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authorLaveesh Bansal <laveeshb@laveeshbansal.com>2026-01-06 14:50:58 +0000
committerChristian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>2026-01-12 11:07:25 +0100
commit543467d6fe97e27e22a26e367fda972dbefebbff (patch)
tree2d211adfce23d780e88f3f9a00ca95372a6994d7 /tools/perf/scripts/python
parentc644bce62b9c6b441143a03c910f986109c47001 (diff)
writeback: fix 100% CPU usage when dirtytime_expire_interval is 0
When vm.dirtytime_expire_seconds is set to 0, wakeup_dirtytime_writeback() schedules delayed work with a delay of 0, causing immediate execution. The function then reschedules itself with 0 delay again, creating an infinite busy loop that causes 100% kworker CPU usage. Fix by: - Only scheduling delayed work in wakeup_dirtytime_writeback() when dirtytime_expire_interval is non-zero - Cancelling the delayed work in dirtytime_interval_handler() when the interval is set to 0 - Adding a guard in start_dirtytime_writeback() for defensive coding Tested by booting kernel in QEMU with virtme-ng: - Before fix: kworker CPU spikes to ~73% - After fix: CPU remains at normal levels - Setting interval back to non-zero correctly resumes writeback Fixes: a2f4870697a5 ("fs: make sure the timestamps for lazytime inodes eventually get written") Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Closes: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=220227 Signed-off-by: Laveesh Bansal <laveeshb@laveeshbansal.com> Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260106145059.543282-2-laveeshb@laveeshbansal.com Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>
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