linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/7] fs/writeback: only calculate dirtied_before when b

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Date: Fri,  9 Feb 2024 01:20:22 +0800
From: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
To: viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	brauner@...nel.org,
	jack@...e.cz
Cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/7] fs/writeback: only calculate dirtied_before when b_io is empty

The dirtied_before is only used when b_io is not empty, so only calculate
when b_io is not empty.

Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@...weicloud.com>
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c | 25 +++++++++++++------------
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index b61bf2075931..e8868e814e0a 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -2118,20 +2118,21 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 
 		spin_lock(&wb->list_lock);
 
-		/*
-		 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
-		 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
-		 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
-		 * safe.
-		 */
-		if (work->for_kupdate) {
-			dirtied_before = jiffies -
-				msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
-		} else if (work->for_background)
-			dirtied_before = jiffies;
-
 		trace_writeback_start(wb, work);
 		if (list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
+			/*
+			 * Kupdate and background works are special and we want to
+			 * include all inodes that need writing. Livelock avoidance is
+			 * handled by these works yielding to any other work so we are
+			 * safe.
+			 */
+			if (work->for_kupdate) {
+				dirtied_before = jiffies -
+					msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval *
+							 10);
+			} else if (work->for_background)
+				dirtied_before = jiffies;
+
 			queue_io(wb, work, dirtied_before);
 			queued = true;
 		}
-- 
2.30.0