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-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c27
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 9e72d04e706e..e8063c938dd2 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -630,6 +630,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
};
unsigned long oldest_jif;
long wrote = 0;
+ long write_chunk;
struct inode *inode;
if (wbc.for_kupdate) {
@@ -642,6 +643,24 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
}
+ /*
+ * WB_SYNC_ALL mode does livelock avoidance by syncing dirty
+ * inodes/pages in one big loop. Setting wbc.nr_to_write=LONG_MAX
+ * here avoids calling into writeback_inodes_wb() more than once.
+ *
+ * The intended call sequence for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback is:
+ *
+ * wb_writeback()
+ * __writeback_inodes_sb() <== called only once
+ * write_cache_pages() <== called once for each inode
+ * (quickly) tag currently dirty pages
+ * (maybe slowly) sync all tagged pages
+ */
+ if (wbc.sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
+ write_chunk = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
+ else
+ write_chunk = LONG_MAX;
+
wbc.wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
for (;;) {
/*
@@ -668,7 +687,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
break;
wbc.more_io = 0;
- wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
+ wbc.nr_to_write = write_chunk;
wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
trace_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc, wb->bdi);
@@ -678,8 +697,8 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
trace_wbc_writeback_written(&wbc, wb->bdi);
- work->nr_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
- wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
+ work->nr_pages -= write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
+ wrote += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
/*
* If we consumed everything, see if we have more
@@ -694,7 +713,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
/*
* Did we write something? Try for more
*/
- if (wbc.nr_to_write < MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES)
+ if (wbc.nr_to_write < write_chunk)
continue;
/*
* Nothing written. Wait for some inode to