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/*
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* mm/page-writeback.c.
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*
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* Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
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*
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* Contains functions related to writing back dirty pages at the
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* address_space level.
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*
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* 10Apr2002 akpm@zip.com.au
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* Initial version
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*/
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#include <linux/kernel.h>
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#include <linux/module.h>
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#include <linux/spinlock.h>
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#include <linux/fs.h>
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#include <linux/mm.h>
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#include <linux/swap.h>
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#include <linux/slab.h>
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#include <linux/pagemap.h>
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#include <linux/writeback.h>
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#include <linux/init.h>
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#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
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#include <linux/blkdev.h>
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#include <linux/mpage.h>
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#include <linux/percpu.h>
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#include <linux/notifier.h>
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#include <linux/smp.h>
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#include <linux/sysctl.h>
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#include <linux/cpu.h>
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#include <linux/syscalls.h>
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/*
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* The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdflush/kupdate
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* operation. We do this so we don't hold I_LOCK against an inode for
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* enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
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* been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates
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* the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
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*/
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#define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024
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/*
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* After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited
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* will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling.
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*/
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static long ratelimit_pages = 32;
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static long total_pages; /* The total number of pages in the machine. */
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static int dirty_exceeded; /* Dirty mem may be over limit */
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/*
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* When balance_dirty_pages decides that the caller needs to perform some
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* non-background writeback, this is how many pages it will attempt to write.
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* It should be somewhat larger than RATELIMIT_PAGES to ensure that reasonably
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* large amounts of I/O are submitted.
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*/
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static inline long sync_writeback_pages(void)
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{
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return ratelimit_pages + ratelimit_pages / 2;
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}
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/* The following parameters are exported via /proc/sys/vm */
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/*
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* Start background writeback (via pdflush) at this percentage
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*/
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int dirty_background_ratio = 10;
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/*
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* The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
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*/
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int vm_dirty_ratio = 40;
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/*
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* The interval between `kupdate'-style writebacks, in centiseconds
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* (hundredths of a second)
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*/
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int dirty_writeback_centisecs = 5 * 100;
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/*
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* The longest number of centiseconds for which data is allowed to remain dirty
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*/
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int dirty_expire_centisecs = 30 * 100;
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/*
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* Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings.
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*/
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int block_dump;
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/*
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* Flag that puts the machine in "laptop mode".
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*/
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int laptop_mode;
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode);
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/* End of sysctl-exported parameters */
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static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages);
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struct writeback_state
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{
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unsigned long nr_dirty;
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unsigned long nr_unstable;
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unsigned long nr_mapped;
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unsigned long nr_writeback;
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};
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static void get_writeback_state(struct writeback_state *wbs)
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{
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wbs->nr_dirty = read_page_state(nr_dirty);
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wbs->nr_unstable = read_page_state(nr_unstable);
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wbs->nr_mapped = read_page_state(nr_mapped);
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wbs->nr_writeback = read_page_state(nr_writeback);
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}
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/*
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* Work out the current dirty-memory clamping and background writeout
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* thresholds.
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*
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* The main aim here is to lower them aggressively if there is a lot of mapped
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* memory around. To avoid stressing page reclaim with lots of unreclaimable
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* pages. It is better to clamp down on writers than to start swapping, and
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* performing lots of scanning.
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*
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* We only allow 1/2 of the currently-unmapped memory to be dirtied.
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*
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* We don't permit the clamping level to fall below 5% - that is getting rather
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* excessive.
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*
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* We make sure that the background writeout level is below the adjusted
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* clamping level.
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*/
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static void
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get_dirty_limits(struct writeback_state *wbs, long *pbackground, long *pdirty,
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struct address_space *mapping)
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{
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int background_ratio; /* Percentages */
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int dirty_ratio;
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int unmapped_ratio;
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long background;
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long dirty;
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unsigned long available_memory = total_pages;
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struct task_struct *tsk;
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get_writeback_state(wbs);
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#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
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/*
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* If this mapping can only allocate from low memory,
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* we exclude high memory from our count.
