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+/*
+ * mm/page-writeback.c
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
+ * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc., Peter Zijlstra <pzijlstr@redhat.com>
+ *
+ * Contains functions related to writing back dirty pages at the
+ * address_space level.
+ *
+ * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
+ * Initial version
+ */
+
+#include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/spinlock.h>
+#include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/swap.h>
+#include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
+#include <linux/writeback.h>
+#include <linux/init.h>
+#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
+#include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
+#include <linux/blkdev.h>
+#include <linux/mpage.h>
+#include <linux/rmap.h>
+#include <linux/percpu.h>
+#include <linux/notifier.h>
+#include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/sysctl.h>
+#include <linux/cpu.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
+#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
+#include <linux/pagevec.h>
+#include <trace/events/writeback.h>
+
+/*
+ * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited
+ * will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling.
+ */
+static long ratelimit_pages = 32;
+
+/*
+ * When balance_dirty_pages decides that the caller needs to perform some
+ * non-background writeback, this is how many pages it will attempt to write.
+ * It should be somewhat larger than dirtied pages to ensure that reasonably
+ * large amounts of I/O are submitted.
+ */
+static inline long sync_writeback_pages(unsigned long dirtied)
+{
+ if (dirtied < ratelimit_pages)
+ dirtied = ratelimit_pages;
+
+ return dirtied + dirtied / 2;
+}
+
+/* The following parameters are exported via /proc/sys/vm */
+
+/*
+ * Start background writeback (via writeback threads) at this percentage
+ */
+int dirty_background_ratio = 10;
+
+/*
+ * dirty_background_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
+ * dirty_background_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
+ */
+unsigned long dirty_background_bytes;
+
+/*
+ * free highmem will not be subtracted from the total free memory
+ * for calculating free ratios if vm_highmem_is_dirtyable is true
+ */
+int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
+
+/*
+ * The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
+ */
+int vm_dirty_ratio = 20;
+
+/*
+ * vm_dirty_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
+ * vm_dirty_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
+ */
+unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes;
+
+/*
+ * The interval between `kupdate'-style writebacks
+ */
+unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval = 5 * 100; /* centiseconds */
+
+/*
+ * The longest time for which data is allowed to remain dirty
+ */
+unsigned int dirty_expire_interval = 30 * 100; /* centiseconds */
+
+/*
+ * Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings.
+ */
+int block_dump;
+
+/*
+ * Flag that puts the machine in "laptop mode". Doubles as a timeout in jiffies:
+ * a full sync is triggered after this time elapses without any disk activity.
+ */
+int laptop_mode;
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode);
+
+/* End of sysctl-exported parameters */
+
+
+/*
+ * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative writeout speeds.
+ *
+ * We do this by keeping a floating proportion between BDIs, based on page
+ * writeback completions [end_page_writeback()]. Those devices that write out
+ * pages fastest will get the larger share, while the slower will get a smaller
+ * share.
+ *
+ * We use page writeout completions because we are interested in getting rid of
+ * dirty pages. Having them written out is the primary goal.
+ *
+ * We introduce a concept of time, a period over which we measure these events,
+ * because demand can/will vary over time. The length of this period itself is
+ * measured in page writeback completions.
+ *
+ */
+static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions;
+static struct prop_descriptor vm_dirties;
+
+/*
+ * couple the period to the dirty_ratio:
+ *
+ * period/2 ~ roundup_pow_of_two(dirty limit)
+ */
+static int calc_period_shift(void)
+{
+ unsigned long dirty_total;
+
+ if (vm_dirty_bytes)
+ dirty_total = vm_dirty_bytes / PAGE_SIZE;
+ else
+ dirty_total = (vm_dirty_ratio * determine_dirtyable_memory()) /
+ 100;
+ return 2 + ilog2(dirty_total - 1);
+}
+
+/*
+ * update the period when the dirty threshold changes.
+ */
+static void update_completion_period(void)
+{
+ int shift = calc_period_shift();
+ prop_change_shift(&vm_completions, shift);
+ prop_change_shift(&vm_dirties, shift);
+}
+
+int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+ loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ if (ret == 0 && write)
+ dirty_background_bytes = 0;
+ return ret;
+}
+
+int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+ loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ if (ret == 0 && write)
+ dirty_background_ratio = 0;
+ return ret;
+}
+
+int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+ loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ int old_ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_ratio != old_ratio) {
+ update_completion_period();
+ vm_dirty_bytes = 0;
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
+
+int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+ loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ unsigned long old_bytes = vm_dirty_bytes;
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+ if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_bytes != old_bytes) {
+ update_completion_period();
+ vm_dirty_ratio = 0;
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Increment the BDI's writeout completion count and the global writeout
+ * completion count. Called from test_clear_page_writeback().
