[PATCH block/for-linus] writeback: fix syncing of I_DIRTY_TIME inodes

[Tejun Heo]

e79729123f63 ("writeback: don't issue wb_writeback_work if clean")
updated writeback path to avoid kicking writeback work items if there
are no inodes to be written out; unfortunately, the avoidance logic
was too aggressive and made sync_inodes_sb() skip I_DIRTY_TIME inodes.
This patch fixes the breakage by

* Removing bdi_has_dirty_io() shortcut from bdi_split_work_to_wbs().
  The callers are already testing the condition.

* Removing bdi_has_dirty_io() shortcut from sync_inodes_sb() so that
  it always calls into bdi_split_work_to_wbs().

* Making bdi_split_work_to_wbs() consider the b_dirty_time list for
  WB_SYNC_ALL writebacks.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: e79729123f63 ("writeback: don't issue wb_writeback_work if clean")
Cc: Ted Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
---
Hello,

So, this fixes I_DIRTY_TIME syncing problem for ext4 but AFAICS xfs
doesn't even use the generic inode metadata writeback path, so this
most likely won't do anything for the originally reported problem.
I'll post another patch for debugging.

Thanks.

 fs/fs-writeback.c |   18 +++++++++---------
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -844,14 +844,15 @@ static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct
 	struct wb_iter iter;
 
 	might_sleep();
-
-	if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
-		return;
 restart:
 	rcu_read_lock();
 	bdi_for_each_wb(wb, bdi, &iter, next_blkcg_id) {
-		if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb) ||
-		    (skip_if_busy && writeback_in_progress(wb)))
+		/* SYNC_ALL writes out I_DIRTY_TIME too */
+		if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb) &&
+		    (base_work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE ||
+		     list_empty(&wb->b_dirty_time)))
+			continue;
+		if (skip_if_busy && writeback_in_progress(wb))
 			continue;
 
 		base_work->nr_pages = wb_split_bdi_pages(wb, nr_pages);
@@ -899,8 +900,7 @@ static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct
 {
 	might_sleep();
 
-	if (bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi) &&
-	    (!skip_if_busy || !writeback_in_progress(&bdi->wb))) {
+	if (!skip_if_busy || !writeback_in_progress(&bdi->wb)) {
 		base_work->auto_free = 0;
 		base_work->single_wait = 0;
 		base_work->single_done = 0;
@@ -2275,8 +2275,8 @@ void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *
 	};
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = sb->s_bdi;
 
-	/* Nothing to do? */
-	if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi) || bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info)
+	/* bdi_has_dirty() ignores I_DIRTY_TIME but we can't, always kick wbs */
+	if (bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info)
 		return;
 	WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
 
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