xref: /linux/mm/page-writeback.c (revision 363c55cae53742f3f685a1814912c6d4fda245b4)
1 /*
2  * mm/page-writeback.c
3  *
4  * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
5  * Copyright (C) 2007 Red Hat, Inc., Peter Zijlstra <pzijlstr@redhat.com>
6  *
7  * Contains functions related to writing back dirty pages at the
8  * address_space level.
9  *
10  * 10Apr2002	Andrew Morton
11  *		Initial version
12  */
13 
14 #include <linux/kernel.h>
15 #include <linux/module.h>
16 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
17 #include <linux/fs.h>
18 #include <linux/mm.h>
19 #include <linux/swap.h>
20 #include <linux/slab.h>
21 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
22 #include <linux/writeback.h>
23 #include <linux/init.h>
24 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
25 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
26 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
27 #include <linux/mpage.h>
28 #include <linux/rmap.h>
29 #include <linux/percpu.h>
30 #include <linux/notifier.h>
31 #include <linux/smp.h>
32 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
33 #include <linux/cpu.h>
34 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
35 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
36 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
37 
38 /*
39  * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdflush/kupdate
40  * operation.  We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
41  * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
42  * been forced to throttle against that inode.  Also, the code reevaluates
43  * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
44  */
45 #define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES	1024
46 
47 /*
48  * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited
49  * will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling.
50  */
51 static long ratelimit_pages = 32;
52 
53 /*
54  * When balance_dirty_pages decides that the caller needs to perform some
55  * non-background writeback, this is how many pages it will attempt to write.
56  * It should be somewhat larger than RATELIMIT_PAGES to ensure that reasonably
57  * large amounts of I/O are submitted.
58  */
59 static inline long sync_writeback_pages(void)
60 {
61 	return ratelimit_pages + ratelimit_pages / 2;
62 }
63 
64 /* The following parameters are exported via /proc/sys/vm */
65 
66 /*
67  * Start background writeback (via pdflush) at this percentage
68  */
69 int dirty_background_ratio = 10;
70 
71 /*
72  * dirty_background_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
73  * dirty_background_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
74  */
75 unsigned long dirty_background_bytes;
76 
77 /*
78  * free highmem will not be subtracted from the total free memory
79  * for calculating free ratios if vm_highmem_is_dirtyable is true
80  */
81 int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
82 
83 /*
84  * The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
85  */
86 int vm_dirty_ratio = 20;
87 
88 /*
89  * vm_dirty_bytes starts at 0 (disabled) so that it is a function of
90  * vm_dirty_ratio * the amount of dirtyable memory
91  */
92 unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes;
93 
94 /*
95  * The interval between `kupdate'-style writebacks
96  */
97 unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval = 5 * 100; /* centiseconds */
98 
99 /*
100  * The longest time for which data is allowed to remain dirty
101  */
102 unsigned int dirty_expire_interval = 30 * 100; /* centiseconds */
103 
104 /*
105  * Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings.
106  */
107 int block_dump;
108 
109 /*
110  * Flag that puts the machine in "laptop mode". Doubles as a timeout in jiffies:
111  * a full sync is triggered after this time elapses without any disk activity.
112  */
113 int laptop_mode;
114 
115 EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode);
116 
117 /* End of sysctl-exported parameters */
118 
119 
120 static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages);
121 
122 /*
123  * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative writeout speeds.
124  *
125  * We do this by keeping a floating proportion between BDIs, based on page
126  * writeback completions [end_page_writeback()]. Those devices that write out
127  * pages fastest will get the larger share, while the slower will get a smaller
128  * share.
129  *
130  * We use page writeout completions because we are interested in getting rid of
131  * dirty pages. Having them written out is the primary goal.
132  *
133  * We introduce a concept of time, a period over which we measure these events,
134  * because demand can/will vary over time. The length of this period itself is
135  * measured in page writeback completions.
136  *
137  */
138 static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions;
139 static struct prop_descriptor vm_dirties;
140 
141 /*
142  * couple the period to the dirty_ratio:
143  *
144  *   period/2 ~ roundup_pow_of_two(dirty limit)
145  */
146 static int calc_period_shift(void)
147 {
148 	unsigned long dirty_total;
149 
150 	if (vm_dirty_bytes)
151 		dirty_total = vm_dirty_bytes / PAGE_SIZE;
152 	else
153 		dirty_total = (vm_dirty_ratio * determine_dirtyable_memory()) /
154 				100;
155 	return 2 + ilog2(dirty_total - 1);
156 }
157 
158 /*
159  * update the period when the dirty threshold changes.
160  */
161 static void update_completion_period(void)
162 {
163 	int shift = calc_period_shift();
164 	prop_change_shift(&vm_completions, shift);
165 	prop_change_shift(&vm_dirties, shift);
166 }
167 
168 int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
169 		struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
170 		loff_t *ppos)
171 {
172 	int ret;
173 
174 	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
175 	if (ret == 0 && write)
176 		dirty_background_bytes = 0;
177 	return ret;
178 }
179 
180 int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
181 		struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
182 		loff_t *ppos)
183 {
184 	int ret;
185 
186 	ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
187 	if (ret == 0 && write)
188 		dirty_background_ratio = 0;
189 	return ret;
190 }
191 
192 int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
193 		struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
194 		loff_t *ppos)
195 {
196 	int old_ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
197 	int ret;
198 
199 	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
200 	if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_ratio != old_ratio) {
201 		update_completion_period();
202 		vm_dirty_bytes = 0;
203 	}
204 	return ret;
205 }
206 
207 
208 int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
209 		struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
210 		loff_t *ppos)
211 {
212 	unsigned long old_bytes = vm_dirty_bytes;
213 	int ret;
214 
215 	ret = proc_doulongvec_minmax(table, write, filp, buffer, lenp, ppos);
216 	if (ret == 0 && write && vm_dirty_bytes != old_bytes) {
217 		update_completion_period();
218 		vm_dirty_ratio = 0;
219 	}
220 	return ret;
221 }
222 
223 /*
224  * Increment the BDI's writeout completion count and the global writeout
225  * completion count. Called from test_clear_page_writeback().
