Re: [PATCH 07/10] writeback: dirty ratelimit - think time compensation

[Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>]

> -		pause = (HZ * pages_dirtied) / (task_ratelimit | 1);
> +		period = (HZ * pages_dirtied) / (task_ratelimit | 1);
> +		pause = current->dirty_paused_when + period - now;
> +		/*
> +		 * For less than 1s think time (ext3/4 may block the dirtier
> +		 * for up to 800ms from time to time on 1-HDD; so does xfs,
> +		 * however at much less frequency), try to compensate it in
> +		 * future periods by updating the virtual time; otherwise just
> +		 * do a reset, as it may be a light dirtier.
> +		 */
> +		if (unlikely(pause <= 0)) {
> +			if (pause < -HZ) {
> +				current->dirty_paused_when = now;
> +				current->nr_dirtied = 0;
> +			} else if (period) {
> +				current->dirty_paused_when += period;
> +				current->nr_dirtied = 0;
> +			}

> +			pause = 1; /* avoid resetting nr_dirtied_pause below */

Note: the above comment is only effective with the planned max pause
time adaption patch.

Thanks,
Fengguang

> +			break;
> +		}
>  		pause = min(pause, (long)MAX_PAUSE);
>  
>  pause:
>  		__set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
>  		io_schedule_timeout(pause);
>  
> +		current->dirty_paused_when = now + pause;
> +		current->nr_dirtied = 0;
> +
>  		dirty_thresh = hard_dirty_limit(dirty_thresh);
>  		/*
>  		 * max-pause area. If dirty exceeded but still within this
> @@ -1017,7 +1046,6 @@ pause:
>  	if (!dirty_exceeded && bdi->dirty_exceeded)
>  		bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0;
>  
> -	current->nr_dirtied = 0;
>  	current->nr_dirtied_pause = dirty_poll_interval(nr_dirty, dirty_thresh);
>  
>  	if (writeback_in_progress(bdi))
> --- linux-next.orig/kernel/fork.c	2011-08-16 08:50:41.000000000 +0800
> +++ linux-next/kernel/fork.c	2011-08-16 08:54:13.000000000 +0800
> @@ -1303,6 +1303,7 @@ static struct task_struct *copy_process(
>  
>  	p->nr_dirtied = 0;
>  	p->nr_dirtied_pause = 128 >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10);
> +	p->dirty_paused_when = 0;
>  
>  	/*
>  	 * Ok, make it visible to the rest of the system.
> 

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