b31 (diff)
parent5fcd57505c002efc5823a7355e21f48dd02d5a51 (diff)
downloadlinux-e30942859030199dab5ad73f95faac226133c639.tar.bz2
Merge tag 'writeback_for_v5.9-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs
Pull writeback fixes from Jan Kara: "Fixes for writeback code occasionally skipping writeback of some inodes or livelocking sync(2)" * tag 'writeback_for_v5.9-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs: writeback: Drop I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRE writeback: Fix sync livelock due to b_dirty_time processing writeback: Avoid skipping inode writeback writeback: Protect inode->i_io_list with inode->i_lock
-rw-r--r--fs/ext4/inode.c2
-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c103
-rw-r--r--fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c4
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h7
-rw-r--r--include/trace/events/writeback.h14
5 files changed, 67 insertions, 63 deletions
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 3a196d81f594..bf596467c234 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4901,7 +4901,7 @@ static void __ext4_update_other_inode_time(struct super_block *sb,
(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME)) {
struct ext4_inode_info *ei = EXT4_I(inode);
- inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED);
+ inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME;
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_lock(&ei->i_raw_lock);
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index a605c3dddabc..149227160ff0 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
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;
@@ -144,7 +143,9 @@ static void inode_io_list_del_locked(struct inode *inode,
struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
+ assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
+ inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC_QUEUED;
list_del_init(&inode->i_io_list);
wb_io_lists_depopulated(wb);
}
@@ -1122,7 +1123,9 @@ void inode_io_list_del(struct inode *inode)
struct bdi_writeback *wb;
wb = inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(inode_io_list_del);
@@ -1172,8 +1175,10 @@ void sb_clear_inode_writeback(struct inode *inode)
* the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
* out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
*/
-static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+static void redirty_tail_locked(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
+ assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock);
+
if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
struct inode *tail;
@@ -1182,6 +1187,14 @@ static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
}
inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty);
+ inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC_QUEUED;
+}
+
+static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+{
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
}
/*
@@ -1220,16 +1233,13 @@ static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
#define EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME 0x0001
/*
- * Move expired (dirtied before work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
+ * Move expired (dirtied before dirtied_before) dirty inodes from
* @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
*/
static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
- int flags,
- struct wb_writeback_work *work)
+ unsigned long dirtied_before)
{
- unsigned long *older_than_this = NULL;
- unsigned long expire_time;
LIST_HEAD(tmp);
struct list_head *pos, *node;
struct super_block *sb = NULL;
@@ -1237,21 +1247,15 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
int do_sb_sort = 0;
int moved = 0;
- if ((flags & EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME) == 0)
- older_than_this = work->older_than_this;
- else if (!work->for_sync) {
- expire_time = jiffies - (dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ);
- older_than_this = &expire_time;
- }
while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
- if (older_than_this &&
- inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
+ if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, dirtied_before))
break;
list_move(&inode->i_io_list, &tmp);
moved++;
- if (flags & EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME)
- set_bit(__I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED, &inode->i_state);
+ spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ inode->i_state |= I_SYNC_QUEUED;
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode->i_sb))
continue;
if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
@@ -1289,18 +1293,22 @@ out:
* |
* +--> dequeue for IO
*/
-static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work)
+static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work,
+ unsigned long dirtied_before)
{
int moved;
+ unsigned long time_expire_jif = dirtied_before;
assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
- moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, 0, work);
+ moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, dirtied_before);
+ if (!work->for_sync)
+ time_expire_jif = jiffies - dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ;
moved += move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty_time, &wb->b_io,
- EXPIRE_DIRTY_ATIME, work);
+ time_expire_jif);
if (moved)
wb_io_lists_populated(wb);
- trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, work, moved);
+ trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, work, dirtied_before, moved);
}
static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
@@ -1394,7 +1402,7 @@ static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
* writeback is not making progress due to locked
* buffers. Skip this inode for now.
*/
- redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+ redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
return;
}
@@ -1414,7 +1422,7 @@ static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
* retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
* that cannot be performed immediately.
*/
- redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+ redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
}
} else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
/*
@@ -1422,10 +1430,11 @@ static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
* such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata
* updates after data IO completion.
*/
- redirty_tail(inode, wb);
+ redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
} else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
inode_io_list_move_locked(inode, wb, &wb->b_dirty_time);
+ inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC_QUEUED;
} else {
/* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */
inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);
@@ -1472,18 +1481,14 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
- if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
- if ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) ||
- wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ||
- unlikely(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED) ||
- unlikely(time_after(jiffies,
- (inode->dirtied_time_when +
- dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ)))) {
- dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED;
- trace_writeback_lazytime(inode);
- }
- } else
- inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED;
+ if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) &&
+ ((dirty & I_DIRTY_INODE) ||
+ wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->for_sync ||
+ time_after(jiffies, inode->dirtied_time_when +
+ dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ))) {
+ dirty |= I_DIRTY_TIME;
+ trace_writeback_lazytime(inode);
+ }
inode->i_state &= ~dirty;
/*
@@ -1669,8 +1674,8 @@ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
*/
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) {
+ redirty_tail_locked(inode, wb);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- redirty_tail(inode, wb);
continue;
}
if ((inode->i_state & I_SYNC) && wbc.sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
@@ -1811,7 +1816,7 @@ static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
blk_start_plug(&plug);
spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
- queue_io(wb, &work);
+ queue_io(wb, &work, jiffies);
__writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &work);
spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
blk_finish_plug(&plug);
@@ -1831,7 +1836,7 @@ static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
* 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
+ * dirtied_before takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
* all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
*/
static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
@@ -1839,14 +1844,11 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
{
unsigned long wb_start = jiffies;
long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
- unsigned long oldest_jif;
+ unsigned long dirtied_before = jiffies;
struct inode *inode;
long progress;
struct blk_plug plug;
- oldest_jif = jiffies;
- work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
-
blk_start_plug(&plug);
spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
for (;;) {
@@ -1880,14 +1882,14 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
* safe.
