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-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c59
-rw-r--r--mm/backing-dev.c13
2 files changed, 58 insertions, 14 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 905f3ea38488..55f6e46e06f1 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -823,10 +823,16 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
continue;
}
- if (dirty_writeback_interval)
+ if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval)
schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
- else
+ else {
+ /*
+ * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
+ * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
+ * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
+ */
schedule();
+ }
try_to_freeze();
}
@@ -862,6 +868,26 @@ void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages)
rcu_read_unlock();
}
+/*
+ * This function is used when the first inode for this bdi is marked dirty. It
+ * wakes-up the corresponding bdi thread which should then take care of the
+ * periodic background write-out of dirty inodes.
+ */
+static void wakeup_bdi_thread(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ if (bdi->wb.task)
+ wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
+ else
+ /*
+ * When bdi tasks are inactive for long time, they are killed.
+ * In this case we have to wake-up the forker thread which
+ * should create and run the bdi thread.
+ */
+ wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+}
+
static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
{
if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
@@ -914,6 +940,8 @@ static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
{
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL;
+ bool wakeup_bdi = false;
/*
* Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
@@ -967,22 +995,31 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
* reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
*/
if (!was_dirty) {
- struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;
- struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
-
- if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi) &&
- !test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) {
- WARN_ON(1);
- printk(KERN_ERR "bdi-%s not registered\n",
- bdi->name);
+ bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);
+
+ if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
+ WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
+ "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);
+
+ /*
+ * If this is the first dirty inode for this
+ * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
+ * bdi thread to make sure background
+ * write-back happens later.
+ */
+ if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb))
+ wakeup_bdi = true;
}
inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_dirty);
+ list_move(&inode->i_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
}
}
out:
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+
+ if (wakeup_bdi)
+ wakeup_bdi_thread(bdi);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 9c1c199f88ce..a9a08d88a745 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -439,10 +439,17 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
break;
case NO_ACTION:
- if (dirty_writeback_interval)
- schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
+ if (!wb_has_dirty_io(me) || !dirty_writeback_interval)
+ /*
+ * There are no dirty data. The only thing we
+ * should now care about is checking for
+ * inactive bdi threads and killing them. Thus,
+ * let's sleep for longer time, save energy and
+ * be friendly for battery-driven devices.
+ */
+ schedule_timeout(bdi_longest_inactive());
else
- schedule();
+ schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
try_to_freeze();
/* Back to the main loop */
continue;