1 files changed, 22 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 5fa63bdf52e4..54f28bd493d3 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	    (!laptop_mode && ((global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY)
 			       + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS))
 					  > background_thresh)))
-		bdi_start_writeback(bdi, NULL, 0);
+		bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi);
 }
 
 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite)
@@ -705,9 +705,8 @@ void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data)
 	 * We want to write everything out, not just down to the dirty
 	 * threshold
 	 */
-
 	if (bdi_has_dirty_io(&q->backing_dev_info))
-		bdi_start_writeback(&q->backing_dev_info, NULL, nr_pages);
+		bdi_start_writeback(&q->backing_dev_info, nr_pages);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -835,7 +834,6 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	pgoff_t done_index;
 	int cycled;
 	int range_whole = 0;
-	long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
 
 	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
 	if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
@@ -852,7 +850,22 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
 			range_whole = 1;
 		cycled = 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */
+
+		/*
+		 * If this is a data integrity sync, cap the writeback to the
+		 * current end of file. Any extension to the file that occurs
+		 * after this is a new write and we don't need to write those
+		 * pages out to fulfil our data integrity requirements. If we
+		 * try to write them out, we can get stuck in this scan until
+		 * the concurrent writer stops adding dirty pages and extending
+		 * EOF.
+		 */
+		if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL &&
+		    wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX) {
+			end = i_size_read(mapping->host) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+		}
 	}
+
 retry:
 	done_index = index;
 	while (!done && (index <= end)) {
@@ -935,11 +948,10 @@ continue_unlock:
 					done = 1;
 					break;
 				}
- 			}
+			}
 
-			if (nr_to_write > 0) {
-				nr_to_write--;
-				if (nr_to_write == 0 &&
+			if (wbc->nr_to_write > 0) {
+				if (--wbc->nr_to_write == 0 &&
 				    wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
 					/*
 					 * We stop writing back only if we are
@@ -970,11 +982,8 @@ continue_unlock:
 		end = writeback_index - 1;
 		goto retry;
 	}
-	if (!wbc->no_nrwrite_index_update) {
-		if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && nr_to_write > 0))
-			mapping->writeback_index = done_index;
-		wbc->nr_to_write = nr_to_write;
-	}
+	if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
+		mapping->writeback_index = done_index;
 
 	return ret;
 }