*/
if (work->for_kupdate) {
- oldest_jif = jiffies -
+ dirtied_before = jiffies -
msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
} else if (work->for_background)
- oldest_jif = jiffies;
+ dirtied_before = jiffies;
trace_writeback_start(wb, work);
if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
- queue_io(wb, work);
+ queue_io(wb, work, dirtied_before);
if (work->sb)
progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
else
@@ -2289,11 +2291,12 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
inode->i_state |= flags;
/*
- * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
- * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
- * superblock list, based upon its state.
+ * If the inode is queued for writeback by flush worker, just
+ * update its dirty state. Once the flush worker is done with
+ * the inode it will place it on the appropriate superblock
+ * list, based upon its state.
*/
- if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
+ if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC_QUEUED)
goto out_unlock_inode;
/*
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
index e15129647e00..b7e222befb08 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_inode.c
@@ -110,9 +110,9 @@ xfs_trans_log_inode(
* to log the timestamps, or will clear already cleared fields in the
* worst case.
*/
- if (inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED)) {
+ if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_TIME) {
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
- inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_TIME | I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED);
+ inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_TIME;
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
}
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e019ea2f1347..7519ae003a08 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2132,6 +2132,10 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
*
* I_DONTCACHE Evict inode as soon as it is not used anymore.
*
+ * I_SYNC_QUEUED Inode is queued in b_io or b_more_io writeback lists.
+ * Used to detect that mark_inode_dirty() should not move
+ * inode between dirty lists.
+ *
* Q: What is the difference between I_WILL_FREE and I_FREEING?
*/
#define I_DIRTY_SYNC (1 << 0)
@@ -2149,12 +2153,11 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
#define I_DIO_WAKEUP (1 << __I_DIO_WAKEUP)
#define I_LINKABLE (1 << 10)
#define I_DIRTY_TIME (1 << 11)
-#define __I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED 12
-#define I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED (1 << __I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED)
#define I_WB_SWITCH (1 << 13)
#define I_OVL_INUSE (1 << 14)
#define I_CREATING (1 << 15)
#define I_DONTCACHE (1 << 16)
+#define I_SYNC_QUEUED (1 << 17)
#define I_DIRTY_INODE (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)
#define I_DIRTY (I_DIRTY_INODE | I_DIRTY_PAGES)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index 10f5d1fa7347..e7cbccc7c14c 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
{I_CLEAR, "I_CLEAR"}, \
{I_SYNC, "I_SYNC"}, \
{I_DIRTY_TIME, "I_DIRTY_TIME"}, \
- {I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED, "I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED"}, \
{I_REFERENCED, "I_REFERENCED"} \
)
@@ -498,8 +497,9 @@ DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writepage);
TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io,
TP_PROTO(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
struct wb_writeback_work *work,
+ unsigned long dirtied_before,
int moved),
- TP_ARGS(wb, work, moved),
+ TP_ARGS(wb, work, dirtied_before, moved),
TP_STRUCT__entry(
__array(char, name, 32)
__field(unsigned long, older)
@@ -509,19 +509,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io,
__field(ino_t, cgroup_ino)
),
TP_fast_assign(
- unsigned long *older_than_this = work->older_than_this;
strscpy_pad(__entry->name, bdi_dev_name(wb->bdi), 32);
- __entry->older = older_than_this ? *older_than_this : 0;
- __entry->age = older_than_this ?
- (jiffies - *older_than_this) * 1000 / HZ : -1;
+ __entry->older = dirtied_before;
+ __entry->age = (jiffies - dirtied_before) * 1000 / HZ;
__entry->moved = moved;
__entry->reason = work->reason;
__entry->cgroup_ino = __trace_wb_assign_cgroup(wb);
),
TP_printk("bdi %s: older=%lu age=%ld enqueue=%d reason=%s cgroup_ino=%lu",
__entry->name,
- __entry->older, /* older_than_this in jiffies */
- __entry->age, /* older_than_this in relative milliseconds */
+ __entry->older, /* dirtied_before in jiffies */
+ __entry->age, /* dirtied_before in relative milliseconds */
__entry->moved,
__print_symbolic(__entry->reason, WB_WORK_REASON),
(unsigned long)__entry->cgroup_ino