[patch 24/33] fs: icache lock lru/writeback lists

From: npiggin
Date: Fri Sep 04 2009 - 03:02:50 EST


Add a new lock, wb_inode_list_lock, to protect i_list and various lists
which the inode can be put onto.

XXX: haven't audited ocfs2
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 41 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------
fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 11 +++++++---
fs/inode.c | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------
include/linux/writeback.h | 1
4 files changed, 81 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-)

Index: linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -171,7 +171,9 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *in
*/
if (!was_dirty) {
inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
}
}
out:
@@ -201,12 +203,12 @@ static void redirty_tail(struct inode *i
{
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;

+ assert_spin_locked(&wb_inode_list_lock);
if (!list_empty(&sb->s_dirty)) {
struct inode *tail_inode;

tail_inode = list_entry(sb->s_dirty.next, struct inode, i_list);
- if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when,
- tail_inode->dirtied_when))
+ if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail_inode->dirtied_when))
inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
}
list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
@@ -217,6 +219,7 @@ static void redirty_tail(struct inode *i
*/
static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode)
{
+ assert_spin_locked(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode->i_sb->s_more_io);
}

@@ -251,6 +254,7 @@ static void move_expired_inodes(struct l
struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
unsigned long *older_than_this)
{
+ assert_spin_locked(&wb_inode_list_lock);
while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
struct inode *inode = list_entry(delaying_queue->prev,
struct inode, i_list);
@@ -289,11 +293,13 @@ static void inode_wait_for_writeback(str

wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
do {
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
__wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
} while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
}

@@ -350,6 +356,7 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *ino
inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY;

+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);

@@ -370,6 +377,7 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *ino

spin_lock(&inode_lock);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
if (!(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR))) {
if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
@@ -471,6 +479,8 @@ void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super
int sync = wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL;

spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+again:
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&sb->s_io))
queue_io(sb, wbc->older_than_this);

@@ -481,6 +491,11 @@ void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super
struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
long pages_skipped;

+ if (!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ goto again;
+ }
+
if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
redirty_tail(inode);
if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb)) {
@@ -488,6 +503,7 @@ void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super
* Dirty memory-backed blockdev: the ramdisk
* driver does this. Skip just this inode
*/
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue;
}
/*
@@ -495,28 +511,34 @@ void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super
* than the kernel-internal bdev filesystem. Skip the
* entire superblock.
*/
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
break;
}

if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
- if (!sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb))
+ if (!sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb)) {
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
break; /* Skip a congested fs */
+ }
requeue_io(inode);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue; /* Skip a congested blockdev */
}

if (wbc->bdi && bdi != wbc->bdi) {
- if (!sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb))
+ if (!sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb)) {
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
break; /* fs has the wrong queue */
+ }
requeue_io(inode);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue; /* blockdev has wrong queue */
}

- spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_WILL_FREE)) {
- spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
requeue_io(inode);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue;
}

@@ -548,11 +570,13 @@ void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super
*/
redirty_tail(inode);
}
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
iput(inode);
cond_resched();
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
wbc->more_io = 1;
break;
@@ -560,6 +584,7 @@ void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super
if (!list_empty(&sb->s_more_io))
wbc->more_io = 1;
}
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);

if (sync) {
struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
@@ -729,7 +754,9 @@ int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode,
might_sleep();
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
if (sync)
@@ -755,7 +782,9 @@ int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, stru

spin_lock(&inode_lock);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
return ret;
Index: linux-2.6/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
@@ -384,8 +384,11 @@ static void hugetlbfs_forget_inode(struc
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;

if (!hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash)) {
- if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC)))
+ if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC))) {
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ }
atomic_inc(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
if (!sb || (sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE)) {
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
@@ -403,13 +406,15 @@ static void hugetlbfs_forget_inode(struc
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
inode->i_state &= ~I_WILL_FREE;
- spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
hlist_del_init(&inode->i_hash);
spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
+ atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
}
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
spin_lock(&sb_inode_list_lock);
list_del_init(&inode->i_sb_list);
spin_unlock(&sb_inode_list_lock);
Index: linux-2.6/fs/inode.c
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/fs/inode.c
+++ linux-2.6/fs/inode.c
@@ -86,6 +86,7 @@ static struct hlist_head *inode_hashtabl
*/
DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_lock);
DEFINE_SPINLOCK(sb_inode_list_lock);
+DEFINE_SPINLOCK(wb_inode_list_lock);
DEFINE_SPINLOCK(inode_hash_lock);