+ */
+static inline void __bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ __prop_inc_percpu_max(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions,
+ bdi->max_prop_frac);
+}
+
+void bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ local_irq_save(flags);
+ __bdi_writeout_inc(bdi);
+ local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_writeout_inc);
+
+void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk)
+{
+ prop_inc_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Obtain an accurate fraction of the BDI's portion.
+ */
+static void bdi_writeout_fraction(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
+ long *numerator, long *denominator)
+{
+ if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
+ prop_fraction_percpu(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions,
+ numerator, denominator);
+ } else {
+ *numerator = 0;
+ *denominator = 1;
+ }
+}
+
+static inline void task_dirties_fraction(struct task_struct *tsk,
+ long *numerator, long *denominator)
+{
+ prop_fraction_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties,
+ numerator, denominator);
+}
+
+/*
+ * task_dirty_limit - scale down dirty throttling threshold for one task
+ *
+ * task specific dirty limit:
+ *
+ * dirty -= (dirty/8) * p_{t}
+ *
+ * To protect light/slow dirtying tasks from heavier/fast ones, we start
+ * throttling individual tasks before reaching the bdi dirty limit.
+ * Relatively low thresholds will be allocated to heavy dirtiers. So when
+ * dirty pages grow large, heavy dirtiers will be throttled first, which will
+ * effectively curb the growth of dirty pages. Light dirtiers with high enough
+ * dirty threshold may never get throttled.
+ */
+static unsigned long task_dirty_limit(struct task_struct *tsk,
+ unsigned long bdi_dirty)
+{
+ long numerator, denominator;
+ unsigned long dirty = bdi_dirty;
+ u64 inv = dirty >> 3;
+
+ task_dirties_fraction(tsk, &numerator, &denominator);
+ inv *= numerator;
+ do_div(inv, denominator);
+
+ dirty -= inv;
+
+ return max(dirty, bdi_dirty/2);
+}
+
+/*
+ *
+ */
+static unsigned int bdi_min_ratio;
+
+int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+ if (min_ratio > bdi->max_ratio) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ } else {
+ min_ratio -= bdi->min_ratio;
+ if (bdi_min_ratio + min_ratio < 100) {
+ bdi_min_ratio += min_ratio;
+ bdi->min_ratio += min_ratio;
+ } else {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+
+int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned max_ratio)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+
+ if (max_ratio > 100)
+ return -EINVAL;
+
+ spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+ if (bdi->min_ratio > max_ratio) {
+ ret = -EINVAL;
+ } else {
+ bdi->max_ratio = max_ratio;
+ bdi->max_prop_frac = (PROP_FRAC_BASE * max_ratio) / 100;
+ }
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_set_max_ratio);
+
+/*
+ * Work out the current dirty-memory clamping and background writeout
+ * thresholds.
+ *
+ * The main aim here is to lower them aggressively if there is a lot of mapped
+ * memory around. To avoid stressing page reclaim with lots of unreclaimable
+ * pages. It is better to clamp down on writers than to start swapping, and
+ * performing lots of scanning.
+ *
+ * We only allow 1/2 of the currently-unmapped memory to be dirtied.
+ *
+ * We don't permit the clamping level to fall below 5% - that is getting rather
+ * excessive.
+ *
+ * We make sure that the background writeout level is below the adjusted
+ * clamping level.
+ */
+
+static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
+ int node;
+ unsigned long x = 0;
+
+ for_each_node_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY) {
+ struct zone *z =
+ &NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM];
+
+ x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) +
+ zone_reclaimable_pages(z);
+ }
+ /*
+ * Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger
+ * than the number of the total dirtyable memory. This can only
+ * occur in very strange VM situations but we want to make sure
+ * that this does not occur.
+ */
+ return min(x, total);
+#else
+ return 0;
+#endif
+}
+
+/**
+ * determine_dirtyable_memory - amount of memory that may be used
+ *
+ * Returns the numebr of pages that can currently be freed and used
+ * by the kernel for direct mappings.
