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  1. /*
  2. * mm/page-writeback.c
  3. *
  4. * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
  5. * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc., Peter Zijlstra <pzijlstr@redhat.com>
  6. *
  7. * Contains functions related to writing back dirty pages at the
  8. * address_space level.
  9. *
  10. * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
  11. * Initial version
  12. */
  13. #include <linux/kernel.h>
  14. #include <linux/module.h>
  15. #include <linux/spinlock.h>
  16. #include <linux/fs.h>
  17. #include <linux/mm.h>
  18. #include <linux/swap.h>
  19. #include <linux/slab.h>
  20. #include <linux/pagemap.h>
  21. #include <linux/writeback.h>
  22. #include <linux/init.h>
  23. #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
  24. #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
  25. #include <linux/blkdev.h>
  26. #include <linux/mpage.h>
  27. #include <linux/rmap.h>
  28. #include <linux/percpu.h>
  29. #include <linux/notifier.h>
  30. #include <linux/smp.h>
  31. #include <linux/sysctl.h>
  32. #include <linux/cpu.h>
  33. #include <linux/syscalls.h>
  34. #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
  35. #include <linux/pagevec.h>
  36. #include <trace/events/writeback.h>
  37. /*
  38. * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited
  39. * will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling.
  40. */
  41. static long ratelimit_pages = 32;
  42. /*
  43. * When balance_dirty_pages decides that the caller needs to perform some
  44. * non-background writeback, this is how many pages it will attempt to write.
  45. * It should be somewhat larger than dirtied pages to ensure that reasonably
  46. * large amounts of I/O are submitted.
  47. */
  48. static inline long sync_writeback_pages(unsigned long dirtied)
  49. {
  50. if (dirtied < ratelimit_pages)
  51. dirtied = ratelimit_pages;
  52. return dirtied + dirtied / 2;
  53. }
  54. /* The following parameters are exported via /proc/sys/vm */
  55. /*
  56. * Start background writeback (via writeback threads) at this percentage
  57. */
  58. int dirty_background_ratio = 10;
  59. /*
  60. * dirty_background_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
  61. * dirty_background_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
  62. */
  63. unsigned long dirty_background_bytes;
  64. /*
  65. * free highmem will not be subtracted from the total free memory
  66. * for calculating free ratios if vm_highmem_is_dirtyable is true
  67. */
  68. int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
  69. /*
  70. * The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
  71. */
  72. int vm_dirty_ratio = 20;
  73. /*
  74. * vm_dirty_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
  75. * vm_dirty_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
  76. */
  77. unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes;
  78. /*
  79. * The interval between `kupdate'-style writebacks
  80. */
  81. unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval = 5 * 100; /* centiseconds */
  82. /*
  83. * The longest time for which data is allowed to remain dirty
  84. */
  85. unsigned int dirty_expire_interval = 30 * 100; /* centiseconds */
  86. /*
  87. * Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings.
  88. */
  89. int block_dump;
  90. /*
  91. * Flag that puts the machine in "laptop mode". Doubles as a timeout in jiffies:
  92. * a full sync is triggered after this time elapses without any disk activity.
  93. */
  94. int laptop_mode;
  95. EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode);
  96. /* End of sysctl-exported parameters */
  97. /*
  98. * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative writeout speeds.
  99. *
  100. * We do this by keeping a floating proportion between BDIs, based on page
  101. * writeback completions [end_page_writeback()]. Those devices that write out
  102. * pages fastest will get the larger share, while the slower will get a smaller
  103. * share.
  104. *
  105. * We use page writeout completions because we are interested in getting rid of
  106. * dirty pages. Having them written out is the primary goal.
  107. *
  108. * We introduce a concept of time, a period over which we measure these events,
  109. * because demand can/will vary over time. The length of this period itself is
  110. * measured in page writeback completions.
  111. *
  112. */
  113. static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions;
  114. static struct prop_descriptor vm_dirties;
  115. /*
  116. * couple the period to the dirty_ratio:
  117. *
  118. * period/2 ~ roundup_pow_of_two(dirty limit)
  119. */
  120. static int calc_period_shift(void)
  121. {
  122. unsigned long dirty_total;
  123. if (vm_dirty_bytes)
  124. dirty_total = vm_dirty_bytes / PAGE_SIZE;
  125. else
  126. dirty_total = (vm_dirty_ratio * determine_dirtyable_memory()) /
  127. 100;
  128. return 2 + ilog2(dirty_total - 1);
  129. }
  130. /*
  131. * update the period when the dirty threshold changes.
  132. */
  133. static void update_completion_period(void)
  134. {
  135. int shift = calc_period_shift();
  136. prop_change_shift(&vm_completions, shift);
  137. prop_change_shift(&vm_dirties, shift);
  138. }
  139. int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
  140. void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
  141. loff_t *ppos)
  142. {
  143. int ret;
  144. ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
  145. if (ret == 0 && write)
  146. dirty_background_bytes = 0;
  147. return ret;
  148. }
  149. int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
  150. void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
  151. loff_t *ppos)
  152. {
  153. int ret;
  154. ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
  155. if (ret == 0 && write)
  156. dirty_background_ratio = 0;
  157. return ret;
  158. }
  159. int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
  160. void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
  161. loff_t *ppos)
  162. {
  163. int old_ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
  164. int ret;
  165. ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
  166. if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_ratio != old_ratio) {
  167. update_completion_period();
  168. vm_dirty_bytes = 0;
  169. }
  170. return ret;
  171. }
  172. int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
  173. void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
  174. loff_t *ppos)
  175. {
  176. unsigned long old_bytes = vm_dirty_bytes;
  177. int ret;
  178. ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
  179. if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_bytes != old_bytes) {
  180. update_completion_period();
  181. vm_dirty_ratio = 0;
  182. }
  183. return ret;
  184. }
  185. /*
  186. * Increment the BDI's writeout completion count and the global writeout
  187. * completion count. Called from test_clear_page_writeback().
