This patch is a part of the series to define wb_domain which
represents a domain that wb's (bdi_writeback's) belong to and are
measured against each other in. This will enable IO backpressure
propagation for cgroup writeback.
global_dirty_limit exists to regulate the global dirty threshold which
is a property of the wb_domain. This patch moves hard_dirty_limit,
dirty_lock, and update_time into wb_domain.
This is pure reorganization and doesn't introduce any behavioral
changes.
Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg Thelen <gthelen@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 +-
include/linux/writeback.h | 17 ++++++++++++++-
include/trace/events/writeback.h | 7 +++---
mm/page-writeback.c | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++--------------------
4 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 28 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index cd89484..51c8a5b 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -887,7 +887,7 @@ static long writeback_chunk_size(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
pages = LONG_MAX;
else {
pages = min(wb->avg_write_bandwidth / 2,
- global_dirty_limit / DIRTY_SCOPE);
+ global_wb_domain.dirty_limit / DIRTY_SCOPE);
pages = min(pages, work->nr_pages);
pages = round_down(pages + MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES,
MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES);
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 3148db1..5fdd4e1 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -95,6 +95,8 @@ struct writeback_control {
* dirtyable memory accordingly.
*/
struct wb_domain {
+ spinlock_t lock;
+
/*
* Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative
* writeout speed.
@@ -115,6 +117,19 @@ struct wb_domain {
struct fprop_global completions;
struct timer_list period_timer; /* timer for aging of completions */
unsigned long period_time;
+
+ /*
+ * The dirtyable memory and dirty threshold could be suddenly
+ * knocked down by a large amount (eg. on the startup of KVM in a
+ * swapless system). This may throw the system into deep dirty
+ * exceeded state and throttle heavy/light dirtiers alike. To
+ * retain good responsiveness, maintain global_dirty_limit for
+ * tracking slowly down to the knocked down dirty threshold.
+ *
+ * Both fields are protected by ->lock.
+ */
+ unsigned long dirty_limit_tstamp;
+ unsigned long dirty_limit;
};
/*
@@ -153,7 +168,7 @@ void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
bool zone_dirty_ok(struct zone *zone);
int wb_domain_init(struct wb_domain *dom, gfp_t gfp);
-extern unsigned long global_dirty_limit;
+extern struct wb_domain global_wb_domain;
/* These are exported to sysctl. */
extern int dirty_background_ratio;
diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index 9b876f6..bec6999 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -361,7 +361,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(global_dirty_state,
__entry->nr_written = global_page_state(NR_WRITTEN);
__entry->background_thresh = background_thresh;
__entry->dirty_thresh = dirty_thresh;
- __entry->dirty_limit = global_dirty_limit;
+ __entry->dirty_limit = global_wb_domain.dirty_limit;
),
TP_printk("dirty=%lu writeback=%lu unstable=%lu "
@@ -463,8 +463,9 @@ TRACE_EVENT(balance_dirty_pages,
unsigned long freerun = (thresh + bg_thresh) / 2;
strlcpy(__entry->bdi, dev_name(bdi->dev), 32);
- __entry->limit = global_dirty_limit;
- __entry->setpoint = (global_dirty_limit + freerun) / 2;
+ __entry->limit = global_wb_domain.dirty_limit;
+ __entry->setpoint = (global_wb_domain.dirty_limit +
+ freerun) / 2;
__entry->dirty = dirty;
__entry->bdi_setpoint = __entry->setpoint *
bdi_thresh / (thresh + 1);
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 08e1737..27e60ba 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -122,9 +122,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode);
/* End of sysctl-exported parameters */
-unsigned long global_dirty_limit;
-
-static struct wb_domain global_wb_domain;
+struct wb_domain global_wb_domain;
/*
* Length of period for aging writeout fractions of bdis. This is an
@@ -470,9 +468,15 @@ static void writeout_period(unsigned long t)
int wb_domain_init(struct wb_domain *dom, gfp_t gfp)
{
memset(dom, 0, sizeof(*dom));
+
+ spin_lock_init(&dom->lock);
+
init_timer_deferrable(&dom->period_timer);
dom->period_timer.function = writeout_period;
dom->period_timer.data = (unsigned long)dom;
+
+ dom->dirty_limit_tstamp = jiffies;
+
return fprop_global_init(&dom->completions, gfp);
}
@@ -532,7 +536,9 @@ static unsigned long dirty_freerun_ceiling(unsigned long thresh,
static unsigned long hard_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh)
{
- return max(thresh, global_dirty_limit);
+ struct wb_domain *dom = &global_wb_domain;
+
+ return max(thresh, dom->dirty_limit);
}
/**
@@ -916,17 +922,10 @@ static void wb_update_write_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
wb->avg_write_bandwidth = avg;
}
-/*
- * The global dirtyable memory and dirty threshold could be suddenly knocked
- * down by a large amount (eg. on the startup of KVM in a swapless system).
- * This may throw the system into deep dirty exceeded state and throttle
- * heavy/light dirtiers alike. To retain good responsiveness, maintain
- * global_dirty_limit for tracking slowly down to the knocked down dirty
- * threshold.
- */
static void update_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh, unsigned long dirty)
{
- unsigned long limit = global_dirty_limit;
+ struct wb_domain *dom = &global_wb_domain;
+ unsigned long limit = dom->dirty_limit;
/*
* Follow up in one step.
@@ -939,7 +938,7 @@ static void update_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh, unsigned long dirty)
/*
* Follow down slowly. Use the higher one as the target, because thresh
* may drop below dirty. This is exactly the reason to introduce
- * global_dirty_limit which is guaranteed to lie above the dirty pages.
+ * dom->dirty_limit which is guaranteed to lie above the dirty pages.
*/
thresh = max(thresh, dirty);
if (limit > thresh) {
@@ -948,28 +947,27 @@ static void update_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh, unsigned long dirty)
}
return;
update:
- global_dirty_limit = limit;
+ dom->dirty_limit = limit;
}
static void global_update_bandwidth(unsigned long thresh,
unsigned long dirty,
unsigned long now)
{
- static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dirty_lock);
- static unsigned long update_time = INITIAL_JIFFIES;
+ struct wb_domain *dom = &global_wb_domain;
/*
* check locklessly first to optimize away locking for the most time
*/
- if (time_before(now, update_time + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL))
+ if (time_before(now, dom->dirty_limit_tstamp + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL))
return;
- spin_lock(&dirty_lock);
- if (time_after_eq(now, update_time + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)) {
+ spin_lock(&dom->lock);
+ if (time_after_eq(now, dom->dirty_limit_tstamp + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)) {
update_dirty_limit(thresh, dirty);
- update_time = now;
+ dom->dirty_limit_tstamp = now;
}
- spin_unlock(&dirty_lock);
+ spin_unlock(&dom->lock);
}
/*
@@ -1761,10 +1759,12 @@ void laptop_sync_completion(void)
void writeback_set_ratelimit(void)
{
+ struct wb_domain *dom = &global_wb_domain;
unsigned long background_thresh;
unsigned long dirty_thresh;
+
global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);
- global_dirty_limit = dirty_thresh;
+ dom->dirty_limit = dirty_thresh;
ratelimit_pages = dirty_thresh / (num_online_cpus() * 32);
if (ratelimit_pages < 16)
ratelimit_pages = 16;
--
2.4.0
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