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authorJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>2014-02-21 11:19:04 +0100
committerJan Kara <jack@suse.cz>2014-02-22 02:02:28 +0100
commit0dc83bd30b0bf5410c0933cfbbf8853248eff0a9 (patch)
tree66b8f3ebdd4a6c0de6f82e449c7e037170e26b81 /fs/fs-writeback.c
parent1362f4ea20fa63688ba6026e586d9746ff13a846 (diff)
downloadlinux-0dc83bd30b0bf5410c0933cfbbf8853248eff0a9.tar.bz2
Revert "writeback: do not sync data dirtied after sync start"
This reverts commit c4a391b53a72d2df4ee97f96f78c1d5971b47489. Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> has reported the commit may cause some inodes to be left out from sync(2). This is because we can call redirty_tail() for some inode (which sets i_dirtied_when to current time) after sync(2) has started or similarly requeue_inode() can set i_dirtied_when to current time if writeback had to skip some pages. The real problem is in the functions clobbering i_dirtied_when but fixing that isn't trivial so revert is a safer choice for now. CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # >= 3.13 Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/fs-writeback.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c33
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index e0259a163f98..d754e3cf99a8 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -40,18 +40,13 @@
struct wb_writeback_work {
long nr_pages;
struct super_block *sb;
- /*
- * Write only inodes dirtied before this time. Don't forget to set
- * older_than_this_is_set when you set this.
- */
- unsigned long older_than_this;
+ unsigned long *older_than_this;
enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
unsigned int tagged_writepages:1;
unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
unsigned int range_cyclic:1;
unsigned int for_background:1;
unsigned int for_sync:1; /* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
- unsigned int older_than_this_is_set:1;
enum wb_reason reason; /* why was writeback initiated? */
struct list_head list; /* pending work list */
@@ -252,10 +247,10 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
int do_sb_sort = 0;
int moved = 0;
- WARN_ON_ONCE(!work->older_than_this_is_set);
while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
- if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, work->older_than_this))
+ if (work->older_than_this &&
+ inode_dirtied_after(inode, *work->older_than_this))
break;
list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp);
moved++;
@@ -742,8 +737,6 @@ static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
.range_cyclic = 1,
.reason = reason,
- .older_than_this = jiffies,
- .older_than_this_is_set = 1,
};
spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
@@ -802,13 +795,12 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
{
unsigned long wb_start = jiffies;
long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
+ unsigned long oldest_jif;
struct inode *inode;
long progress;
- if (!work->older_than_this_is_set) {
- work->older_than_this = jiffies;
- work->older_than_this_is_set = 1;
- }
+ oldest_jif = jiffies;
+ work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
for (;;) {
@@ -842,10 +834,10 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
* safe.
*/
if (work->for_kupdate) {
- work->older_than_this = jiffies -
+ oldest_jif = jiffies -
msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
} else if (work->for_background)
- work->older_than_this = jiffies;
+ oldest_jif = jiffies;
trace_writeback_start(wb->bdi, work);
if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
@@ -1357,21 +1349,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb);
/**
* sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
- * @sb: the superblock
- * @older_than_this: timestamp
+ * @sb: the superblock
*
* This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
- * superblock that has been dirtied before given timestamp.
+ * super_block.
*/
-void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long older_than_this)
+void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
{
DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
struct wb_writeback_work work = {
.sb = sb,
.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
.nr_pages = LONG_MAX,
- .older_than_this = older_than_this,
- .older_than_this_is_set = 1,
.range_cyclic = 0,
.done = &done,
.reason = WB_REASON_SYNC,