linux-kernel - [PATCH 10/10] writeback: use spin_trylock() in bdi_writeback_all() for WB_SYNC

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Date:	Thu, 25 Jun 2009 12:42:03 +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, richard@....demon.co.uk,
	damien.wyart@...e.fr, fweisbec@...il.com, Alan.Brunelle@...com,
	Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 10/10] writeback: use spin_trylock() in bdi_writeback_all() for WB_SYNC_NONE

Not sure whether this is a good idea, hence it's at the back of the
series as a separate patch. In theory it should be fine, since all
WB_SYNC_NONE writeback is best-effort. No guarentees are made.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c |   13 +++++++++++--
 1 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index dfb4767..e657d57 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -471,9 +471,17 @@ void bdi_writeback_all(struct super_block *sb, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 	struct bdi_work *work;
 	LIST_HEAD(list);
 
-restart:
-	spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
+	/*
+	 * If this isn't a data integrity writeback, just drop it if
+	 * someone is already holding the bdi_lock
+	 */
+	if (!spin_trylock(&bdi_lock)) {
+		if (!must_wait)
+			return;
+		spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
+	}
 
+restart:
 	list_for_each_entry(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
 		struct bdi_work *work;
 
@@ -500,6 +508,7 @@ restart:
 			__wbc = *wbc;
 			__wbc.bdi = bdi;
 			generic_sync_bdi_inodes(sb, &__wbc);
+			spin_lock(&bdi_lock);
 			goto restart;
 		}
 		if (must_wait)
-- 
1.6.3.rc0.1.gf800

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