  188. */
  189. static inline void __bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  190. {
  191. __prop_inc_percpu_max(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions,
  192. bdi->max_prop_frac);
  193. }
  194. void bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
  195. {
  196. unsigned long flags;
  197. local_irq_save(flags);
  198. __bdi_writeout_inc(bdi);
  199. local_irq_restore(flags);
  200. }
  201. EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_writeout_inc);
  202. void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk)
  203. {
  204. prop_inc_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties);
  205. }
  206. /*
  207. * Obtain an accurate fraction of the BDI's portion.
  208. */
  209. static void bdi_writeout_fraction(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
  210. long *numerator, long *denominator)
  211. {
  212. if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
  213. prop_fraction_percpu(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions,
  214. numerator, denominator);
  215. } else {
  216. *numerator = 0;
  217. *denominator = 1;
  218. }
  219. }
  220. static inline void task_dirties_fraction(struct task_struct *tsk,
  221. long *numerator, long *denominator)
  222. {
  223. prop_fraction_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties,
  224. numerator, denominator);
  225. }
  226. /*
  227. * task_dirty_limit - scale down dirty throttling threshold for one task
  228. *
  229. * task specific dirty limit:
  230. *
  231. * dirty -= (dirty/8) * p_{t}
  232. *
  233. * To protect light/slow dirtying tasks from heavier/fast ones, we start
  234. * throttling individual tasks before reaching the bdi dirty limit.
  235. * Relatively low thresholds will be allocated to heavy dirtiers. So when
  236. * dirty pages grow large, heavy dirtiers will be throttled first, which will
  237. * effectively curb the growth of dirty pages. Light dirtiers with high enough
  238. * dirty threshold may never get throttled.
  239. */
  240. static unsigned long task_dirty_limit(struct task_struct *tsk,
  241. unsigned long bdi_dirty)
  242. {
  243. long numerator, denominator;
  244. unsigned long dirty = bdi_dirty;
  245. u64 inv = dirty >> 3;
  246. task_dirties_fraction(tsk, &numerator, &denominator);
  247. inv *= numerator;
  248. do_div(inv, denominator);
  249. dirty -= inv;
  250. return max(dirty, bdi_dirty/2);
  251. }
  252. /*
  253. *
  254. */
  255. static unsigned int bdi_min_ratio;
  256. int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio)
  257. {
  258. int ret = 0;
  259. spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
  260. if (min_ratio > bdi->max_ratio) {
  261. ret = -EINVAL;
  262. } else {
  263. min_ratio -= bdi->min_ratio;
  264. if (bdi_min_ratio + min_ratio < 100) {
  265. bdi_min_ratio += min_ratio;
  266. bdi->min_ratio += min_ratio;
  267. } else {
  268. ret = -EINVAL;
  269. }
  270. }
  271. spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
  272. return ret;
  273. }
  274. int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned max_ratio)
  275. {
  276. int ret = 0;
  277. if (max_ratio > 100)
  278. return -EINVAL;
  279. spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
  280. if (bdi->min_ratio > max_ratio) {
  281. ret = -EINVAL;
  282. } else {
  283. bdi->max_ratio = max_ratio;
  284. bdi->max_prop_frac = (PROP_FRAC_BASE * max_ratio) / 100;
  285. }
  286. spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
  287. return ret;
  288. }
  289. EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_set_max_ratio);
  290. /*
  291. * Work out the current dirty-memory clamping and background writeout
  292. * thresholds.
  293. *
  294. * The main aim here is to lower them aggressively if there is a lot of mapped
  295. * memory around. To avoid stressing page reclaim with lots of unreclaimable
  296. * pages. It is better to clamp down on writers than to start swapping, and
  297. * performing lots of scanning.
  298. *
  299. * We only allow 1/2 of the currently-unmapped memory to be dirtied.
  300. *
  301. * We don't permit the clamping level to fall below 5% - that is getting rather
  302. * excessive.
  303. *
  304. * We make sure that the background writeout level is below the adjusted
  305. * clamping level.
  306. */
  307. static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total)
  308. {
  309. #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
  310. int node;
  311. unsigned long x = 0;
  312. for_each_node_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY) {
  313. struct zone *z =
  314. &NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM];
  315. x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) +
  316. zone_reclaimable_pages(z);
  317. }
  318. /*
  319. * Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger
  320. * than the number of the total dirtyable memory. This can only
  321. * occur in very strange VM situations but we want to make sure
  322. * that this does not occur.
