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diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 6f163e0f0509..7f3fa79f25c0 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
#include <linux/wait.h>
#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/kthread.h>
+#include <linux/freezer.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/writeback.h>
@@ -22,8 +25,18 @@ struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = {
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_backing_dev_info);
static struct class *bdi_class;
-DEFINE_MUTEX(bdi_lock);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bdi_lock);
LIST_HEAD(bdi_list);
+LIST_HEAD(bdi_pending_list);
+
+static struct task_struct *sync_supers_tsk;
+static struct timer_list sync_supers_timer;
+
+static int bdi_sync_supers(void *);
+static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long);
+static void arm_supers_timer(void);
+
+static void bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
#ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_FS
#include <linux/debugfs.h>
@@ -187,6 +200,13 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
{
int err;
+ sync_supers_tsk = kthread_run(bdi_sync_supers, NULL, "sync_supers");
+ BUG_ON(IS_ERR(sync_supers_tsk));
+
+ init_timer(&sync_supers_timer);
+ setup_timer(&sync_supers_timer, sync_supers_timer_fn, 0);
+ arm_supers_timer();
+
err = bdi_init(&default_backing_dev_info);
if (!err)
bdi_register(&default_backing_dev_info, NULL, "default");
@@ -195,6 +215,242 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
}
subsys_initcall(default_bdi_init);
+static void bdi_wb_init(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ memset(wb, 0, sizeof(*wb));
+
+ wb->bdi = bdi;
+ wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_dirty);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_io);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_more_io);
+}
+
+static void bdi_task_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+{
+ struct task_struct *tsk = current;
+
+ spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ list_add_tail_rcu(&wb->list, &bdi->wb_list);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+
+ tsk->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
+ set_freezable();
+
+ /*
+ * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
+ */
+ set_user_nice(tsk, 0);
+}
+
+static int bdi_start_fn(void *ptr)
+{
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb = ptr;
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
+ int ret;
+
+ /*
+ * Add us to the active bdi_list
+ */
+ spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
+ list_add(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
+
+ bdi_task_init(bdi, wb);
+
+ /*
+ * 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);
+
+ ret = bdi_writeback_task(wb);
+
+ /*
+ * Remove us from the list
+ */
+ spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+ list_del_rcu(&wb->list);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
+
+ /*
+ * 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);
+
+ wb->task = NULL;
+ return ret;
+}
+
+int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ return wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb);
+}
+
+static void bdi_flush_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ struct writeback_control wbc = {
+ .bdi = bdi,
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ .older_than_this = NULL,
+ .range_cyclic = 1,
+ .nr_to_write = 1024,
+ };
+
+ writeback_inodes_wbc(&wbc);
+}
+
+/*
+ * kupdated() used to do this. We cannot do it from the bdi_forker_task()
+ * or we risk deadlocking on ->s_umount. The longer term solution would be
+ * to implement sync_supers_bdi() or similar and simply do it from the
+ * bdi writeback tasks individually.
+ */
+static int bdi_sync_supers(void *unused)
+{
+ set_user_nice(current, 0);
+
+ while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+ schedule();
+
+ /*
+ * Do this periodically, like kupdated() did before.
+ */
+ sync_supers();
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+static void arm_supers_timer(void)
+{
+ unsigned long next;
+
+ next = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10) + jiffies;
+ mod_timer(&sync_supers_timer, round_jiffies_up(next));
+}
+
+static void sync_supers_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
+{
+ wake_up_process(sync_supers_tsk);
+ arm_supers_timer();
+}
+
+static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)
+{
+ struct bdi_writeback *me = ptr;
+
+ bdi_task_init(me->bdi, me);
+
+ for (;;) {
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi, *tmp;
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+
+ /*
+ * Temporary measure, we want to make sure we don't see
+ * dirty data on the default backing_dev_info
+ */
+ if (wb_has_dirty_io(me) || !list_empty(&me->bdi->work_list))
+ wb_do_writeback(me, 0);
+
+ spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
+
+ /*
+ * Check if any existing bdi's have dirty data without
+ * a thread registered. If so, set that up.
+ */
+ list_for_each_entry_safe(bdi, tmp, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
+ if (bdi->wb.task)
+ continue;
+ if (list_empty(&bdi->work_list) &&
+ !bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
+ continue;
+
+ bdi_add_default_flusher_task(bdi);
+ }
+
+ set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+ if (list_empty(&bdi_pending_list)) {
+ unsigned long wait;
+
+ spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
+ wait = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
+ schedule_timeout(wait);
+ try_to_freeze();
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
+
+ /*
+ * This is our real job - check for pending entries in
+ * bdi_pending_list, and create the tasks that got added
+ */
+ bdi = list_entry(bdi_pending_list.next, struct backing_dev_info,
+ bdi_list);
+ list_del_init(&bdi->bdi_list);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
+
+ wb = &bdi->wb;
+ wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_start_fn, wb, "flush-%s",
+ dev_name(bdi->dev));
+ /*
+ * If task creation fails, then readd the bdi to
+ * the pending list and force writeout of the bdi
+ * from this forker thread. That will free some memory
+ * and we can try again.
