Note that it adds a little overheads to account the moved/enqueued
inodes from b_dirty to b_io. The "moved" accounting may be later used to
limit the number of inodes that can be moved in one shot, in order to
keep spinlock hold time under control.
Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 14 ++++++++++----
include/trace/events/writeback.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
--- linux-next.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c 2011-05-05 23:53:33.000000000 +0800
+++ linux-next/fs/fs-writeback.c 2011-05-05 23:53:34.000000000 +0800
@@ -258,15 +258,16 @@ static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct i
/*
* Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
*/
-static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
+static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
- unsigned long *older_than_this)
+ unsigned long *older_than_this)
{
LIST_HEAD(tmp);
struct list_head *pos, *node;
struct super_block *sb = NULL;
struct inode *inode;
int do_sb_sort = 0;
+ int moved = 0;
while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
@@ -277,12 +278,13 @@ static void move_expired_inodes(struct l
do_sb_sort = 1;
sb = inode->i_sb;
list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp);
+ moved++;
}
/* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
if (!do_sb_sort) {
list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue);
- return;
+ goto out;
}
/* Move inodes from one superblock together */
@@ -294,6 +296,8 @@ static void move_expired_inodes(struct l
list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, dispatch_queue);
}
}
+out:
+ return moved;
}
/*
@@ -309,9 +313,11 @@ static void move_expired_inodes(struct l
*/
static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
{
+ int moved;
assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock);
list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
- move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
+ moved = move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
+ trace_writeback_queue_io(wb, older_than_this, moved);
}
static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
--- linux-next.orig/include/trace/events/writeback.h 2011-05-05 23:53:33.000000000 +0800
+++ linux-next/include/trace/events/writeback.h 2011-05-06 00:14:09.000000000 +0800
@@ -158,6 +158,31 @@ DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_balance_dirty_writt
DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_balance_dirty_wait);
DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writepage);
+TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io,
+ TP_PROTO(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+ unsigned long *older_than_this,
+ int moved),
+ TP_ARGS(wb, older_than_this, moved),
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __array(char, name, 32)
+ __field(unsigned long, older)
+ __field(long, age)
+ __field(int, moved)
+ ),
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ strncpy(__entry->name, dev_name(wb->bdi->dev), 32);
+ __entry->older = older_than_this ? *older_than_this : 0;
+ __entry->age = older_than_this ?
+ (jiffies - *older_than_this) * 1000 / HZ : -1;
+ __entry->moved = moved;
+ ),
+ TP_printk("bdi %s: older=%lu age=%ld enqueue=%d",
+ __entry->name,
+ __entry->older, /* older_than_this in jiffies */
+ __entry->age, /* older_than_this in relative milliseconds */
+ __entry->moved)
+);
+
DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(writeback_congest_waited_template,
TP_PROTO(unsigned int usec_timeout, unsigned int usec_delayed),
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