[PATCH 25/27] writeback: make nr_to_write a per-file limit

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This ensures full 4MB or larger writeback size for large dirty files.

CC: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c         |   11 +++++++++++
 include/linux/writeback.h |    1 +
 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+)

--- linux-next.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c	2011-03-03 14:02:53.000000000 +0800
+++ linux-next/fs/fs-writeback.c	2011-03-03 14:03:32.000000000 +0800
@@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ static int
 writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+	long per_file_limit = wbc->per_file_limit;
+	long uninitialized_var(nr_to_write);
 	unsigned dirty;
 	int ret;
 
@@ -365,8 +367,16 @@ writeback_single_inode(struct inode *ino
 	inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 
+	if (per_file_limit) {
+		nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
+		wbc->nr_to_write = per_file_limit;
+	}
+
 	ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 
+	if (per_file_limit)
+		wbc->nr_to_write += nr_to_write - per_file_limit;
+
 	/*
 	 * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
 	 * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
@@ -689,6 +699,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writ
 
 		wbc.more_io = 0;
 		wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
+		wbc.per_file_limit = write_chunk;
 		wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
 
 		trace_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc, wb->bdi);
--- linux-next.orig/include/linux/writeback.h	2011-03-03 14:02:53.000000000 +0800
+++ linux-next/include/linux/writeback.h	2011-03-03 14:03:32.000000000 +0800
@@ -74,6 +74,7 @@ struct writeback_control {
 					   extra jobs and livelock */
 	long nr_to_write;		/* Write this many pages, and decrement
 					   this for each page written */
+	long per_file_limit;		/* Write this many pages for one file */
 	long pages_skipped;		/* Pages which were not written */
 
 	/*


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