  323. */
  324. return min(x, total);
  325. #else
  326. return 0;
  327. #endif
  328. }
  329. /**
  330. * determine_dirtyable_memory - amount of memory that may be used
  331. *
  332. * Returns the numebr of pages that can currently be freed and used
  333. * by the kernel for direct mappings.
  334. */
  335. unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
  336. {
  337. unsigned long x;
  338. x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_reclaimable_pages();
  339. if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable)
  340. x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x);
  341. return x + 1; /* Ensure that we never return 0 */
  342. }
  343. /*
  344. * global_dirty_limits - background-writeback and dirty-throttling thresholds
  345. *
  346. * Calculate the dirty thresholds based on sysctl parameters
  347. * - vm.dirty_background_ratio or vm.dirty_background_bytes
  348. * - vm.dirty_ratio or vm.dirty_bytes
  349. * The dirty limits will be lifted by 1/4 for PF_LESS_THROTTLE (ie. nfsd) and
  350. * real-time tasks.
  351. */
  352. void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty)
  353. {
  354. unsigned long background;
  355. unsigned long dirty;
  356. unsigned long uninitialized_var(available_memory);
  357. struct task_struct *tsk;
  358. if (!vm_dirty_bytes || !dirty_background_bytes)
  359. available_memory = determine_dirtyable_memory();
  360. if (vm_dirty_bytes)
  361. dirty = DIV_ROUND_UP(vm_dirty_bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
  362. else
  363. dirty = (vm_dirty_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
  364. if (dirty_background_bytes)
  365. background = DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_background_bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
  366. else
  367. background = (dirty_background_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
  368. if (background >= dirty)
  369. background = dirty / 2;
  370. tsk = current;
  371. if (tsk->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE || rt_task(tsk)) {
  372. background += background / 4;
  373. dirty += dirty / 4;
  374. }
  375. *pbackground = background;
  376. *pdirty = dirty;
  377. }
  378. /*
  379. * bdi_dirty_limit - @bdi's share of dirty throttling threshold
  380. *
  381. * Allocate high/low dirty limits to fast/slow devices, in order to prevent
  382. * - starving fast devices
  383. * - piling up dirty pages (that will take long time to sync) on slow devices
  384. *
  385. * The bdi's share of dirty limit will be adapting to its throughput and
  386. * bounded by the bdi->min_ratio and/or bdi->max_ratio parameters, if set.
  387. */
  388. unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long dirty)
  389. {
  390. u64 bdi_dirty;
  391. long numerator, denominator;
  392. /*
  393. * Calculate this BDI's share of the dirty ratio.
  394. */
  395. bdi_writeout_fraction(bdi, &numerator, &denominator);
  396. bdi_dirty = (dirty * (100 - bdi_min_ratio)) / 100;
  397. bdi_dirty *= numerator;
  398. do_div(bdi_dirty, denominator);
  399. bdi_dirty += (dirty * bdi->min_ratio) / 100;
  400. if (bdi_dirty > (dirty * bdi->max_ratio) / 100)
  401. bdi_dirty = dirty * bdi->max_ratio / 100;
  402. return bdi_dirty;
  403. }
  404. /*
  405. * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
  406. * data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
  407. * the caller to perform writeback if the system is over `vm_dirty_ratio'.
  408. * If we're over `background_thresh' then the writeback threads are woken to
  409. * perform some writeout.
  410. */
  411. static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
  412. unsigned long write_chunk)
  413. {
  414. long nr_reclaimable, bdi_nr_reclaimable;
  415. long nr_writeback, bdi_nr_writeback;
  416. unsigned long background_thresh;
  417. unsigned long dirty_thresh;
  418. unsigned long bdi_thresh;
  419. unsigned long pages_written = 0;
  420. unsigned long pause = 1;
  421. bool dirty_exceeded = false;
  422. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
  423. for (;;) {
  424. struct writeback_control wbc = {
  425. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
  426. .older_than_this = NULL,
  427. .nr_to_write = write_chunk,
  428. .range_cyclic = 1,
  429. };
  430. nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  431. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
  432. nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
  433. global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
  434. /*
  435. * Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot
  436. * catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts
  437. * when the bdi limits are ramping up.
  438. */
  439. if (nr_reclaimable + nr_writeback <=
  440. (background_thresh + dirty_thresh) / 2)
  441. break;
  442. bdi_thresh = bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, dirty_thresh);
  443. bdi_thresh = task_dirty_limit(current, bdi_thresh);
  444. /*
  445. * In order to avoid the stacked BDI deadlock we need
  446. * to ensure we accurately count the 'dirty' pages when
  447. * the threshold is low.
  448. *
  449. * Otherwise it would be possible to get thresh+n pages
  450. * reported dirty, even though there are thresh-m pages
  451. * actually dirty; with m+n sitting in the percpu
  452. * deltas.
  453. */
  454. if (bdi_thresh < 2*bdi_stat_error(bdi)) {
  455. bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
  456. bdi_nr_writeback = bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
  457. } else {
  458. bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
  459. bdi_nr_writeback = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
  460. }
  461. /*
  462. * The bdi thresh is somehow "soft" limit derived from the
  463. * global "hard" limit. The former helps to prevent heavy IO
  464. * bdi or process from holding back light ones; The latter is
  465. * the last resort safeguard.