+ */
+unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
+{
+ unsigned long x;
+
+ x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_reclaimable_pages();
+
+ if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable)
+ x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x);
+
+ return x + 1; /* Ensure that we never return 0 */
+}
+
+/*
+ * global_dirty_limits - background-writeback and dirty-throttling thresholds
+ *
+ * Calculate the dirty thresholds based on sysctl parameters
+ * - vm.dirty_background_ratio or vm.dirty_background_bytes
+ * - vm.dirty_ratio or vm.dirty_bytes
+ * The dirty limits will be lifted by 1/4 for PF_LESS_THROTTLE (ie. nfsd) and
+ * real-time tasks.
+ */
+void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty)
+{
+ unsigned long background;
+ unsigned long dirty;
+ unsigned long uninitialized_var(available_memory);
+ struct task_struct *tsk;
+
+ if (!vm_dirty_bytes || !dirty_background_bytes)
+ available_memory = determine_dirtyable_memory();
+
+ if (vm_dirty_bytes)
+ dirty = DIV_ROUND_UP(vm_dirty_bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
+ else
+ dirty = (vm_dirty_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
+
+ if (dirty_background_bytes)
+ background = DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_background_bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
+ else
+ background = (dirty_background_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
+
+ if (background >= dirty)
+ background = dirty / 2;
+ tsk = current;
+ if (tsk->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE || rt_task(tsk)) {
+ background += background / 4;
+ dirty += dirty / 4;
+ }
+ *pbackground = background;
+ *pdirty = dirty;
+}
+
+/*
+ * bdi_dirty_limit - @bdi's share of dirty throttling threshold
+ *
+ * Allocate high/low dirty limits to fast/slow devices, in order to prevent
+ * - starving fast devices
+ * - piling up dirty pages (that will take long time to sync) on slow devices
+ *
+ * The bdi's share of dirty limit will be adapting to its throughput and
+ * bounded by the bdi->min_ratio and/or bdi->max_ratio parameters, if set.
+ */
+unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long dirty)
+{
+ u64 bdi_dirty;
+ long numerator, denominator;
+
+ /*
+ * Calculate this BDI's share of the dirty ratio.
+ */
+ bdi_writeout_fraction(bdi, &numerator, &denominator);
+
+ bdi_dirty = (dirty * (100 - bdi_min_ratio)) / 100;
+ bdi_dirty *= numerator;
+ do_div(bdi_dirty, denominator);
+
+ bdi_dirty += (dirty * bdi->min_ratio) / 100;
+ if (bdi_dirty > (dirty * bdi->max_ratio) / 100)
+ bdi_dirty = dirty * bdi->max_ratio / 100;
+
+ return bdi_dirty;
+}
+
+/*
+ * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
+ * data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
+ * the caller to perform writeback if the system is over `vm_dirty_ratio'.
+ * If we're over `background_thresh' then the writeback threads are woken to
+ * perform some writeout.
+ */
+static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
+ unsigned long write_chunk)
+{
+ long nr_reclaimable, bdi_nr_reclaimable;
+ long nr_writeback, bdi_nr_writeback;
+ unsigned long background_thresh;
+ unsigned long dirty_thresh;
+ unsigned long bdi_thresh;
+ unsigned long pages_written = 0;
+ unsigned long pause = 1;
+ bool dirty_exceeded = false;
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
+
+ for (;;) {
+ struct writeback_control wbc = {
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ .older_than_this = NULL,
+ .nr_to_write = write_chunk,
+ .range_cyclic = 1,
+ };
+
+ nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
+ global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
+ nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
+
+ global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
+
+ /*
+ * Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot
+ * catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts
+ * when the bdi limits are ramping up.
+ */
+ if (nr_reclaimable + nr_writeback <=
+ (background_thresh + dirty_thresh) / 2)
+ break;
+
+ bdi_thresh = bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, dirty_thresh);
+ bdi_thresh = task_dirty_limit(current, bdi_thresh);
+
+ /*
+ * In order to avoid the stacked BDI deadlock we need
+ * to ensure we accurately count the 'dirty' pages when
+ * the threshold is low.
+ *
+ * Otherwise it would be possible to get thresh+n pages
+ * reported dirty, even though there are thresh-m pages
+ * actually dirty; with m+n sitting in the percpu
+ * deltas.
+ */
+ if (bdi_thresh < 2*bdi_stat_error(bdi)) {
+ bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
+ bdi_nr_writeback = bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
+ } else {
+ bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
+ bdi_nr_writeback = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * The bdi thresh is somehow "soft" limit derived from the
+ * global "hard" limit. The former helps to prevent heavy IO
+ * bdi or process from holding back light ones; The latter is
+ * the last resort safeguard.
