[PATCH v3] writeback: Rework wb_[dec|inc]_stat family of functions

[Nikolay Borisov]

Currently the writeback statistics code uses a percpu counters to hold
various statistics. Furthermore we have 2 families of functions - those which
disable local irq and those which doesn't and whose names begin with
double underscore. However, they both end up calling __add_wb_stats which in
turn calls percpu_counter_add_batch which is already irq-safe.

Exploiting this fact allows to eliminated the __wb_* functions since they don't
add any further protection than we already have. Furthermore, refactor
the wb_* function to call __add_wb_stat directly without the irq-disabling
dance. This will likely result in better runtime of code which deals with
modifying the stat counters.

While at it also document why percpu_counter_add_batch is in fact preempt and
irq-safe since at least 3 people got confused.

Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@xxxxxxxx>
---

Changes since v2: 
    * Fixed build failure reported by kbuild test robot
    * Explicitly document that percpu_counter_add_batch is preempt/irq safe
 fs/fs-writeback.c           |  8 ++++----
 include/linux/backing-dev.h | 24 ++----------------------
 lib/percpu_counter.c        |  7 +++++++
 mm/page-writeback.c         | 10 +++++-----
 4 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 63ee2940775c..309364aab2a5 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -380,8 +380,8 @@ static void inode_switch_wbs_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 		struct page *page = radix_tree_deref_slot_protected(slot,
 							&mapping->tree_lock);
 		if (likely(page) && PageDirty(page)) {
-			__dec_wb_stat(old_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
-			__inc_wb_stat(new_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
+			dec_wb_stat(old_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
+			inc_wb_stat(new_wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -391,8 +391,8 @@ static void inode_switch_wbs_work_fn(struct work_struct *work)
 							&mapping->tree_lock);
 		if (likely(page)) {
 			WARN_ON_ONCE(!PageWriteback(page));
-			__dec_wb_stat(old_wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
-			__inc_wb_stat(new_wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
+			dec_wb_stat(old_wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
+			inc_wb_stat(new_wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
 		}
 	}
 
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index ace73f96eb1e..e9c967b86054 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -69,34 +69,14 @@ static inline void __add_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 	percpu_counter_add_batch(&wb->stat[item], amount, WB_STAT_BATCH);
 }
 
-static inline void __inc_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
-				 enum wb_stat_item item)
-{
-	__add_wb_stat(wb, item, 1);
-}
-
 static inline void inc_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb, enum wb_stat_item item)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	__inc_wb_stat(wb, item);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
-}
-
-static inline void __dec_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
-				 enum wb_stat_item item)
-{
-	__add_wb_stat(wb, item, -1);
+	__add_wb_stat(wb, item, 1);
 }
 
 static inline void dec_wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb, enum wb_stat_item item)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
-	__dec_wb_stat(wb, item);
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
+	__add_wb_stat(wb, item, -1);
 }
 
 static inline s64 wb_stat(struct bdi_writeback *wb, enum wb_stat_item item)
diff --git a/lib/percpu_counter.c b/lib/percpu_counter.c
index 8ee7e5ec21be..3bf4a9984f4c 100644
--- a/lib/percpu_counter.c
+++ b/lib/percpu_counter.c
@@ -72,6 +72,13 @@ void percpu_counter_set(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(percpu_counter_set);
 
+/**
+ * This function is both preempt and irq safe. The former is due to explicit
+ * preemption disable. The latter is guaranteed by the fact that the slow path
+ * is explicitly protected by an irq-safe spinlock whereas the fast patch uses
+ * this_cpu_add which is irq-safe by definition. Hence there is no need muck
+ * with irq state before calling this one
+ */
 void percpu_counter_add_batch(struct percpu_counter *fbc, s64 amount, s32 batch)
 {
 	s64 count;
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 143c1c25d680..b7451891959a 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -601,7 +601,7 @@ static inline void __wb_writeout_inc(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
 	struct wb_domain *cgdom;
 
-	__inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITTEN);
+	inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITTEN);
 	wb_domain_writeout_inc(&global_wb_domain, &wb->completions,
 			       wb->bdi->max_prop_frac);
 
@@ -2437,8 +2437,8 @@ void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
 		__inc_node_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
 		__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_ZONE_WRITE_PENDING);
 		__inc_node_page_state(page, NR_DIRTIED);
-		__inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
-		__inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_DIRTIED);
+		inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
+		inc_wb_stat(wb, WB_DIRTIED);
 		task_io_account_write(PAGE_SIZE);
 		current->nr_dirtied++;
 		this_cpu_inc(bdp_ratelimits);
@@ -2745,7 +2745,7 @@ int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
 			if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi)) {
 				struct bdi_writeback *wb = inode_to_wb(inode);
 
-				__dec_wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
+				dec_wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
 				__wb_writeout_inc(wb);
 			}
 		}
@@ -2791,7 +2791,7 @@ int __test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page, bool keep_write)
 						page_index(page),
 						PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
 			if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi))
-				__inc_wb_stat(inode_to_wb(inode), WB_WRITEBACK);
+				inc_wb_stat(inode_to_wb(inode), WB_WRITEBACK);
 
 			/*
 			 * We can come through here when swapping anonymous
-- 
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