  466. */
  467. dirty_exceeded =
  468. (bdi_nr_reclaimable + bdi_nr_writeback > bdi_thresh)
  469. || (nr_reclaimable + nr_writeback > dirty_thresh);
  470. if (!dirty_exceeded)
  471. break;
  472. if (!bdi->dirty_exceeded)
  473. bdi->dirty_exceeded = 1;
  474. /* Note: nr_reclaimable denotes nr_dirty + nr_unstable.
  475. * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked
  476. * filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been
  477. * written to the server's write cache, but has not yet
  478. * been flushed to permanent storage.
  479. * Only move pages to writeback if this bdi is over its
  480. * threshold otherwise wait until the disk writes catch
  481. * up.
  482. */
  483. trace_wbc_balance_dirty_start(&wbc, bdi);
  484. if (bdi_nr_reclaimable > bdi_thresh) {
  485. writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, &wbc);
  486. pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
  487. trace_wbc_balance_dirty_written(&wbc, bdi);
  488. if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
  489. break; /* We've done our duty */
  490. }
  491. trace_wbc_balance_dirty_wait(&wbc, bdi);
  492. __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
  493. io_schedule_timeout(pause);
  494. /*
  495. * Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous
  496. * default of taking a 100ms nap.
  497. */
  498. pause <<= 1;
  499. if (pause > HZ / 10)
  500. pause = HZ / 10;
  501. }
  502. if (!dirty_exceeded && bdi->dirty_exceeded)
  503. bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0;
  504. if (writeback_in_progress(bdi))
  505. return;
  506. /*
  507. * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
  508. * starting background writeout, and then write out all the way down
  509. * to the lower threshold. So slow writers cause minimal disk activity.
  510. *
  511. * In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
  512. * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
  513. */
  514. if ((laptop_mode && pages_written) ||
  515. (!laptop_mode && (nr_reclaimable > background_thresh)))
  516. bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi);
  517. }
  518. void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite)
  519. {
  520. if (set_page_dirty(page) || page_mkwrite) {
  521. struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
  522. if (mapping)
  523. balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
  524. }
  525. }
  526. static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, bdp_ratelimits) = 0;
  527. /**
  528. * balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr - balance dirty memory state
  529. * @mapping: address_space which was dirtied
  530. * @nr_pages_dirtied: number of pages which the caller has just dirtied
  531. *
  532. * Processes which are dirtying memory should call in here once for each page
  533. * which was newly dirtied. The function will periodically check the system's
  534. * dirty state and will initiate writeback if needed.
  535. *
  536. * On really big machines, get_writeback_state is expensive, so try to avoid
  537. * calling it too often (ratelimiting). But once we're over the dirty memory
  538. * limit we decrease the ratelimiting by a lot, to prevent individual processes
  539. * from overshooting the limit by (ratelimit_pages) each.
  540. */
  541. void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
  542. unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied)
  543. {
  544. unsigned long ratelimit;
  545. unsigned long *p;
  546. ratelimit = ratelimit_pages;
  547. if (mapping->backing_dev_info->dirty_exceeded)
  548. ratelimit = 8;
  549. /*
  550. * Check the rate limiting. Also, we do not want to throttle real-time
  551. * tasks in balance_dirty_pages(). Period.
  552. */
  553. preempt_disable();
  554. p = &__get_cpu_var(bdp_ratelimits);
  555. *p += nr_pages_dirtied;
  556. if (unlikely(*p >= ratelimit)) {
  557. ratelimit = sync_writeback_pages(*p);
  558. *p = 0;
  559. preempt_enable();
  560. balance_dirty_pages(mapping, ratelimit);
  561. return;
  562. }
  563. preempt_enable();
  564. }
  565. EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr);
  566. void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
  567. {
  568. unsigned long background_thresh;
  569. unsigned long dirty_thresh;
  570. for ( ; ; ) {
  571. global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
  572. /*
  573. * Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
  574. * allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
  575. */
  576. dirty_thresh += dirty_thresh / 10; /* wheeee... */
  577. if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
  578. global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
  579. break;
  580. congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
  581. /*
  582. * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
  583. * or progress in the filesystem. So we cannot just sit here
  584. * waiting for IO to complete.
  585. */
  586. if ((gfp_mask & (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) != (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO))
  587. break;
  588. }
  589. }
  590. /*
  591. * sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
  592. */
  593. int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
  594. void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
  595. {
  596. proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
  597. bdi_arm_supers_timer();
  598. return 0;
  599. }
  600. #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
  601. void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
  602. {
  603. struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *)data;
  604. int nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
  605. global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
  606. /*
  607. * We want to write everything out, not just down to the dirty
  608. * threshold
  609. */
  610. if (bdi_has_dirty_io(&q->backing_dev_info))
  611. bdi_start_writeback(&q->backing_dev_info, nr_pages);
  612. }
  613. /*
  614. * We've spun up the disk and we're in laptop mode: schedule writeback
  615. * of all dirty data a few seconds from now. If the flush is already scheduled
  616. * then push it back - the user is still using the disk.
  617. */
  618. void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info *info)
  619. {
  620. mod_timer(&info->laptop_mode_wb_timer, jiffies + laptop_mode);
  621. }
  622. /*
  623. * We're in laptop mode and we've just synced. The sync's writes will have
  624. * caused another writeback to be scheduled by laptop_io_completion.