+ */
+ dirty_exceeded =
+ (bdi_nr_reclaimable + bdi_nr_writeback > bdi_thresh)
+ || (nr_reclaimable + nr_writeback > dirty_thresh);
+
+ if (!dirty_exceeded)
+ break;
+
+ if (!bdi->dirty_exceeded)
+ bdi->dirty_exceeded = 1;
+
+ /* Note: nr_reclaimable denotes nr_dirty + nr_unstable.
+ * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked
+ * filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been
+ * written to the server's write cache, but has not yet
+ * been flushed to permanent storage.
+ * Only move pages to writeback if this bdi is over its
+ * threshold otherwise wait until the disk writes catch
+ * up.
+ */
+ trace_wbc_balance_dirty_start(&wbc, bdi);
+ if (bdi_nr_reclaimable > bdi_thresh) {
+ writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, &wbc);
+ pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
+ trace_wbc_balance_dirty_written(&wbc, bdi);
+ if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
+ break; /* We've done our duty */
+ }
+ trace_wbc_balance_dirty_wait(&wbc, bdi);
+ __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ io_schedule_timeout(pause);
+
+ /*
+ * Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous
+ * default of taking a 100ms nap.
+ */
+ pause <<= 1;
+ if (pause > HZ / 10)
+ pause = HZ / 10;
+ }
+
+ if (!dirty_exceeded && bdi->dirty_exceeded)
+ bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0;
+
+ if (writeback_in_progress(bdi))
+ return;
+
+ /*
+ * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
+ * starting background writeout, and then write out all the way down
+ * to the lower threshold. So slow writers cause minimal disk activity.
+ *
+ * In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
+ * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
+ */
+ if ((laptop_mode && pages_written) ||
+ (!laptop_mode && (nr_reclaimable > background_thresh)))
+ bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi);
+}
+
+void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite)
+{
+ if (set_page_dirty(page) || page_mkwrite) {
+ struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
+
+ if (mapping)
+ balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
+ }
+}
+
+static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, bdp_ratelimits) = 0;
+
+/**
+ * balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr - balance dirty memory state
+ * @mapping: address_space which was dirtied
+ * @nr_pages_dirtied: number of pages which the caller has just dirtied
+ *
+ * Processes which are dirtying memory should call in here once for each page
+ * which was newly dirtied. The function will periodically check the system's
+ * dirty state and will initiate writeback if needed.
+ *
+ * On really big machines, get_writeback_state is expensive, so try to avoid
+ * calling it too often (ratelimiting). But once we're over the dirty memory
+ * limit we decrease the ratelimiting by a lot, to prevent individual processes
+ * from overshooting the limit by (ratelimit_pages) each.
+ */
+void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
+ unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied)
+{
+ unsigned long ratelimit;
+ unsigned long *p;
+
+ ratelimit = ratelimit_pages;
+ if (mapping->backing_dev_info->dirty_exceeded)
+ ratelimit = 8;
+
+ /*
+ * Check the rate limiting. Also, we do not want to throttle real-time
+ * tasks in balance_dirty_pages(). Period.
+ */
+ preempt_disable();
+ p = &__get_cpu_var(bdp_ratelimits);
+ *p += nr_pages_dirtied;
+ if (unlikely(*p >= ratelimit)) {
+ ratelimit = sync_writeback_pages(*p);
+ *p = 0;
+ preempt_enable();
+ balance_dirty_pages(mapping, ratelimit);
+ return;
+ }
+ preempt_enable();
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr);
+
+void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+ unsigned long background_thresh;
+ unsigned long dirty_thresh;
+
+ for ( ; ; ) {
+ global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
+
+ /*
+ * Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
+ * allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
+ */
+ dirty_thresh += dirty_thresh / 10; /* wheeee... */
+
+ if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
+ global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
+ break;
+ congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
+
+ /*
+ * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
+ * or progress in the filesystem. So we cannot just sit here
+ * waiting for IO to complete.
+ */
+ if ((gfp_mask & (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) != (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO))
+ break;
+ }
+}
+
+/*
+ * sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
+ */
+int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
+ void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+ proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, length, ppos);
+ bdi_arm_supers_timer();
+ return 0;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
+{
+ struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *)data;
+ int nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
+ global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
+
+ /*
+ * We want to write everything out, not just down to the dirty
+ * threshold
+ */
+ if (bdi_has_dirty_io(&q->backing_dev_info))
+ bdi_start_writeback(&q->backing_dev_info, nr_pages);
+}
+
+/*
+ * We've spun up the disk and we're in laptop mode: schedule writeback
+ * of all dirty data a few seconds from now. If the flush is already scheduled
+ * then push it back - the user is still using the disk.
