On Mon 24-06-13 10:07:49, Jan Kara wrote: > It is very likely that block device inode will be part of BDI dirty list > as well. However it doesn't make sence to sort inodes on the b_io list > just because of this inode (as it contains buffers all over the device > anyway). So save some CPU cycles which is valuable since we hold relatively > contented wb->list_lock. Ping? Fengguang, can you merge the patch please? Honza > > Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > --- > fs/block_dev.c | 2 +- > fs/fs-writeback.c | 8 +++++--- > include/linux/fs.h | 6 ++++++ > 3 files changed, 12 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c > index 2091db8..2562330 100644 > --- a/fs/block_dev.c > +++ b/fs/block_dev.c > @@ -606,7 +606,7 @@ static struct block_device *bd_acquire(struct inode *inode) > return bdev; > } > > -static inline int sb_is_blkdev_sb(struct super_block *sb) > +int sb_is_blkdev_sb(struct super_block *sb) > { > return sb == blockdev_superblock; > } > diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c > index 3be5718..cabdece 100644 > --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c > +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c > @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode) > { > struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb; > > - if (strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "bdev") == 0) > + if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb)) > return inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info; > > return sb->s_bdi; > @@ -250,11 +250,13 @@ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue, > if (work->older_than_this && > inode_dirtied_after(inode, *work->older_than_this)) > break; > + list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp); > + moved++; > + if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(inode->i_sb)) > + continue; > if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb) > 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 */ > diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h > index 43db02e..8f897d0 100644 > --- a/include/linux/fs.h > +++ b/include/linux/fs.h > @@ -2058,6 +2058,7 @@ extern struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *); > extern void emergency_thaw_all(void); > extern int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb); > extern int fsync_bdev(struct block_device *); > +extern int sb_is_blkdev_sb(struct super_block *sb); > #else > static inline void bd_forget(struct inode *inode) {} > static inline int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev) { return 0; } > @@ -2077,6 +2078,11 @@ static inline int thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb) > static inline void iterate_bdevs(void (*f)(struct block_device *, void *), void *arg) > { > } > + > +static inline int sb_is_blkdev_sb(struct super_block *sb) > +{ > + return 0; > +} > #endif > extern int sync_filesystem(struct super_block *); > extern const struct file_operations def_blk_fops; > -- > 1.8.1.4 > -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html