  625. * Nothing needs to be written back anymore, so we unschedule the writeback.
  626. */
  627. void laptop_sync_completion(void)
  628. {
  629. struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
  630. rcu_read_lock();
  631. list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list)
  632. del_timer(&bdi->laptop_mode_wb_timer);
  633. rcu_read_unlock();
  634. }
  635. #endif
  636. /*
  637. * If ratelimit_pages is too high then we can get into dirty-data overload
  638. * if a large number of processes all perform writes at the same time.
  639. * If it is too low then SMP machines will call the (expensive)
  640. * get_writeback_state too often.
  641. *
  642. * Here we set ratelimit_pages to a level which ensures that when all CPUs are
  643. * dirtying in parallel, we cannot go more than 3% (1/32) over the dirty memory
  644. * thresholds before writeback cuts in.
  645. *
  646. * But the limit should not be set too high. Because it also controls the
  647. * amount of memory which the balance_dirty_pages() caller has to write back.
  648. * If this is too large then the caller will block on the IO queue all the
  649. * time. So limit it to four megabytes - the balance_dirty_pages() caller
  650. * will write six megabyte chunks, max.
  651. */
  652. void writeback_set_ratelimit(void)
  653. {
  654. ratelimit_pages = vm_total_pages / (num_online_cpus() * 32);
  655. if (ratelimit_pages < 16)
  656. ratelimit_pages = 16;
  657. if (ratelimit_pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE > 4096 * 1024)
  658. ratelimit_pages = (4096 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
  659. }
  660. static int __cpuinit
  661. ratelimit_handler(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long u, void *v)
  662. {
  663. writeback_set_ratelimit();
  664. return NOTIFY_DONE;
  665. }
  666. static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata ratelimit_nb = {
  667. .notifier_call = ratelimit_handler,
  668. .next = NULL,
  669. };
  670. /*
  671. * Called early on to tune the page writeback dirty limits.
  672. *
  673. * We used to scale dirty pages according to how total memory
  674. * related to pages that could be allocated for buffers (by
  675. * comparing nr_free_buffer_pages() to vm_total_pages.
  676. *
  677. * However, that was when we used "dirty_ratio" to scale with
  678. * all memory, and we don't do that any more. "dirty_ratio"
  679. * is now applied to total non-HIGHPAGE memory (by subtracting
  680. * totalhigh_pages from vm_total_pages), and as such we can't
  681. * get into the old insane situation any more where we had
  682. * large amounts of dirty pages compared to a small amount of
  683. * non-HIGHMEM memory.
  684. *
  685. * But we might still want to scale the dirty_ratio by how
  686. * much memory the box has..
  687. */
  688. void __init page_writeback_init(void)
  689. {
  690. int shift;
  691. writeback_set_ratelimit();
  692. register_cpu_notifier(&ratelimit_nb);
  693. shift = calc_period_shift();
  694. prop_descriptor_init(&vm_completions, shift);
  695. prop_descriptor_init(&vm_dirties, shift);
  696. }
  697. /**
  698. * tag_pages_for_writeback - tag pages to be written by write_cache_pages
  699. * @mapping: address space structure to write
  700. * @start: starting page index
  701. * @end: ending page index (inclusive)
  702. *
  703. * This function scans the page range from @start to @end (inclusive) and tags
  704. * all pages that have DIRTY tag set with a special TOWRITE tag. The idea is
  705. * that write_cache_pages (or whoever calls this function) will then use
  706. * TOWRITE tag to identify pages eligible for writeback. This mechanism is
  707. * used to avoid livelocking of writeback by a process steadily creating new
  708. * dirty pages in the file (thus it is important for this function to be quick
  709. * so that it can tag pages faster than a dirtying process can create them).
  710. */
  711. /*
  712. * We tag pages in batches of WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH to reduce tree_lock latency.
  713. */
  714. void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
  715. pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
  716. {
  717. #define WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH 4096
  718. unsigned long tagged;
  719. do {
  720. spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
  721. tagged = radix_tree_range_tag_if_tagged(&mapping->page_tree,
  722. &start, end, WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH,
  723. PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY, PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE);
  724. spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
  725. WARN_ON_ONCE(tagged > WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH);
  726. cond_resched();
  727. /* We check 'start' to handle wrapping when end == ~0UL */
  728. } while (tagged >= WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH && start);
  729. }
  730. EXPORT_SYMBOL(tag_pages_for_writeback);
  731. /**
  732. * write_cache_pages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and write all of them.
  733. * @mapping: address space structure to write
  734. * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
  735. * @writepage: function called for each page
  736. * @data: data passed to writepage function
  737. *
  738. * If a page is already under I/O, write_cache_pages() skips it, even
  739. * if it's dirty. This is desirable behaviour for memory-cleaning writeback,
  740. * but it is INCORRECT for data-integrity system calls such as fsync(). fsync()
  741. * and msync() need to guarantee that all the data which was dirty at the time
  742. * the call was made get new I/O started against them. If wbc->sync_mode is
  743. * WB_SYNC_ALL then we were called for data integrity and we must wait for
  744. * existing IO to complete.