+ */
+void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info *info)
+{
+ mod_timer(&info->laptop_mode_wb_timer, jiffies + laptop_mode);
+}
+
+/*
+ * We're in laptop mode and we've just synced. The sync's writes will have
+ * caused another writeback to be scheduled by laptop_io_completion.
+ * Nothing needs to be written back anymore, so we unschedule the writeback.
+ */
+void laptop_sync_completion(void)
+{
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi;
+
+ rcu_read_lock();
+
+ list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list)
+ del_timer(&bdi->laptop_mode_wb_timer);
+
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+}
+#endif
+
+/*
+ * If ratelimit_pages is too high then we can get into dirty-data overload
+ * if a large number of processes all perform writes at the same time.
+ * If it is too low then SMP machines will call the (expensive)
+ * get_writeback_state too often.
+ *
+ * Here we set ratelimit_pages to a level which ensures that when all CPUs are
+ * dirtying in parallel, we cannot go more than 3% (1/32) over the dirty memory
+ * thresholds before writeback cuts in.
+ *
+ * But the limit should not be set too high. Because it also controls the
+ * amount of memory which the balance_dirty_pages() caller has to write back.
+ * If this is too large then the caller will block on the IO queue all the
+ * time. So limit it to four megabytes - the balance_dirty_pages() caller
+ * will write six megabyte chunks, max.
+ */
+
+void writeback_set_ratelimit(void)
+{
+ ratelimit_pages = vm_total_pages / (num_online_cpus() * 32);
+ if (ratelimit_pages < 16)
+ ratelimit_pages = 16;
+ if (ratelimit_pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE > 4096 * 1024)
+ ratelimit_pages = (4096 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
+}
+
+static int __cpuinit
+ratelimit_handler(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long u, void *v)
+{
+ writeback_set_ratelimit();
+ return NOTIFY_DONE;
+}
+
+static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata ratelimit_nb = {
+ .notifier_call = ratelimit_handler,
+ .next = NULL,
+};
+
+/*
+ * Called early on to tune the page writeback dirty limits.
+ *
+ * We used to scale dirty pages according to how total memory
+ * related to pages that could be allocated for buffers (by
+ * comparing nr_free_buffer_pages() to vm_total_pages.
+ *
+ * However, that was when we used "dirty_ratio" to scale with
+ * all memory, and we don't do that any more. "dirty_ratio"
+ * is now applied to total non-HIGHPAGE memory (by subtracting
+ * totalhigh_pages from vm_total_pages), and as such we can't
+ * get into the old insane situation any more where we had
+ * large amounts of dirty pages compared to a small amount of
+ * non-HIGHMEM memory.
+ *
+ * But we might still want to scale the dirty_ratio by how
+ * much memory the box has..
+ */
+void __init page_writeback_init(void)
+{
+ int shift;
+
+ writeback_set_ratelimit();
+ register_cpu_notifier(&ratelimit_nb);
+
+ shift = calc_period_shift();
+ prop_descriptor_init(&vm_completions, shift);
+ prop_descriptor_init(&vm_dirties, shift);
+}
+
+/**
+ * tag_pages_for_writeback - tag pages to be written by write_cache_pages
+ * @mapping: address space structure to write
+ * @start: starting page index
+ * @end: ending page index (inclusive)
+ *
+ * This function scans the page range from @start to @end (inclusive) and tags
+ * all pages that have DIRTY tag set with a special TOWRITE tag. The idea is
+ * that write_cache_pages (or whoever calls this function) will then use
+ * TOWRITE tag to identify pages eligible for writeback. This mechanism is
+ * used to avoid livelocking of writeback by a process steadily creating new
+ * dirty pages in the file (thus it is important for this function to be quick
+ * so that it can tag pages faster than a dirtying process can create them).
+ */
+/*
+ * We tag pages in batches of WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH to reduce tree_lock latency.
+ */
+void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
+ pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end)
+{
+#define WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH 4096
+ unsigned long tagged;
+
+ do {
+ spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+ tagged = radix_tree_range_tag_if_tagged(&mapping->page_tree,
+ &start, end, WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH,
+ PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY, PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE);
+ spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(tagged > WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH);
+ cond_resched();
+ /* We check 'start' to handle wrapping when end == ~0UL */
+ } while (tagged >= WRITEBACK_TAG_BATCH && start);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(tag_pages_for_writeback);
+
+/**
+ * write_cache_pages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and write all of them.
