linux-kernel - Re: [patch 1/1] Writeback fix for concurrent large and small file writes

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Date:	Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:16:36 -0800
From:	"Michael Rubin" <mrubin@...gle.com>
To:	"Fengguang Wu" <wfg@...l.ustc.edu.cn>
Cc:	a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	"Chris Mason" <chris.mason@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [patch 1/1] Writeback fix for concurrent large and small file writes

Due to my faux pas of top posting (see
http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/top-posting.txt) I am
resending this email.

On Nov 28, 2007 4:34 PM, Fengguang Wu <wfg@...l.ustc.edu.cn> wrote:
> Could you demonstrate the situation? Or if I guess it right, could it
> be fixed by the following patch? (not a nack: If so, your patch could
> also be considered as a general purpose improvement, instead of a bug
> fix.)
>
> diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
> index 0fca820..62e62e2 100644
> --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
> +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
> @@ -301,7 +301,7 @@ __sync_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
>                          * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back
>                          * the pages.
>                          */
> -                       redirty_tail(inode);
> +                       requeue_io(inode);
>                 } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
>                         /*
>                          * The inode is clean, inuse
>

By testing the situation I can confirm that the one line patch above
fixes the problem.

I will continue testing some other cases to see if it cause any other
issues but I don't expect it to.
I will post this change for 2.6.24 and list Feng as author. If that's
ok with Feng.

As for the original patch I will resubmit it for 2.6.25 as a general
purpose improvement.

mrubin
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