On Thu 27-02-14 15:07:48, Tejun Heo wrote:
> Hello,
>
> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 11:29:14PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> > +static void bdi_wakeup_thread(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
> > +{
> > + spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
> > + if (test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state))
> > + mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
> > + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
> > +}
>
> I wonder whether this can be smarter without requiring wb_lock each
> timer but this probably is the simplest for -stable backports.
We could be clever, check whether the work is already queued for
execution and bail out without taking wb_lock if yes (that would also
save us some unnecessary juggling in try_to_grab_pending() for the situation
were the work is already queued). But I'm not sure how to cleanly implement
this...
> > static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
> > struct wb_writeback_work *work)
> > {
> > trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work);
> >
> > spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
> > + if (!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) {
> > + if (work->done)
> > + complete(work->done);
> > + goto out_unlock;
> > + }
> > list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
> > - spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
> > -
> > mod_delayed_work(bdi_wq, &bdi->wb.dwork, 0);
> > +out_unlock:
> > + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
> > }
> >
> > +
> > +
>
> Why three blank lines?
A mistake. Will fix.
> Other than that,
>
> Reviewed-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks!
Honza
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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