1 /* 2 * fs/fs-writeback.c 3 * 4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds. 5 * 6 * Contains all the functions related to writing back and waiting 7 * upon dirty inodes against superblocks, and writing back dirty 8 * pages against inodes. ie: data writeback. Writeout of the 9 * inode itself is not handled here. 10 * 11 * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton 12 * Split out of fs/inode.c 13 * Additions for address_space-based writeback 14 */ 15 16 #include <linux/kernel.h> 17 #include <linux/export.h> 18 #include <linux/spinlock.h> 19 #include <linux/slab.h> 20 #include <linux/sched.h> 21 #include <linux/fs.h> 22 #include <linux/mm.h> 23 #include <linux/pagemap.h> 24 #include <linux/kthread.h> 25 #include <linux/freezer.h> 26 #include <linux/writeback.h> 27 #include <linux/blkdev.h> 28 #include <linux/backing-dev.h> 29 #include <linux/tracepoint.h> 30 #include "internal.h" 31 32 /* 33 * 4MB minimal write chunk size 34 */ 35 #define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES (4096UL >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10)) 36 37 /* 38 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control 39 */ 40 struct wb_writeback_work { 41 long nr_pages; 42 struct super_block *sb; 43 unsigned long *older_than_this; 44 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode; 45 unsigned int tagged_writepages:1; 46 unsigned int for_kupdate:1; 47 unsigned int range_cyclic:1; 48 unsigned int for_background:1; 49 enum wb_reason reason; /* why was writeback initiated? */ 50 51 struct list_head list; /* pending work list */ 52 struct completion *done; /* set if the caller waits */ 53 }; 54 55 /** 56 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress 57 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure. 58 * 59 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a 60 * backing device. 61 */ 62 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) 63 { 64 return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &bdi->state); 65 } 66 67 static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode) 68 { 69 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb; 70 71 if (strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "bdev") == 0) 72 return inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info; 73 74 return sb->s_bdi; 75 } 76 77 static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head) 78 { 79 return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_wb_list); 80 } 81 82 /* 83 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the 84 * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition 85 * remains local to this file. 86 */ 87 #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS 88 #include <trace/events/writeback.h> 89 90 /* Wakeup flusher thread or forker thread to fork it. Requires bdi->wb_lock. */ 91 static void bdi_wakeup_flusher(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) 92 { 93 if (bdi->wb.task) { 94 wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task); 95 } else { 96 /* 97 * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which 98 * will create and run it. 99 */ 100 wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task); 101 } 102 } 103 104 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, 105 struct wb_writeback_work *work) 106 { 107 trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work); 108 109 spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); 110 list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list); 111 if (!bdi->wb.task) 112 trace_writeback_nothread(bdi, work); 113 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi); 114 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); 115 } 116 117 static void 118 __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages, 119 bool range_cyclic, enum wb_reason reason) 120 { 121 struct wb_writeback_work *work; 122 123 /* 124 * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just 125 * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback 126 */ 127 work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC); 128 if (!work) { 129 if (bdi->wb.task) { 130 trace_writeback_nowork(bdi); 131 wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task); 132 } 133 return; 134 } 135 136 work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE; 137 work->nr_pages = nr_pages; 138 work->range_cyclic = range_cyclic; 139 work->reason = reason; 140 141 bdi_queue_work(bdi, work); 142 } 143 144 /** 145 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback 146 * @bdi: the backing device to write from 147 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write 148 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated 149 * 150 * Description: 151 * This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only 152 * started when this function returns, we make no guarantees on 153 * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore. 154 * 155 */ 156 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages, 157 enum wb_reason reason) 158 { 159 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, true, reason); 160 } 161 162 /** 163 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback 164 * @bdi: the backing device to write from 165 * 166 * Description: 167 * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When 168 * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given BDI 169 * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold. 170 * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore. 171 */ 172 void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) 173 { 174 /* 175 * We just wake up the flusher thread. It will perform background 176 * writeback as soon as there is no other work to do. 177 */ 178 trace_writeback_wake_background(bdi); 179 spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); 180 bdi_wakeup_flusher(bdi); 181 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); 182 } 183 184 /* 185 * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on. 186 */ 187 void inode_wb_list_del(struct inode *inode) 188 { 189 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode); 190 191 spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock); 192 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list); 193 spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock); 194 } 195 196 /* 197 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the 198 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list. 199 * 200 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is 201 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is 202 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written 203 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when. 204 */ 205 static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb) 206 { 207 assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock); 208 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) { 209 struct inode *tail; 210 211 tail = wb_inode(wb->b_dirty.next); 212 if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when)) 213 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies; 214 } 215 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_dirty); 216 } 217 218 /* 219 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted. 220 */ 221 static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb) 222 { 223 assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock); 224 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_more_io); 225 } 226 227 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode) 228 { 229 inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC; 230 /* Waiters must see I_SYNC cleared before being woken up */ 231 smp_mb(); 232 wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC); 233 } 234 235 static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t) 236 { 237 bool ret = time_after(inode->dirtied_when, t); 238 #ifndef CONFIG_64BIT 239 /* 240 * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck. 241 * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past. 242 * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times 243 * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback. 244 */ 245 ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies); 246 #endif 247 return ret; 248 } 249 250 /* 251 * Move expired (dirtied after work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from 252 * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue. 253 */ 254 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue, 255 struct list_head *dispatch_queue, 256 struct wb_writeback_work *work) 257 { 258 LIST_HEAD(tmp); 259 struct list_head *pos, *node; 260 struct super_block *sb = NULL; 261 struct inode *inode; 262 int do_sb_sort = 0; 263 int moved = 0; 264 265 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) { 266 inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev); 267 if (work->older_than_this && 268 inode_dirtied_after(inode, *work->older_than_this)) 269 break; 270 if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb) 271 do_sb_sort = 1; 272 sb = inode->i_sb; 273 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp); 274 moved++; 275 } 276 277 /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */ 278 if (!do_sb_sort) { 279 list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue); 280 goto out; 281 } 282 283 /* Move inodes from one superblock together */ 284 while (!list_empty(&tmp)) { 285 sb = wb_inode(tmp.prev)->i_sb; 286 list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) { 287 inode = wb_inode(pos); 288 if (inode->i_sb == sb) 289 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, dispatch_queue); 290 } 291 } 292 out: 293 return moved; 294 } 295 296 /* 297 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first. 298 * Before 299 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io 300 * =============> gf edc BA 301 * After 302 * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io 303 * =============> g fBAedc 304 * | 305 * +--> dequeue for IO 306 */ 307 static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work) 308 { 309 int moved; 310 assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock); 311 list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io); 312 moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, work); 313 trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, work, moved); 314 } 315 316 static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) 317 { 318 if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode)) 319 return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, wbc); 320 return 0; 321 } 322 323 /* 324 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held. 325 * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock. 326 */ 327 static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode) 328 __releases(inode->i_lock) 329 __acquires(inode->i_lock) 330 { 331 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC); 332 wait_queue_head_t *wqh; 333 334 wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC); 335 while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) { 336 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 337 __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); 338 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 339 } 340 } 341 342 /* 343 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned. 344 */ 345 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode) 346 { 347 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 348 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode); 349 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 350 } 351 352 /* 353 * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock 354 * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference 355 * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away. 356 */ 357 static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode *inode) 358 __releases(inode->i_lock) 359 { 360 DEFINE_WAIT(wait); 361 wait_queue_head_t *wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC); 362 int sleep; 363 364 prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); 365 sleep = inode->i_state & I_SYNC; 366 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 367 if (sleep) 368 schedule(); 369 finish_wait(wqh, &wait); 370 } 371 372 /* 373 * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and 374 * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we 375 * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among 376 * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else 377 * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher 378 * thread's back can have unexpected consequences. 