FAILED: patch "[PATCH] btrfs: use correct compare function of dirty_metadata_bytes" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

FAILED: patch "[PATCH] btrfs: use correct compare function of dirty_metadata_bytes" failed to apply to 4.4-stable tree

[gregkh]

The patch below does not apply to the 4.4-stable tree.
If someone wants it applied there, or to any other stable or longterm
tree, then please email the backport, including the original git commit
id to <stable@vger.kernel.org>.

thanks,

greg k-h

------------------ original commit in Linus's tree ------------------

>From d814a49198eafa6163698bdd93961302f3a877a4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ethan Lien <ethanlien@synology.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2018 15:44:58 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] btrfs: use correct compare function of dirty_metadata_bytes

We use customized, nodesize batch value to update dirty_metadata_bytes.
We should also use batch version of compare function or we will easily
goto fast path and get false result from percpu_counter_compare().

Fixes: e2d845211eda ("Btrfs: use percpu counter for dirty metadata count")
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.4+
Signed-off-by: Ethan Lien <ethanlien@synology.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index 6023eed3e805..e3858b2fe014 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -959,8 +959,9 @@ static int btree_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 		fs_info = BTRFS_I(mapping->host)->root->fs_info;
 		/* this is a bit racy, but that's ok */
-		ret = percpu_counter_compare(&fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes,
-					     BTRFS_DIRTY_METADATA_THRESH);
+		ret = __percpu_counter_compare(&fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes,
+					     BTRFS_DIRTY_METADATA_THRESH,
+					     fs_info->dirty_metadata_batch);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return 0;
 	}
@@ -4134,8 +4135,9 @@ static void __btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(struct btrfs_fs_info *fs_info,
 	if (flush_delayed)
 		btrfs_balance_delayed_items(fs_info);
 
-	ret = percpu_counter_compare(&fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes,
-				     BTRFS_DIRTY_METADATA_THRESH);
+	ret = __percpu_counter_compare(&fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes,
+				     BTRFS_DIRTY_METADATA_THRESH,
+				     fs_info->dirty_metadata_batch);
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping);
 	}

[PATCH] btrfs: use correct compare function of dirty_metadata_bytes

[Nikolay Borisov]

From: Ethan Lien <ethanlien@synology.com>

We use customized, nodesize batch value to update dirty_metadata_bytes.
We should also use batch version of compare function or we will easily
goto fast path and get false result from percpu_counter_compare().

Fixes: e2d845211eda ("Btrfs: use percpu counter for dirty metadata count")
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org # 4.4+
Signed-off-by: Ethan Lien <ethanlien@synology.com>
Reviewed-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@suse.com>
[nb: Rebased on 4.4.y ]
Signed-off-by: Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com>
---

Hello Greg, 

Here is a working backport for 4.4.y of upstream commit: 
d814a49198eafa6163698bdd93961302f3a877a4

 fs/btrfs/disk-io.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
index d106b981d86f..ae6e3a30e61e 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/disk-io.c
@@ -1011,8 +1011,9 @@ static int btree_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 		fs_info = BTRFS_I(mapping->host)->root->fs_info;
 		/* this is a bit racy, but that's ok */
-		ret = percpu_counter_compare(&fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes,
-					     BTRFS_DIRTY_METADATA_THRESH);
+		ret = __percpu_counter_compare(&fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes,
+					     BTRFS_DIRTY_METADATA_THRESH,
+					     fs_info->dirty_metadata_batch);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			return 0;
 	}
@@ -3987,8 +3988,9 @@ static void __btrfs_btree_balance_dirty(struct btrfs_root *root,
 	if (flush_delayed)
 		btrfs_balance_delayed_items(root);
 
-	ret = percpu_counter_compare(&root->fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes,
-				     BTRFS_DIRTY_METADATA_THRESH);
+	ret = __percpu_counter_compare(&root->fs_info->dirty_metadata_bytes,
+				     BTRFS_DIRTY_METADATA_THRESH,
+				     root->fs_info->dirty_metadata_batch);
 	if (ret > 0) {
 		balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(
 				   root->fs_info->btree_inode->i_mapping);
-- 
2.7.4