Re: [PATCH 1/8] writeback: get rid of generic_sync_sb_inodes()export

From: Jan Kara
Date: Fri Sep 04 2009 - 04:28:29 EST

On Fri 04-09-09 09:46:39, Jens Axboe wrote:
> This adds two new exported functions:
>
> - writeback_inodes_sb(), which only attempts to writeback dirty inodes on
> this super_block, for WB_SYNC_NONE writeout.
> - sync_inodes_sbt(), which writes out all dirty inodes on this super_block
> and also waits for the IO to complete.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
The patch looks good. A nice cleanup.
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c | 9 +----
> fs/fs-writeback.c | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++---------------
> fs/sync.c | 18 +++++----
> fs/ubifs/budget.c | 16 +-------
> fs/ubifs/super.c | 8 +----
> include/linux/fs.h | 2 -
> include/linux/writeback.h | 3 +-
> 7 files changed, 58 insertions(+), 68 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
> index 7b60579..e63c9be 100644
> --- a/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
> +++ b/drivers/staging/pohmelfs/inode.c
> @@ -1950,14 +1950,7 @@ static int pohmelfs_get_sb(struct file_system_type *fs_type,
> */
> static void pohmelfs_kill_super(struct super_block *sb)
> {
> - struct writeback_control wbc = {
> - .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
> - .range_start = 0,
> - .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
> - .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
> - };
> - generic_sync_sb_inodes(sb, &wbc);
> -
> + sync_inodes_sb(sb);
> kill_anon_super(sb);
> }
>
> diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
> index c54226b..271e5f4 100644
> --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
> +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
> @@ -458,8 +458,8 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
> * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
> * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
> */
> -void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
> - struct writeback_control *wbc)
> +static void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
> + struct writeback_control *wbc)
> {
> const unsigned long start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
> int sync = wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL;
> @@ -593,13 +593,6 @@ void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
>
> return; /* Leave any unwritten inodes on s_io */
> }
> -EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_sync_sb_inodes);
> -
> -static void sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
> - struct writeback_control *wbc)
> -{
> - generic_sync_sb_inodes(sb, wbc);
> -}
>
> /*
> * Start writeback of dirty pagecache data against all unlocked inodes.
> @@ -640,7 +633,7 @@ restart:
> */
> if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
> if (sb->s_root)
> - sync_sb_inodes(sb, wbc);
> + generic_sync_sb_inodes(sb, wbc);
> up_read(&sb->s_umount);
> }
> spin_lock(&sb_lock);
> @@ -653,35 +646,56 @@ restart:
> spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
> }
>
> -/*
> - * writeback and wait upon the filesystem's dirty inodes. The caller will
> - * do this in two passes - one to write, and one to wait.
> - *
> - * A finite limit is set on the number of pages which will be written.
> - * To prevent infinite livelock of sys_sync().
> +/**
> + * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
> + * @sb: the superblock
> *
> - * We add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode write
> - * can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
> + * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
> + * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
> + * for IO completion of submitted IO. The number of pages submitted is
> + * returned.
> */
> -void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
> +long writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
> {
> struct writeback_control wbc = {
> - .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
> + .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
> .range_start = 0,
> .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
> };
> + unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
> + unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
> + long nr_to_write;
>
> - if (!wait) {
> - unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
> - unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
> -
> - wbc.nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
> + nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
> (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
> - } else
> - wbc.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX; /* doesn't actually matter */
>
> - sync_sb_inodes(sb, &wbc);
> + wbc.nr_to_write = nr_to_write;
> + generic_sync_sb_inodes(sb, &wbc);
> + return nr_to_write - wbc.nr_to_write;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
> +
> +/**
> + * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
> + * @sb: the superblock
> + *
> + * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
> + * super_block. The number of pages synced is returned.
> + */
> +long sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
> +{
> + struct writeback_control wbc = {
> + .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
> + .range_start = 0,
> + .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
> + };
> + long nr_to_write = LONG_MAX; /* doesn't actually matter */
> +
> + wbc.nr_to_write = nr_to_write;
> + generic_sync_sb_inodes(sb, &wbc);
> + return nr_to_write - wbc.nr_to_write;
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);
>
> /**
> * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
> diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
> index 3422ba6..66f2104 100644
> --- a/fs/sync.c
> +++ b/fs/sync.c
> @@ -19,20 +19,22 @@
> SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER)
>
> /*
> - * Do the filesystem syncing work. For simple filesystems sync_inodes_sb(sb, 0)
> - * just dirties buffers with inodes so we have to submit IO for these buffers
> - * via __sync_blockdev(). This also speeds up the wait == 1 case since in that
> - * case write_inode() functions do sync_dirty_buffer() and thus effectively
> - * write one block at a time.