226  */
227 static inline void __bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
228 {
229 	__prop_inc_percpu_max(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions,
230 			      bdi->max_prop_frac);
231 }
232 
233 void bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
234 {
235 	unsigned long flags;
236 
237 	local_irq_save(flags);
238 	__bdi_writeout_inc(bdi);
239 	local_irq_restore(flags);
240 }
241 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_writeout_inc);
242 
243 void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk)
244 {
245 	prop_inc_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties);
246 }
247 
248 /*
249  * Obtain an accurate fraction of the BDI's portion.
250  */
251 static void bdi_writeout_fraction(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
252 		long *numerator, long *denominator)
253 {
254 	if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
255 		prop_fraction_percpu(&vm_completions, &bdi->completions,
256 				numerator, denominator);
257 	} else {
258 		*numerator = 0;
259 		*denominator = 1;
260 	}
261 }
262 
263 /*
264  * Clip the earned share of dirty pages to that which is actually available.
265  * This avoids exceeding the total dirty_limit when the floating averages
266  * fluctuate too quickly.
267  */
268 static void clip_bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
269 		unsigned long dirty, unsigned long *pbdi_dirty)
270 {
271 	unsigned long avail_dirty;
272 
273 	avail_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
274 		 global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) +
275 		 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
276 		 global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK_TEMP);
277 
278 	if (avail_dirty < dirty)
279 		avail_dirty = dirty - avail_dirty;
280 	else
281 		avail_dirty = 0;
282 
283 	avail_dirty += bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE) +
284 		bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
285 
286 	*pbdi_dirty = min(*pbdi_dirty, avail_dirty);
287 }
288 
289 static inline void task_dirties_fraction(struct task_struct *tsk,
290 		long *numerator, long *denominator)
291 {
292 	prop_fraction_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties,
293 				numerator, denominator);
294 }
295 
296 /*
297  * scale the dirty limit
298  *
299  * task specific dirty limit:
300  *
301  *   dirty -= (dirty/8) * p_{t}
302  */
303 static void task_dirty_limit(struct task_struct *tsk, unsigned long *pdirty)
304 {
305 	long numerator, denominator;
306 	unsigned long dirty = *pdirty;
307 	u64 inv = dirty >> 3;
308 
309 	task_dirties_fraction(tsk, &numerator, &denominator);
310 	inv *= numerator;
311 	do_div(inv, denominator);
312 
313 	dirty -= inv;
314 	if (dirty < *pdirty/2)
315 		dirty = *pdirty/2;
316 
317 	*pdirty = dirty;
318 }
319 
320 /*
321  *
322  */
323 static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bdi_lock);
324 static unsigned int bdi_min_ratio;
325 
326 int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio)
327 {
328 	int ret = 0;
329 	unsigned long flags;
330 
331 	spin_lock_irqsave(&bdi_lock, flags);
332 	if (min_ratio > bdi->max_ratio) {
333 		ret = -EINVAL;
334 	} else {
335 		min_ratio -= bdi->min_ratio;
336 		if (bdi_min_ratio + min_ratio < 100) {
337 			bdi_min_ratio += min_ratio;
338 			bdi->min_ratio += min_ratio;
339 		} else {
340 			ret = -EINVAL;
341 		}
342 	}
343 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bdi_lock, flags);
344 
345 	return ret;
346 }
347 
348 int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned max_ratio)
349 {
350 	unsigned long flags;
351 	int ret = 0;
352 
353 	if (max_ratio > 100)
354 		return -EINVAL;
355 
356 	spin_lock_irqsave(&bdi_lock, flags);
357 	if (bdi->min_ratio > max_ratio) {
358 		ret = -EINVAL;
359 	} else {
360 		bdi->max_ratio = max_ratio;
361 		bdi->max_prop_frac = (PROP_FRAC_BASE * max_ratio) / 100;
362 	}
363 	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&bdi_lock, flags);
364 
365 	return ret;
366 }
367 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_set_max_ratio);
368 
369 /*
370  * Work out the current dirty-memory clamping and background writeout
371  * thresholds.
372  *
373  * The main aim here is to lower them aggressively if there is a lot of mapped
374  * memory around.  To avoid stressing page reclaim with lots of unreclaimable
375  * pages.  It is better to clamp down on writers than to start swapping, and
376  * performing lots of scanning.
377  *
378  * We only allow 1/2 of the currently-unmapped memory to be dirtied.
379  *
380  * We don't permit the clamping level to fall below 5% - that is getting rather
381  * excessive.
382  *
383  * We make sure that the background writeout level is below the adjusted
384  * clamping level.
