[PATCH] writeback: mark sysctl vm.block_dump for removal

[Tejun Heo]

vm.block_dump is nasty in that it dumps IO traces directly to printk.
It isn't scalable and can easily lead to looping behavior - IO
generating kernel message which in turn genreates log IO, ad
infinitum.

Now that proper tracepoints are in place, vm.block_dump isn't
necessary.  Generate a warning if used so that it can be removed down
the road.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/writeback.h |    3 +++
 kernel/sysctl.c           |    2 +-
 mm/page-writeback.c       |   14 ++++++++++++++
 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index b82a83a..678ee6d 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -143,6 +143,9 @@ extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 extern int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 		loff_t *ppos);
+extern int block_dump_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+		void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
+		loff_t *ppos);
 
 struct ctl_table;
 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index c88878d..9e7f7b5 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1288,7 +1288,7 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.data		= &block_dump,
 		.maxlen		= sizeof(block_dump),
 		.mode		= 0644,
-		.proc_handler	= proc_dointvec,
+		.proc_handler	= block_dump_handler,
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 	},
 	{
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 6f42712..5548bef 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -390,6 +390,20 @@ int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+int block_dump_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+		       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	static bool warned = false;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = proc_dointvec(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (!warned && block_dump) {
+		pr_warning("sysctl: vm.block_dump is scheduled for removal. Please use tracepoints instead.\n");
+		warned = true;
+	}
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static unsigned long wp_next_time(unsigned long cur_time)
 {
 	cur_time += VM_COMPLETIONS_PERIOD_LEN;
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