379 */ 380 static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb, 381 struct writeback_control *wbc) 382 { 383 if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING) 384 return; 385 386 /* 387 * Sync livelock prevention. Each inode is tagged and synced in one 388 * shot. If still dirty, it will be redirty_tail()'ed below. Update 389 * the dirty time to prevent enqueue and sync it again. 390 */ 391 if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) && 392 (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)) 393 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies; 394 395 if (wbc->pages_skipped) { 396 /* 397 * writeback is not making progress due to locked 398 * buffers. Skip this inode for now. 399 */ 400 redirty_tail(inode, wb); 401 return; 402 } 403 404 if (mapping_tagged(inode->i_mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) { 405 /* 406 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages() 407 * sometimes bales out without doing anything. 408 */ 409 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) { 410 /* Slice used up. Queue for next turn. */ 411 requeue_io(inode, wb); 412 } else { 413 /* 414 * Writeback blocked by something other than 415 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to 416 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait) 417 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode 418 * that cannot be performed immediately. 419 */ 420 redirty_tail(inode, wb); 421 } 422 } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) { 423 /* 424 * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback operations, 425 * such as delayed allocation during submission or metadata 426 * updates after data IO completion. 427 */ 428 redirty_tail(inode, wb); 429 } else { 430 /* The inode is clean. Remove from writeback lists. */ 431 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list); 432 } 433 } 434 435 /* 436 * Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list 437 * linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for 438 * setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it. 439 */ 440 static int 441 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb, 442 struct writeback_control *wbc) 443 { 444 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping; 445 long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write; 446 unsigned dirty; 447 int ret; 448 449 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & I_SYNC)); 450 451 ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc); 452 453 /* 454 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata. 455 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data 456 * I/O completion. 457 */ 458 if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) { 459 int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping); 460 if (ret == 0) 461 ret = err; 462 } 463 464 /* 465 * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback 466 * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before 467 * write_inode() 468 */ 469 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 470 /* Clear I_DIRTY_PAGES if we've written out all dirty pages */ 471 if (!mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) 472 inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES; 473 dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY; 474 inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC); 475 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 476 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */ 477 if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) { 478 int err = write_inode(inode, wbc); 479 if (ret == 0) 480 ret = err; 481 } 482 trace_writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc, nr_to_write); 483 return ret; 484 } 485 486 /* 487 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference 488 * on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set. 489 * 490 * This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which 491 * we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode() 492 * and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes(). 493 */ 494 static int 495 writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb, 496 struct writeback_control *wbc) 497 { 498 int ret = 0; 499 500 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 501 if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) 502 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING))); 503 else 504 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE); 505 506 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) { 507 if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) 508 goto out; 509 /* 510 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold 511 * inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go 512 * away under us. 513 */ 514 __inode_wait_for_writeback(inode); 515 } 516 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC); 517 /* 518 * Skip inode if it is clean. We don't want to mess with writeback 519 * lists in this function since flusher thread may be doing for example 520 * sync in parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So 521 * here we make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there 522 * unless we have completely cleaned the inode. 523 */ 524 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY)) 525 goto out; 526 inode->i_state |= I_SYNC; 527 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 528 529 ret = __writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, wbc); 530 531 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); 532 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 533 /* 534 * If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't 535 * touch it. See comment above for explanation. 