linux-kernel - [RFC PATCH] writeback: move list

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Date:	Fri, 26 Feb 2016 08:46:25 -0800
From:	Yang Shi <yang.shi@...aro.org>
To:	tj@...nel.org, jack@...e.cz, axboe@...com, fengguang.wu@...el.com,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linaro-kernel@...ts.linaro.org, yang.shi@...aro.org
Subject: [RFC PATCH] writeback: move list_lock down into the for loop

The list_lock was moved outside the for loop by commit
e8dfc30582995ae12454cda517b17d6294175b07 ("writeback: elevate queue_io()
into wb_writeback())", however, the commit log says "No behavior change", so
it sounds safe to have the list_lock acquired inside the for loop as it did
before.
Leave tracepoints outside the critical area since tracepoints already have
preempt disabled.

Signed-off-by: Yang Shi <yang.shi@...aro.org>
---
Tested with ltp on 8 cores Cortex-A57 machine.

 fs/fs-writeback.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 1f76d89..9b7b5f6 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1623,7 +1623,6 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 	work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
 
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
-	spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 	for (;;) {
 		/*
 		 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
@@ -1661,15 +1660,19 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 			oldest_jif = jiffies;
 
 		trace_writeback_start(wb, work);
+
+		spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 		if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
 			queue_io(wb, work);
 		if (work->sb)
 			progress = writeback_sb_inodes(work->sb, wb, work);
 		else
 			progress = __writeback_inodes_wb(wb, work);
-		trace_writeback_written(wb, work);
 
 		wb_update_bandwidth(wb, wb_start);
+		spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
+
+		trace_writeback_written(wb, work);
 
 		/*
 		 * Did we write something? Try for more
@@ -1693,15 +1696,14 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		 */
 		if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))  {
 			trace_writeback_wait(wb, work);
+			spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 			inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
-			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 			spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
+			spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 			/* This function drops i_lock... */
 			inode_sleep_on_writeback(inode);
-			spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 		}
 	}
-	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
 	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
 
 	return nr_pages - work->nr_pages;
-- 
2.0.2