385  */
386 
387 static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total)
388 {
389 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
390 	int node;
391 	unsigned long x = 0;
392 
393 	for_each_node_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY) {
394 		struct zone *z =
395 			&NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM];
396 
397 		x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) + zone_lru_pages(z);
398 	}
399 	/*
400 	 * Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger
401 	 * than the number of the total dirtyable memory. This can only
402 	 * occur in very strange VM situations but we want to make sure
403 	 * that this does not occur.
404 	 */
405 	return min(x, total);
406 #else
407 	return 0;
408 #endif
409 }
410 
411 /**
412  * determine_dirtyable_memory - amount of memory that may be used
413  *
414  * Returns the numebr of pages that can currently be freed and used
415  * by the kernel for direct mappings.
416  */
417 unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
418 {
419 	unsigned long x;
420 
421 	x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_lru_pages();
422 
423 	if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable)
424 		x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x);
425 
426 	return x + 1;	/* Ensure that we never return 0 */
427 }
428 
429 void
430 get_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty,
431 		 unsigned long *pbdi_dirty, struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
432 {
433 	unsigned long background;
434 	unsigned long dirty;
435 	unsigned long available_memory = determine_dirtyable_memory();
436 	struct task_struct *tsk;
437 
438 	if (vm_dirty_bytes)
439 		dirty = DIV_ROUND_UP(vm_dirty_bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
440 	else {
441 		int dirty_ratio;
442 
443 		dirty_ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
444 		if (dirty_ratio < 5)
445 			dirty_ratio = 5;
446 		dirty = (dirty_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
447 	}
448 
449 	if (dirty_background_bytes)
450 		background = DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_background_bytes, PAGE_SIZE);
451 	else
452 		background = (dirty_background_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
453 
454 	if (background >= dirty)
455 		background = dirty / 2;
456 	tsk = current;
457 	if (tsk->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE || rt_task(tsk)) {
458 		background += background / 4;
459 		dirty += dirty / 4;
460 	}
461 	*pbackground = background;
462 	*pdirty = dirty;
463 
464 	if (bdi) {
465 		u64 bdi_dirty;
466 		long numerator, denominator;
467 
468 		/*
469 		 * Calculate this BDI's share of the dirty ratio.
470 		 */
471 		bdi_writeout_fraction(bdi, &numerator, &denominator);
472 
473 		bdi_dirty = (dirty * (100 - bdi_min_ratio)) / 100;
474 		bdi_dirty *= numerator;
475 		do_div(bdi_dirty, denominator);
476 		bdi_dirty += (dirty * bdi->min_ratio) / 100;
477 		if (bdi_dirty > (dirty * bdi->max_ratio) / 100)
478 			bdi_dirty = dirty * bdi->max_ratio / 100;
479 
480 		*pbdi_dirty = bdi_dirty;
481 		clip_bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, dirty, pbdi_dirty);
482 		task_dirty_limit(current, pbdi_dirty);
483 	}
484 }
485 
486 /*
487  * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
488  * data.  It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
489  * the caller to perform writeback if the system is over `vm_dirty_ratio'.
490  * If we're over `background_thresh' then pdflush is woken to perform some
491  * writeout.
492  */
493 static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
494 {
495 	long nr_reclaimable, bdi_nr_reclaimable;
496 	long nr_writeback, bdi_nr_writeback;
497 	unsigned long background_thresh;
498 	unsigned long dirty_thresh;
499 	unsigned long bdi_thresh;
500 	unsigned long pages_written = 0;
501 	unsigned long write_chunk = sync_writeback_pages();
502 
503 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
504 
505 	for (;;) {
506 		struct writeback_control wbc = {
507 			.bdi		= bdi,
508 			.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_NONE,
509 			.older_than_this = NULL,
510 			.nr_to_write	= write_chunk,
511 			.range_cyclic	= 1,
512 		};
513 
514 		get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh,
515 				&bdi_thresh, bdi);
516 
517 		nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
518 					global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
519 		nr_writeback = global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK);
520 
521 		bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
522 		bdi_nr_writeback = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
523 
524 		if (bdi_nr_reclaimable + bdi_nr_writeback <= bdi_thresh)
525 			break;
526 
527 		/*
528 		 * Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot
529 		 * catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts
530 		 * when the bdi limits are ramping up.
531 		 */
532 		if (nr_reclaimable + nr_writeback <
533 				(background_thresh + dirty_thresh) / 2)
534 			break;
535 
536 		if (!bdi->dirty_exceeded)
537 			bdi->dirty_exceeded = 1;
538 
539 		/* Note: nr_reclaimable denotes nr_dirty + nr_unstable.
540 		 * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked
541 		 * filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been
542 		 * written to the server's write cache, but has not yet
543 		 * been flushed to permanent storage.
544 		 */
545 		if (bdi_nr_reclaimable) {
546 			writeback_inodes(&wbc);
547 			pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
548 			get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh,
549 				       &bdi_thresh, bdi);
550 		}
551 
552 		/*
553 		 * In order to avoid the stacked BDI deadlock we need
554 		 * to ensure we accurately count the 'dirty' pages when
555 		 * the threshold is low.
556 		 *
557 		 * Otherwise it would be possible to get thresh+n pages
558 		 * reported dirty, even though there are thresh-m pages
559 		 * actually dirty; with m+n sitting in the percpu
560 		 * deltas.
