[PATCH 3.15 73/84] f2fs: check bdi->dirty_exceeded when trying to skip data writes

Greg Kroah-Hartman
2014-07-15T23:30:06Z

From: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>

commit 2743f865543c0c4a5e12fc13edb2bf89a6e9687c upstream.

If we don't check the current backing device status, balance_dirty_pages can
fall into infinite pausing routine.

This can be occurred when a lot of directories make a small number of dirty
dentry pages including files.

Reported-by: Brian Chadwick <brianchad@westnet.com.au>
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>

---
fs/f2fs/node.c | 2 ++
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

--- a/fs/f2fs/node.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/node.c
@@ -42,6 +42,8 @@ bool available_free_memory(struct f2fs_s
mem_size = (nm_i->nat_cnt * sizeof(struct nat_entry)) >> 12;
res = mem_size < ((val.totalram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 2);
} else if (type == DIRTY_DENTS) {
+ if (sbi->sb->s_bdi->dirty_exceeded)
+ return false;
mem_size = get_pages(sbi, F2FS_DIRTY_DENTS);
res = mem_size < ((val.totalram * nm_i->ram_thresh / 100) >> 1);
}