536 */ 537 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY)) 538 list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list); 539 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); 540 inode_sync_complete(inode); 541 out: 542 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 543 return ret; 544 } 545 546 static long writeback_chunk_size(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, 547 struct wb_writeback_work *work) 548 { 549 long pages; 550 551 /* 552 * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty 553 * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX 554 * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once. 555 * 556 * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is: 557 * 558 * wb_writeback() 559 * writeback_sb_inodes() <== called only once 560 * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode 561 * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages 562 * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages 563 */ 564 if (work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || work->tagged_writepages) 565 pages = LONG_MAX; 566 else { 567 pages = min(bdi->avg_write_bandwidth / 2, 568 global_dirty_limit / DIRTY_SCOPE); 569 pages = min(pages, work->nr_pages); 570 pages = round_down(pages + MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES, 571 MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES); 572 } 573 574 return pages; 575 } 576 577 /* 578 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb. 579 * 580 * If @only_this_sb is true, then find and write all such 581 * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially 582 * in reverse order. 583 * 584 * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written. 585 */ 586 static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, 587 struct bdi_writeback *wb, 588 struct wb_writeback_work *work) 589 { 590 struct writeback_control wbc = { 591 .sync_mode = work->sync_mode, 592 .tagged_writepages = work->tagged_writepages, 593 .for_kupdate = work->for_kupdate, 594 .for_background = work->for_background, 595 .range_cyclic = work->range_cyclic, 596 .range_start = 0, 597 .range_end = LLONG_MAX, 598 }; 599 unsigned long start_time = jiffies; 600 long write_chunk; 601 long wrote = 0; /* count both pages and inodes */ 602 603 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) { 604 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev); 605 606 if (inode->i_sb != sb) { 607 if (work->sb) { 608 /* 609 * We only want to write back data for this 610 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging 611 * to it back onto the dirty list. 612 */ 613 redirty_tail(inode, wb); 614 continue; 615 } 616 617 /* 618 * The inode belongs to a different superblock. 619 * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and 620 * pin the next superblock. 621 */ 622 break; 623 } 624 625 /* 626 * Don't bother with new inodes or inodes being freed, first 627 * kind does not need periodic writeout yet, and for the latter 628 * kind writeout is handled by the freer. 629 */ 630 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 631 if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) { 632 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 633 redirty_tail(inode, wb); 634 continue; 635 } 636 if ((inode->i_state & I_SYNC) && wbc.sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) { 637 /* 638 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not 639 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to 640 * b_more_io so that writeback can proceed with the 641 * other inodes on s_io. 642 * 643 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode 644 * when we completed a full scan of b_io. 645 */ 646 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 647 requeue_io(inode, wb); 648 trace_writeback_sb_inodes_requeue(inode); 649 continue; 650 } 651 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); 652 653 /* 654 * We already requeued the inode if it had I_SYNC set and we 655 * are doing WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. So this catches only the 656 * WB_SYNC_ALL case. 657 */ 658 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) { 659 /* Wait for I_SYNC. This function drops i_lock... */ 660 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode); 661 /* Inode may be gone, start again */ 662 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); 663 continue; 664 } 665 inode->i_state |= I_SYNC; 666 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 667 668 write_chunk = writeback_chunk_size(wb->bdi, work); 669 wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk; 670 wbc.pages_skipped = 0; 671 672 /* 673 * We use I_SYNC to pin the inode in memory. While it is set 674 * evict_inode() will wait so the inode cannot be freed. 675 */ 676 __writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc); 677 678 work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write; 679 wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write; 680 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); 681 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 682 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY)) 683 wrote++; 684 requeue_inode(inode, wb, &wbc); 685 inode_sync_complete(inode); 686 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 687 cond_resched_lock(&wb->list_lock); 688 /* 689 * bail out to wb_writeback() often enough to check 690 * background threshold and other termination conditions. 