From: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
To: <axboe@kernel.dk>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
<linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>, <linux-block@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
Subject: [PATCH 4/8] writeback: track if we're sleeping on progress in balance_dirty_pages()
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 11:05:47 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1472663151-18560-5-git-send-email-axboe@fb.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1472663151-18560-1-git-send-email-axboe@fb.com>
Note in the bdi_writeback structure if a task is currently being
limited in balance_dirty_pages(), waiting for writeback to
proceed.
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@fb.com>
---
include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h | 2 ++
mm/backing-dev.c | 1 +
mm/page-writeback.c | 2 ++
3 files changed, 5 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
index c357f27d5483..5a56588573f6 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
@@ -116,6 +116,8 @@ struct bdi_writeback {
struct list_head work_list;
struct delayed_work dwork; /* work item used for writeback */
+ atomic_t dirty_sleeping; /* waiting on dirty limit exceeded */
+
struct list_head bdi_node; /* anchored at bdi->wb_list */
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 8fde443f36d7..ffd607c9f00d 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -310,6 +310,7 @@ static int wb_init(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
spin_lock_init(&wb->work_lock);
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->work_list);
INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&wb->dwork, wb_workfn);
+ atomic_set(&wb->dirty_sleeping, 0);
wb->congested = wb_congested_get_create(bdi, blkcg_id, gfp);
if (!wb->congested)
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index f4cd7d8005c9..c8e9e7a487c6 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1778,7 +1778,9 @@ pause:
pause,
start_time);
__set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE);
+ atomic_inc(&wb->dirty_sleeping);
io_schedule_timeout(pause);
+ atomic_dec(&wb->dirty_sleeping);
current->dirty_paused_when = now + pause;
current->nr_dirtied = 0;
--
2.7.4
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2016-08-31 17:06 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2016-08-31 17:05 [PATCHSET v6] Throttled background buffered writeback Jens Axboe
2016-08-31 17:05 ` [PATCH 1/8] block: add WRITE_BG Jens Axboe
2016-09-01 7:55 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2016-09-01 7:59 ` Johannes Thumshirn
2016-08-31 17:05 ` [PATCH 2/8] writeback: add wbc_to_write_flags() Jens Axboe
2016-08-31 23:32 ` Omar Sandoval
2016-09-01 3:54 ` Jens Axboe
2016-08-31 17:05 ` [PATCH 3/8] writeback: use WRITE_BG for kupdate and background writeback Jens Axboe
2016-08-31 17:05 ` Jens Axboe [this message]
2016-08-31 17:05 ` [PATCH 5/8] block: add code to track actual device queue depth Jens Axboe
2016-08-31 17:05 ` [PATCH 6/8] block: add scalable completion tracking of requests Jens Axboe
2016-08-31 17:05 ` [PATCH 7/8] wbt: add general throttling mechanism Jens Axboe
2016-09-01 18:05 ` Omar Sandoval
2016-09-01 18:51 ` Jens Axboe
2016-08-31 17:05 ` [PATCH 8/8] writeback: throttle buffered writeback Jens Axboe
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2016-11-01 21:08 [PATCHSET] Throttled " Jens Axboe
2016-11-01 21:08 ` [PATCH 4/8] writeback: track if we're sleeping on progress in balance_dirty_pages() Jens Axboe
2016-11-02 14:57 ` Christoph Hellwig
2016-11-02 14:59 ` Jens Axboe
2016-11-08 13:02 ` Jan Kara
2016-10-26 20:52 [PATCHSET] block: buffered writeback throttling Jens Axboe
2016-10-26 20:52 ` [PATCH 4/8] writeback: track if we're sleeping on progress in balance_dirty_pages() Jens Axboe
2016-09-07 14:46 [PATCH 0/8] Throttled background buffered writeback v7 Jens Axboe
2016-09-07 14:46 ` [PATCH 4/8] writeback: track if we're sleeping on progress in balance_dirty_pages() Jens Axboe
2016-04-26 15:55 [PATCHSET v5] Make background writeback great again for the first time Jens Axboe
2016-04-26 15:55 ` [PATCH 4/8] writeback: track if we're sleeping on progress in balance_dirty_pages() Jens Axboe
2016-04-18 4:24 [PATCHSET v4 0/8] Make background writeback not suck Jens Axboe
2016-04-18 4:24 ` [PATCH 4/8] writeback: track if we're sleeping on progress in balance_dirty_pages() Jens Axboe
2016-03-23 15:25 Jens Axboe
2016-03-23 15:25 ` [PATCH 4/8] writeback: track if we're sleeping on progress in balance_dirty_pages() Jens Axboe
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