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Jan Kara aa373cf550 writeback: stop background/kupdate works from livelocking other works 
Background writeback is easily livelockable in a loop in wb_writeback() by
a process continuously re-dirtying pages (or continuously appending to a
file).  This is in fact intended as the target of background writeback is
to write dirty pages it can find as long as we are over
dirty_background_threshold.

But the above behavior gets inconvenient at times because no other work
queued in the flusher thread's queue gets processed.  In particular, since
e.g.  sync(1) relies on flusher thread to do all the IO for it, sync(1)
can hang forever waiting for flusher thread to do the work.

Generally, when a flusher thread has some work queued, someone submitted
the work to achieve a goal more specific than what background writeback
does.  Moreover by working on the specific work, we also reduce amount of
dirty pages which is exactly the target of background writeout.  So it
makes sense to give specific work a priority over a generic page cleaning.

Thus we interrupt background writeback if there is some other work to do.
We return to the background writeback after completing all the queued
work.

This may delay the writeback of expired inodes for a while, however the
expired inodes will eventually be flushed to disk as long as the other
works won't livelock.

[fengguang.wu@intel.com: update comment]
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <hannes@cmpxchg.org>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@medozas.de>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2011-01-13 17:32:32 -08:00
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9p switch 9p 2011-01-12 20:03:43 -05:00
adfs switch adfs 2011-01-12 20:02:45 -05:00
affs switch affs 2011-01-12 20:03:42 -05:00
afs switch afs 2011-01-12 20:04:20 -05:00
autofs4 fs: rcu-walk aware d_revalidate method 2011-01-07 17:50:29 +11:00
befs befs: don't pass huge structs by value 2011-01-13 08:03:15 -08:00
bfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
cachefiles
ceph Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2011-01-13 10:25:24 -08:00
cifs switch cifs 2011-01-12 20:02:46 -05:00
coda Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-01-13 10:27:28 -08:00
configfs switch configfs 2011-01-12 20:03:12 -05:00
cramfs cramfs: generate unique inode number for better inode cache usage 2011-01-13 08:03:23 -08:00
debugfs
devpts
dlm dlm: sanitize work_start() in lowcomms.c 2010-12-13 13:42:24 -06:00
ecryptfs ecryptfs: fix broken build 2011-01-13 17:19:38 -08:00
efs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
exofs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
exportfs fs: dcache per-inode inode alias locking 2011-01-07 17:50:31 +11:00
ext2 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 2011-01-11 14:37:31 -08:00
ext3 Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
ext4 Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
fat switch fat to ->s_d_op, close exportfs races there 2011-01-12 20:02:43 -05:00
freevxfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
fscache
fuse switch fuse 2011-01-12 20:02:44 -05:00
gfs2 Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
hfs switch hfs 2011-01-12 20:02:45 -05:00
hfsplus switch hfsplus 2011-01-12 20:02:45 -05:00
hostfs switch hostfs 2011-01-12 20:03:42 -05:00
hpfs switch hpfs 2011-01-12 20:02:47 -05:00
hppfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
hugetlbfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
isofs fix isofs d_op handling 2011-01-12 20:02:43 -05:00
jbd fix comment typos concerning "consistent" 2010-12-10 16:04:28 +01:00
jbd2 Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-01-13 10:05:56 -08:00
jffs2 fs: provide rcu-walk aware permission i_ops 2011-01-07 17:50:29 +11:00
jfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
lockd lockd: double unlock in next_host_state() 2011-01-04 13:10:37 -05:00
logfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
minix minixfs: kill dead code 2011-01-12 20:02:44 -05:00
ncpfs move internal-only parts of ncpfs headers to fs/ncpfs 2011-01-12 20:03:43 -05:00
nfs NFS: Fix NFSv3 exclusive open semantics 2011-01-13 12:06:29 -08:00
nfs_common
nfsd Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
nilfs2 Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
nls
notify Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-01-13 10:05:56 -08:00