691 */ 692 if (wrote) { 693 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL)) 694 break; 695 if (work->nr_pages <= 0) 696 break; 697 } 698 } 699 return wrote; 700 } 701 702 static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, 703 struct wb_writeback_work *work) 704 { 705 unsigned long start_time = jiffies; 706 long wrote = 0; 707 708 while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) { 709 struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev); 710 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb; 711 712 if (!grab_super_passive(sb)) { 713 /* 714 * grab_super_passive() may fail consistently due to 715 * s_umount being grabbed by someone else. Don't use 716 * requeue_io() to avoid busy retrying the inode/sb. 717 */ 718 redirty_tail(inode, wb); 719 continue; 720 } 721 wrote += writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, work); 722 drop_super(sb); 723 724 /* refer to the same tests at the end of writeback_sb_inodes */ 725 if (wrote) { 726 if (time_is_before_jiffies(start_time + HZ / 10UL)) 727 break; 728 if (work->nr_pages <= 0) 729 break; 730 } 731 } 732 /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */ 733 return wrote; 734 } 735 736 long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages, 737 enum wb_reason reason) 738 { 739 struct wb_writeback_work work = { 740 .nr_pages = nr_pages, 741 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, 742 .range_cyclic = 1, 743 .reason = reason, 744 }; 745 746 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); 747 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io)) 748 queue_io(wb, &work); 749 __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &work); 750 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); 751 752 return nr_pages - work.nr_pages; 753 } 754 755 static bool over_bground_thresh(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) 756 { 757 unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh; 758 759 global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh); 760 761 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + 762 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) > background_thresh) 763 return true; 764 765 if (bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE) > 766 bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, background_thresh)) 767 return true; 768 769 return false; 770 } 771 772 /* 773 * Called under wb->list_lock. If there are multiple wb per bdi, 774 * only the flusher working on the first wb should do it. 775 */ 776 static void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb, 777 unsigned long start_time) 778 { 779 __bdi_update_bandwidth(wb->bdi, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, start_time); 780 } 781 782 /* 783 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data. 784 * 785 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the 786 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code 787 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are 788 * older than a specific point in time. 789 * 790 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event 791 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a 792 * one-second gap. 793 * 794 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back 795 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings. 796 */ 797 static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, 798 struct wb_writeback_work *work) 799 { 800 unsigned long wb_start = jiffies; 801 long nr_pages = work->nr_pages; 802 unsigned long oldest_jif; 803 struct inode *inode; 804 long progress; 805 806 oldest_jif = jiffies; 807 work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif; 808 809 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); 810 for (;;) { 811 /* 812 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed 813 */ 814 if (work->nr_pages <= 0) 815 break; 816 817 /* 818 * Background writeout and kupdate-style writeback may 819 * run forever. Stop them if there is other work to do 820 * so that e.g. sync can proceed. They'll be restarted 821 * after the other works are all done. 822 */ 823 if ((work->for_background || work->for_kupdate) && 824 !list_empty(&wb->bdi->work_list)) 825 break; 826 827 /* 828 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the 829 * background dirty threshold 830 */ 831 if (work->for_background && !over_bground_thresh(wb->bdi)) 832 break; 833 834 /* 835 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to 836 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is 837 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are 838 * safe. 839 */ 840 if (work->for_kupdate) { 841 oldest_jif = jiffies - 842 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10); 843 } else if (work->for_background) 844 oldest_jif = jiffies; 845 846 trace_writeback_start(wb->bdi, work); 847 if (list_empty(&wb->b_io)) 848 queue_io(wb, work); 849 if (work->sb) 850 progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work); 851 else 852 progress = __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, work); 853 trace_writeback_written(wb->bdi, work); 854 855 wb_update_bandwidth(wb, wb_start); 856 857 /* 858 * Did we write something? Try for more 859 * 860 * Dirty inodes are moved to b_io for writeback in batches. 861 * The completion of the current batch does not necessarily 862 * mean the overall work is done. So we keep looping as long 863 * as made some progress on cleaning pages or inodes. 864 */ 865 if (progress) 866 continue; 867 /* 868 * No more inodes for IO, bail 869 */ 870 if (list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) 871 break; 872 /* 873 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to 874 * become available for writeback. Otherwise 875 * we'll just busyloop. 876 */ 877 if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io)) { 878 trace_writeback_wait(wb->bdi, work); 879 inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev); 880 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 881 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); 882 /* This function drops i_lock... */ 883 inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode); 884 spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); 885 } 886 } 887 spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock); 888 889 return nr_pages - work->nr_pages; 890 } 891 892 /* 893 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet. 894 */ 895 static struct wb_writeback_work * 896 get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) 897 { 898 struct wb_writeback_work *work = NULL; 899 900 spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); 901 if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) { 902 work = list_entry(bdi->work_list.next, 903 struct wb_writeback_work, list); 904 list_del_init(&work->list); 905 } 906 spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock); 907 return work; 908 } 909 910 /* 911 * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode 912 * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev. 913 */ 914 static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void) 915 { 916 return global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + 917 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) + 918 get_nr_dirty_inodes(); 919 } 920 921 static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb) 922 { 923 if (over_bground_thresh(wb->bdi)) { 924 925 struct wb_writeback_work work = { 926 .nr_pages = LONG_MAX, 927 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, 928 .for_background = 1, 929 .range_cyclic = 1, 930 .reason = WB_REASON_BACKGROUND, 931 }; 932 933 return wb_writeback(wb, &work); 934 } 935 936 return 0; 937 } 938 939 static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb) 940 { 941 unsigned long expired; 942 long nr_pages; 943 944 /* 945 * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback 946 */ 947 if (!dirty_writeback_interval) 948 return 0; 949 950 expired = wb->last_old_flush + 951 msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10); 952 if (time_before(jiffies, expired)) 953 return 0; 954 955 wb->last_old_flush = jiffies; 956 nr_pages = get_nr_dirty_pages(); 957 958 if (nr_pages) { 959 struct wb_writeback_work work = { 960 .nr_pages = nr_pages, 961 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, 962 .for_kupdate = 1, 963 .range_cyclic = 1, 964 .reason = WB_REASON_PERIODIC, 965 }; 966 967 return wb_writeback(wb, &work); 968 } 969 970 return 0; 971 } 972 973 /* 974 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe 975 */ 976 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait) 977 { 978 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi; 979 struct wb_writeback_work *work; 980 long wrote = 0; 981 982 set_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state); 983 while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi)) != NULL) { 984 /* 985 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion 986 * because this thread is exiting now. 987 */ 988 if (force_wait) 989 work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL; 990 991 trace_writeback_exec(bdi, work); 992 993 wrote += wb_writeback(wb, work); 994 995 /* 996 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous 997 * work item, otherwise just free it. 998 */ 999 if (work->done) 1000 complete(work->done); 1001 else 1002 kfree(work); 1003 } 1004 1005 /* 1006 * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style 1007 */ 1008 wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb); 1009 wrote += wb_check_background_flush(wb); 1010 clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state); 1011 1012 return wrote; 1013 } 1014 1015 /* 1016 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also 1017 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing. 1018 */ 1019 int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data) 1020 { 1021 struct bdi_writeback *wb = data; 1022 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi; 1023 long pages_written; 1024 1025 current->flags |= PF_SWAPWRITE; 1026 set_freezable(); 1027 wb->last_active = jiffies; 1028 1029 /* 1030 * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal 1031 */ 1032 set_user_nice(current, 0); 1033 1034 trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi); 1035 1036 while (!kthread_freezable_should_stop(NULL)) { 1037 /* 1038 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake 1039 * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back. 1040 */ 1041 del_timer(&wb->wakeup_timer); 1042 1043 pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0); 1044 1045 trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written); 1046 1047 if (pages_written) 1048 wb->last_active = jiffies; 1049 1050 set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE); 1051 if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list) || kthread_should_stop()) { 1052 __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING); 1053 continue; 1054 } 1055 1056 if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval) 1057 schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10)); 1058 else { 1059 /* 1060 * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any 1061 * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or 1062 * something is made dirty - we will be woken up. 1063 */ 1064 schedule(); 1065 } 1066 } 1067 1068 /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */ 1069 if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) 1070 wb_do_writeback(wb, 1); 1071 1072 trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi); 1073 return 0; 1074 } 1075 1076 1077 /* 1078 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back 1079 * the whole world. 1080 */ 1081 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason) 1082 { 1083 struct backing_dev_info *bdi; 1084 1085 if (!nr_pages) { 1086 nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + 1087 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS); 1088 } 1089 1090 rcu_read_lock(); 1091 list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) { 1092 if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi)) 1093 continue; 1094 __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, false, reason); 1095 } 1096 rcu_read_unlock(); 1097 } 1098 1099 static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode) 1100 { 1101 if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) { 1102 struct dentry *dentry; 1103 const char *name = "?"; 1104 1105 dentry = d_find_alias(inode); 1106 if (dentry) { 1107 spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock); 1108 name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name; 1109 } 1110 printk(KERN_DEBUG 1111 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n", 1112 current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino, 1113 name, inode->i_sb->s_id); 1114 if (dentry) { 1115 spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock); 1116 dput(dentry); 1117 } 1118 } 1119 } 1120 1121 /** 1122 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function 1123 * @inode: inode to mark 1124 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC) 1125 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or 1126 * mark_inode_dirty_sync. 1127 * 1128 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list. 1129 * 1130 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the 1131 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev. 1132 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list 1133 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already. 