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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fs-writeback.c | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/writeback.h | 17 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/trace/events/writeback.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | 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 cd89484486f6..51c8a5b14cdf 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 3148db1296a2..5fdd4e1805e6 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 9b876f6cc81a..bec69995968f 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 08e1737edb39..27e60ba8e688 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 @@ out: 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; |