+ * @mapping: address space structure to write
+ * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
+ * @writepage: function called for each page
+ * @data: data passed to writepage function
+ *
+ * If a page is already under I/O, write_cache_pages() skips it, even
+ * if it's dirty. This is desirable behaviour for memory-cleaning writeback,
+ * but it is INCORRECT for data-integrity system calls such as fsync(). fsync()
+ * and msync() need to guarantee that all the data which was dirty at the time
+ * the call was made get new I/O started against them. If wbc->sync_mode is
+ * WB_SYNC_ALL then we were called for data integrity and we must wait for
+ * existing IO to complete.
+ *
+ * To avoid livelocks (when other process dirties new pages), we first tag
+ * pages which should be written back with TOWRITE tag and only then start
+ * writing them. For data-integrity sync we have to be careful so that we do
+ * not miss some pages (e.g., because some other process has cleared TOWRITE
+ * tag we set). The rule we follow is that TOWRITE tag can be cleared only
+ * by the process clearing the DIRTY tag (and submitting the page for IO).
+ */
+int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
+ struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage,
+ void *data)
+{
+ int ret = 0;
+ int done = 0;
+ struct pagevec pvec;
+ int nr_pages;
+ pgoff_t uninitialized_var(writeback_index);
+ pgoff_t index;
+ pgoff_t end; /* Inclusive */
+ pgoff_t done_index;
+ int cycled;
+ int range_whole = 0;
+ int tag;
+
+ pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
+ if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
+ writeback_index = mapping->writeback_index; /* prev offset */
+ index = writeback_index;
+ if (index == 0)
+ cycled = 1;
+ else
+ cycled = 0;
+ end = -1;
+ } else {
+ index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ end = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
+ range_whole = 1;
+ cycled = 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */
+ }
+ if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
+ tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE;
+ else
+ tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY;
+retry:
+ if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages)
+ tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, index, end);
+ done_index = index;
+ while (!done && (index <= end)) {
+ int i;
+
+ nr_pages = pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec, mapping, &index, tag,
+ min(end - index, (pgoff_t)PAGEVEC_SIZE-1) + 1);
+ if (nr_pages == 0)
+ break;
+
+ for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
+ struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
+
+ /*
+ * At this point, the page may be truncated or
+ * invalidated (changing page->mapping to NULL), or
+ * even swizzled back from swapper_space to tmpfs file
+ * mapping. However, page->index will not change
+ * because we have a reference on the page.
+ */
+ if (page->index > end) {
+ /*
+ * can't be range_cyclic (1st pass) because
+ * end == -1 in that case.
+ */
+ done = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+
+ done_index = page->index;
+
+ lock_page(page);
+
+ /*
+ * Page truncated or invalidated. We can freely skip it
+ * then, even for data integrity operations: the page
+ * has disappeared concurrently, so there could be no
+ * real expectation of this data interity operation
+ * even if there is now a new, dirty page at the same
+ * pagecache address.
+ */
+ if (unlikely(page->mapping != mapping)) {
+continue_unlock:
+ unlock_page(page);
+ continue;
+ }
+
+ if (!PageDirty(page)) {
+ /* someone wrote it for us */
+ goto continue_unlock;
+ }
+
+ if (PageWriteback(page)) {
+ if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE)
+ wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+ else
+ goto continue_unlock;
+ }
+
+ BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));
+ if (!clear_page_dirty_for_io(page))
+ goto continue_unlock;
+
+ trace_wbc_writepage(wbc, mapping->backing_dev_info);
+ ret = (*writepage)(page, wbc, data);
+ if (unlikely(ret)) {
+ if (ret == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
+ unlock_page(page);
+ ret = 0;
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * done_index is set past this page,
+ * so media errors will not choke
+ * background writeout for the entire
+ * file. This has consequences for
+ * range_cyclic semantics (ie. it may
+ * not be suitable for data integrity
+ * writeout).
+ */
+ done_index = page->index + 1;
+ done = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * We stop writing back only if we are not doing
+ * integrity sync. In case of integrity sync we have to
+ * keep going until we have written all the pages
+ * we tagged for writeback prior to entering this loop.
+ */
+ if (--wbc->nr_to_write <= 0 &&
+ wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
+ done = 1;
+ break;
+ }
+ }
+ pagevec_release(&pvec);
+ cond_resched();
+ }
+ if (!cycled && !done) {
+ /*
+ * range_cyclic:
+ * We hit the last page and there is more work to be done: wrap
+ * back to the start of the file
+ */
+ cycled = 1;
+ index = 0;
+ end = writeback_index - 1;
+ goto retry;
+ }
+ if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
+ mapping->writeback_index = done_index;
+
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_cache_pages);
+
+/*
+ * Function used by generic_writepages to call the real writepage
+ * function and set the mapping flags on error
+ */
+static int __writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
+ void *data)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping = data;
+ int ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, wbc);
+ mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and writepage() all of them.