1134 * 1135 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking 1136 * them dirty. 1137 * 1138 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of 1139 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of 1140 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the 1141 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use 1142 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal 1143 * blockdev inode. 1144 */ 1145 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags) 1146 { 1147 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb; 1148 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL; 1149 1150 /* 1151 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually 1152 * dirty the inode itself 1153 */ 1154 if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) { 1155 if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode) 1156 sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode, flags); 1157 } 1158 1159 /* 1160 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state 1161 * -- mikulas 1162 */ 1163 smp_mb(); 1164 1165 /* avoid the locking if we can */ 1166 if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags) 1167 return; 1168 1169 if (unlikely(block_dump)) 1170 block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode); 1171 1172 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 1173 if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) { 1174 const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY; 1175 1176 inode->i_state |= flags; 1177 1178 /* 1179 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state. 1180 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate 1181 * superblock list, based upon its state. 1182 */ 1183 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) 1184 goto out_unlock_inode; 1185 1186 /* 1187 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's 1188 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well. 1189 */ 1190 if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) { 1191 if (inode_unhashed(inode)) 1192 goto out_unlock_inode; 1193 } 1194 if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING) 1195 goto out_unlock_inode; 1196 1197 /* 1198 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't 1199 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering). 1200 */ 1201 if (!was_dirty) { 1202 bool wakeup_bdi = false; 1203 bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode); 1204 1205 if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) { 1206 WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state), 1207 "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name); 1208 1209 /* 1210 * If this is the first dirty inode for this 1211 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding 1212 * bdi thread to make sure background 1213 * write-back happens later. 1214 */ 1215 if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb)) 1216 wakeup_bdi = true; 1217 } 1218 1219 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 1220 spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock); 1221 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies; 1222 list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty); 1223 spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock); 1224 1225 if (wakeup_bdi) 1226 bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi); 1227 return; 1228 } 1229 } 1230 out_unlock_inode: 1231 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 1232 1233 } 1234 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty); 1235 1236 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb) 1237 { 1238 struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL; 1239 1240 /* 1241 * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from 1242 * r/o to r/w or vice versa. 1243 */ 1244 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount)); 1245 1246 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock); 1247 1248 /* 1249 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback, 1250 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync 1251 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out. 1252 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but 1253 * we still have to wait for that writeout. 1254 */ 1255 list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) { 1256 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping; 1257 1258 spin_lock(&inode->i_lock); 1259 if ((inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW)) || 1260 (mapping->nrpages == 0)) { 1261 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 1262 continue; 1263 } 1264 __iget(inode); 1265 spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); 1266 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock); 1267 1268 /* 1269 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have been 1270 * removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the 1271 * inode_sb_list_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can 1272 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it under 1273 * inode_sb_list_lock. So we keep the reference and iput it 1274 * later. 