> + * Do the filesystem syncing work. For simple filesystems
> + * writeback_inodes_sb(sb) just dirties buffers with inodes so we have to
> + * submit IO for these buffers via __sync_blockdev(). This also speeds up the
> + * wait == 1 case since in that case write_inode() functions do
> + * sync_dirty_buffer() and thus effectively write one block at a time.
> */
> static int __sync_filesystem(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
> {
> /* Avoid doing twice syncing and cache pruning for quota sync */
> - if (!wait)
> + if (!wait) {
> writeout_quota_sb(sb, -1);
> - else
> + writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
> + } else {
> sync_quota_sb(sb, -1);
> - sync_inodes_sb(sb, wait);
> + sync_inodes_sb(sb);
> + }
> if (sb->s_op->sync_fs)
> sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, wait);
> return __sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev, wait);
> diff --git a/fs/ubifs/budget.c b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
> index eaf6d89..1c8991b 100644
> --- a/fs/ubifs/budget.c
> +++ b/fs/ubifs/budget.c
> @@ -65,26 +65,14 @@
> static int shrink_liability(struct ubifs_info *c, int nr_to_write)
> {
> int nr_written;
> - struct writeback_control wbc = {
> - .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
> - .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
> - .nr_to_write = nr_to_write,
> - };
> -
> - generic_sync_sb_inodes(c->vfs_sb, &wbc);
> - nr_written = nr_to_write - wbc.nr_to_write;
>
> + nr_written = writeback_inodes_sb(c->vfs_sb);
> if (!nr_written) {
> /*
> * Re-try again but wait on pages/inodes which are being
> * written-back concurrently (e.g., by pdflush).
> */
> - memset(&wbc, 0, sizeof(struct writeback_control));
> - wbc.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;
> - wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
> - wbc.nr_to_write = nr_to_write;
> - generic_sync_sb_inodes(c->vfs_sb, &wbc);
> - nr_written = nr_to_write - wbc.nr_to_write;
> + nr_written = sync_inodes_sb(c->vfs_sb);
> }
>
> dbg_budg("%d pages were written back", nr_written);
> diff --git a/fs/ubifs/super.c b/fs/ubifs/super.c
> index 26d2e0d..8d6050a 100644
> --- a/fs/ubifs/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ubifs/super.c
> @@ -438,12 +438,6 @@ static int ubifs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
> {
> int i, err;
> struct ubifs_info *c = sb->s_fs_info;
> - struct writeback_control wbc = {
> - .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
> - .range_start = 0,
> - .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
> - .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
> - };
>
> /*
> * Zero @wait is just an advisory thing to help the file system shove
> @@ -462,7 +456,7 @@ static int ubifs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
> * the user be able to get more accurate results of 'statfs()' after
> * they synchronize the file system.
> */
> - generic_sync_sb_inodes(sb, &wbc);
> + sync_inodes_sb(sb);
>
> /*
> * Synchronize write buffers, because 'ubifs_run_commit()' does not
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 73e9b64..07b0f66 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -2070,8 +2070,6 @@ static inline void invalidate_remote_inode(struct inode *inode)
> extern int invalidate_inode_pages2(struct address_space *mapping);
> extern int invalidate_inode_pages2_range(struct address_space *mapping,
> pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end);
> -extern void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
> - struct writeback_control *wbc);
> extern int write_inode_now(struct inode *, int);
> extern int filemap_fdatawrite(struct address_space *);
> extern int filemap_flush(struct address_space *);
> diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
> index 3224820..0703929 100644
> --- a/include/linux/writeback.h
> +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
> @@ -78,7 +78,8 @@ struct writeback_control {
> */
> void writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc);
> int inode_wait(void *);
> -void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, int wait);
> +long writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
> +long sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
>
> /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
> static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
> --
> 1.6.4.1.207.g68ea
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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