  745. *
  746. * To avoid livelocks (when other process dirties new pages), we first tag
  747. * pages which should be written back with TOWRITE tag and only then start
  748. * writing them. For data-integrity sync we have to be careful so that we do
  749. * not miss some pages (e.g., because some other process has cleared TOWRITE
  750. * tag we set). The rule we follow is that TOWRITE tag can be cleared only
  751. * by the process clearing the DIRTY tag (and submitting the page for IO).
  752. */
  753. int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
  754. struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage,
  755. void *data)
  756. {
  757. int ret = 0;
  758. int done = 0;
  759. struct pagevec pvec;
  760. int nr_pages;
  761. pgoff_t uninitialized_var(writeback_index);
  762. pgoff_t index;
  763. pgoff_t end; /* Inclusive */
  764. pgoff_t done_index;
  765. int cycled;
  766. int range_whole = 0;
  767. int tag;
  768. pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
  769. if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
  770. writeback_index = mapping->writeback_index; /* prev offset */
  771. index = writeback_index;
  772. if (index == 0)
  773. cycled = 1;
  774. else
  775. cycled = 0;
  776. end = -1;
  777. } else {
  778. index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
  779. end = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
  780. if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
  781. range_whole = 1;
  782. cycled = 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */
  783. }
  784. if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
  785. tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE;
  786. else
  787. tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY;
  788. retry:
  789. if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
  790. tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, index, end);
  791. done_index = index;
  792. while (!done && (index <= end)) {
  793. int i;
  794. nr_pages = pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec, mapping, &index, tag,
  795. min(end - index, (pgoff_t)PAGEVEC_SIZE-1) + 1);
  796. if (nr_pages == 0)
  797. break;
  798. for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
  799. struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
  800. /*
  801. * At this point, the page may be truncated or
  802. * invalidated (changing page->mapping to NULL), or
  803. * even swizzled back from swapper_space to tmpfs file
  804. * mapping. However, page->index will not change
  805. * because we have a reference on the page.
  806. */
  807. if (page->index > end) {
  808. /*
  809. * can't be range_cyclic (1st pass) because
  810. * end == -1 in that case.
  811. */
  812. done = 1;
  813. break;
  814. }
  815. done_index = page->index;
  816. lock_page(page);
  817. /*
  818. * Page truncated or invalidated. We can freely skip it
  819. * then, even for data integrity operations: the page
  820. * has disappeared concurrently, so there could be no
  821. * real expectation of this data interity operation
  822. * even if there is now a new, dirty page at the same
  823. * pagecache address.
  824. */
  825. if (unlikely(page->mapping != mapping)) {
  826. continue_unlock:
  827. unlock_page(page);
  828. continue;
  829. }
  830. if (!PageDirty(page)) {
  831. /* someone wrote it for us */
  832. goto continue_unlock;
  833. }
  834. if (PageWriteback(page)) {
  835. if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE)
  836. wait_on_page_writeback(page);
  837. else
  838. goto continue_unlock;
  839. }
  840. BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));
  841. if (!clear_page_dirty_for_io(page))
  842. goto continue_unlock;
  843. trace_wbc_writepage(wbc, mapping->backing_dev_info);
  844. ret = (*writepage)(page, wbc, data);
  845. if (unlikely(ret)) {
  846. if (ret == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
  847. unlock_page(page);
  848. ret = 0;
  849. } else {
  850. /*
  851. * done_index is set past this page,
  852. * so media errors will not choke
  853. * background writeout for the entire
  854. * file. This has consequences for
  855. * range_cyclic semantics (ie. it may
  856. * not be suitable for data integrity
  857. * writeout).
  858. */
  859. done_index = page->index + 1;
  860. done = 1;
  861. break;
  862. }
  863. }
  864. /*
  865. * We stop writing back only if we are not doing
  866. * integrity sync. In case of integrity sync we have to
  867. * keep going until we have written all the pages
  868. * we tagged for writeback prior to entering this loop.
  869. */
  870. if (--wbc->nr_to_write <= 0 &&
  871. wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
  872. done = 1;
  873. break;
  874. }
  875. }
  876. pagevec_release(&pvec);
  877. cond_resched();
  878. }
  879. if (!cycled && !done) {
  880. /*
  881. * range_cyclic:
  882. * We hit the last page and there is more work to be done: wrap
  883. * back to the start of the file
  884. */
  885. cycled = 1;
  886. index = 0;
  887. end = writeback_index - 1;
  888. goto retry;
  889. }
  890. if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
  891. mapping->writeback_index = done_index;
  892. return ret;
  893. }
  894. EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_cache_pages);
  895. /*
  896. * Function used by generic_writepages to call the real writepage
  897. * function and set the mapping flags on error
  898. */
  899. static int __writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
  900. void *data)
  901. {
  902. struct address_space *mapping = data;
  903. int ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, wbc);
  904. mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
  905. return ret;
  906. }
  907. /**
  908. * generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and writepage() all of them.
  909. * @mapping: address space structure to write
  910. * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
  911. *
  912. * This is a library function, which implements the writepages()
  913. * address_space_operation.
