Merge tag 'writeback_for_v5.9-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs

Pull writeback fixes from Jan Kara:
 "Fixes for writeback code occasionally skipping writeback of some
  inodes or livelocking sync(2)"

* tag 'writeback_for_v5.9-rc3' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs:
  writeback: Drop I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRE
  writeback: Fix sync livelock due to b_dirty_time processing
  writeback: Avoid skipping inode writeback
  writeback: Protect inode->i_io_list with inode->i_lock

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index e019ea2f1347..7519ae003a08 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2132,6 +2132,10 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
  *
  * I_DONTCACHE		Evict inode as soon as it is not used anymore.
  *
+ * I_SYNC_QUEUED	Inode is queued in b_io or b_more_io writeback lists.
+ *			Used to detect that mark_inode_dirty() should not move
+ * 			inode between dirty lists.
+ *
  * Q: What is the difference between I_WILL_FREE and I_FREEING?
  */
 #define I_DIRTY_SYNC		(1 << 0)
@@ -2149,12 +2153,11 @@ static inline void kiocb_clone(struct kiocb *kiocb, struct kiocb *kiocb_src,
 #define I_DIO_WAKEUP		(1 << __I_DIO_WAKEUP)
 #define I_LINKABLE		(1 << 10)
 #define I_DIRTY_TIME		(1 << 11)
-#define __I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED	12
-#define I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED	(1 << __I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED)
 #define I_WB_SWITCH		(1 << 13)
 #define I_OVL_INUSE		(1 << 14)
 #define I_CREATING		(1 << 15)
 #define I_DONTCACHE		(1 << 16)
+#define I_SYNC_QUEUED		(1 << 17)
 
 #define I_DIRTY_INODE (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)
 #define I_DIRTY (I_DIRTY_INODE | I_DIRTY_PAGES)
diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
index 10f5d1fa7347..e7cbccc7c14c 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 		{I_CLEAR,		"I_CLEAR"},		\
 		{I_SYNC,		"I_SYNC"},		\
 		{I_DIRTY_TIME,		"I_DIRTY_TIME"},	\
-		{I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED,	"I_DIRTY_TIME_EXPIRED"}, \
 		{I_REFERENCED,		"I_REFERENCED"}		\
 	)
 
@@ -498,8 +497,9 @@ DEFINE_WBC_EVENT(wbc_writepage);
 TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io,
 	TP_PROTO(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		 struct wb_writeback_work *work,
+		 unsigned long dirtied_before,
 		 int moved),
-	TP_ARGS(wb, work, moved),
+	TP_ARGS(wb, work, dirtied_before, moved),
 	TP_STRUCT__entry(
 		__array(char,		name, 32)
 		__field(unsigned long,	older)
@@ -509,19 +509,17 @@ TRACE_EVENT(writeback_queue_io,
 		__field(ino_t,		cgroup_ino)
 	),
 	TP_fast_assign(
-		unsigned long *older_than_this = work->older_than_this;
 		strscpy_pad(__entry->name, bdi_dev_name(wb->bdi), 32);
-		__entry->older	= older_than_this ?  *older_than_this : 0;
-		__entry->age	= older_than_this ?
-				  (jiffies - *older_than_this) * 1000 / HZ : -1;
+		__entry->older	= dirtied_before;
+		__entry->age	= (jiffies - dirtied_before) * 1000 / HZ;
 		__entry->moved	= moved;
 		__entry->reason	= work->reason;
 		__entry->cgroup_ino	= __trace_wb_assign_cgroup(wb);
 	),
 	TP_printk("bdi %s: older=%lu age=%ld enqueue=%d reason=%s cgroup_ino=%lu",
 		__entry->name,
-		__entry->older,	/* older_than_this in jiffies */
-		__entry->age,	/* older_than_this in relative milliseconds */
+		__entry->older,	/* dirtied_before in jiffies */
+		__entry->age,	/* dirtied_before in relative milliseconds */
 		__entry->moved,
 		__print_symbolic(__entry->reason, WB_WORK_REASON),
 		(unsigned long)__entry->cgroup_ino