ntfs NTFS: writev() fix and maintenance/contact details update 2011-01-12 08:35:53 -08:00
ocfs2 Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
omfs
openpromfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
partitions Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/event-handling' into for-2.6.38/core 2011-01-13 14:47:54 +01:00
proc /proc/kcore: fix seeking 2011-01-13 08:03:17 -08:00
qnx4 fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
quota quota: Use %pV and __attribute__((format (printf in __quota_error and fix fallout 2011-01-10 19:04:05 +01:00
ramfs
reiserfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
romfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
squashfs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
sysfs Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6 2011-01-10 16:10:33 -08:00
sysv switch sysv 2011-01-12 20:02:44 -05:00
ubifs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
udf Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-udf-2.6 2011-01-11 14:45:52 -08:00
ufs fs: icache RCU free inodes 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
xfs Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
aio.c aio: remove unused aio_run_iocbs() 2011-01-13 08:03:22 -08:00
anon_inodes.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-01-13 10:27:28 -08:00
attr.c
bad_inode.c fs: provide rcu-walk aware permission i_ops 2011-01-07 17:50:29 +11:00
binfmt_aout.c
binfmt_elf.c binfmt_elf: cleanups 2011-01-13 08:03:12 -08:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c
bio-integrity.c bio-integrity: mark kintegrityd_wq highpri and CPU intensive 2011-01-03 15:01:48 +01:00
bio.c bio: take care not overflow page count when mapping/copying user data 2010-11-10 14:40:43 +01:00
block_dev.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
buffer.c fs: Use this_cpu_inc_return in buffer.c 2010-12-17 15:18:05 +01:00
char_dev.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
compat.c exec: copy-and-paste the fixes into compat_do_execve() paths 2010-11-30 17:56:38 -08:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c Merge branch 'tty-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6 2011-01-07 14:39:20 -08:00
dcache.c fs: fix kernel-doc for dcache::prepend_path 2011-01-12 20:06:57 -05:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c epoll: convert max_user_watches to long 2011-01-13 08:03:12 -08:00
exec.c install_special_mapping skips security_file_mmap check. 2010-12-15 12:30:36 -08:00
fcntl.c
fifo.c
file.c
file_table.c
filesystems.c fs: rcu-walk for path lookup 2011-01-07 17:50:27 +11:00
fs-writeback.c writeback: stop background/kupdate works from livelocking other works 2011-01-13 17:32:32 -08:00
fs_struct.c fs: scale mntget/mntput 2011-01-07 17:50:33 +11:00
generic_acl.c fs: provide simple rcu-walk generic_check_acl implementation 2011-01-07 17:50:29 +11:00
inode.c fs: avoid inode RCU freeing for pseudo fs 2011-01-07 17:50:26 +11:00
internal.h fs: scale mntget/mntput 2011-01-07 17:50:33 +11:00
ioctl.c Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4 2010-11-19 19:46:45 -08:00
ioprio.c ioprio: grab rcu_read_lock in sys_ioprio_{set,get}() 2010-11-15 10:23:31 +01:00
Kconfig
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c pass default dentry_operations to mount_pseudo() 2011-01-12 20:03:43 -05:00
locks.c fs: dcache scale dentry refcount 2011-01-07 17:50:21 +11:00
Makefile
mbcache.c ext2: Resolve 'dereferencing pointer to incomplete type' when enabling EXT2_XATTR_DEBUG 2011-01-10 19:04:08 +01:00
mpage.c
namei.c vfs: pass struct file to do_truncate on O_TRUNC opens (try #2) 2011-01-12 20:06:59 -05:00
namespace.c fs: scale mntget/mntput 2011-01-07 17:50:33 +11:00
nfsctl.c
no-block.c
open.c fs: add hole punching to fallocate 2011-01-12 20:16:43 -05:00
pipe.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-01-13 10:27:28 -08:00
pnode.c fs: scale mntget/mntput 2011-01-07 17:50:33 +11:00
pnode.h
posix_acl.c
read_write.c fix signedness mess in rw_verify_area() on 64bit architectures 2011-01-12 20:06:58 -05:00
read_write.h
readdir.c
select.c fs/select.c: fix information leak to userspace 2011-01-13 08:03:12 -08:00
seq_file.c
signalfd.c
splice.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
stack.c
stat.c
statfs.c
super.c Merge branch 'for-2.6.38/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block 2011-01-13 10:45:01 -08:00
sync.c
timerfd.c
utimes.c
xattr.c
xattr_acl.c