+ */
+ if (IS_ERR(wb->task)) {
+ wb->task = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * Add this 'bdi' to the back, so we get
+ * a chance to flush other bdi's to free
+ * memory.
+ */
+ spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
+ list_add_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_pending_list);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
+
+ bdi_flush_io(bdi);
+ }
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Add the default flusher task that gets created for any bdi
+ * that has dirty data pending writeout
+ */
+void static bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * Check with the helper whether to proceed adding a task. Will only
+ * abort if we two or more simultanous calls to
+ * bdi_add_default_flusher_task() occured, further additions will block
+ * waiting for previous additions to finish.
+ */
+ if (!test_and_set_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state)) {
+ list_move_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_pending_list);
+
+ /*
+ * We are now on the pending list, wake up bdi_forker_task()
+ * to finish the job and add us back to the active bdi_list
+ */
+ wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
+ }
+}
+
int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent,
const char *fmt, ...)
{
@@ -213,13 +469,34 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent,
goto exit;
}
- mutex_lock(&bdi_lock);
+ spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
list_add_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list);
- mutex_unlock(&bdi_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
bdi->dev = dev;
- bdi_debug_register(bdi, dev_name(dev));
+ /*
+ * Just start the forker thread for our default backing_dev_info,
+ * and add other bdi's to the list. They will get a thread created
+ * on-demand when they need it.
+ */
+ if (bdi_cap_flush_forker(bdi)) {
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
+
+ wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_forker_task, wb, "bdi-%s",
+ dev_name(dev));
+ if (IS_ERR(wb->task)) {
+ wb->task = NULL;
+ ret = -ENOMEM;
+
+ spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
+ list_del(&bdi->bdi_list);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
+ goto exit;
+ }
+ }
+
+ bdi_debug_register(bdi, dev_name(dev));
exit:
return ret;
}
@@ -231,17 +508,42 @@ int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_register_dev);
-static void bdi_remove_from_list(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+/*
+ * Remove bdi from the global list and shutdown any threads we have running
+ */
+static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
- mutex_lock(&bdi_lock);
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+
+ if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * If setup is pending, wait for that to complete first
+ */
+ wait_on_bit(&bdi->state, BDI_pending, bdi_sched_wait,
+ TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+
+ /*
+ * Make sure nobody finds us on the bdi_list anymore
+ */
+ spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
list_del(&bdi->bdi_list);
- mutex_unlock(&bdi_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&bdi_lock);
+
+ /*
+ * Finally, kill the kernel threads. We don't need to be RCU
+ * safe anymore, since the bdi is gone from visibility.
+ */
+ list_for_each_entry(wb, &bdi->wb_list, list)
+ kthread_stop(wb->task);
}
void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
if (bdi->dev) {
- bdi_remove_from_list(bdi);
+ if (!bdi_cap_flush_forker(bdi))
+ bdi_wb_shutdown(bdi);
bdi_debug_unregister(bdi);
device_unregister(bdi->dev);
bdi->dev = NULL;
@@ -251,18 +553,25 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_unregister);
int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
- int i;
- int err;
+ int i, err;
bdi->dev = NULL;
bdi->min_ratio = 0;
bdi->max_ratio = 100;
bdi->max_prop_frac = PROP_FRAC_BASE;
+ spin_lock_init(&bdi->wb_lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->bdi_list);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->b_io);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->b_dirty);
- INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->b_more_io);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->wb_list);
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->work_list);
+
+ bdi_wb_init(&bdi->wb, bdi);
+
+ /*
+ * Just one thread support for now, hard code mask and count
+ */
+ bdi->wb_mask = 1;
+ bdi->wb_cnt = 1;
for (i = 0; i < NR_BDI_STAT_ITEMS; i++) {
err = percpu_counter_init(&bdi->bdi_stat[i], 0);
@@ -277,8 +586,6 @@ int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
err:
while (i--)
percpu_counter_destroy(&bdi->bdi_stat[i]);
-
- bdi_remove_from_list(bdi);
}
return err;
@@ -289,9 +596,7 @@ void bdi_destroy(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
int i;
- WARN_ON(!list_empty(&bdi->b_dirty));
- WARN_ON(!list_empty(&bdi->b_io));
- WARN_ON(!list_empty(&bdi->b_more_io));
+ WARN_ON(bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi));
bdi_unregister(bdi);