This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
ext4: Implement range_cyclic in ext4_da_writepages instead of write_cache_pages
to the 2.6.27-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
ext4-implement-range_cyclic-in-ext4_da_writepages-instead-of-write_cache_pages.patch
and it can be found in the queue-2.6.27 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fri Jun 25 15:33:41 2010
From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 14:27:23 -0500
Subject: ext4: Implement range_cyclic in ext4_da_writepages instead of write_cache_pages
To: Stable team <stable@xxxxxxxxxx>, LKML <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>, Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Jayson R. King" <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kay Diederichs <Kay.Diederichs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Message-ID: <4C00191B.3030702@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 2acf2c261b823d9d9ed954f348b97620297a36b5 upstream.
With delayed allocation we lock the page in write_cache_pages() and
try to build an in memory extent of contiguous blocks. This is needed
so that we can get large contiguous blocks request. If range_cyclic
mode is enabled, write_cache_pages() will loop back to the 0 index if
no I/O has been done yet, and try to start writing from the beginning
of the range. That causes an attempt to take the page lock of lower
index page while holding the page lock of higher index page, which can
cause a dead lock with another writeback thread.
The solution is to implement the range_cyclic behavior in
ext4_da_writepages() instead.
http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12579
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jayson R. King <dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/ext4/inode.c | 21 +++++++++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2575,6 +2575,7 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct add
struct mpage_da_data mpd;
struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
long pages_written = 0, pages_skipped;
+ int range_cyclic, cycled = 1, io_done = 0;
int needed_blocks, ret = 0, nr_to_writebump = 0;
struct ext4_sb_info *sbi = EXT4_SB(mapping->host->i_sb);
@@ -2612,9 +2613,15 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct add
if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
range_whole = 1;
- if (wbc->range_cyclic)
+ range_cyclic = wbc->range_cyclic;
+ if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
index = mapping->writeback_index;
- else
+ if (index)
+ cycled = 0;
+ wbc->range_start = index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ wbc->range_end = LLONG_MAX;
+ wbc->range_cyclic = 0;
+ } else
index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
mpd.wbc = wbc;
@@ -2622,6 +2629,7 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct add
pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
+retry:
while (!ret && wbc->nr_to_write > 0) {
/*
@@ -2676,6 +2684,7 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct add
pages_written += mpd.pages_written;
wbc->pages_skipped = pages_skipped;
ret = 0;
+ io_done = 1;
} else if (wbc->nr_to_write)
/*
* There is no more writeout needed
@@ -2684,6 +2693,13 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct add
*/
break;
}
+ if (!io_done && !cycled) {
+ cycled = 1;
+ index = 0;
+ wbc->range_start = index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ wbc->range_end = mapping->writeback_index - 1;
+ goto retry;
+ }
if (pages_skipped != wbc->pages_skipped)
printk(KERN_EMERG "This should not happen leaving %s "
"with nr_to_write = %ld ret = %d\n",
@@ -2691,6 +2707,7 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct add
/* Update index */
index += pages_written;
+ wbc->range_cyclic = range_cyclic;
if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
/*
* set the writeback_index so that range_cyclic
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from aneesh.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-2.6.27/ext4-fix-file-fragmentation-during-large-file-write.patch
queue-2.6.27/ext4-use-our-own-write_cache_pages.patch
queue-2.6.27/ext4-implement-range_cyclic-in-ext4_da_writepages-instead-of-write_cache_pages.patch
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