linux-ext4 - [PATCH 2/4] mm: Only enforce stable page writes if the backing device requires it

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Message-ID: <20121213080755.23360.31463.stgit@blackbox.djwong.org>
Date:	Thu, 13 Dec 2012 00:07:55 -0800
From:	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
To:	axboe@...nel.dk, lucho@...kov.net, jack@...e.cz,
	"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>, ericvh@...il.com,
	viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, rminnich@...dia.gov, tytso@....edu
Cc:	martin.petersen@...cle.com, neilb@...e.de, david@...morbit.com,
	Zheng Liu <gnehzuil.liu@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
	bharrosh@...asas.com, jlayton@...ba.org,
	v9fs-developer@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] mm: Only enforce stable page writes if the backing device
 requires it

Create a helper function to check if a backing device requires stable page
writes and, if so, performs the necessary wait.  Then, make it so that all
points in the memory manager that handle making pages writable use the helper
function.  This should provide stable page write support to most filesystems,
while eliminating unnecessary waiting for devices that don't require the
feature.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
---
 fs/buffer.c             |    2 +-
 fs/ext4/inode.c         |    2 +-
 include/linux/pagemap.h |    1 +
 mm/filemap.c            |    3 ++-
 mm/page-writeback.c     |   20 ++++++++++++++++++++
 5 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index ec0aca8..c562136 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -2363,7 +2363,7 @@ int __block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
 	if (unlikely(ret < 0))
 		goto out_unlock;
 	set_page_dirty(page);
-	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+	wait_for_stable_page(page);
 	return 0;
 out_unlock:
 	unlock_page(page);
diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index b3c243b..1bfc79f 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4814,7 +4814,7 @@ int ext4_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 		if (!walk_page_buffers(NULL, page_buffers(page), 0, len, NULL,
 					ext4_bh_unmapped)) {
 			/* Wait so that we don't change page under IO */
-			wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+			wait_for_stable_page(page);
 			ret = VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
 			goto out;
 		}
diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index e42c762..ea631ee 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -398,6 +398,7 @@ static inline void wait_on_page_writeback(struct page *page)
 }
 
 extern void end_page_writeback(struct page *page);
+void wait_for_stable_page(struct page *page);
 
 /*
  * Add an arbitrary waiter to a page's wait queue
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 83efee7..5577dc8 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1728,6 +1728,7 @@ int filemap_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	 * see the dirty page and writeprotect it again.
 	 */
 	set_page_dirty(page);
+	wait_for_stable_page(page);
 out:
 	sb_end_pagefault(inode->i_sb);
 	return ret;
@@ -2274,7 +2275,7 @@ repeat:
 		return NULL;
 	}
 found:
-	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+	wait_for_stable_page(page);
 	return page;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(grab_cache_page_write_begin);
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 830893b..3e4a8cc 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2275,3 +2275,23 @@ int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag)
 	return radix_tree_tagged(&mapping->page_tree, tag);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged);
+
+/**
+ * wait_for_stable_page() - wait for writeback to finish, if necessary.
+ * @page:	The page to wait on.
+ *
+ * This function determines if the given page is related to a backing device
+ * that requires page contents to be held stable during writeback.  If so, then
+ * it will wait for any pending writeback to complete.
+ */
+void wait_for_stable_page(struct page *page)
+{
+	struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
+	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
+
+	if (!bdi_cap_stable_pages_required(bdi))
+		return;
+
+	wait_on_page_writeback(page);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(wait_for_stable_page);

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