/*
@@ -304,8 +305,11 @@ void __iget(struct inode *inode)
if (inode->i_count > 1)
return;

- if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC)))
+ if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC))) {
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ }
atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
}

@@ -407,7 +411,9 @@ static int invalidate_list(struct list_h
}
invalidate_inode_buffers(inode);
if (!inode->i_count) {
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_move(&inode->i_list, dispose);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -486,6 +492,8 @@ static void prune_icache(int nr_to_scan)

mutex_lock(&iprune_mutex);
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+again:
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
for (nr_scanned = 0; nr_scanned < nr_to_scan; nr_scanned++) {
struct inode *inode;

@@ -494,13 +502,17 @@ static void prune_icache(int nr_to_scan)

inode = list_entry(inode_unused.prev, struct inode, i_list);

- spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ if (!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ goto again;
+ }
if (inode->i_state || inode->i_count) {
list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue;
}
if (inode_has_buffers(inode) || inode->i_data.nrpages) {
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
__iget(inode);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
@@ -509,11 +521,16 @@ static void prune_icache(int nr_to_scan)
0, -1);
iput(inode);
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
+again2:
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);

if (inode != list_entry(inode_unused.next,
struct inode, i_list))
continue; /* wrong inode or list_empty */
- spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
+ if (!spin_trylock(&inode->i_lock)) {
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ goto again2;
+ }
if (!can_unuse(inode)) {
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
continue;
@@ -531,6 +548,7 @@ static void prune_icache(int nr_to_scan)
else
__count_vm_events(PGINODESTEAL, reap);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);

dispose_list(&freeable);
mutex_unlock(&iprune_mutex);
@@ -655,7 +673,9 @@ __inode_add_to_lists(struct super_block
spin_lock(&sb_inode_list_lock);
list_add(&inode->i_sb_list, &sb->s_inodes);
spin_unlock(&sb_inode_list_lock);
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_add(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
if (head) {
spin_lock(&inode_hash_lock);
hlist_add_head(&inode->i_hash, head);
@@ -1283,14 +1303,16 @@ void generic_delete_inode(struct inode *
{
const struct super_operations *op = inode->i_sb->s_op;

+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_del_init(&inode->i_sb_list);
spin_unlock(&sb_inode_list_lock);
WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_inodes);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_inodes);

security_inode_delete(inode);

@@ -1323,8 +1345,11 @@ static void generic_forget_inode(struct
struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;

if (!hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash)) {
- if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC)))
+ if (!(inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY|I_SYNC))) {
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
+ }
atomic_inc(&inodes_stat.nr_unused);
if (sb->s_flags & MS_ACTIVE) {
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
@@ -1348,14 +1373,16 @@ static void generic_forget_inode(struct
hlist_del_init(&inode->i_hash);
spin_unlock(&inode_hash_lock);
}
+ spin_lock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
+ spin_unlock(&wb_inode_list_lock);
list_del_init(&inode->i_sb_list);
spin_unlock(&sb_inode_list_lock);
WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_NEW);
inode->i_state |= I_FREEING;
- atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_inodes);
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
+ atomic_dec(&inodes_stat.nr_inodes);
if (inode->i_data.nrpages)
truncate_inode_pages(&inode->i_data, 0);
clear_inode(inode);
@@ -1412,17 +1439,17 @@ void iput(struct inode *inode)
if (inode) {
BUG_ON(inode->i_state == I_CLEAR);

-retry:
+retry1:
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
if (inode->i_count == 1) {
if (!spin_trylock(&inode_lock)) {
+retry2:
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- goto retry;
+ goto retry1;
}
if (!spin_trylock(&sb_inode_list_lock)) {
spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
- spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
- goto retry;
+ goto retry2;
}
inode->i_count--;
iput_final(inode);
Index: linux-2.6/include/linux/writeback.h
===================================================================
--- linux-2.6.orig/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ linux-2.6/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info;

extern spinlock_t inode_lock;
extern spinlock_t sb_inode_list_lock;
+extern spinlock_t wb_inode_list_lock;
extern spinlock_t inode_hash_lock;
extern struct list_head inode_in_use;
extern struct list_head inode_unused;


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