Hello, Artem. Thanks a lot for the debug dump. Can you please test whether the below patch fixes the issue? Index: work/mm/page-writeback.c =================================================================== --- work.orig/mm/page-writeback.c +++ work/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -1956,7 +1956,6 @@ void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long int nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS); struct bdi_writeback *wb; - struct wb_iter iter; /* * We want to write everything out, not just down to the dirty @@ -1965,10 +1964,12 @@ void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(&q->backing_dev_info)) return; - bdi_for_each_wb(wb, &q->backing_dev_info, &iter, 0) + rcu_read_lock(); + list_for_each_entry_rcu(wb, &q->backing_dev_info.wb_list, bdi_node) if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb)) wb_start_writeback(wb, nr_pages, true, WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER); + rcu_read_unlock(); } /* Index: work/fs/fs-writeback.c =================================================================== --- work.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ work/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -778,19 +778,24 @@ static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct struct wb_writeback_work *base_work, bool skip_if_busy) { - int next_memcg_id = 0; - struct bdi_writeback *wb; - struct wb_iter iter; + struct bdi_writeback *last_wb = NULL; + struct bdi_writeback *wb = list_entry_rcu(&bdi->wb_list, + struct bdi_writeback, bdi_node); might_sleep(); restart: rcu_read_lock(); - bdi_for_each_wb(wb, bdi, &iter, next_memcg_id) { + list_for_each_entry_continue_rcu(wb, &bdi->wb_list, bdi_node) { DEFINE_WB_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(fallback_work_done); struct wb_writeback_work fallback_work; struct wb_writeback_work *work; long nr_pages; + if (last_wb) { + wb_put(last_wb); + last_wb = NULL; + } + /* SYNC_ALL writes out I_DIRTY_TIME too */ if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && (base_work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE || @@ -819,7 +824,14 @@ restart: wb_queue_work(wb, work); - next_memcg_id = wb->memcg_css->id + 1; + /* + * Pin @wb so that it stays on @bdi->wb_list. This allows + * continuing iteration from @wb after dropping regrabbing + * rcu read lock. + */ + wb_get(wb); + last_wb = wb; + rcu_read_unlock(); wb_wait_for_completion(bdi, &fallback_work_done); goto restart; @@ -1857,12 +1869,11 @@ void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_page rcu_read_lock(); list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) { struct bdi_writeback *wb; - struct wb_iter iter; if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi)) continue; - bdi_for_each_wb(wb, bdi, &iter, 0) + list_for_each_entry_rcu(wb, &bdi->wb_list, bdi_node) wb_start_writeback(wb, wb_split_bdi_pages(wb, nr_pages), false, reason); } @@ -1894,11 +1905,10 @@ static void wakeup_dirtytime_writeback(s rcu_read_lock(); list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) { struct bdi_writeback *wb; - struct wb_iter iter; - bdi_for_each_wb(wb, bdi, &iter, 0) - if (!list_empty(&bdi->wb.b_dirty_time)) - wb_wakeup(&bdi->wb); + list_for_each_entry_rcu(wb, &bdi->wb_list, bdi_node) + if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty_time)) + wb_wakeup(wb); } rcu_read_unlock(); schedule_delayed_work(&dirtytime_work, dirtytime_expire_interval * HZ); Index: work/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h =================================================================== --- work.orig/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h +++ work/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h @@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ struct bdi_writeback { struct list_head work_list; struct delayed_work dwork; /* work item used for writeback */ + struct list_head bdi_node; /* anchored at bdi->wb_list */ + #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK struct percpu_ref refcnt; /* used only for !root wb's */ struct fprop_local_percpu memcg_completions; @@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ struct backing_dev_info { atomic_long_t tot_write_bandwidth; struct bdi_writeback wb; /* the root writeback info for this bdi */ + struct list_head wb_list; /* list of all wbs */ #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK struct radix_tree_root cgwb_tree; /* radix tree of active cgroup wbs */ struct rb_root cgwb_congested_tree; /* their congested states */ Index: work/include/linux/backing-dev.h =================================================================== --- work.orig/include/linux/backing-dev.h +++ work/include/linux/backing-dev.h @@ -401,61 +401,6 @@ static inline void unlocked_inode_to_wb_ rcu_read_unlock(); } -struct wb_iter { - int start_memcg_id; - struct radix_tree_iter tree_iter; - void **slot; -}; - -static inline struct bdi_writeback *__wb_iter_next(struct wb_iter *iter, - struct backing_dev_info *bdi) -{ - struct radix_tree_iter *titer = &iter->tree_iter; - - WARN_ON_ONCE(!rcu_read_lock_held()); - - if (iter->start_memcg_id >= 0) { - iter->slot = radix_tree_iter_init(titer, iter->start_memcg_id); - iter->start_memcg_id = -1; - } else { - iter->slot = radix_tree_next_slot(iter->slot, titer, 0); - } - - if (!iter->slot) - iter->slot = radix_tree_next_chunk(&bdi->cgwb_tree, titer, 0); - if (iter->slot) - return *iter->slot; - return NULL; -} - -static inline struct bdi_writeback *__wb_iter_init(struct wb_iter *iter, - struct backing_dev_info *bdi, - int start_memcg_id) -{ - iter->start_memcg_id = start_memcg_id; - - if (start_memcg_id) - return __wb_iter_next(iter, bdi); - else - return &bdi->wb; -} - -/** - * bdi_for_each_wb - walk all wb's of a bdi in ascending memcg ID order - * @wb_cur: cursor struct bdi_writeback pointer - * @bdi: bdi to walk wb's of - * @iter: pointer to struct wb_iter to be used as iteration buffer - * @start_memcg_id: memcg ID to start iteration from - * - * Iterate @wb_cur through the wb's (bdi_writeback's) of @bdi in ascending - * memcg ID order starting from @start_memcg_id. @iter is struct wb_iter - * to be used as temp storage during iteration. rcu_read_lock() must be - * held throughout iteration. - */ -#define bdi_for_each_wb(wb_cur, bdi, iter, start_memcg_id) \ - for ((wb_cur) = __wb_iter_init(iter, bdi, start_memcg_id); \ - (wb_cur); (wb_cur) = __wb_iter_next(iter, bdi)) - #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */ static inline bool inode_cgwb_enabled(struct inode *inode) @@ -515,14 +460,6 @@ static inline void wb_blkcg_offline(stru { } -struct wb_iter { - int next_id; -}; - -#define bdi_for_each_wb(wb_cur, bdi, iter, start_blkcg_id) \ - for ((iter)->next_id = (start_blkcg_id); \ - ({ (wb_cur) = !(iter)->next_id++ ? &(bdi)->wb : NULL; }); ) - static inline int inode_congested(struct inode *inode, int cong_bits) { return wb_congested(&inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb, cong_bits); Index: work/mm/backing-dev.c =================================================================== --- work.orig/mm/backing-dev.c +++ work/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -480,6 +480,10 @@ static void cgwb_release_workfn(struct w release_work); struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi; + spin_lock_irq(&cgwb_lock); + list_del_rcu(&wb->bdi_node); + spin_unlock_irq(&cgwb_lock); + wb_shutdown(wb); css_put(wb->memcg_css); @@ -575,6 +579,7 @@ static int cgwb_create(struct backing_de ret = radix_tree_insert(&bdi->cgwb_tree, memcg_css->id, wb); if (!ret) { atomic_inc(&bdi->usage_cnt); + list_add_tail_rcu(&wb->bdi_node, &bdi->wb_list); list_add(&wb->memcg_node, memcg_cgwb_list); list_add(&wb->blkcg_node, blkcg_cgwb_list); css_get(memcg_css); @@ -669,6 +674,7 @@ static int cgwb_bdi_init(struct backing_ if (!ret) { bdi->wb.memcg_css = mem_cgroup_root_css; bdi->wb.blkcg_css = blkcg_root_css; + list_add_tail_rcu(&bdi->wb.bdi_node, &bdi->wb_list); } return ret; } @@ -686,6 +692,9 @@ static void cgwb_bdi_destroy(struct back radix_tree_for_each_slot(slot, &bdi->cgwb_tree, &iter, 0) cgwb_kill(*slot); + /* release of wb's may happen after @bdi is freed, sever list head */ + list_del(&bdi->wb_list); + rbtree_postorder_for_each_entry_safe(congested, congested_n, &bdi->cgwb_congested_tree, rb_node) { rb_erase(&congested->rb_node, &bdi->cgwb_congested_tree); @@ -755,6 +764,9 @@ static int cgwb_bdi_init(struct backing_ kfree(bdi->wb_congested); return err; } + + list_add_tail_rcu(&bdi->wb.bdi_node, &bdi->wb_list); + return 0; } @@ -770,6 +782,7 @@ int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bd bdi->max_ratio = 100; bdi->max_prop_frac = FPROP_FRAC_BASE; INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->bdi_list); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->wb_list); init_waitqueue_head(&bdi->wb_waitq); return cgwb_bdi_init(bdi); -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html