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authorTejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>2015-05-22 17:13:45 -0400
committerJens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>2015-06-02 08:33:35 -0600
commitd6c10f1fc8626dc55946f4768ae322b4c57b07dd (patch)
tree7ec5a99a1a93856f74d0cdfb10c4ff40f77f9818 /mm/backing-dev.c
parent703c270887bb5106c4c46a00cc7477d30d5e04f5 (diff)
downloadlinux-d6c10f1fc8626dc55946f4768ae322b4c57b07dd.tar.gz
writeback: implement WB_has_dirty_io wb_state flag
Currently, wb_has_dirty_io() determines whether a wb (bdi_writeback)
has any dirty inode by testing all three IO lists on each invocation
without actively keeping track.  For cgroup writeback support, a
single bdi will host multiple wb's each of which will host dirty
inodes separately and we'll need to make bdi_has_dirty_io(), which
currently only represents the root wb, aggregate has_dirty_io from all
member wb's, which requires tracking transitions in has_dirty_io state
on each wb.

This patch introduces inode_wb_list_{move|del}_locked() to consolidate
IO list operations leaving queue_io() the only other function which
directly manipulates IO lists (via move_expired_inodes()).  All three
functions are updated to call wb_io_lists_[de]populated() which keep
track of whether the wb has dirty inodes or not and record it using
the new WB_has_dirty_io flag.  inode_wb_list_moved_locked()'s return
value indicates whether the wb had no dirty inodes before.

mark_inode_dirty() is restructured so that the return value of
inode_wb_list_move_locked() can be used for deciding whether to wake
up the wb.

While at it, change {bdi|wb}_has_dirty_io()'s return values to bool.
These functions were returning 0 and 1 before.  Also, add a comment
explaining the synchronization of wb_state flags.

v2: Updated to accommodate b_dirty_time.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'mm/backing-dev.c')
-rw-r--r--mm/backing-dev.c2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 5029c4ad2f36..161ddf12b862 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ static int __init default_bdi_init(void)
 }
 subsys_initcall(default_bdi_init);
 
-int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+bool bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
 	return wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb);
 }