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*/
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if (mapping && !(mapping_gfp_mask(mapping) & __GFP_HIGHMEM))
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available_memory -= totalhigh_pages;
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#endif
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unmapped_ratio = 100 - (wbs->nr_mapped * 100) / total_pages;
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dirty_ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
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if (dirty_ratio > unmapped_ratio / 2)
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dirty_ratio = unmapped_ratio / 2;
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if (dirty_ratio < 5)
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dirty_ratio = 5;
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background_ratio = dirty_background_ratio;
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if (background_ratio >= dirty_ratio)
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background_ratio = dirty_ratio / 2;
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background = (background_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
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dirty = (dirty_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
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tsk = current;
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if (tsk->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE || rt_task(tsk)) {
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background += background / 4;
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dirty += dirty / 4;
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}
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*pbackground = background;
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*pdirty = dirty;
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}
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/*
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* balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
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* data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
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* the caller to perform writeback if the system is over `vm_dirty_ratio'.
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* If we're over `background_thresh' then pdflush is woken to perform some
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* writeout.
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*/
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static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
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{
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struct writeback_state wbs;
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long nr_reclaimable;
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long background_thresh;
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long dirty_thresh;
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unsigned long pages_written = 0;
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unsigned long write_chunk = sync_writeback_pages();
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struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
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for (;;) {
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struct writeback_control wbc = {
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.bdi = bdi,
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.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
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.older_than_this = NULL,
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.nr_to_write = write_chunk,
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};
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get_dirty_limits(&wbs, &background_thresh,
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&dirty_thresh, mapping);
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nr_reclaimable = wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable;
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if (nr_reclaimable + wbs.nr_writeback <= dirty_thresh)
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break;
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dirty_exceeded = 1;
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/* Note: nr_reclaimable denotes nr_dirty + nr_unstable.
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* Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked
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* filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been
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* written to the server's write cache, but has not yet
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* been flushed to permanent storage.
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*/
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if (nr_reclaimable) {
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writeback_inodes(&wbc);
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get_dirty_limits(&wbs, &background_thresh,
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&dirty_thresh, mapping);
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nr_reclaimable = wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable;
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if (nr_reclaimable + wbs.nr_writeback <= dirty_thresh)
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break;
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pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
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if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
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break; /* We've done our duty */
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}
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blk_congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
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}
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if (nr_reclaimable + wbs.nr_writeback <= dirty_thresh)
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dirty_exceeded = 0;
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if (writeback_in_progress(bdi))
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return; /* pdflush is already working this queue */
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/*
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* In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
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* starting background writeout, and then write out all the way down
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* to the lower threshold. So slow writers cause minimal disk activity.
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*
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* In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
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* background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
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*/
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if ((laptop_mode && pages_written) ||
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(!laptop_mode && (nr_reclaimable > background_thresh)))
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pdflush_operation(background_writeout, 0);
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}
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/**
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* balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited - balance dirty memory state
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* @mapping: address_space which was dirtied
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*
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* Processes which are dirtying memory should call in here once for each page
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* which was newly dirtied. The function will periodically check the system's
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* dirty state and will initiate writeback if needed.
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*
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* On really big machines, get_writeback_state is expensive, so try to avoid
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* calling it too often (ratelimiting). But once we're over the dirty memory
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* limit we decrease the ratelimiting by a lot, to prevent individual processes
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* from overshooting the limit by (ratelimit_pages) each.
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*/
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void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping)
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{
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static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, ratelimits) = 0;
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long ratelimit;
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ratelimit = ratelimit_pages;
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if (dirty_exceeded)
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ratelimit = 8;
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/*
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* Check the rate limiting. Also, we do not want to throttle real-time
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* tasks in balance_dirty_pages(). Period.
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*/
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if (get_cpu_var(ratelimits)++ >= ratelimit) {
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__get_cpu_var(ratelimits) = 0;
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put_cpu_var(ratelimits);
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balance_dirty_pages(mapping);
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return;
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}
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put_cpu_var(ratelimits);
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited);
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void throttle_vm_writeout(void)
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{
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struct writeback_state wbs;
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long background_thresh;
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long dirty_thresh;
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for ( ; ; ) {
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get_dirty_limits(&wbs, &background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL);
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/*
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* Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
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* allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
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*/
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dirty_thresh += dirty_thresh / 10; /* wheeee... */
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if (wbs.nr_unstable + wbs.nr_writeback <= dirty_thresh)
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break;
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blk_congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
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}
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}
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/*
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* writeback at least _min_pages, and keep writing until the amount of dirty
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* memory is less than the background threshold, or until we're all clean.
