From 006a0973ed020a81fe1f24b511ce9feb53f70e44 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Tue, 25 Aug 2015 14:11:52 -0400 Subject: writeback: sync_inodes_sb() must write out I_DIRTY_TIME inodes and always call wait_sb_inodes() e79729123f63 ("writeback: don't issue wb_writeback_work if clean") updated writeback path to avoid kicking writeback work items if there are no inodes to be written out; unfortunately, the avoidance logic was too aggressive and broke sync_inodes_sb(). * sync_inodes_sb() must write out I_DIRTY_TIME inodes but I_DIRTY_TIME inodes dont't contribute to bdi/wb_has_dirty_io() tests and were being skipped over. * inodes are taken off wb->b_dirty/io/more_io lists after writeback starts on them. sync_inodes_sb() skipping wait_sb_inodes() when bdi_has_dirty_io() breaks it by making it return while writebacks are in-flight. This patch fixes the breakages by * Removing bdi_has_dirty_io() shortcut from bdi_split_work_to_wbs(). The callers are already testing the condition. * Removing bdi_has_dirty_io() shortcut from sync_inodes_sb() so that it always calls into bdi_split_work_to_wbs() and wait_sb_inodes(). * Making bdi_split_work_to_wbs() consider the b_dirty_time list for WB_SYNC_ALL writebacks. Kudos to Eryu, Dave and Jan for tracking down the issue. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Fixes: e79729123f63 ("writeback: don't issue wb_writeback_work if clean") Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/g/20150812101204.GE17933@dhcp-13-216.nay.redhat.com Reported-and-bisected-by: Eryu Guan Cc: Dave Chinner Cc: Jan Kara Cc: Ted Ts'o Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'fs') diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 518c6294bf6c..5fa588e933d5 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -844,14 +844,15 @@ static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct wb_iter iter; might_sleep(); - - if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi)) - return; restart: rcu_read_lock(); bdi_for_each_wb(wb, bdi, &iter, next_blkcg_id) { - if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb) || - (skip_if_busy && writeback_in_progress(wb))) + /* SYNC_ALL writes out I_DIRTY_TIME too */ + if (!wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && + (base_work->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE || + list_empty(&wb->b_dirty_time))) + continue; + if (skip_if_busy && writeback_in_progress(wb)) continue; base_work->nr_pages = wb_split_bdi_pages(wb, nr_pages); @@ -899,8 +900,7 @@ static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, { might_sleep(); - if (bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi) && - (!skip_if_busy || !writeback_in_progress(&bdi->wb))) { + if (!skip_if_busy || !writeback_in_progress(&bdi->wb)) { base_work->auto_free = 0; base_work->single_wait = 0; base_work->single_done = 0; @@ -2275,8 +2275,12 @@ void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb) }; struct backing_dev_info *bdi = sb->s_bdi; - /* Nothing to do? */ - if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi) || bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info) + /* + * Can't skip on !bdi_has_dirty() because we should wait for !dirty + * inodes under writeback and I_DIRTY_TIME inodes ignored by + * bdi_has_dirty() need to be written out too. + */ + if (bdi == &noop_backing_dev_info) return; WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount)); -- cgit v1.2.3-59-g8ed1b