[PATCH 07/11] writeback: allow sleepy exit of default writeback task

[Jens Axboe]

Since we do lazy create of default writeback tasks for a bdi, we can
allow sleepy exit if it has been completely idle for 5 minutes.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c           |   52 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------
 include/linux/backing-dev.h |    5 ++++
 include/linux/writeback.h   |    2 +-
 3 files changed, 48 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index d9cd3b7..7e70f80 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -226,10 +226,10 @@ int bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct super_block *sb,
  * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write.  So we'll only write back
  * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
  */
-static void wb_kupdated(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+static long wb_kupdated(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
 	unsigned long oldest_jif;
-	long nr_to_write;
+	long nr_to_write, wrote = 0;
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
 		.bdi			= wb->bdi,
 		.sync_mode		= WB_SYNC_NONE,
@@ -252,13 +252,16 @@ static void wb_kupdated(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 		wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
 		wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
 		generic_sync_wb_inodes(wb, NULL, &wbc);
+		wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
 		if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0)
 			break;	/* All the old data is written */
 		nr_to_write -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
 	}
+
+	return wrote;
 }
 
-static void __wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
+static long __wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
 			   struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
@@ -267,6 +270,7 @@ static void __wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
 		.older_than_this	= NULL,
 		.range_cyclic		= 1,
 	};
+	long wrote = 0;
 
 	for (;;) {
 		unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;
@@ -283,6 +287,7 @@ static void __wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
 		wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
 		generic_sync_wb_inodes(wb, sb, &wbc);
 		nr_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
+		wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
 		/*
 		 * If we ran out of stuff to write, bail unless more_io got set
 		 */
@@ -292,6 +297,8 @@ static void __wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
 			break;
 		}
 	}
+
+	return wrote;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -317,26 +324,31 @@ static struct bdi_work *get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static void wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
 	struct bdi_work *work;
+	long wrote = 0;
 
 	while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi, wb)) != NULL) {
 		struct super_block *sb = bdi_work_sb(work);
 		long nr_pages = work->nr_pages;
 
 		wb_clear_pending(wb, work);
-		__wb_writeback(wb, nr_pages, sb);
+		wrote += __wb_writeback(wb, nr_pages, sb);
 	}
+
+	return wrote;
 }
 
 /*
  * This will be inlined in bdi_writeback_task() once we get rid of any
  * dirty inodes on the default_backing_dev_info
  */
-void wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
+	long wrote;
+
 	/*
 	 * We get here in two cases:
 	 *
@@ -348,9 +360,11 @@ void wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 	 *  items on the work_list. Process those.
 	 */
 	if (list_empty(&wb->bdi->work_list))
-		wb_kupdated(wb);
+		wrote = wb_kupdated(wb);
 	else
-		wb_writeback(wb);
+		wrote = wb_writeback(wb);
+
+	return wrote;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -359,12 +373,30 @@ void wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  */
 int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
+	unsigned long last_active = jiffies;
+	unsigned long wait_jiffies = -1UL;
+	long pages_written;
 	DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
 
 	while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
-		unsigned long wait_jiffies;
 
-		wb_do_writeback(wb);
+		pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb);
+
+		if (pages_written)
+			last_active = jiffies;
+		else if (wait_jiffies != -1UL) {
+			unsigned long max_idle;
+
+			/*
+			 * Longest period of inactivity that we tolerate. If we
+			 * see dirty data again later, the task will get
+			 * recreated automatically.
+			 */
+			max_idle = max(5UL * 60 * HZ, wait_jiffies);
+			if (time_after(jiffies, max_idle + last_active) &&
+			    wb_is_default_task(wb))
+				break;
+		}
 
 		prepare_to_wait(&wb->wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 		wait_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 6ccfa35..5d93237 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -112,6 +112,11 @@ int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 extern spinlock_t bdi_lock;
 extern struct list_head bdi_list;
 
+static inline int wb_is_default_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+{
+	return wb == &wb->bdi->wb;
+}
+
 static inline int bdi_wblist_needs_lock(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
 	return test_bit(BDI_wblist_lock, &bdi->state);
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index e414702..30e318b 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ void writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc);
 int inode_wait(void *);
 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, int wait);
 void sync_inodes(int wait);
-void wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
+long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
 
 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
-- 
1.6.3.rc0.1.gf800

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/