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*/
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static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages)
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{
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long min_pages = _min_pages;
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struct writeback_control wbc = {
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.bdi = NULL,
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.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
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.older_than_this = NULL,
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.nr_to_write = 0,
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.nonblocking = 1,
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};
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for ( ; ; ) {
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struct writeback_state wbs;
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long background_thresh;
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long dirty_thresh;
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get_dirty_limits(&wbs, &background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL);
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if (wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable < background_thresh
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&& min_pages <= 0)
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break;
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wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
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wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
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wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
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writeback_inodes(&wbc);
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min_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
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if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0 || wbc.pages_skipped > 0) {
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/* Wrote less than expected */
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blk_congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
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if (!wbc.encountered_congestion)
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break;
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}
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}
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}
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/*
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* Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
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* the whole world. Returns 0 if a pdflush thread was dispatched. Returns
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* -1 if all pdflush threads were busy.
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*/
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int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages)
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{
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if (nr_pages == 0) {
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struct writeback_state wbs;
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get_writeback_state(&wbs);
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nr_pages = wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable;
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}
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return pdflush_operation(background_writeout, nr_pages);
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}
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static void wb_timer_fn(unsigned long unused);
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static void laptop_timer_fn(unsigned long unused);
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static DEFINE_TIMER(wb_timer, wb_timer_fn, 0, 0);
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static DEFINE_TIMER(laptop_mode_wb_timer, laptop_timer_fn, 0, 0);
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/*
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* Periodic writeback of "old" data.
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*
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* Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
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* dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
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* just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
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* older than a specific point in time.
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*
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* Try to run once per dirty_writeback_centisecs. But if a writeback event
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* takes longer than a dirty_writeback_centisecs interval, then leave a
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* one-second gap.
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*
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* older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
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* all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
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*/
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static void wb_kupdate(unsigned long arg)
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{
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unsigned long oldest_jif;
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unsigned long start_jif;
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unsigned long next_jif;
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long nr_to_write;
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struct writeback_state wbs;
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struct writeback_control wbc = {
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.bdi = NULL,
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.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
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.older_than_this = &oldest_jif,
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.nr_to_write = 0,
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.nonblocking = 1,
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.for_kupdate = 1,
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};
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sync_supers();
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get_writeback_state(&wbs);
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oldest_jif = jiffies - (dirty_expire_centisecs * HZ) / 100;
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start_jif = jiffies;
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next_jif = start_jif + (dirty_writeback_centisecs * HZ) / 100;
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nr_to_write = wbs.nr_dirty + wbs.nr_unstable +
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(inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
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while (nr_to_write > 0) {
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wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
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wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
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writeback_inodes(&wbc);
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if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0) {
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if (wbc.encountered_congestion)
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blk_congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
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else
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break; /* All the old data is written */
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}
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nr_to_write -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
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}
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if (time_before(next_jif, jiffies + HZ))
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next_jif = jiffies + HZ;
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if (dirty_writeback_centisecs)
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mod_timer(&wb_timer, next_jif);
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}
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/*
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* sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
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*/
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int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
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struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
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{
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proc_dointvec(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
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if (dirty_writeback_centisecs) {
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mod_timer(&wb_timer,
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jiffies + (dirty_writeback_centisecs * HZ) / 100);
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} else {
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del_timer(&wb_timer);
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}
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return 0;
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}
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static void wb_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
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{
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if (pdflush_operation(wb_kupdate, 0) < 0)
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mod_timer(&wb_timer, jiffies + HZ); /* delay 1 second */
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}
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static void laptop_flush(unsigned long unused)
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{
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sys_sync();
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}
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static void laptop_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
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{
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pdflush_operation(laptop_flush, 0);
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}
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/*
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* We've spun up the disk and we're in laptop mode: schedule writeback
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* of all dirty data a few seconds from now. If the flush is already scheduled
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* then push it back - the user is still using the disk.