+ * @mapping: address space structure to write
+ * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
+ *
+ * This is a library function, which implements the writepages()
+ * address_space_operation.
+ */
+int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
+ struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+ struct blk_plug plug;
+ int ret;
+
+ /* deal with chardevs and other special file */
+ if (!mapping->a_ops->writepage)
+ return 0;
+
+ blk_start_plug(&plug);
+ ret = write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, __writepage, mapping);
+ blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_writepages);
+
+int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
+ return 0;
+ if (mapping->a_ops->writepages)
+ ret = mapping->a_ops->writepages(mapping, wbc);
+ else
+ ret = generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+/**
+ * write_one_page - write out a single page and optionally wait on I/O
+ * @page: the page to write
+ * @wait: if true, wait on writeout
+ *
+ * The page must be locked by the caller and will be unlocked upon return.
+ *
+ * write_one_page() returns a negative error code if I/O failed.
+ */
+int write_one_page(struct page *page, int wait)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
+ int ret = 0;
+ struct writeback_control wbc = {
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+ .nr_to_write = 1,
+ };
+
+ BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+
+ if (wait)
+ wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+
+ if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
+ page_cache_get(page);
+ ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
+ if (ret == 0 && wait) {
+ wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+ if (PageError(page))
+ ret = -EIO;
+ }
+ page_cache_release(page);
+ } else {
+ unlock_page(page);
+ }
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_one_page);
+
+/*
+ * For address_spaces which do not use buffers nor write back.
+ */
+int __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(struct page *page)
+{
+ if (!PageDirty(page))
+ return !TestSetPageDirty(page);
+ return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * Helper function for set_page_dirty family.
+ * NOTE: This relies on being atomic wrt interrupts.
+ */
+void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+ if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
+ __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
+ __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_DIRTIED);
+ __inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
+ task_dirty_inc(current);
+ task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_dirtied);
+
+/*
+ * Helper function for set_page_writeback family.
+ * NOTE: Unlike account_page_dirtied this does not rely on being atomic
+ * wrt interrupts.
+ */
+void account_page_writeback(struct page *page)
+{
+ inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
+ inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITTEN);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_writeback);
+
+/*
+ * For address_spaces which do not use buffers. Just tag the page as dirty in
+ * its radix tree.
+ *
+ * This is also used when a single buffer is being dirtied: we want to set the
+ * page dirty in that case, but not all the buffers. This is a "bottom-up"
+ * dirtying, whereas __set_page_dirty_buffers() is a "top-down" dirtying.
+ *
+ * Most callers have locked the page, which pins the address_space in memory.
+ * But zap_pte_range() does not lock the page, however in that case the
+ * mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference.
+ *
+ * We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the
+ * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() inside tree_lock.
+ */
+int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page)
+{
+ if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
+ struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
+ struct address_space *mapping2;
+
+ if (!mapping)
+ return 1;
+
+ spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+ mapping2 = page_mapping(page);
+ if (mapping2) { /* Race with truncate? */
+ BUG_ON(mapping2 != mapping);
+ WARN_ON_ONCE(!PagePrivate(page) && !PageUptodate(page));
+ account_page_dirtied(page, mapping);
+ radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
+ page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+ if (mapping->host) {
+ /* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
+ __mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
+ }
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_nobuffers);
+
+/*
+ * When a writepage implementation decides that it doesn't want to write this
+ * page for some reason, it should redirty the locked page via
+ * redirty_page_for_writepage() and it should then unlock the page and return 0
+ */
+int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page)
+{
+ wbc->pages_skipped++;
+ return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage);
+
+/*
+ * Dirty a page.
+ *
+ * For pages with a mapping this should be done under the page lock
+ * for the benefit of asynchronous memory errors who prefer a consistent
+ * dirty state. This rule can be broken in some special cases,
+ * but should be better not to.
+ *
+ * If the mapping doesn't provide a set_page_dirty a_op, then
+ * just fall through and assume that it wants buffer_heads.
+ */
+int set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
+
+ if (likely(mapping)) {
+ int (*spd)(struct page *) = mapping->a_ops->set_page_dirty;
+ /*
+ * readahead/lru_deactivate_page could remain
+ * PG_readahead/PG_reclaim due to race with end_page_writeback
+ * About readahead, if the page is written, the flags would be
+ * reset. So no problem.
