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Message-ID: <tko35tkqszdwi5ibkzjnt5cxyuoppkfymnrotaqte2lbo5of26@4vo44czqtirp>
Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2025 15:25:26 +0100
From: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To: Tang Yizhou <yizhou.tang@...pee.com>
Cc: tj@...nel.org, jack@...e.cz, brauner@...nel.org, willy@...radead.org, 
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, rostedt@...dmis.org, mhiramat@...nel.org, ast@...nel.org, 
	linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RESEND 1/2] writeback: Let trace_balance_dirty_pages()
 take struct dtc as parameter

On Mon 03-03-25 18:06:16, Tang Yizhou wrote:
> From: Tang Yizhou <yizhou.tang@...pee.com>
> 
> Currently, trace_balance_dirty_pages() already has 12 parameters. In the
> next patch, I initially attempted to introduce an additional parameter.
> However, in include/linux/trace_events.h, bpf_trace_run12() only supports
> up to 12 parameters and bpf_trace_run13() does not exist.
> 
> To reduce the number of parameters in trace_balance_dirty_pages(), we can
> make it accept a pointer to struct dirty_throttle_control as a parameter.
> To achieve this, we need to move the definition of struct
> dirty_throttle_control from mm/page-writeback.c to
> include/linux/writeback.h.
> 
> By the way, rename bdi_setpoint and bdi_dirty in the tracepoint to
> wb_setpoint and wb_dirty, respectively. These changes were omitted by
> Tejun in the cgroup writeback patchset.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Tang Yizhou <yizhou.tang@...pee.com>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  include/linux/writeback.h        | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++
>  include/trace/events/writeback.h | 28 +++++++++++--------------
>  mm/page-writeback.c              | 35 ++------------------------------
>  3 files changed, 37 insertions(+), 49 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
> index d11b903c2edb..32095928365c 100644
> --- a/include/linux/writeback.h
> +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
> @@ -313,6 +313,29 @@ static inline void cgroup_writeback_umount(struct super_block *sb)
>  /*
>   * mm/page-writeback.c
>   */
> +/* consolidated parameters for balance_dirty_pages() and its subroutines */
> +struct dirty_throttle_control {
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
> +	struct wb_domain	*dom;
> +	struct dirty_throttle_control *gdtc;	/* only set in memcg dtc's */
> +#endif
> +	struct bdi_writeback	*wb;
> +	struct fprop_local_percpu *wb_completions;
> +
> +	unsigned long		avail;		/* dirtyable */
> +	unsigned long		dirty;		/* file_dirty + write + nfs */
> +	unsigned long		thresh;		/* dirty threshold */
> +	unsigned long		bg_thresh;	/* dirty background threshold */
> +
> +	unsigned long		wb_dirty;	/* per-wb counterparts */
> +	unsigned long		wb_thresh;
> +	unsigned long		wb_bg_thresh;
> +
> +	unsigned long		pos_ratio;
> +	bool			freerun;
> +	bool			dirty_exceeded;
> +};
> +
>  void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info *info);
>  void laptop_sync_completion(void);
>  void laptop_mode_timer_fn(struct timer_list *t);
> diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
> index a261e86e61fa..3046ca6b08ea 100644
> --- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
> +++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
> @@ -629,11 +629,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(bdi_dirty_ratelimit,
>  TRACE_EVENT(balance_dirty_pages,
>  
>  	TP_PROTO(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
> -		 unsigned long thresh,
> -		 unsigned long bg_thresh,
> -		 unsigned long dirty,
> -		 unsigned long bdi_thresh,
> -		 unsigned long bdi_dirty,
> +		 struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc,
>  		 unsigned long dirty_ratelimit,
>  		 unsigned long task_ratelimit,
>  		 unsigned long dirtied,
> @@ -641,7 +637,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(balance_dirty_pages,
>  		 long pause,
>  		 unsigned long start_time),
>  
> -	TP_ARGS(wb, thresh, bg_thresh, dirty, bdi_thresh, bdi_dirty,
> +	TP_ARGS(wb, dtc,
>  		dirty_ratelimit, task_ratelimit,
>  		dirtied, period, pause, start_time),
