writeback_inodes_sb(_nr) grabs s_umount lock when it want to start writeback,
it may bring us deadlock problem when doing umount. So we introduce new
functions -- try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(_nr) -- which use down_read_trylock()
instead of down_read() to avoid that deadlock problem.
This idea came from Christoph Hellwig.
Some code is from the patch of Kamal Mostafa.
Signed-off-by: Miao Xie <miaox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
include/linux/writeback.h | 3 +++
2 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 539f36c..b0c35c3 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1291,6 +1291,45 @@ int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block *sb,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle);
/**
+ * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr - try to start writeback if none underway
+ * @sb: the superblock
+ * @nr: the number of pages to write
+ * @reason: the reason of writeback
+ *
+ * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway.
+ * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
+ */
+int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb,
+ unsigned long nr,
+ enum wb_reason reason)
+{
+ if (writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi))
+ return 1;
+
+ if (!down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount))
+ return 0;
+
+ writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, nr, reason);
+ up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+ return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
+
+/**
+ * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway
+ * @sb: the superblock
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
+ *
+ * Implement by try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr()
+ * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
+ */
+int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
+{
+ return try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(sb, get_nr_dirty_pages(), reason);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_writeback_inodes_sb);
+
+/**
* sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
* @sb: the superblock
*
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index a2b84f5..d8e2a99 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -89,6 +89,9 @@ void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr,
int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *, enum wb_reason reason);
int writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr,
enum wb_reason reason);
+int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, enum wb_reason reason);
+int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr,
+ enum wb_reason reason);
void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages,
enum wb_reason reason);
--
1.7.6.5
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