linux-kernel - [PATCH 9/9] writeback: check for registered bdi in flusher add and inode dirty

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Message-Id: <1248989044-21605-10-git-send-email-jens.axboe@oracle.com>
Date:	Thu, 30 Jul 2009 23:24:04 +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 9/9] writeback: check for registered bdi in flusher add and inode dirty

Also a debugging aid. We want to catch dirty inodes being added to
backing devices that don't do writeback.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@...cle.com>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c           |    7 +++++++
 include/linux/backing-dev.h |    1 +
 mm/backing-dev.c            |    6 ++++++
 3 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 796b243..dfb4767 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -643,6 +643,13 @@ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
 		 */
 		if (!was_dirty) {
 			struct bdi_writeback *wb = inode_get_wb(inode);
+			struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
+
+			if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi) &&
+			    !test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state)) {
+				WARN_ON(1);
+				printk("bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);
+			}
 
 			inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 			list_move(&inode->i_list, &wb->b_dirty);
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 3e52c98..47ed0f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ enum bdi_state {
 	BDI_wblist_lock,	/* bdi->wb_list now needs locking */
 	BDI_async_congested,	/* The async (write) queue is getting full */
 	BDI_sync_congested,	/* The sync queue is getting full */
+	BDI_registered,		/* bdi_register() was done */
 	BDI_unused,		/* Available bits start here */
 };
 
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index c6a62f4..036b07b 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -569,6 +569,11 @@ static void bdi_add_one_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 	if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi))
 		return;
 
+	if (WARN_ON(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state))) {
+		printk("bdi %p/%s is not registered!\n", bdi, bdi->name);
+		return;
+	}
+
 	/*
 	 * Check with the helper whether to proceed adding a task. Will only
 	 * abort if we two or more simultanous calls to
@@ -678,6 +683,7 @@ remove_err:
 	}
 
 	bdi_debug_register(bdi, dev_name(dev));
+	set_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state);
 exit:
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.6.3.2.306.g4f4fa

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