X-Git-Url: https://git.karo-electronics.de/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=mm%2Fpage-writeback.c;h=d1960744f881d34fe3f1c3412d717db86b8e5478;hb=28890d3598c352ae065b560e0fded3e79c800ba1;hp=31f698862420021cc9b1e39e608077d1d468730a;hpb=03351ff4d897098a590cb247b6eebc470b8ecb5a;p=mv-sheeva.git diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 31f69886242..d1960744f88 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -36,6 +36,16 @@ #include #include +/* + * Sleep at most 200ms at a time in balance_dirty_pages(). + */ +#define MAX_PAUSE max(HZ/5, 1) + +/* + * Estimate write bandwidth at 200ms intervals. + */ +#define BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL max(HZ/5, 1) + /* * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited * will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling. @@ -111,6 +121,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode); /* End of sysctl-exported parameters */ +unsigned long global_dirty_limit; /* * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative writeout speeds. @@ -219,6 +230,7 @@ int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, */ static inline void __bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { + __inc_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITTEN); __prop_inc_percpu_max(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions, bdi->max_prop_frac); } @@ -244,13 +256,8 @@ void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk) static void bdi_writeout_fraction(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long *numerator, long *denominator) { - if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) { - prop_fraction_percpu(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions, + prop_fraction_percpu(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions, numerator, denominator); - } else { - *numerator = 0; - *denominator = 1; - } } static inline void task_dirties_fraction(struct task_struct *tsk, @@ -274,12 +281,13 @@ static inline void task_dirties_fraction(struct task_struct *tsk, * effectively curb the growth of dirty pages. Light dirtiers with high enough * dirty threshold may never get throttled. */ +#define TASK_LIMIT_FRACTION 8 static unsigned long task_dirty_limit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long bdi_dirty) { long numerator, denominator; unsigned long dirty = bdi_dirty; - u64 inv = dirty >> 3; + u64 inv = dirty / TASK_LIMIT_FRACTION; task_dirties_fraction(tsk, &numerator, &denominator); inv *= numerator; @@ -290,6 +298,12 @@ static unsigned long task_dirty_limit(struct task_struct *tsk, return max(dirty, bdi_dirty/2); } +/* Minimum limit for any task */ +static unsigned long task_min_dirty_limit(unsigned long bdi_dirty) +{ + return bdi_dirty - bdi_dirty / TASK_LIMIT_FRACTION; +} + /* * */ @@ -397,6 +411,11 @@ unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void) return x + 1; /* Ensure that we never return 0 */ } +static unsigned long hard_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh) +{ + return max(thresh, global_dirty_limit); +} + /* * global_dirty_limits - background-writeback and dirty-throttling thresholds * @@ -435,12 +454,20 @@ void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty) } *pbackground = background; *pdirty = dirty; + trace_global_dirty_state(background, dirty); } -/* +/** * bdi_dirty_limit - @bdi's share of dirty throttling threshold + * @bdi: the backing_dev_info to query + * @dirty: global dirty limit in pages + * + * Returns @bdi's dirty limit in pages. The term "dirty" in the context of + * dirty balancing includes all PG_dirty, PG_writeback and NFS unstable pages. + * And the "limit" in the name is not seriously taken as hard limit in + * balance_dirty_pages(). * - * Allocate high/low dirty limits to fast/slow devices, in order to prevent + * It allocates high/low dirty limits to fast/slow devices, in order to prevent * - starving fast devices * - piling up dirty pages (that will take long time to sync) on slow devices * @@ -468,6 +495,153 @@ unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long dirty) return bdi_dirty; } +static void bdi_update_write_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, + unsigned long elapsed, + unsigned long written) +{ + const unsigned long period = roundup_pow_of_two(3 * HZ); + unsigned long avg = bdi->avg_write_bandwidth; + unsigned long old = bdi->write_bandwidth; + u64 bw; + + /* + * bw = written * HZ / elapsed + * + * bw * elapsed + write_bandwidth * (period - elapsed) + * write_bandwidth = --------------------------------------------------- + * period + */ + bw = written - bdi->written_stamp; + bw *= HZ; + if (unlikely(elapsed > period)) { + do_div(bw, elapsed); + avg = bw; + goto out; + } + bw += (u64)bdi->write_bandwidth * (period - elapsed); + bw >>= ilog2(period); + + /* + * one more level of smoothing, for filtering out sudden spikes + */ + if (avg > old && old >= (unsigned long)bw) + avg -= (avg - old) >> 3; + + if (avg < old && old <= (unsigned long)bw) + avg += (old - avg) >> 3; + +out: + bdi->write_bandwidth = bw; + bdi->avg_write_bandwidth = avg; +} + +/* + * The global dirtyable memory and dirty threshold could be suddenly knocked + * down by a large amount (eg. on the startup of KVM in a swapless system). + * This may throw the system into deep dirty exceeded state and throttle + * heavy/light dirtiers alike. To retain good responsiveness, maintain + * global_dirty_limit for tracking slowly down to the knocked down dirty + * threshold. + */ +static void update_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh, unsigned long dirty) +{ + unsigned long limit = global_dirty_limit; + + /* + * Follow up in one step. + */ + if (limit < thresh) { + limit = thresh; + goto update; + } + + /* + * Follow down slowly. Use the higher one as the target, because thresh + * may drop below dirty. This is exactly the reason to introduce + * global_dirty_limit which is guaranteed to lie above the dirty pages. + */ + thresh = max(thresh, dirty); + if (limit > thresh) { + limit -= (limit - thresh) >> 5; + goto update; + } + return; +update: + global_dirty_limit = limit; +} + +static void global_update_bandwidth(unsigned long thresh, + unsigned long dirty, + unsigned long now) +{ + static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dirty_lock); + static unsigned long update_time; + + /* + * check locklessly first to optimize away locking for the most time + */ + if (time_before(now, update_time + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)) + return; + + spin_lock(&dirty_lock); + if (time_after_eq(now, update_time + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)) { + update_dirty_limit(thresh, dirty); + update_time = now; + } + spin_unlock(&dirty_lock); +} + +void __bdi_update_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, + unsigned long thresh, + unsigned long dirty, + unsigned long bdi_thresh, + unsigned long bdi_dirty, + unsigned long start_time) +{ + unsigned long now = jiffies; + unsigned long elapsed = now - bdi->bw_time_stamp; + unsigned long written; + + /* + * rate-limit, only update once every 200ms. + */ + if (elapsed < BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL) + return; + + written = percpu_counter_read(&bdi->bdi_stat[BDI_WRITTEN]); + + /* + * Skip quiet periods when disk bandwidth is under-utilized. + * (at least 1s idle time between two flusher runs) + */ + if (elapsed > HZ && time_before(bdi->bw_time_stamp, start_time)) + goto snapshot; + + if (thresh) + global_update_bandwidth(thresh, dirty, now); + + bdi_update_write_bandwidth(bdi, elapsed, written); + +snapshot: + bdi->written_stamp = written; + bdi->bw_time_stamp = now; +} + +static void bdi_update_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, + unsigned long thresh, + unsigned long dirty, + unsigned long bdi_thresh, + unsigned long bdi_dirty, + unsigned long start_time) +{ + if (time_is_after_eq_jiffies(bdi->bw_time_stamp + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL)) + return; + spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock); + __bdi_update_bandwidth(bdi, thresh, dirty, bdi_thresh, bdi_dirty, + start_time); + spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock); +} + /* * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty * data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force @@ -478,27 +652,25 @@ unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long dirty) static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long write_chunk) { - long nr_reclaimable, bdi_nr_reclaimable; - long nr_writeback, bdi_nr_writeback; + unsigned long nr_reclaimable, bdi_nr_reclaimable; + unsigned long nr_dirty; /* = file_dirty + writeback + unstable_nfs */ + unsigned long bdi_dirty; unsigned long background_thresh; unsigned long dirty_thresh; unsigned long bdi_thresh; + unsigned long task_bdi_thresh; + unsigned long min_task_bdi_thresh; unsigned long pages_written = 0; unsigned long pause = 1; bool dirty_exceeded = false; + bool clear_dirty_exceeded = true; struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info; + unsigned long start_time = jiffies; for (;;) { - struct writeback_control wbc = { - .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, - .older_than_this = NULL, - .nr_to_write = write_chunk, - .range_cyclic = 1, - }; - nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS); - nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK); + nr_dirty = nr_reclaimable + global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK); global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh); @@ -507,12 +679,12 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, * catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts * when the bdi limits are ramping up. */ - if (nr_reclaimable + nr_writeback <= - (background_thresh + dirty_thresh) / 2) + if (nr_dirty <= (background_thresh + dirty_thresh) / 2) break; bdi_thresh = bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, dirty_thresh); - bdi_thresh = task_dirty_limit(current, bdi_thresh); + min_task_bdi_thresh = task_min_dirty_limit(bdi_thresh); + task_bdi_thresh = task_dirty_limit(current, bdi_thresh); /* * In order to avoid the stacked BDI deadlock we need @@ -524,12 +696,14 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, * actually dirty; with m+n sitting in the percpu * deltas. */ - if (bdi_thresh < 2*bdi_stat_error(bdi)) { + if (task_bdi_thresh < 2 * bdi_stat_error(bdi)) { bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE); - bdi_nr_writeback = bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK); + bdi_dirty = bdi_nr_reclaimable + + bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK); } else { bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE); - bdi_nr_writeback = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK); + bdi_dirty = bdi_nr_reclaimable + + bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK); } /* @@ -538,9 +712,10 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, * bdi or process from holding back light ones; The latter is * the last resort safeguard. */ - dirty_exceeded = - (bdi_nr_reclaimable + bdi_nr_writeback > bdi_thresh) - || (nr_reclaimable + nr_writeback > dirty_thresh); + dirty_exceeded = (bdi_dirty > task_bdi_thresh) || + (nr_dirty > dirty_thresh); + clear_dirty_exceeded = (bdi_dirty <= min_task_bdi_thresh) && + (nr_dirty <= dirty_thresh); if (!dirty_exceeded) break; @@ -548,6 +723,9 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, if (!bdi->dirty_exceeded) bdi->dirty_exceeded = 1; + bdi_update_bandwidth(bdi, dirty_thresh, nr_dirty, + bdi_thresh, bdi_dirty, start_time); + /* Note: nr_reclaimable denotes nr_dirty + nr_unstable. * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked * filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been @@ -557,17 +735,40 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, * threshold otherwise wait until the disk writes catch * up. */ - trace_wbc_balance_dirty_start(&wbc, bdi); - if (bdi_nr_reclaimable > bdi_thresh) { - writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, &wbc); - pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write; - trace_wbc_balance_dirty_written(&wbc, bdi); + trace_balance_dirty_start(bdi); + if (bdi_nr_reclaimable > task_bdi_thresh) { + pages_written += writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, + write_chunk); + trace_balance_dirty_written(bdi, pages_written); if (pages_written >= write_chunk) break; /* We've done our duty */ } - trace_wbc_balance_dirty_wait(&wbc, bdi); __set_current_state(TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); io_schedule_timeout(pause); + trace_balance_dirty_wait(bdi); + + dirty_thresh = hard_dirty_limit(dirty_thresh); + /* + * max-pause area. If dirty exceeded but still within this + * area, no need to sleep for more than 200ms: (a) 8 pages per + * 200ms is typically more than enough to curb heavy dirtiers; + * (b) the pause time limit makes the dirtiers more responsive. + */ + if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh + + dirty_thresh / DIRTY_MAXPAUSE_AREA && + time_after(jiffies, start_time + MAX_PAUSE)) + break; + /* + * pass-good area. When some bdi gets blocked (eg. NFS server + * not responding), or write bandwidth dropped dramatically due + * to concurrent reads, or dirty threshold suddenly dropped and + * the dirty pages cannot be brought down anytime soon (eg. on + * slow USB stick), at least let go of the good bdi's. + */ + if (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh + + dirty_thresh / DIRTY_PASSGOOD_AREA && + bdi_dirty < bdi_thresh) + break; /* * Increase the delay for each loop, up to our previous @@ -578,7 +779,8 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, pause = HZ / 10; } - if (!dirty_exceeded && bdi->dirty_exceeded) + /* Clear dirty_exceeded flag only when no task can exceed the limit */ + if (clear_dirty_exceeded && bdi->dirty_exceeded) bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0; if (writeback_in_progress(bdi)) @@ -626,9 +828,13 @@ static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, bdp_ratelimits) = 0; void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied) { + struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info; unsigned long ratelimit; unsigned long *p; + if (!bdi_cap_account_dirty(bdi)) + return; + ratelimit = ratelimit_pages; if (mapping->backing_dev_info->dirty_exceeded) ratelimit = 8; @@ -892,12 +1098,12 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping, range_whole = 1; cycled = 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */ } - if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) + if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages) tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_TOWRITE; else tag = PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY; retry: - if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) + if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->tagged_writepages) tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, index, end); done_index = index; while (!done && (index <= end)) { @@ -1141,7 +1347,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_dirtied); void account_page_writeback(struct page *page) { inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK); - inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITTEN); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_writeback); @@ -1358,8 +1563,10 @@ int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page) } else { ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page); } - if (ret) + if (ret) { dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK); + inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITTEN); + } return ret; } @@ -1405,10 +1612,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_set_page_writeback); */ int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag) { - int ret; - rcu_read_lock(); - ret = radix_tree_tagged(&mapping->page_tree, tag); - rcu_read_unlock(); - return ret; + return radix_tree_tagged(&mapping->page_tree, tag); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged);