From: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
To: Chuck Lever <cel@kernel.org>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-nfs@vger.kernel.org, NeilBrown <neil@brown.name>,
Olga Kornievskaia <okorniev@redhat.com>,
Dai Ngo <Dai.Ngo@oracle.com>, Tom Talpey <tom@talpey.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 08/10] mm: expose WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY in bdi debugfs stats
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 19:33:07 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20261015233309.42999-9-snitzer@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261015233309.42999-1-snitzer@kernel.org>
The per-bdi_writeback WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY counter drives how much the
flusher writes back in response to an IOCB_DONTCACHE kick, but it is
not reported anywhere, so the DONTCACHE dirty backlog can only be
inferred from MemFree/Cached movement.
Report it as BdiDontcacheDirty in /sys/kernel/debug/bdi/<dev>/stats
and as WbDontcacheDirty in the per-wb stats, next to the
Reclaimable line. Use wb_stat_sum() rather than wb_stat() to fold in
the per-cpu batches: the flusher targets the summed value and small
backlogs would otherwise read as zero.
Fixes: 88d6f128d06d ("mm: track DONTCACHE dirty pages per bdi_writeback")
Cc: Jeff Layton <jlayton@kernel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: linux-mm@kvack.org
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@kernel.org>
---
mm/backing-dev.c | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 18e999053bae0..b8a2c27e07fac 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ struct wb_stats {
unsigned long nr_dirty_time;
unsigned long nr_writeback;
unsigned long nr_reclaimable;
+ unsigned long nr_dontcache_dirty;
unsigned long nr_dirtied;
unsigned long nr_written;
unsigned long dirty_thresh;
@@ -78,6 +79,12 @@ static void collect_wb_stats(struct wb_stats *stats,
stats->nr_writeback += wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITEBACK);
stats->nr_reclaimable += wb_stat(wb, WB_RECLAIMABLE);
+ /*
+ * Sum the per-cpu batches: the dontcache flusher targets this
+ * counter via wb_stat_sum() and small backlogs would otherwise
+ * read as zero here.
+ */
+ stats->nr_dontcache_dirty += wb_stat_sum(wb, WB_DONTCACHE_DIRTY);
stats->nr_dirtied += wb_stat(wb, WB_DIRTIED);
stats->nr_written += wb_stat(wb, WB_WRITTEN);
stats->wb_thresh += wb_calc_thresh(wb, stats->dirty_thresh);
@@ -125,6 +132,7 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
seq_printf(m,
"BdiWriteback: %10lu kB\n"
"BdiReclaimable: %10lu kB\n"
+ "BdiDontcacheDirty: %10lu kB\n"
"BdiDirtyThresh: %10lu kB\n"
"DirtyThresh: %10lu kB\n"
"BackgroundThresh: %10lu kB\n"
@@ -139,6 +147,7 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
"state: %10lx\n",
K(stats.nr_writeback),
K(stats.nr_reclaimable),
+ K(stats.nr_dontcache_dirty),
K(stats.wb_thresh),
K(dirty_thresh),
K(background_thresh),
@@ -163,6 +172,7 @@ static void wb_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
"WbCgIno: %10lu\n"
"WbWriteback: %10lu kB\n"
"WbReclaimable: %10lu kB\n"
+ "WbDontcacheDirty: %10lu kB\n"
"WbDirtyThresh: %10lu kB\n"
"WbDirtied: %10lu kB\n"
"WbWritten: %10lu kB\n"
@@ -179,6 +189,7 @@ static void wb_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
#endif
K(stats->nr_writeback),
K(stats->nr_reclaimable),
+ K(stats->nr_dontcache_dirty),
K(stats->wb_thresh),
K(stats->nr_dirtied),
K(stats->nr_written),
--
2.52.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-15 23:33 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-15 23:32 [PATCH v4 00/10] NFSD: keep direct-mode I/O out of the page cache Mike Snitzer
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH v4 01/10] NFSD: cut a misaligned direct-mode WRITE at page boundaries Mike Snitzer
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH v4 02/10] NFSD: mark the direct middle of a split WRITE IOCB_DONTCACHE as well Mike Snitzer
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH v4 03/10] NFSD: only split a direct-mode WRITE for a worthwhile direct middle Mike Snitzer
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH v4 04/10] NFSD: add direct_misaligned_dontcache debugfs knob Mike Snitzer
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH v4 05/10] NFSD: do not use direct I/O for a READ smaller than its alignment Mike Snitzer
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH v4 06/10] NFSD: persist a synchronous direct-mode WRITE once, after all of its segments Mike Snitzer
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH v4 07/10] mm: add folio_mark_dropbehind() to mark a folio dropbehind and account it Mike Snitzer
2026-10-15 23:33 ` Mike Snitzer [this message]
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH v4 09/10] NFSD: keep boundary page of a split direct-mode WRITE until both writers complete Mike Snitzer
2026-10-15 23:33 ` [PATCH v4 10/10] NFSD: add tracing for how direct-mode READ and WRITE are serviced Mike Snitzer
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