  914. */
  915. int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
  916. struct writeback_control *wbc)
  917. {
  918. struct blk_plug plug;
  919. int ret;
  920. /* deal with chardevs and other special file */
  921. if (!mapping->a_ops->writepage)
  922. return 0;
  923. blk_start_plug(&plug);
  924. ret = write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, __writepage, mapping);
  925. blk_finish_plug(&plug);
  926. return ret;
  927. }
  928. EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_writepages);
  929. int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
  930. {
  931. int ret;
  932. if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
  933. return 0;
  934. if (mapping->a_ops->writepages)
  935. ret = mapping->a_ops->writepages(mapping, wbc);
  936. else
  937. ret = generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
  938. return ret;
  939. }
  940. /**
  941. * write_one_page - write out a single page and optionally wait on I/O
  942. * @page: the page to write
  943. * @wait: if true, wait on writeout
  944. *
  945. * The page must be locked by the caller and will be unlocked upon return.
  946. *
  947. * write_one_page() returns a negative error code if I/O failed.
  948. */
  949. int write_one_page(struct page *page, int wait)
  950. {
  951. struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
  952. int ret = 0;
  953. struct writeback_control wbc = {
  954. .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
  955. .nr_to_write = 1,
  956. };
  957. BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
  958. if (wait)
  959. wait_on_page_writeback(page);
  960. if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
  961. page_cache_get(page);
  962. ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
  963. if (ret == 0 && wait) {
  964. wait_on_page_writeback(page);
  965. if (PageError(page))
  966. ret = -EIO;
  967. }
  968. page_cache_release(page);
  969. } else {
  970. unlock_page(page);
  971. }
  972. return ret;
  973. }
  974. EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_one_page);
  975. /*
  976. * For address_spaces which do not use buffers nor write back.
  977. */
  978. int __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(struct page *page)
  979. {
  980. if (!PageDirty(page))
  981. return !TestSetPageDirty(page);
  982. return 0;
  983. }
  984. /*
  985. * Helper function for set_page_dirty family.
  986. * NOTE: This relies on being atomic wrt interrupts.
  987. */
  988. void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
  989. {
  990. if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
  991. __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
  992. __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_DIRTIED);
  993. __inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
  994. task_dirty_inc(current);
  995. task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
  996. }
  997. }
  998. EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_dirtied);
  999. /*
  1000. * Helper function for set_page_writeback family.
  1001. * NOTE: Unlike account_page_dirtied this does not rely on being atomic
  1002. * wrt interrupts.
  1003. */
  1004. void account_page_writeback(struct page *page)
  1005. {
  1006. inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
  1007. inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITTEN);
  1008. }
  1009. EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_writeback);
  1010. /*
  1011. * For address_spaces which do not use buffers. Just tag the page as dirty in
  1012. * its radix tree.
  1013. *
  1014. * This is also used when a single buffer is being dirtied: we want to set the
  1015. * page dirty in that case, but not all the buffers. This is a "bottom-up"
  1016. * dirtying, whereas __set_page_dirty_buffers() is a "top-down" dirtying.
  1017. *
  1018. * Most callers have locked the page, which pins the address_space in memory.
  1019. * But zap_pte_range() does not lock the page, however in that case the
  1020. * mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference.
  1021. *
  1022. * We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the
  1023. * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() inside tree_lock.
  1024. */
  1025. int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page)
  1026. {
  1027. if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
  1028. struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
  1029. struct address_space *mapping2;
  1030. if (!mapping)
  1031. return 1;
  1032. spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
  1033. mapping2 = page_mapping(page);
  1034. if (mapping2) { /* Race with truncate? */
  1035. BUG_ON(mapping2 != mapping);
  1036. WARN_ON_ONCE(!PagePrivate(page) && !PageUptodate(page));
  1037. account_page_dirtied(page, mapping);
  1038. radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
  1039. page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
  1040. }
  1041. spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
  1042. if (mapping->host) {
  1043. /* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
  1044. __mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
  1045. }
  1046. return 1;
  1047. }
  1048. return 0;
  1049. }
  1050. EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_nobuffers);
  1051. /*
  1052. * When a writepage implementation decides that it doesn't want to write this
  1053. * page for some reason, it should redirty the locked page via
  1054. * redirty_page_for_writepage() and it should then unlock the page and return 0
  1055. */
  1056. int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page)
  1057. {
  1058. wbc->pages_skipped++;
  1059. return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
  1060. }
  1061. EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage);
  1062. /*
  1063. * Dirty a page.
  1064. *
  1065. * For pages with a mapping this should be done under the page lock
  1066. * for the benefit of asynchronous memory errors who prefer a consistent
  1067. * dirty state. This rule can be broken in some special cases,
  1068. * but should be better not to.
  1069. *
  1070. * If the mapping doesn't provide a set_page_dirty a_op, then
  1071. * just fall through and assume that it wants buffer_heads.
  1072. */
  1073. int set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
  1074. {
  1075. struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
  1076. if (likely(mapping)) {
  1077. int (*spd)(struct page *) = mapping->a_ops->set_page_dirty;
  1078. /*
  1079. * readahead/lru_deactivate_page could remain
  1080. * PG_readahead/PG_reclaim due to race with end_page_writeback
  1081. * About readahead, if the page is written, the flags would be
  1082. * reset. So no problem.
  1083. * About lru_deactivate_page, if the page is redirty, the flag
  1084. * will be reset. So no problem. but if the page is used by readahead
  1085. * it will confuse readahead and make it restart the size rampup
  1086. * process. But it's a trivial problem.
