Re: [PATCH v2 block/for-linus] writeback: sync_inodes_sb() must write out I_DIRTY_TIME inodes and always call wait_sb_inodes()

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On 08/25/2015 12:11 PM, Tejun Heo wrote:
e79729123f63 ("writeback: don't issue wb_writeback_work if clean")
updated writeback path to avoid kicking writeback work items if there
are no inodes to be written out; unfortunately, the avoidance logic
was too aggressive and broke sync_inodes_sb().

* sync_inodes_sb() must write out I_DIRTY_TIME inodes but I_DIRTY_TIME
   inodes dont't contribute to bdi/wb_has_dirty_io() tests and were
   being skipped over.

* inodes are taken off wb->b_dirty/io/more_io lists after writeback
   starts on them.  sync_inodes_sb() skipping wait_sb_inodes() when
   bdi_has_dirty_io() breaks it by making it return while writebacks
   are in-flight.

This patch fixes the breakages by

* Removing bdi_has_dirty_io() shortcut from bdi_split_work_to_wbs().
   The callers are already testing the condition.

* Removing bdi_has_dirty_io() shortcut from sync_inodes_sb() so that
   it always calls into bdi_split_work_to_wbs() and wait_sb_inodes().

* Making bdi_split_work_to_wbs() consider the b_dirty_time list for
   WB_SYNC_ALL writebacks.

Kudos to Eryu, Dave and Jan for tracking down the issue.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@xxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: e79729123f63 ("writeback: don't issue wb_writeback_work if clean")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20150812101204.GE17933@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Reported-and-bisected-by: Eryu Guan <eguan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ted Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxxxxx>

Added for 4.2.

--
Jens Axboe

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