561 		 */
562 		if (bdi_thresh < 2*bdi_stat_error(bdi)) {
563 			bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
564 			bdi_nr_writeback = bdi_stat_sum(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
565 		} else if (bdi_nr_reclaimable) {
566 			bdi_nr_reclaimable = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
567 			bdi_nr_writeback = bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
568 		}
569 
570 		if (bdi_nr_reclaimable + bdi_nr_writeback <= bdi_thresh)
571 			break;
572 		if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
573 			break;		/* We've done our duty */
574 
575 		congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
576 	}
577 
578 	if (bdi_nr_reclaimable + bdi_nr_writeback < bdi_thresh &&
579 			bdi->dirty_exceeded)
580 		bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0;
581 
582 	if (writeback_in_progress(bdi))
583 		return;		/* pdflush is already working this queue */
584 
585 	/*
586 	 * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
587 	 * starting background writeout, and then write out all the way down
588 	 * to the lower threshold.  So slow writers cause minimal disk activity.
589 	 *
590 	 * In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
591 	 * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
592 	 */
593 	if ((laptop_mode && pages_written) ||
594 			(!laptop_mode && (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY)
595 					  + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS)
596 					  > background_thresh)))
597 		pdflush_operation(background_writeout, 0);
598 }
599 
600 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite)
601 {
602 	if (set_page_dirty(page) || page_mkwrite) {
603 		struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
604 
605 		if (mapping)
606 			balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
607 	}
608 }
609 
610 /**
611  * balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr - balance dirty memory state
612  * @mapping: address_space which was dirtied
613  * @nr_pages_dirtied: number of pages which the caller has just dirtied
614  *
615  * Processes which are dirtying memory should call in here once for each page
616  * which was newly dirtied.  The function will periodically check the system's
617  * dirty state and will initiate writeback if needed.
618  *
619  * On really big machines, get_writeback_state is expensive, so try to avoid
620  * calling it too often (ratelimiting).  But once we're over the dirty memory
621  * limit we decrease the ratelimiting by a lot, to prevent individual processes
622  * from overshooting the limit by (ratelimit_pages) each.
623  */
624 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
625 					unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied)
626 {
627 	static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, ratelimits) = 0;
628 	unsigned long ratelimit;
629 	unsigned long *p;
630 
631 	ratelimit = ratelimit_pages;
632 	if (mapping->backing_dev_info->dirty_exceeded)
633 		ratelimit = 8;
634 
635 	/*
636 	 * Check the rate limiting. Also, we do not want to throttle real-time
637 	 * tasks in balance_dirty_pages(). Period.
638 	 */
639 	preempt_disable();
640 	p =  &__get_cpu_var(ratelimits);
641 	*p += nr_pages_dirtied;
642 	if (unlikely(*p >= ratelimit)) {
643 		*p = 0;
644 		preempt_enable();
645 		balance_dirty_pages(mapping);
646 		return;
647 	}
648 	preempt_enable();
649 }
650 EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr);
651 
652 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
653 {
654 	unsigned long background_thresh;
655 	unsigned long dirty_thresh;
656 
657         for ( ; ; ) {
658 		get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL, NULL);
659 
660                 /*
661                  * Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
662                  * allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
663                  */
664                 dirty_thresh += dirty_thresh / 10;      /* wheeee... */
665 
666                 if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
667 			global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
668                         	break;
669                 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
670 
671 		/*
672 		 * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
673 		 * or progress in the filesystem.  So we cannot just sit here
674 		 * waiting for IO to complete.
675 		 */
676 		if ((gfp_mask & (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) != (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO))
677 			break;
678         }
679 }
680 
681 /*
682  * writeback at least _min_pages, and keep writing until the amount of dirty
683  * memory is less than the background threshold, or until we're all clean.
684  */
685 static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages)
686 {
687 	long min_pages = _min_pages;
688 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
689 		.bdi		= NULL,
690 		.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_NONE,
691 		.older_than_this = NULL,
692 		.nr_to_write	= 0,
693 		.nonblocking	= 1,
694 		.range_cyclic	= 1,
695 	};
696 
697 	for ( ; ; ) {
698 		unsigned long background_thresh;
699 		unsigned long dirty_thresh;
700 
701 		get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL, NULL);
702 		if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
703 			global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) < background_thresh
704 				&& min_pages <= 0)
705 			break;
706 		wbc.more_io = 0;
707 		wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
708 		wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
709 		wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
710 		writeback_inodes(&wbc);
711 		min_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
712 		if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0 || wbc.pages_skipped > 0) {
713 			/* Wrote less than expected */
714 			if (wbc.encountered_congestion || wbc.more_io)
715 				congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
716 			else
717 				break;
718 		}
719 	}
720 }
721 
722 /*
723  * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages.  If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
724  * the whole world.  Returns 0 if a pdflush thread was dispatched.  Returns
725  * -1 if all pdflush threads were busy.
726  */
727 int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages)
728 {
729 	if (nr_pages == 0)
730 		nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
731 				global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
732 	return pdflush_operation(background_writeout, nr_pages);
733 }
734 
735 static void wb_timer_fn(unsigned long unused);
736 static void laptop_timer_fn(unsigned long unused);
737 
738 static DEFINE_TIMER(wb_timer, wb_timer_fn, 0, 0);
739 static DEFINE_TIMER(laptop_mode_wb_timer, laptop_timer_fn, 0, 0);
740 
741 /*
742  * Periodic writeback of "old" data.
