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-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c63
-rw-r--r--include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h2
-rw-r--r--include/linux/fs.h6
-rw-r--r--include/trace/events/writeback.h3
4 files changed, 69 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index b303516f2753..fdb8766d275a 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -2396,6 +2396,27 @@ static long wb_check_start_all(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
return nr_pages;
}
+static long wb_check_start_dontcache(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+{
+ long nr_pages;
+
+ if (!test_and_clear_bit(WB_start_dontcache, &wb->state))
+ return 0;
+
+ nr_pages = wb_stat_sum(wb, WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY);
+ if (nr_pages) {
+ struct wb_writeback_work work = {
+ .nr_pages = nr_pages,
+ .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ .range_cyclic = 1,
+ .reason = WB_REASON_DONTCACHE,
+ };
+
+ nr_pages = wb_writeback(wb, &work);
+ }
+
+ return nr_pages;
+}
/*
* Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
@@ -2418,6 +2439,11 @@ static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
wrote += wb_check_start_all(wb);
/*
+ * Check for dontcache writeback request
+ */
+ wrote += wb_check_start_dontcache(wb);
+
+ /*
* Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
*/
wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
@@ -2491,6 +2517,43 @@ void wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
rcu_read_unlock();
}
+/**
+ * filemap_dontcache_kick_writeback - kick flusher for IOCB_DONTCACHE writes
+ * @mapping: address_space that was just written to
+ *
+ * Kick the writeback flusher thread to expedite writeback of dontcache dirty
+ * pages. Queue writeback for the inode's wb for as many pages as there are
+ * dontcache pages, but don't restrict writeback to dontcache pages only.
+ *
+ * This significantly improves performance over either writing all wb's pages
+ * or writing only dontcache pages. Although it doesn't guarantee quick
+ * writeback and reclaim of dontcache pages, it keeps the amount of dirty pages
+ * in check. Over longer term dontcache pages get written and reclaimed by
+ * background writeback even with this rough heuristic.
+ */
+void filemap_dontcache_kick_writeback(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+ struct wb_lock_cookie cookie = {};
+ bool need_wakeup = false;
+
+ wb = unlocked_inode_to_wb_begin(inode, &cookie);
+ if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) &&
+ !test_bit(WB_start_dontcache, &wb->state) &&
+ !test_and_set_bit(WB_start_dontcache, &wb->state)) {
+ wb_get(wb);
+ need_wakeup = true;
+ }
+ unlocked_inode_to_wb_end(inode, &cookie);
+
+ if (need_wakeup) {
+ wb_wakeup(wb);
+ wb_put(wb);
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(filemap_dontcache_kick_writeback);
+
/*
* Wakeup the flusher threads to start writeback of all currently dirty pages
*/
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index cb660dd37286..4f1084937315 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ enum wb_state {
WB_writeback_running, /* Writeback is in progress */
WB_has_dirty_io, /* Dirty inodes on ->b_{dirty|io|more_io} */
WB_start_all, /* nr_pages == 0 (all) work pending */
+ WB_start_dontcache, /* dontcache writeback pending */
};
enum wb_stat_item {
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ enum wb_reason {
*/
WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD,
WB_REASON_FOREIGN_FLUSH,
+ WB_REASON_DONTCACHE,
WB_REASON_MAX,
};
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 11559c513dfb..df72b42a9e9b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2624,6 +2624,7 @@ extern int __must_check file_write_and_wait_range(struct file *file,
loff_t start, loff_t end);
int filemap_flush_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
loff_t end);
+void filemap_dontcache_kick_writeback(struct address_space *mapping);
static inline int file_write_and_wait(struct file *file)
{
@@ -2657,10 +2658,7 @@ static inline ssize_t generic_write_sync(struct kiocb *iocb, ssize_t count)
if (ret)
return ret;
} else if (iocb->ki_flags & IOCB_DONTCACHE) {
- struct address_space *mapping = iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping;
-
- filemap_flush_range(mapping, iocb->ki_pos - count,
- iocb->ki_pos - 1);
+ filemap_dontcache_kick_writeback(iocb->ki_filp->f_mapping);
}
return count;
diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index bdac0d685a98..13ee076ccd16 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -44,7 +44,8 @@
EM( WB_REASON_PERIODIC, "periodic") \
EM( WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE, "fs_free_space") \
EM( WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD, "forker_thread") \
- EMe(WB_REASON_FOREIGN_FLUSH, "foreign_flush")
+ EM( WB_REASON_FOREIGN_FLUSH, "foreign_flush") \
+ EMe(WB_REASON_DONTCACHE, "dontcache")
WB_WORK_REASON