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*/
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void laptop_io_completion(void)
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{
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mod_timer(&laptop_mode_wb_timer, jiffies + laptop_mode * HZ);
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}
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/*
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* We're in laptop mode and we've just synced. The sync's writes will have
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* caused another writeback to be scheduled by laptop_io_completion.
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* Nothing needs to be written back anymore, so we unschedule the writeback.
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*/
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void laptop_sync_completion(void)
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{
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del_timer(&laptop_mode_wb_timer);
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}
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/*
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* If ratelimit_pages is too high then we can get into dirty-data overload
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* if a large number of processes all perform writes at the same time.
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* If it is too low then SMP machines will call the (expensive)
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* get_writeback_state too often.
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*
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* Here we set ratelimit_pages to a level which ensures that when all CPUs are
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* dirtying in parallel, we cannot go more than 3% (1/32) over the dirty memory
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* thresholds before writeback cuts in.
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*
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* But the limit should not be set too high. Because it also controls the
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* amount of memory which the balance_dirty_pages() caller has to write back.
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* If this is too large then the caller will block on the IO queue all the
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* time. So limit it to four megabytes - the balance_dirty_pages() caller
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* will write six megabyte chunks, max.
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*/
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static void set_ratelimit(void)
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{
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ratelimit_pages = total_pages / (num_online_cpus() * 32);
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if (ratelimit_pages < 16)
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ratelimit_pages = 16;
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if (ratelimit_pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE > 4096 * 1024)
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ratelimit_pages = (4096 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
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}
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static int
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ratelimit_handler(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long u, void *v)
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{
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set_ratelimit();
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return 0;
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}
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static struct notifier_block ratelimit_nb = {
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.notifier_call = ratelimit_handler,
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.next = NULL,
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};
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/*
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* If the machine has a large highmem:lowmem ratio then scale back the default
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* dirty memory thresholds: allowing too much dirty highmem pins an excessive
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* number of buffer_heads.
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*/
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void __init page_writeback_init(void)
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{
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long buffer_pages = nr_free_buffer_pages();
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long correction;
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total_pages = nr_free_pagecache_pages();
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correction = (100 * 4 * buffer_pages) / total_pages;
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if (correction < 100) {
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dirty_background_ratio *= correction;
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dirty_background_ratio /= 100;
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vm_dirty_ratio *= correction;
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vm_dirty_ratio /= 100;
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if (dirty_background_ratio <= 0)
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dirty_background_ratio = 1;
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if (vm_dirty_ratio <= 0)
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vm_dirty_ratio = 1;
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}
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mod_timer(&wb_timer, jiffies + (dirty_writeback_centisecs * HZ) / 100);
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set_ratelimit();
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register_cpu_notifier(&ratelimit_nb);
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}
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int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
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{
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if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
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return 0;
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if (mapping->a_ops->writepages)
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return mapping->a_ops->writepages(mapping, wbc);
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return generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
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}
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/**
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* write_one_page - write out a single page and optionally wait on I/O
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*
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2005-05-01 09:59:26 -06:00
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* @page: the page to write
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* @wait: if true, wait on writeout
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2005-04-16 16:20:36 -06:00
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*
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* The page must be locked by the caller and will be unlocked upon return.
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*
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* write_one_page() returns a negative error code if I/O failed.
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*/
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int write_one_page(struct page *page, int wait)
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{
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struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
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int ret = 0;
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struct writeback_control wbc = {
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.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
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.nr_to_write = 1,
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};
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BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
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if (wait)
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wait_on_page_writeback(page);
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if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
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page_cache_get(page);
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ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
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if (ret == 0 && wait) {
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wait_on_page_writeback(page);
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if (PageError(page))
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ret = -EIO;
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}
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page_cache_release(page);
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} else {
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unlock_page(page);
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}
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return ret;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_one_page);
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/*
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* For address_spaces which do not use buffers. Just tag the page as dirty in
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* its radix tree.
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*
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* This is also used when a single buffer is being dirtied: we want to set the
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* page dirty in that case, but not all the buffers. This is a "bottom-up"
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* dirtying, whereas __set_page_dirty_buffers() is a "top-down" dirtying.
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*
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* Most callers have locked the page, which pins the address_space in memory.