  1087. */
  1088. ClearPageReclaim(page);
  1089. #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
  1090. if (!spd)
  1091. spd = __set_page_dirty_buffers;
  1092. #endif
  1093. return (*spd)(page);
  1094. }
  1095. if (!PageDirty(page)) {
  1096. if (!TestSetPageDirty(page))
  1097. return 1;
  1098. }
  1099. return 0;
  1100. }
  1101. EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty);
  1102. /*
  1103. * set_page_dirty() is racy if the caller has no reference against
  1104. * page->mapping->host, and if the page is unlocked. This is because another
  1105. * CPU could truncate the page off the mapping and then free the mapping.
  1106. *
  1107. * Usually, the page _is_ locked, or the caller is a user-space process which
  1108. * holds a reference on the inode by having an open file.
  1109. *
  1110. * In other cases, the page should be locked before running set_page_dirty().
  1111. */
  1112. int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page)
  1113. {
  1114. int ret;
  1115. lock_page(page);
  1116. ret = set_page_dirty(page);
  1117. unlock_page(page);
  1118. return ret;
  1119. }
  1120. EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty_lock);
  1121. /*
  1122. * Clear a page's dirty flag, while caring for dirty memory accounting.
  1123. * Returns true if the page was previously dirty.
  1124. *
  1125. * This is for preparing to put the page under writeout. We leave the page
  1126. * tagged as dirty in the radix tree so that a concurrent write-for-sync
  1127. * can discover it via a PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY walk. The ->writepage
  1128. * implementation will run either set_page_writeback() or set_page_dirty(),
  1129. * at which stage we bring the page's dirty flag and radix-tree dirty tag
  1130. * back into sync.
  1131. *
  1132. * This incoherency between the page's dirty flag and radix-tree tag is
  1133. * unfortunate, but it only exists while the page is locked.
  1134. */
  1135. int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
  1136. {
  1137. struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
  1138. BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
  1139. if (mapping && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
  1140. /*
  1141. * Yes, Virginia, this is indeed insane.
  1142. *
  1143. * We use this sequence to make sure that
  1144. * (a) we account for dirty stats properly
  1145. * (b) we tell the low-level filesystem to
  1146. * mark the whole page dirty if it was
  1147. * dirty in a pagetable. Only to then
  1148. * (c) clean the page again and return 1 to
  1149. * cause the writeback.
  1150. *
  1151. * This way we avoid all nasty races with the
  1152. * dirty bit in multiple places and clearing
  1153. * them concurrently from different threads.
  1154. *
  1155. * Note! Normally the "set_page_dirty(page)"
  1156. * has no effect on the actual dirty bit - since
  1157. * that will already usually be set. But we
  1158. * need the side effects, and it can help us
  1159. * avoid races.
  1160. *
  1161. * We basically use the page "master dirty bit"
  1162. * as a serialization point for all the different
  1163. * threads doing their things.
  1164. */
  1165. if (page_mkclean(page))
  1166. set_page_dirty(page);
  1167. /*
  1168. * We carefully synchronise fault handlers against
  1169. * installing a dirty pte and marking the page dirty
  1170. * at this point. We do this by having them hold the
  1171. * page lock at some point after installing their
  1172. * pte, but before marking the page dirty.
  1173. * Pages are always locked coming in here, so we get
  1174. * the desired exclusion. See mm/memory.c:do_wp_page()
  1175. * for more comments.
  1176. */
  1177. if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
  1178. dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
  1179. dec_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info,
  1180. BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
  1181. return 1;
  1182. }
  1183. return 0;
  1184. }
  1185. return TestClearPageDirty(page);
  1186. }
  1187. EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io);
  1188. int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
  1189. {
  1190. struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
  1191. int ret;
  1192. if (mapping) {
  1193. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
  1194. unsigned long flags;
  1195. spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
  1196. ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
  1197. if (ret) {
  1198. radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
  1199. page_index(page),
  1200. PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
  1201. if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi)) {
  1202. __dec_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
  1203. __bdi_writeout_inc(bdi);
  1204. }
  1205. }
  1206. spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
  1207. } else {
  1208. ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
  1209. }
  1210. if (ret)
  1211. dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
  1212. return ret;
  1213. }
  1214. int test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page)
  1215. {
  1216. struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
  1217. int ret;
  1218. if (mapping) {
  1219. struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
  1220. unsigned long flags;
  1221. spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
  1222. ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
  1223. if (!ret) {
  1224. radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
  1225. page_index(page),
  1226. PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
  1227. if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi))
  1228. __inc_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
  1229. }
  1230. if (!PageDirty(page))
  1231. radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
  1232. page_index(page),
  1233. PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
  1234. radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
  1235. page_index(page),
  1236. PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE);
  1237. spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
  1238. } else {
  1239. ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
  1240. }
  1241. if (!ret)
  1242. account_page_writeback(page);
  1243. return ret;
  1244. }
  1245. EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_set_page_writeback);
  1246. /*
  1247. * Return true if any of the pages in the mapping are marked with the
  1248. * passed tag.
  1249. */
  1250. int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag)
  1251. {
  1252. int ret;
  1253. rcu_read_lock();
  1254. ret = radix_tree_tagged(&mapping->page_tree, tag);
  1255. rcu_read_unlock();
  1256. return ret;
  1257. }
  1258. EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged);