linux-kernel - [PATCH 08/12] writeback: include default_backing_dev

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Date:	Mon, 25 May 2009 09:34:43 +0200
From:	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	chris.mason@...cle.com, david@...morbit.com, hch@...radead.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, jack@...e.cz,
	yanmin_zhang@...ux.intel.com, Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 08/12] writeback: include default_backing_dev_info in writeback

We see dirty inodes there occasionally, so better be safe and write them
out.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c         |    2 +-
 include/linux/writeback.h |    1 +
 mm/backing-dev.c          |   16 +++++++++++-----
 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 563860c..47f5ace 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -364,7 +364,7 @@ static void wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
  * This will be inlined in bdi_writeback_task() once we get rid of any
  * dirty inodes on the default_backing_dev_info
  */
-static void wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+void wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
 {
 	/*
 	 * We get here in two cases:
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index baf04a9..e414702 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@ void writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc);
 int inode_wait(void *);
 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, int wait);
 void sync_inodes(int wait);
+void wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
 
 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 3e74041..3a032be 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -388,12 +388,14 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)
 		struct bdi_writeback *wb;
 
 		/*
-		 * Should never trigger on the default bdi
+		 * Ideally we'd like not to see any dirty inodes on the
+		 * default_backing_dev_info. Until these are tracked down,
+		 * perform the same writeback here that bdi_writeback_task
+		 * does. For logic, see comment in
+		 * fs/fs-writeback.c:bdi_writeback_task()
 		 */
-		if (wb_has_dirty_io(me)) {
-			bdi_flush_io(me->bdi);
-			WARN_ON(1);
-		}
+		if (wb_has_dirty_io(me) || !list_empty(&me->bdi->work_list))
+			wb_do_writeback(me);
 
 		prepare_to_wait(&me->wait, &wait, TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
@@ -420,6 +422,10 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)
 			continue;
 		}
 
+		/*
+		 * This is our real job - check for pending entries in
+		 * bdi_pending_list, and create the tasks that got added
+		 */
 		bdi = list_entry(bdi_pending_list.next, struct backing_dev_info,
 				 bdi_list);
 		list_del_init(&bdi->bdi_list);
-- 
1.6.3.rc0.1.gf800

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