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Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/md/bcache/btree.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/md/bcache/btree.h | 18 |
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h index a68d6c55783b..d1c72ef64edf 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h @@ -266,6 +266,24 @@ static inline void wake_up_gc(struct cache_set *c) wake_up(&c->gc_wait); } +static inline void force_wake_up_gc(struct cache_set *c) +{ + /* + * Garbage collection thread only works when sectors_to_gc < 0, + * calling wake_up_gc() won't start gc thread if sectors_to_gc is + * not a nagetive value. + * Therefore sectors_to_gc is set to -1 here, before waking up + * gc thread by calling wake_up_gc(). Then gc_should_run() will + * give a chance to permit gc thread to run. "Give a chance" means + * before going into gc_should_run(), there is still possibility + * that c->sectors_to_gc being set to other positive value. So + * this routine won't 100% make sure gc thread will be woken up + * to run. + */ + atomic_set(&c->sectors_to_gc, -1); + wake_up_gc(c); +} + #define MAP_DONE 0 #define MAP_CONTINUE 1 |