+ * About lru_deactivate_page, if the page is redirty, the flag
+ * will be reset. So no problem. but if the page is used by readahead
+ * it will confuse readahead and make it restart the size rampup
+ * process. But it's a trivial problem.
+ */
+ ClearPageReclaim(page);
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
+ if (!spd)
+ spd = __set_page_dirty_buffers;
+#endif
+ return (*spd)(page);
+ }
+ if (!PageDirty(page)) {
+ if (!TestSetPageDirty(page))
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty);
+
+/*
+ * set_page_dirty() is racy if the caller has no reference against
+ * page->mapping->host, and if the page is unlocked. This is because another
+ * CPU could truncate the page off the mapping and then free the mapping.
+ *
+ * Usually, the page _is_ locked, or the caller is a user-space process which
+ * holds a reference on the inode by having an open file.
+ *
+ * In other cases, the page should be locked before running set_page_dirty().
+ */
+int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ lock_page(page);
+ ret = set_page_dirty(page);
+ unlock_page(page);
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty_lock);
+
+/*
+ * Clear a page's dirty flag, while caring for dirty memory accounting.
+ * Returns true if the page was previously dirty.
+ *
+ * This is for preparing to put the page under writeout. We leave the page
+ * tagged as dirty in the radix tree so that a concurrent write-for-sync
+ * can discover it via a PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY walk. The ->writepage
+ * implementation will run either set_page_writeback() or set_page_dirty(),
+ * at which stage we bring the page's dirty flag and radix-tree dirty tag
+ * back into sync.
+ *
+ * This incoherency between the page's dirty flag and radix-tree tag is
+ * unfortunate, but it only exists while the page is locked.
+ */
+int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
+
+ BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+
+ if (mapping && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
+ /*
+ * Yes, Virginia, this is indeed insane.
+ *
+ * We use this sequence to make sure that
+ * (a) we account for dirty stats properly
+ * (b) we tell the low-level filesystem to
+ * mark the whole page dirty if it was
+ * dirty in a pagetable. Only to then
+ * (c) clean the page again and return 1 to
+ * cause the writeback.
+ *
+ * This way we avoid all nasty races with the
+ * dirty bit in multiple places and clearing
+ * them concurrently from different threads.
+ *
+ * Note! Normally the "set_page_dirty(page)"
+ * has no effect on the actual dirty bit - since
+ * that will already usually be set. But we
+ * need the side effects, and it can help us
+ * avoid races.
+ *
+ * We basically use the page "master dirty bit"
+ * as a serialization point for all the different
+ * threads doing their things.
+ */
+ if (page_mkclean(page))
+ set_page_dirty(page);
+ /*
+ * We carefully synchronise fault handlers against
+ * installing a dirty pte and marking the page dirty
+ * at this point. We do this by having them hold the
+ * page lock at some point after installing their
+ * pte, but before marking the page dirty.
+ * Pages are always locked coming in here, so we get
+ * the desired exclusion. See mm/memory.c:do_wp_page()
+ * for more comments.
+ */
+ if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
+ dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
+ dec_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info,
+ BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
+ return 1;
+ }
+ return 0;
+ }
+ return TestClearPageDirty(page);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io);
+
+int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
+ int ret;
+
+ if (mapping) {
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+ ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
+ if (ret) {
+ radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
+ page_index(page),
+ PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
+ if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi)) {
+ __dec_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
+ __bdi_writeout_inc(bdi);
+ }
+ }
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+ } else {
+ ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
+ }
+ if (ret)
+ dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
+ return ret;
+}
+
+int test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page)
+{
+ struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
+ int ret;
+
+ if (mapping) {
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
+ unsigned long flags;
+
+ spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+ ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
+ if (!ret) {
+ radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
+ page_index(page),
+ PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
+ if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi))
+ __inc_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
+ }
+ if (!PageDirty(page))
+ radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
+ page_index(page),
+ PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
+ radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
+ page_index(page),
+ PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE);
+ spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
+ } else {
+ ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
+ }
+ if (!ret)
+ account_page_writeback(page);
+ return ret;
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_set_page_writeback);
+
+/*
+ * Return true if any of the pages in the mapping are marked with the
+ * passed tag.
+ */
+int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag)
+{
+ int ret;
+ rcu_read_lock();
+ ret = radix_tree_tagged(&mapping->page_tree, tag);
+ rcu_read_unlock();
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged);