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 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
+#include <linux/pagemap.h>
 #include <linux/kthread.h>
 #include <linux/freezer.h>
 #include <linux/writeback.h>
 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
-#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
 #include <linux/tracepoint.h>
 #include "internal.h"
 
+/*
+ * 4MB minimal write chunk size
+ */
+#define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES    (4096UL >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - 10))
+
 /*
  * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
  */
@@ -47,17 +52,6 @@ struct wb_writeback_work {
        struct completion *done;        /* set if the caller waits */
 };
 
-const char *wb_reason_name[] = {
-       [WB_REASON_BACKGROUND]          = "background",
-       [WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES]   = "try_to_free_pages",
-       [WB_REASON_SYNC]                = "sync",
-       [WB_REASON_PERIODIC]            = "periodic",
-       [WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER]        = "laptop_timer",
-       [WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM]       = "free_more_memory",
-       [WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE]       = "fs_free_space",
-       [WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD]       = "forker_thread"
-};
-
 /*
  * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
  * wb_writeback_work structure so that the definition remains local to this
@@ -156,6 +150,7 @@ __bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
  * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
  * @bdi: the backing device to write from
  * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
  *
  * Description:
  *   This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
@@ -753,11 +748,17 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                if (work->for_background && !over_bground_thresh(wb->bdi))
                        break;
 
+               /*
+                * 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) {
                        oldest_jif = jiffies -
                                msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
-                       work->older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
-               }
+               } else if (work->for_background)
+                       oldest_jif = jiffies;
 
                trace_writeback_start(wb->bdi, work);
                if (list_empty(&wb->b_io))
@@ -947,7 +948,7 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
 
        trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi);
 
-       while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
+       while (!kthread_freezable_should_stop(NULL)) {
                /*
                 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
                 * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
@@ -977,8 +978,6 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
                         */
                        schedule();
                }
-
-               try_to_freeze();
        }
 
        /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
@@ -1223,6 +1222,7 @@ static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
  * writeback_inodes_sb_nr -    writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
  * @sb: the superblock
  * @nr: the number of pages to write
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated
  *
  * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
  * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
@@ -1251,6 +1251,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_nr);
 /**
  * writeback_inodes_sb -       writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
  * @sb: the superblock
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
  *
  * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
  * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
@@ -1265,6 +1266,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
 /**
  * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle -       start writeback if none underway
  * @sb: the superblock
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
  *
  * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
  * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
@@ -1285,6 +1287,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
  * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle -       start writeback if none underway
  * @sb: the superblock
  * @nr: the number of pages to write
+ * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
  *
  * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
  * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.