743  *
744  * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
745  * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space.  So this periodic writeback code
746  * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
747  * older than a specific point in time.
748  *
749  * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval.  But if a writeback event
750  * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
751  * one-second gap.
752  *
753  * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write.  So we'll only write back
754  * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
755  */
756 static void wb_kupdate(unsigned long arg)
757 {
758 	unsigned long oldest_jif;
759 	unsigned long start_jif;
760 	unsigned long next_jif;
761 	long nr_to_write;
762 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
763 		.bdi		= NULL,
764 		.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_NONE,
765 		.older_than_this = &oldest_jif,
766 		.nr_to_write	= 0,
767 		.nonblocking	= 1,
768 		.for_kupdate	= 1,
769 		.range_cyclic	= 1,
770 	};
771 
772 	sync_supers();
773 
774 	oldest_jif = jiffies - msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
775 	start_jif = jiffies;
776 	next_jif = start_jif + msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
777 	nr_to_write = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
778 			global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
779 			(inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
780 	while (nr_to_write > 0) {
781 		wbc.more_io = 0;
782 		wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
783 		wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
784 		writeback_inodes(&wbc);
785 		if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0) {
786 			if (wbc.encountered_congestion || wbc.more_io)
787 				congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
788 			else
789 				break;	/* All the old data is written */
790 		}
791 		nr_to_write -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
792 	}
793 	if (time_before(next_jif, jiffies + HZ))
794 		next_jif = jiffies + HZ;
795 	if (dirty_writeback_interval)
796 		mod_timer(&wb_timer, next_jif);
797 }
798 
799 /*
800  * sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
801  */
802 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
803 	struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
804 {
805 	proc_dointvec(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
806 	if (dirty_writeback_interval)
807 		mod_timer(&wb_timer, jiffies +
808 			msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
809 	else
810 		del_timer(&wb_timer);
811 	return 0;
812 }
813 
814 static void wb_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
815 {
816 	if (pdflush_operation(wb_kupdate, 0) < 0)
817 		mod_timer(&wb_timer, jiffies + HZ); /* delay 1 second */
818 }
819 
820 static void laptop_flush(unsigned long unused)
821 {
822 	sys_sync();
823 }
824 
825 static void laptop_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
826 {
827 	pdflush_operation(laptop_flush, 0);
828 }
829 
830 /*
831  * We've spun up the disk and we're in laptop mode: schedule writeback
832  * of all dirty data a few seconds from now.  If the flush is already scheduled
833  * then push it back - the user is still using the disk.
834  */
835 void laptop_io_completion(void)
836 {
837 	mod_timer(&laptop_mode_wb_timer, jiffies + laptop_mode);
838 }
839 
840 /*
841  * We're in laptop mode and we've just synced. The sync's writes will have
842  * caused another writeback to be scheduled by laptop_io_completion.
843  * Nothing needs to be written back anymore, so we unschedule the writeback.
844  */
845 void laptop_sync_completion(void)
846 {
847 	del_timer(&laptop_mode_wb_timer);
848 }
849 
850 /*
851  * If ratelimit_pages is too high then we can get into dirty-data overload
852  * if a large number of processes all perform writes at the same time.
853  * If it is too low then SMP machines will call the (expensive)
854  * get_writeback_state too often.
855  *
856  * Here we set ratelimit_pages to a level which ensures that when all CPUs are
857  * dirtying in parallel, we cannot go more than 3% (1/32) over the dirty memory
858  * thresholds before writeback cuts in.
859  *
860  * But the limit should not be set too high.  Because it also controls the
861  * amount of memory which the balance_dirty_pages() caller has to write back.
862  * If this is too large then the caller will block on the IO queue all the
863  * time.  So limit it to four megabytes - the balance_dirty_pages() caller
864  * will write six megabyte chunks, max.
865  */
866 
867 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void)
868 {
869 	ratelimit_pages = vm_total_pages / (num_online_cpus() * 32);
870 	if (ratelimit_pages < 16)
871 		ratelimit_pages = 16;
872 	if (ratelimit_pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE > 4096 * 1024)
873 		ratelimit_pages = (4096 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
874 }
875 
876 static int __cpuinit
877 ratelimit_handler(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long u, void *v)
878 {
879 	writeback_set_ratelimit();
880 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
881 }
882 
883 static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata ratelimit_nb = {
884 	.notifier_call	= ratelimit_handler,
885 	.next		= NULL,
886 };
887 
888 /*
889  * Called early on to tune the page writeback dirty limits.
890  *
891  * We used to scale dirty pages according to how total memory
892  * related to pages that could be allocated for buffers (by
893  * comparing nr_free_buffer_pages() to vm_total_pages.
894  *
895  * However, that was when we used "dirty_ratio" to scale with
896  * all memory, and we don't do that any more. "dirty_ratio"
897  * is now applied to total non-HIGHPAGE memory (by subtracting
898  * totalhigh_pages from vm_total_pages), and as such we can't
899  * get into the old insane situation any more where we had
900  * large amounts of dirty pages compared to a small amount of
901  * non-HIGHMEM memory.
902  *
903  * But we might still want to scale the dirty_ratio by how
904  * much memory the box has..
905  */
906 void __init page_writeback_init(void)
907 {
908 	int shift;
909 
910 	mod_timer(&wb_timer,
911 		  jiffies + msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
912 	writeback_set_ratelimit();
913 	register_cpu_notifier(&ratelimit_nb);
914 
915 	shift = calc_period_shift();
916 	prop_descriptor_init(&vm_completions, shift);
917 	prop_descriptor_init(&vm_dirties, shift);
918 }
919 
920 /**
921  * write_cache_pages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and write all of them.
922  * @mapping: address space structure to write
923  * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
924  * @writepage: function called for each page
925  * @data: data passed to writepage function
926  *
927  * If a page is already under I/O, write_cache_pages() skips it, even
928  * if it's dirty.  This is desirable behaviour for memory-cleaning writeback,
929  * but it is INCORRECT for data-integrity system calls such as fsync().  fsync()
930  * and msync() need to guarantee that all the data which was dirty at the time
931  * the call was made get new I/O started against them.  If wbc->sync_mode is
932  * WB_SYNC_ALL then we were called for data integrity and we must wait for
933  * existing IO to complete.
934  */
935 int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
936 		      struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage,
937 		      void *data)
938 {
939 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
940 	int ret = 0;
941 	int done = 0;
942 	struct pagevec pvec;
943 	int nr_pages;
944 	pgoff_t uninitialized_var(writeback_index);
945 	pgoff_t index;
946 	pgoff_t end;		/* Inclusive */
947 	pgoff_t done_index;
948 	int cycled;
949 	int range_whole = 0;
950 	long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
951 
952 	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
953 		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
954 		return 0;
955 	}
956 
957 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
958 	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
959 		writeback_index = mapping->writeback_index; /* prev offset */
960 		index = writeback_index;
961 		if (index == 0)
962 			cycled = 1;
963 		else
964 			cycled = 0;
965 		end = -1;
966 	} else {
967 		index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
968 		end = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
969 		if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
970 			range_whole = 1;
971 		cycled = 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */
972 	}
973 retry:
974 	done_index = index;
975 	while (!done && (index <= end)) {
976 		int i;
977 
978 		nr_pages = pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec, mapping, &index,
979 			      PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY,
980 			      min(end - index, (pgoff_t)PAGEVEC_SIZE-1) + 1);
981 		if (nr_pages == 0)
982 			break;
983 
984 		for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
985 			struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
986 
987 			/*
988 			 * At this point, the page may be truncated or
989 			 * invalidated (changing page->mapping to NULL), or
990 			 * even swizzled back from swapper_space to tmpfs file
991 			 * mapping. However, page->index will not change
992 			 * because we have a reference on the page.
993 			 */
994 			if (page->index > end) {
995 				/*
996 				 * can't be range_cyclic (1st pass) because
997 				 * end == -1 in that case.
998 				 */
999 				done = 1;
1000 				break;
1001 			}
1002 
1003 			done_index = page->index + 1;
1004 
1005 			lock_page(page);
1006 
1007 			/*
1008 			 * Page truncated or invalidated. We can freely skip it
1009 			 * then, even for data integrity operations: the page
1010 			 * has disappeared concurrently, so there could be no
1011 			 * real expectation of this data interity operation
1012 			 * even if there is now a new, dirty page at the same
1013 			 * pagecache address.
1014 			 */
1015 			if (unlikely(page->mapping != mapping)) {
1016 continue_unlock:
1017 				unlock_page(page);
1018 				continue;
1019 			}
1020 
1021 			if (!PageDirty(page)) {
1022 				/* someone wrote it for us */
1023 				goto continue_unlock;
1024 			}
1025 
1026 			if (PageWriteback(page)) {
1027 				if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE)
1028 					wait_on_page_writeback(page);
1029 				else
1030 					goto continue_unlock;
1031 			}
1032 
1033 			BUG_ON(PageWriteback(page));
1034 			if (!clear_page_dirty_for_io(page))
1035 				goto continue_unlock;
1036 
1037 			ret = (*writepage)(page, wbc, data);
1038 			if (unlikely(ret)) {
1039 				if (ret == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE) {
1040 					unlock_page(page);
1041 					ret = 0;
1042 				} else {
1043 					/*
1044 					 * done_index is set past this page,
1045 					 * so media errors will not choke
1046 					 * background writeout for the entire
1047 					 * file. This has consequences for
1048 					 * range_cyclic semantics (ie. it may
1049 					 * not be suitable for data integrity
1050 					 * writeout).
1051 					 */
1052 					done = 1;
1053 					break;
1054 				}
1055  			}
1056 
1057 			if (nr_to_write > 0) {
1058 				nr_to_write--;
1059 				if (nr_to_write == 0 &&
1060 				    wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
1061 					/*
1062 					 * We stop writing back only if we are
1063 					 * not doing integrity sync. In case of
1064 					 * integrity sync we have to keep going
1065 					 * because someone may be concurrently
1066 					 * dirtying pages, and we might have
1067 					 * synced a lot of newly appeared dirty
1068 					 * pages, but have not synced all of the
1069 					 * old dirty pages.
1070 					 */
1071 					done = 1;
1072 					break;
1073 				}
1074 			}
1075 
1076 			if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
1077 				wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
1078 				done = 1;
1079 				break;
1080 			}
1081 		}
1082 		pagevec_release(&pvec);
1083 		cond_resched();
1084 	}
1085 	if (!cycled && !done) {
1086 		/*
1087 		 * range_cyclic:
1088 		 * We hit the last page and there is more work to be done: wrap
1089 		 * back to the start of the file
1090 		 */
1091 		cycled = 1;
1092 		index = 0;
1093 		end = writeback_index - 1;
1094 		goto retry;
1095 	}
1096 	if (!wbc->no_nrwrite_index_update) {
1097 		if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && nr_to_write > 0))
1098 			mapping->writeback_index = done_index;
1099 		wbc->nr_to_write = nr_to_write;
1100 	}
1101 
1102 	return ret;
1103 }
1104 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_cache_pages);
1105 
1106 /*
1107  * Function used by generic_writepages to call the real writepage
1108  * function and set the mapping flags on error
1109  */
1110 static int __writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
1111 		       void *data)
1112 {
1113 	struct address_space *mapping = data;
1114 	int ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, wbc);
1115 	mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
1116 	return ret;
1117 }
1118 
1119 /**
1120  * generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and writepage() all of them.
1121  * @mapping: address space structure to write
1122  * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
1123  *
1124  * This is a library function, which implements the writepages()
1125  * address_space_operation.
1126  */
1127 int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
1128 		       struct writeback_control *wbc)
1129 {
1130 	/* deal with chardevs and other special file */
1131 	if (!mapping->a_ops->writepage)
1132 		return 0;
1133 
1134 	return write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, __writepage, mapping);
1135 }
1136 
1137 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_writepages);
1138 
1139 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
1140 {
1141 	int ret;
1142 
1143 	if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
1144 		return 0;
1145 	wbc->for_writepages = 1;
1146 	if (mapping->a_ops->writepages)
1147 		ret = mapping->a_ops->writepages(mapping, wbc);
1148 	else
1149 		ret = generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
1150 	wbc->for_writepages = 0;
1151 	return ret;
1152 }
1153 
1154 /**
1155  * write_one_page - write out a single page and optionally wait on I/O
1156  * @page: the page to write
1157  * @wait: if true, wait on writeout
1158  *
1159  * The page must be locked by the caller and will be unlocked upon return.
1160  *
1161  * write_one_page() returns a negative error code if I/O failed.
1162  */
1163 int write_one_page(struct page *page, int wait)
1164 {
1165 	struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
1166 	int ret = 0;
1167 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
1168 		.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
1169 		.nr_to_write = 1,
1170 	};
1171 
1172 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
1173 
1174 	if (wait)
1175 		wait_on_page_writeback(page);
1176 
1177 	if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
1178 		page_cache_get(page);
1179 		ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
1180 		if (ret == 0 && wait) {
1181 			wait_on_page_writeback(page);
1182 			if (PageError(page))
1183 				ret = -EIO;
1184 		}
1185 		page_cache_release(page);
1186 	} else {
1187 		unlock_page(page);
1188 	}
1189 	return ret;
1190 }
1191 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_one_page);
1192 
1193 /*
1194  * For address_spaces which do not use buffers nor write back.
1195  */
1196 int __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(struct page *page)
1197 {
1198 	if (!PageDirty(page))
1199 		SetPageDirty(page);
1200 	return 0;
1201 }
1202 
1203 /*
1204  * Helper function for set_page_dirty family.
1205  * NOTE: This relies on being atomic wrt interrupts.
1206  */
1207 void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping)
1208 {
1209 	if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
1210 		__inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
1211 		__inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
1212 		task_dirty_inc(current);
1213 		task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
1214 	}
1215 }
1216 
1217 /*
1218  * For address_spaces which do not use buffers.  Just tag the page as dirty in
1219  * its radix tree.
1220  *
1221  * This is also used when a single buffer is being dirtied: we want to set the
1222  * page dirty in that case, but not all the buffers.  This is a "bottom-up"
1223  * dirtying, whereas __set_page_dirty_buffers() is a "top-down" dirtying.
1224  *
1225  * Most callers have locked the page, which pins the address_space in memory.
1226  * But zap_pte_range() does not lock the page, however in that case the
1227  * mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference.
1228  *
1229  * We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the
1230  * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() inside tree_lock.
1231  */
1232 int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page)
1233 {
1234 	if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
1235 		struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
1236 		struct address_space *mapping2;
1237 
1238 		if (!mapping)
1239 			return 1;
1240 
1241 		spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
1242 		mapping2 = page_mapping(page);
1243 		if (mapping2) { /* Race with truncate? */
1244 			BUG_ON(mapping2 != mapping);
1245 			WARN_ON_ONCE(!PagePrivate(page) && !PageUptodate(page));
1246 			account_page_dirtied(page, mapping);
1247 			radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
1248 				page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
1249 		}
1250 		spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
1251 		if (mapping->host) {
1252 			/* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
1253 			__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
1254 		}
1255 		return 1;
1256 	}
1257 	return 0;
1258 }
1259 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_nobuffers);
1260 
1261 /*
1262  * When a writepage implementation decides that it doesn't want to write this
1263  * page for some reason, it should redirty the locked page via
1264  * redirty_page_for_writepage() and it should then unlock the page and return 0
1265  */
1266 int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page)
1267 {
1268 	wbc->pages_skipped++;
1269 	return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
1270 }
1271 EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage);
1272 
1273 /*
1274  * If the mapping doesn't provide a set_page_dirty a_op, then
1275  * just fall through and assume that it wants buffer_heads.
1276  */
1277 int set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
1278 {
1279 	struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
1280 
1281 	if (likely(mapping)) {
1282 		int (*spd)(struct page *) = mapping->a_ops->set_page_dirty;
1283 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
1284 		if (!spd)
1285 			spd = __set_page_dirty_buffers;
1286 #endif
1287 		return (*spd)(page);
1288 	}
1289 	if (!PageDirty(page)) {
1290 		if (!TestSetPageDirty(page))
1291 			return 1;
1292 	}
1293 	return 0;
1294 }
1295 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty);
1296 
1297 /*
1298  * set_page_dirty() is racy if the caller has no reference against
1299  * page->mapping->host, and if the page is unlocked.  This is because another
1300  * CPU could truncate the page off the mapping and then free the mapping.
1301  *
1302  * Usually, the page _is_ locked, or the caller is a user-space process which
1303  * holds a reference on the inode by having an open file.
1304  *
1305  * In other cases, the page should be locked before running set_page_dirty().
1306  */
1307 int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page)
1308 {
1309 	int ret;
1310 
1311 	lock_page_nosync(page);
1312 	ret = set_page_dirty(page);
1313 	unlock_page(page);
1314 	return ret;
1315 }
1316 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty_lock);
1317 
1318 /*
1319  * Clear a page's dirty flag, while caring for dirty memory accounting.
1320  * Returns true if the page was previously dirty.
1321  *
1322  * This is for preparing to put the page under writeout.  We leave the page
1323  * tagged as dirty in the radix tree so that a concurrent write-for-sync
1324  * can discover it via a PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY walk.  The ->writepage
1325  * implementation will run either set_page_writeback() or set_page_dirty(),
1326  * at which stage we bring the page's dirty flag and radix-tree dirty tag
1327  * back into sync.
1328  *
1329  * This incoherency between the page's dirty flag and radix-tree tag is
1330  * unfortunate, but it only exists while the page is locked.
1331  */
1332 int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
1333 {
1334 	struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
1335 
1336 	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
1337 
1338 	ClearPageReclaim(page);
1339 	if (mapping && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
1340 		/*
1341 		 * Yes, Virginia, this is indeed insane.
1342 		 *
1343 		 * We use this sequence to make sure that
1344 		 *  (a) we account for dirty stats properly
1345 		 *  (b) we tell the low-level filesystem to
1346 		 *      mark the whole page dirty if it was
1347 		 *      dirty in a pagetable. Only to then
1348 		 *  (c) clean the page again and return 1 to
1349 		 *      cause the writeback.
1350 		 *
1351 		 * This way we avoid all nasty races with the
1352 		 * dirty bit in multiple places and clearing
1353 		 * them concurrently from different threads.
1354 		 *
1355 		 * Note! Normally the "set_page_dirty(page)"
1356 		 * has no effect on the actual dirty bit - since
1357 		 * that will already usually be set. But we
1358 		 * need the side effects, and it can help us
1359 		 * avoid races.
1360 		 *
1361 		 * We basically use the page "master dirty bit"
1362 		 * as a serialization point for all the different
1363 		 * threads doing their things.
1364 		 */
1365 		if (page_mkclean(page))
1366 			set_page_dirty(page);
1367 		/*
1368 		 * We carefully synchronise fault handlers against
1369 		 * installing a dirty pte and marking the page dirty
1370 		 * at this point. We do this by having them hold the
1371 		 * page lock at some point after installing their
1372 		 * pte, but before marking the page dirty.
1373 		 * Pages are always locked coming in here, so we get
1374 		 * the desired exclusion. See mm/memory.c:do_wp_page()
1375 		 * for more comments.
1376 		 */
1377 		if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
1378 			dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
1379 			dec_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info,
1380 					BDI_RECLAIMABLE);
1381 			return 1;
1382 		}
1383 		return 0;
1384 	}
1385 	return TestClearPageDirty(page);
1386 }
1387 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io);
1388 
1389 int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
1390 {
1391 	struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
1392 	int ret;
1393 
1394 	if (mapping) {
1395 		struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
1396 		unsigned long flags;
1397 
1398 		spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
1399 		ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
1400 		if (ret) {
1401 			radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
1402 						page_index(page),
1403 						PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
1404 			if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi)) {
1405 				__dec_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
1406 				__bdi_writeout_inc(bdi);
1407 			}
1408 		}
1409 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
1410 	} else {
1411 		ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
1412 	}
1413 	if (ret)
1414 		dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
1415 	return ret;
1416 }
1417 
1418 int test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page)
1419 {
1420 	struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
1421 	int ret;
1422 
1423 	if (mapping) {
1424 		struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
1425 		unsigned long flags;
1426 
1427 		spin_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
1428 		ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
1429 		if (!ret) {
1430 			radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
1431 						page_index(page),
1432 						PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
1433 			if (bdi_cap_account_writeback(bdi))
1434 				__inc_bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK);
1435 		}
1436 		if (!PageDirty(page))
1437 			radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
1438 						page_index(page),
1439 						PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
1440 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
1441 	} else {
1442 		ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
1443 	}
1444 	if (!ret)
1445 		inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_WRITEBACK);
1446 	return ret;
1447 
1448 }
1449 EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_set_page_writeback);
1450 
1451 /*
1452  * Return true if any of the pages in the mapping are marked with the
1453  * passed tag.
1454  */
1455 int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag)
1456 {
1457 	int ret;
1458 	rcu_read_lock();
1459 	ret = radix_tree_tagged(&mapping->page_tree, tag);
1460 	rcu_read_unlock();
1461 	return ret;
1462 }
1463 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged);
1464