Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:11:52 -0400 | From | Tejun Heo <> | Subject | [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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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@kernel.org> Fixes: e79729123f63 ("writeback: don't issue wb_writeback_work if clean") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20150812101204.GE17933@dhcp-13-216.nay.redhat.com Reported-and-bisected-by: Eryu Guan <eguan@redhat.com> Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.com> Cc: Ted Ts'o <tytso@google.com> --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -844,14 +844,15 @@ static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct struct wb_iter iter; might_sleep(); - - if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi)) - return; restart: rcu_read_lock(); bdi_for_each_wb(wb, bdi, &iter, next_blkcg_id) { - if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb) || - (skip_if_busy && writeback_in_progress(wb))) + /* SYNC_ALL writes out I_DIRTY_TIME too */ + if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && + (base_work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE || + list_empty(&wb->b_dirty_time))) + continue; + if (skip_if_busy && writeback_in_progress(wb)) continue; base_work->nr_pages = wb_split_bdi_pages(wb, nr_pages); @@ -899,8 +900,7 @@ static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct { might_sleep(); - if (bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi) && - (!skip_if_busy || !writeback_in_progress(&bdi->wb))) { + if (!skip_if_busy || !writeback_in_progress(&bdi->wb)) { base_work->auto_free = 0; base_work->single_wait = 0; base_work->single_done = 0; @@ -2275,8 +2275,12 @@ void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block * }; struct backing_dev_info *bdi = sb->s_bdi; - /* Nothing to do? */ - if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi) || bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info) + /* + * Can't skip on !bdi_has_dirty() because we should wait for !dirty + * inodes under writeback and I_DIRTY_TIME inodes ignored by + * bdi_has_dirty() need to be written out too. + */ + if (bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info) return; WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
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