>  
> @@ -650,8 +646,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(balance_dirty_pages,
>  		__field(unsigned long,	limit)
>  		__field(unsigned long,	setpoint)
>  		__field(unsigned long,	dirty)
> -		__field(unsigned long,	bdi_setpoint)
> -		__field(unsigned long,	bdi_dirty)
> +		__field(unsigned long,	wb_setpoint)
> +		__field(unsigned long,	wb_dirty)
>  		__field(unsigned long,	dirty_ratelimit)
>  		__field(unsigned long,	task_ratelimit)
>  		__field(unsigned int,	dirtied)
> @@ -664,16 +660,16 @@ TRACE_EVENT(balance_dirty_pages,
>  	),
>  
>  	TP_fast_assign(
> -		unsigned long freerun = (thresh + bg_thresh) / 2;
> +		unsigned long freerun = (dtc->thresh + dtc->bg_thresh) / 2;
>  		strscpy_pad(__entry->bdi, bdi_dev_name(wb->bdi), 32);
>  
>  		__entry->limit		= global_wb_domain.dirty_limit;
>  		__entry->setpoint	= (global_wb_domain.dirty_limit +
>  						freerun) / 2;
> -		__entry->dirty		= dirty;
> -		__entry->bdi_setpoint	= __entry->setpoint *
> -						bdi_thresh / (thresh + 1);
> -		__entry->bdi_dirty	= bdi_dirty;
> +		__entry->dirty		= dtc->dirty;
> +		__entry->wb_setpoint	= __entry->setpoint *
> +						dtc->wb_thresh / (dtc->thresh + 1);
> +		__entry->wb_dirty	= dtc->wb_dirty;
>  		__entry->dirty_ratelimit = KBps(dirty_ratelimit);
>  		__entry->task_ratelimit	= KBps(task_ratelimit);
>  		__entry->dirtied	= dirtied;
> @@ -689,7 +685,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(balance_dirty_pages,
>  
>  	TP_printk("bdi %s: "
>  		  "limit=%lu setpoint=%lu dirty=%lu "
> -		  "bdi_setpoint=%lu bdi_dirty=%lu "
> +		  "wb_setpoint=%lu wb_dirty=%lu "
>  		  "dirty_ratelimit=%lu task_ratelimit=%lu "
>  		  "dirtied=%u dirtied_pause=%u "
>  		  "paused=%lu pause=%ld period=%lu think=%ld cgroup_ino=%lu",
> @@ -697,8 +693,8 @@ TRACE_EVENT(balance_dirty_pages,
>  		  __entry->limit,
>  		  __entry->setpoint,
>  		  __entry->dirty,
> -		  __entry->bdi_setpoint,
> -		  __entry->bdi_dirty,
> +		  __entry->wb_setpoint,
> +		  __entry->wb_dirty,
>  		  __entry->dirty_ratelimit,
>  		  __entry->task_ratelimit,
>  		  __entry->dirtied,
> diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
> index eb55ece39c56..e980b2aec352 100644
> --- a/mm/page-writeback.c
> +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
> @@ -120,29 +120,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode);
>  
>  struct wb_domain global_wb_domain;
>  
> -/* consolidated parameters for balance_dirty_pages() and its subroutines */
> -struct dirty_throttle_control {
> -#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
> -	struct wb_domain	*dom;
> -	struct dirty_throttle_control *gdtc;	/* only set in memcg dtc's */
> -#endif
> -	struct bdi_writeback	*wb;
> -	struct fprop_local_percpu *wb_completions;
> -
> -	unsigned long		avail;		/* dirtyable */
> -	unsigned long		dirty;		/* file_dirty + write + nfs */
> -	unsigned long		thresh;		/* dirty threshold */
> -	unsigned long		bg_thresh;	/* dirty background threshold */
> -
> -	unsigned long		wb_dirty;	/* per-wb counterparts */
> -	unsigned long		wb_thresh;
> -	unsigned long		wb_bg_thresh;
> -
> -	unsigned long		pos_ratio;
> -	bool			freerun;
> -	bool			dirty_exceeded;
> -};
> -
>  /*
>   * Length of period for aging writeout fractions of bdis. This is an
>   * arbitrarily chosen number. The longer the period, the slower fractions will
> @@ -1962,11 +1939,7 @@ static int balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
>  		 */
>  		if (pause < min_pause) {
>  			trace_balance_dirty_pages(wb,
> -						  sdtc->thresh,
> -						  sdtc->bg_thresh,
> -						  sdtc->dirty,
> -						  sdtc->wb_thresh,
> -						  sdtc->wb_dirty,
> +						  sdtc,
>  						  dirty_ratelimit,
>  						  task_ratelimit,
>  						  pages_dirtied,
> @@ -1991,11 +1964,7 @@ static int balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
>  
>  pause:
>  		trace_balance_dirty_pages(wb,
> -					  sdtc->thresh,
> -					  sdtc->bg_thresh,
> -					  sdtc->dirty,
> -					  sdtc->wb_thresh,
> -					  sdtc->wb_dirty,
> +					  sdtc,
>  					  dirty_ratelimit,
>  					  task_ratelimit,
>  					  pages_dirtied,
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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