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From: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>,
	Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
	Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl>,
	"Li Shaohua" <shaohua.li@intel.com>,
	"Myklebust Trond" <Trond.Myklebust@netapp.com>,
	"jens.axboe@oracle.com" <jens.axboe@oracle.com>,
	Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Nick Piggin <npiggin@suse.de>,
	<linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 25/45] writeback: convert wbc.nr_to_write to per-file parameter
Date: Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:38:43 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20091007074904.344738045@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20091007073818.318088777@intel.com

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CC: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
CC: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
CC: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> 
CC: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
CC: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> 
CC: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> 
CC: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> 
Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c         |   24 ++++++++++++------------
 include/linux/writeback.h |    5 +++--
 mm/backing-dev.c          |    1 -
 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

--- linux.orig/fs/fs-writeback.c	2009-10-06 23:38:45.000000000 +0800
+++ linux/fs/fs-writeback.c	2009-10-06 23:38:56.000000000 +0800
@@ -661,12 +661,13 @@ pinned:
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 				struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct super_block *sb = wbc->sb, *pin_sb = NULL;
 	const unsigned long start = jiffies;	/* livelock avoidance */
 	unsigned long stop_time = 0;
+	unsigned long wrote = 0;
 
 	if (wbc->timeout)
 		stop_time = (start + wbc->timeout) | 1;
@@ -709,7 +710,10 @@ static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct b
 		BUG_ON(inode->i_state & (I_FREEING | I_CLEAR));
 		__iget(inode);
 		pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
+		wbc->nr_to_write = bdi_writeback_chunk(wb->bdi);
+		wrote += wbc->nr_to_write;
 		writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
+		wrote -= wbc->nr_to_write;
 		if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
 			/*
 			 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
@@ -735,6 +739,7 @@ static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct b
 
 	spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 	/* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
+	return wrote;
 }
 
 void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc)
@@ -782,6 +787,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writ
 	};
 	unsigned long oldest_jif;
 	long wrote = 0;
+	long nr;
 	struct inode *inode;
 
 	if (wbc.for_kupdate) {
@@ -810,26 +816,20 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writ
 
 		wbc.more_io = 0;
 		wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
-		wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
 		wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
-		writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
-		args->nr_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
-		wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
+		nr = writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
+		args->nr_pages -= nr;
+		wrote += nr;
 
 		/*
-		 * If we consumed everything, see if we have more
-		 */
-		if (wbc.nr_to_write <= 0)
-			continue;
-		/*
-		 * Didn't write everything and we don't have more IO, bail
+		 * Bail if no more IO
 		 */
 		if (!wbc.more_io)
 			break;
 		/*
 		 * Did we write something? Try for more
 		 */
-		if (wbc.nr_to_write < MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES)
+		if (nr)
 			continue;
 		/*
 		 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
--- linux.orig/include/linux/writeback.h	2009-10-06 23:38:45.000000000 +0800
+++ linux/include/linux/writeback.h	2009-10-06 23:38:52.000000000 +0800
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ struct writeback_control {
 	int timeout;
 	unsigned long *older_than_this;	/* If !NULL, only write back inodes
 					   older than this */
-	long nr_to_write;		/* Write this many pages, and decrement
-					   this for each page written */
+	long nr_to_write;		/* Max pages to write per file, and
+					   decrement this for each page written
+					 */
 	long pages_skipped;		/* Pages which were not written */
 
