linux-kernel - Writeback fixes for NFS

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Date:   Thu, 16 Apr 2020 10:29:45 +1000
From:   NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
To:     Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...merspace.com>,
        "Anna.Schumaker\@Netapp.com" <Anna.Schumaker@...app.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Writeback fixes for NFS - V3


This is version 3 (I think) of my patches to improve NFS writeaback.

Changes:
 - the code for adding legacy values to /proc/vmstat was broken.
   I haven't taken the approach that Michal and Jan discussed but
   a simpler (I hope) approach that just seq_puts() the lines at an
   appropriate place.

 - I've modified the handling of PF_LOCAL_THROTTLE - sufficiently that
   I dropped Jan's reviewed-by.
   Rather than invoking the same behaviour as BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT,
   I now just use the part I needed.
   So if the global threshold is not exceeded, PF_LOCAL_THROTTLE tasks
   are not throttled.  This is the case for normal processes, but not
   when BDI_CAP_STRICTLIMIT is in effect.
   If the global threshold *is* exceeded, only then to we check the
   local per-bdi threshold.  If that is not exceeded then
   PF_LOCAL_THROTTLE again avoid any throttling.  Only if both the
   thresholds are exceeded are these tasks throttled.
   I think this is more refletive if what we actually need.


Thanks,
NeilBrown

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