[RFC PATCH v3 07/14] mm: add bdi_set_max_bytes() function.

[Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

This introduces the bdi_set_max_bytes() function. The max_bytes function
does not store the max_bytes value. Instead it converts the max_bytes
value into the corresponding ratio value.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Roesch <shr@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 include/linux/backing-dev.h |  1 +
 mm/page-writeback.c         | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 39 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index cb0e66564d4d..5eb1ae3410b2 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ static inline unsigned long wb_stat_error(void)
 unsigned long long bdi_get_max_bytes(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio);
 int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int max_ratio);
+int bdi_set_max_bytes(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long long max_bytes);
 int bdi_set_strict_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int strict_limit);
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 8b8936603783..21d7c1880ea8 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/math64.h>
 #include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
@@ -650,6 +651,28 @@ void wb_domain_exit(struct wb_domain *dom)
  */
 static unsigned int bdi_min_ratio;
 
+static int bdi_check_pages_limit(unsigned long pages)
+{
+	unsigned long max_dirty_pages = global_dirtyable_memory();
+
+	if (pages > max_dirty_pages / 2)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static unsigned long bdi_ratio_from_pages(unsigned long pages)
+{
+	unsigned long background_thresh;
+	unsigned long dirty_thresh;
+	unsigned long ratio;
+
+	global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
+	ratio = div64_u64(pages * 100ULL * BDI_RATIO_SCALE, dirty_thresh);
+
+	return ratio;
+}
+
 static unsigned long long bdi_get_bytes(unsigned int ratio)
 {
 	unsigned long background_thresh;
@@ -723,6 +746,21 @@ unsigned long long bdi_get_max_bytes(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_get_max_bytes);
 
+int bdi_set_max_bytes(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long long max_bytes)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned long pages = max_bytes >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	unsigned long max_ratio;
+
+	ret = bdi_check_pages_limit(pages);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	max_ratio = bdi_ratio_from_pages(pages);
+	return __bdi_set_max_ratio(bdi, max_ratio);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_set_max_bytes);
+
 int bdi_set_strict_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int strict_limit)
 {
 	if (strict_limit > 1)
-- 
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