From: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> commit 41c526c5af46d4c4dab7f72c99000b7fac0b9702 upstream. Verify the watermark upon resume - so that if the target is reloaded with lower watermark, it will start the cleanup process immediately. Fixes: 48debafe4f2f ("dm: add writecache target") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.18+ Signed-off-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-writecache.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) --- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c @@ -625,6 +625,12 @@ static void writecache_add_to_freelist(s wc->freelist_size++; } +static inline void writecache_verify_watermark(struct dm_writecache *wc) +{ + if (unlikely(wc->freelist_size + wc->writeback_size <= wc->freelist_high_watermark)) + queue_work(wc->writeback_wq, &wc->writeback_work); +} + static struct wc_entry *writecache_pop_from_freelist(struct dm_writecache *wc) { struct wc_entry *e; @@ -646,8 +652,8 @@ static struct wc_entry *writecache_pop_f list_del(&e->lru); } wc->freelist_size--; - if (unlikely(wc->freelist_size + wc->writeback_size <= wc->freelist_high_watermark)) - queue_work(wc->writeback_wq, &wc->writeback_work); + + writecache_verify_watermark(wc); return e; } @@ -961,6 +967,8 @@ erase_this: writecache_commit_flushed(wc, false); } + writecache_verify_watermark(wc); + wc_unlock(wc); }