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-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c35
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index d67989b8ba44..c8471b3ddccf 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -775,12 +775,36 @@ long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
* Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
* wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
*/
-int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
{
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb = data;
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
unsigned long last_active = jiffies;
unsigned long wait_jiffies = -1UL;
long pages_written;
+ /*
+ * Add us to the active bdi_list
+ */
+ spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+ list_add_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+
+ current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
+ set_freezable();
+
+ /*
+ * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
+ */
+ set_user_nice(current, 0);
+
+ /*
+ * Clear pending bit and wakeup anybody waiting to tear us down
+ */
+ clear_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state);
+ smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+ wake_up_bit(&bdi->state, BDI_pending);
+
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);
@@ -813,9 +837,18 @@ int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
try_to_freeze();
}
+ wb->task = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * Flush any work that raced with us exiting. No new work
+ * will be added, since this bdi isn't discoverable anymore.
+ */
+ if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
+ wb_do_writeback(wb, 1);
return 0;
}
+
/*
* Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
* the whole world.