On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 2:26 PM, Curt Wohlgemuth <curtw@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Jan:
>
> On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 09:48:21PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
>>> On Wed 09-03-11 19:07:31, Vivek Goyal wrote:
>>> > > +static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
>>> > > + unsigned long write_chunk)
>>> > > +{
>>> > > + struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
>>> > > + struct balance_waiter bw;
>>> > > + struct dirty_limit_state st;
>>> > > + int dirty_exceeded = check_dirty_limits(bdi, &st);
>>> > > +
>>> > > + if (dirty_exceeded < DIRTY_MAY_EXCEED_LIMIT ||
>>> > > + (dirty_exceeded == DIRTY_MAY_EXCEED_LIMIT &&
>>> > > + !bdi_task_limit_exceeded(&st, current))) {
>>> > > + if (bdi->dirty_exceeded &&
>>> > > + dirty_exceeded < DIRTY_MAY_EXCEED_LIMIT)
>>> > > + bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0;
>>> > > /*
>>> > > - * Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous
>>> > > - * default of taking a 100ms nap.
>>> > > + * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold
>>> > > + * before starting background writeout, and then write out all
>>> > > + * the way down to the lower threshold. So slow writers cause
>>> > > + * minimal disk activity.
>>> > > + *
>>> > > + * In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
>>> > > + * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
>>> > > */
>>> > > - pause <<= 1;
>>> > > - if (pause > HZ / 10)
>>> > > - pause = HZ / 10;
>>> > > + if (!laptop_mode && dirty_exceeded == DIRTY_EXCEED_BACKGROUND)
>>> > > + bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi);
>>> > > + return;
>>> > > }
>>> > >
>>> > > - /* Clear dirty_exceeded flag only when no task can exceed the limit */
>>> > > - if (!min_dirty_exceeded && bdi->dirty_exceeded)
>>> > > - bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0;
>>> > > + if (!bdi->dirty_exceeded)
>>> > > + bdi->dirty_exceeded = 1;
>>> >
>>> > Will it make sense to move out bdi_task_limit_exceeded() check in a
>>> > separate if condition statement as follows. May be this is little
>>> > easier to read.
>>> >
>>> > if (dirty_exceeded < DIRTY_MAY_EXCEED_LIMIT) {
>>> > if (bdi->dirty_exceeded)
>>> > bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0;
>>> >
>>> > if (!laptop_mode && dirty_exceeded == DIRTY_EXCEED_BACKGROUND)
>>> > bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi);
>>> >
>>> > return;
>>> > }
>>> >
>>> > if (dirty_exceeded == DIRTY_MAY_EXCEED_LIMIT &&
>>> > !bdi_task_limit_exceeded(&st, current))
>>> > return;
>>> But then we have to start background writeback here as well. Which is
>>> actually a bug in the original patch as well! So clearly your way is more
>>> readable :) I'll change it. Thanks.
>>
>> I was thinking about that starting of bdi writeback here. But I was
>> assuming that if we are here then we most likely have visited above
>> loop of < DIRTY_MAY_EXCEED_LIMIT and started background writeback.
>
> Maybe I'm missing something, but at the point in balance_dirty_pages()
> where we kick the flusher thread , before we put the current task to
> sleep, how do you know that background writeback is taking place? Are
> you simply assuming that in previous calls to balance_dirty_pages(),
> that background writeback has been started, and is still taking place
> at the time we need to do throttling?
Never mind, I see that I'm not completely familiar with the writeback
changes for 2.6.38. I see where we'll kick of BG writeback in
wb_check_background_flush() once we kick the flusher thread.
Curt
>
> Thanks,
> Curt
>
>>
>> Thanks
>> Vivek
>>
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