linux-kernel - [PATCH 38/51] writeback: make laptop_mode_timer_fn() handle multiple bdi

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Date:	Fri, 22 May 2015 17:13:52 -0400
From:	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
To:	axboe@...nel.dk
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, jack@...e.cz, hch@...radead.org,
	hannes@...xchg.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	vgoyal@...hat.com, lizefan@...wei.com, cgroups@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, mhocko@...e.cz, clm@...com,
	fengguang.wu@...el.com, david@...morbit.com, gthelen@...gle.com,
	khlebnikov@...dex-team.ru, Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Subject: [PATCH 38/51] writeback: make laptop_mode_timer_fn() handle multiple bdi_writeback's

For cgroup writeback support, all bdi-wide operations should be
distributed to all its wb's (bdi_writeback's).

This patch updates laptop_mode_timer_fn() so that it invokes
wb_start_writeback() on all wb's rather than just the root one.  As
the intent is writing out all dirty data, there's no reason to split
the number of pages to write.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
---
 mm/page-writeback.c | 12 +++++++++---
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 6301af2..682e3a6 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1723,14 +1723,20 @@ void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
 	struct request_queue *q = (struct request_queue *)data;
 	int nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
 		global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
+	struct bdi_writeback *wb;
+	struct wb_iter iter;
 
 	/*
 	 * We want to write everything out, not just down to the dirty
 	 * threshold
 	 */
-	if (bdi_has_dirty_io(&q->backing_dev_info))
-		wb_start_writeback(&q->backing_dev_info.wb, nr_pages, true,
-				   WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER);
+	if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(&q->backing_dev_info))
+		return;
+
+	bdi_for_each_wb(wb, &q->backing_dev_info, &iter, 0)
+		if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb))
+			wb_start_writeback(wb, nr_pages, true,
+					   WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
2.4.0

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