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* But zap_pte_range() does not lock the page, however in that case the
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* mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference.
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*
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* We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the
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* mapping by re-checking page_mapping() insode tree_lock.
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*/
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int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page)
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{
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int ret = 0;
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if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
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struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
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struct address_space *mapping2;
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if (mapping) {
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write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
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mapping2 = page_mapping(page);
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if (mapping2) { /* Race with truncate? */
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BUG_ON(mapping2 != mapping);
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if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping))
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inc_page_state(nr_dirty);
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radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
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page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
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}
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write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
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if (mapping->host) {
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/* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
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__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host,
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I_DIRTY_PAGES);
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}
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}
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}
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return ret;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_nobuffers);
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/*
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* When a writepage implementation decides that it doesn't want to write this
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* page for some reason, it should redirty the locked page via
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* redirty_page_for_writepage() and it should then unlock the page and return 0
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*/
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int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page)
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{
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wbc->pages_skipped++;
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return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage);
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/*
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* If the mapping doesn't provide a set_page_dirty a_op, then
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* just fall through and assume that it wants buffer_heads.
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*/
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int fastcall set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
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{
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struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
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if (likely(mapping)) {
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int (*spd)(struct page *) = mapping->a_ops->set_page_dirty;
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if (spd)
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return (*spd)(page);
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return __set_page_dirty_buffers(page);
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}
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if (!PageDirty(page))
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SetPageDirty(page);
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return 0;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty);
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/*
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* set_page_dirty() is racy if the caller has no reference against
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* page->mapping->host, and if the page is unlocked. This is because another
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* CPU could truncate the page off the mapping and then free the mapping.
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*
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* Usually, the page _is_ locked, or the caller is a user-space process which
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* holds a reference on the inode by having an open file.
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*
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* In other cases, the page should be locked before running set_page_dirty().
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*/
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int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page)
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{
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int ret;
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lock_page(page);
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ret = set_page_dirty(page);
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unlock_page(page);
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return ret;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty_lock);
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/*
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* Clear a page's dirty flag, while caring for dirty memory accounting.
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* Returns true if the page was previously dirty.
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*/
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int test_clear_page_dirty(struct page *page)
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{
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struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
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unsigned long flags;
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if (mapping) {
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write_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
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if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
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radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
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page_index(page),
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PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
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write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
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if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping))
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dec_page_state(nr_dirty);
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return 1;
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}
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write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
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return 0;
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}
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return TestClearPageDirty(page);
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_clear_page_dirty);
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/*
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* Clear a page's dirty flag, while caring for dirty memory accounting.
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* Returns true if the page was previously dirty.
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*
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* This is for preparing to put the page under writeout. We leave the page
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* tagged as dirty in the radix tree so that a concurrent write-for-sync
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* can discover it via a PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY walk. The ->writepage
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* implementation will run either set_page_writeback() or set_page_dirty(),
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* at which stage we bring the page's dirty flag and radix-tree dirty tag
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* back into sync.
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*
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* This incoherency between the page's dirty flag and radix-tree tag is
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* unfortunate, but it only exists while the page is locked.
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*/
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int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
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{
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struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
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if (mapping) {
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if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
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if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping))
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dec_page_state(nr_dirty);
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return 1;
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}
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return 0;
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}
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return TestClearPageDirty(page);
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io);
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int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
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{
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struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
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int ret;
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if (mapping) {
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unsigned long flags;
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write_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
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ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
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if (ret)
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radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
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page_index(page),
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PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
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write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
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} else {
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ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
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}
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return ret;
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}
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int test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page)
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{
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struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
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int ret;
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if (mapping) {
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unsigned long flags;
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write_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
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ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
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if (!ret)
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radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
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page_index(page),
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PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
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if (!PageDirty(page))
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radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
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page_index(page),
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PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
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write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
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} else {
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ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
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}
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return ret;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_set_page_writeback);
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/*
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* Return true if any of the pages in the mapping are marged with the
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* passed tag.
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*/
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int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag)
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{
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unsigned long flags;
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int ret;
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read_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
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ret = radix_tree_tagged(&mapping->page_tree, tag);
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read_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
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return ret;
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}
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EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged);
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