1275 */ 1276 iput(old_inode); 1277 old_inode = inode; 1278 1279 filemap_fdatawait(mapping); 1280 1281 cond_resched(); 1282 1283 spin_lock(&inode_sb_list_lock); 1284 } 1285 spin_unlock(&inode_sb_list_lock); 1286 iput(old_inode); 1287 } 1288 1289 /** 1290 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block 1291 * @sb: the superblock 1292 * @nr: the number of pages to write 1293 * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated 1294 * 1295 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made 1296 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait 1297 * for IO completion of submitted IO. 1298 */ 1299 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, 1300 unsigned long nr, 1301 enum wb_reason reason) 1302 { 1303 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done); 1304 struct wb_writeback_work work = { 1305 .sb = sb, 1306 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, 1307 .tagged_writepages = 1, 1308 .done = &done, 1309 .nr_pages = nr, 1310 .reason = reason, 1311 }; 1312 1313 if (sb->s_bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info) 1314 return; 1315 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount)); 1316 bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work); 1317 wait_for_completion(&done); 1318 } 1319 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr); 1320 1321 /** 1322 * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block 1323 * @sb: the superblock 1324 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated 1325 * 1326 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made 1327 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait 1328 * for IO completion of submitted IO. 1329 */ 1330 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason) 1331 { 1332 return writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason); 1333 } 1334 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb); 1335 1336 /** 1337 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway 1338 * @sb: the superblock 1339 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated 1340 * 1341 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway. 1342 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not. 1343 */ 1344 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason) 1345 { 1346 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) { 1347 down_read(&sb->s_umount); 1348 writeback_inodes_sb(sb, reason); 1349 up_read(&sb->s_umount); 1350 return 1; 1351 } else 1352 return 0; 1353 } 1354 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle); 1355 1356 /** 1357 * writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle - start writeback if none underway 1358 * @sb: the superblock 1359 * @nr: the number of pages to write 1360 * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated 1361 * 1362 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway. 1363 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not. 1364 */ 1365 int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block *sb, 1366 unsigned long nr, 1367 enum wb_reason reason) 1368 { 1369 if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) { 1370 down_read(&sb->s_umount); 1371 writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr, reason); 1372 up_read(&sb->s_umount); 1373 return 1; 1374 } else 1375 return 0; 1376 } 1377 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle); 1378 1379 /** 1380 * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages 1381 * @sb: the superblock 1382 * 1383 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this 1384 * super_block. 1385 */ 1386 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb) 1387 { 1388 DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done); 1389 struct wb_writeback_work work = { 1390 .sb = sb, 1391 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL, 1392 .nr_pages = LONG_MAX, 1393 .range_cyclic = 0, 1394 .done = &done, 1395 .reason = WB_REASON_SYNC, 1396 }; 1397 1398 /* Nothing to do? */ 1399 if (sb->s_bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info) 1400 return; 1401 WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount)); 1402 1403 bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work); 1404 wait_for_completion(&done); 1405 1406 wait_sb_inodes(sb); 1407 } 1408 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb); 1409 1410 /** 1411 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk 1412 * @inode: inode to write to disk 1413 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not 1414 * 1415 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is 1416 * primarily needed by knfsd. 1417 * 1418 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE. 1419 */ 1420 int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync) 1421 { 1422 struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb; 1423 struct writeback_control wbc = { 1424 .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX, 1425 .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE, 1426 .range_start = 0, 1427 .range_end = LLONG_MAX, 1428 }; 1429 1430 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping)) 1431 wbc.nr_to_write = 0; 1432 1433 might_sleep(); 1434 return writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc); 1435 } 1436 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now); 1437 1438 /** 1439 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk. 1440 * @inode: the inode to sync 1441 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode 1442 * 1443 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also 1444 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will 1445 * update inode->i_state. 1446 * 1447 * The caller must have a ref on the inode. 1448 */ 1449 int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) 1450 { 1451 return writeback_single_inode(inode, &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb, wbc); 1452 } 1453 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode); 1454 1455 /** 1456 * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk 1457 * @inode: the inode to sync 1458 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete. 1459 * 1460 * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion. 1461 * 1462 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata. 1463 */ 1464 int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait) 1465 { 1466 struct writeback_control wbc = { 1467 .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE, 1468 .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */ 1469 }; 1470 1471 return sync_inode(inode, &wbc); 1472 } 1473 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata); 1474