 	/*
--- linux.orig/mm/backing-dev.c	2009-10-06 23:38:45.000000000 +0800
+++ linux/mm/backing-dev.c	2009-10-06 23:38:52.000000000 +0800
@@ -338,7 +338,6 @@ static void bdi_flush_io(struct backing_
 		.sync_mode		= WB_SYNC_NONE,
 		.older_than_this	= NULL,
 		.range_cyclic		= 1,
-		.nr_to_write		= 1024,
 		.timeout		= HZ,
 	};
 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2009-10-07  7:38 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 116+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-10-07  7:38 [PATCH 00/45] some writeback experiments Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 01/45] writeback: reduce calls to global_page_state in balance_dirty_pages() Wu Fengguang
2009-10-09 15:12   ` Jan Kara
2009-10-09 15:18     ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-09 15:47       ` Jan Kara
2009-10-11  2:28         ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-11  7:44           ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-11 10:50             ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-11 10:58               ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-11 11:25               ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-12  1:26                 ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-12  9:07                   ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-12  9:24                     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-10 21:33     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-12 21:18       ` Jan Kara
2009-10-13  3:24         ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-13  8:41           ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-13 18:12           ` Jan Kara
2009-10-13 18:28             ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-14  1:38               ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-14 11:22                 ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-17  5:30                   ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 02/45] writeback: reduce calculation of bdi dirty thresholds Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 03/45] ext4: remove unused parameter wbc from __ext4_journalled_writepage() Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 04/45] writeback: remove unused nonblocking and congestion checks Wu Fengguang
2009-10-09 15:26   ` Jan Kara
2009-10-10 13:47     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 05/45] writeback: remove the always false bdi_cap_writeback_dirty() test Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 06/45] writeback: use larger ratelimit when dirty_exceeded Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  8:53   ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-07  9:17     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 07/45] writeback: dont redirty tail an inode with dirty pages Wu Fengguang
2009-10-09 15:45   ` Jan Kara
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 08/45] writeback: quit on wrap for .range_cyclic (write_cache_pages) Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 09/45] writeback: quit on wrap for .range_cyclic (pohmelfs) Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07 12:32   ` Evgeniy Polyakov
2009-10-07 14:23     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 10/45] writeback: quit on wrap for .range_cyclic (btrfs) Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 11/45] writeback: quit on wrap for .range_cyclic (cifs) Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 12/45] writeback: quit on wrap for .range_cyclic (ext4) Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 13/45] writeback: quit on wrap for .range_cyclic (gfs2) Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 14/45] writeback: quit on wrap for .range_cyclic (afs) Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 15/45] writeback: fix queue_io() ordering Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 16/45] writeback: merge for_kupdate and !for_kupdate cases Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 17/45] writeback: only allow two background writeback works Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 18/45] writeback: introduce wait queue for balance_dirty_pages() Wu Fengguang
2009-10-08  1:01   ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-10-08  1:58     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-08  2:40       ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-10-08  4:01         ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-08  5:59           ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-10-08  6:07             ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-08  6:28             ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-08  6:39               ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-10-08  8:08       ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-08  8:11         ` KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki
2009-10-08  8:36         ` Jens Axboe
2009-10-09  2:52           ` [PATCH] writeback: account IO throttling wait as iowait Wu Fengguang
2009-10-09 10:41             ` Jens Axboe
2009-10-09 10:58               ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-09 11:01                 ` Jens Axboe
2009-10-08  8:05     ` [PATCH 18/45] writeback: introduce wait queue for balance_dirty_pages() Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 19/45] writeback: remove the loop in balance_dirty_pages() Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 20/45] NFS: introduce writeback wait queue Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  8:53   ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-07  9:07     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  9:15       ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-07  9:19         ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  9:17       ` Nick Piggin
2009-10-07  9:52         ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 21/45] writeback: estimate bdi write bandwidth Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  8:53   ` Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-07  9:39     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 22/45] writeback: show bdi write bandwidth in debugfs Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 23/45] writeback: kill space in debugfs item name Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 24/45] writeback: remove global nr_to_write and use timeout instead Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` Wu Fengguang [this message]
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 26/45] block: pass the non-rotational queue flag to backing_dev_info Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 27/45] writeback: introduce wbc.for_background Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 28/45] writeback: introduce wbc.nr_segments Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 29/45] writeback: fix the shmem AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE case Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07 11:57   ` Hugh Dickins
2009-10-07 14:00     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 30/45] vmscan: lumpy pageout Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 31/45] writeback: sync old inodes first in background writeback Wu Fengguang
2010-07-12  3:01   ` Christoph Hellwig
2010-07-12 15:24     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 32/45] writeback: update kupdate expire timestamp on each scan of b_io Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 34/45] writeback: sync livelock - kick background writeback Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 35/45] writeback: sync livelock - use single timestamp for whole sync work Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 36/45] writeback: sync livelock - curb dirty speed for inodes to be synced Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 37/45] writeback: use timestamp to indicate dirty exceeded Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 38/45] writeback: introduce queue b_more_io_wait Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 39/45] writeback: remove wbc.more_io Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 40/45] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on I_SYNC locked inode Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:38 ` [PATCH 41/45] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on pages_skipped inode Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:39 ` [PATCH 42/45] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on blocked inode Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:39 ` [PATCH 43/45] writeback: requeue_io_wait() on fs redirtied inode Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:39 ` [PATCH 44/45] NFS: remove NFS_INO_FLUSHING lock Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07 13:11   ` Peter Staubach
2009-10-07 13:32     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07 13:59       ` Peter Staubach
2009-10-08  1:44         ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  7:39 ` [PATCH 45/45] btrfs: fix race on syncing the btree inode Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07  8:53 ` [PATCH 00/45] some writeback experiments Peter Zijlstra
2009-10-07 10:17 ` [PATCH 14/45] writeback: quit on wrap for .range_cyclic (afs) David Howells
2009-10-07 10:21   ` Nick Piggin
2009-10-07 10:47     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07 11:23       ` Nick Piggin
2009-10-07 12:21         ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07 13:47 ` [PATCH 00/45] some writeback experiments Peter Staubach
2009-10-07 15:18   ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-08  5:33     ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-08  5:44       ` Wu Fengguang
2009-10-07 14:26 ` Theodore Tso
2009-10-07 14:45   ` Wu Fengguang

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