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-rw-r--r--include/linux/backing-dev.h1
-rw-r--r--include/linux/blk-cgroup.h16
-rw-r--r--include/linux/blk_types.h10
-rw-r--r--include/linux/writeback.h13
4 files changed, 36 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index f9b029180241..35b31d176f74 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ extern spinlock_t bdi_lock;
extern struct list_head bdi_list;
extern struct workqueue_struct *bdi_wq;
+extern struct workqueue_struct *bdi_async_bio_wq;
static inline bool wb_has_dirty_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
index 33f23a858438..689a58231288 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk-cgroup.h
@@ -132,13 +132,17 @@ struct blkcg_gq {
struct blkg_policy_data *pd[BLKCG_MAX_POLS];
- struct rcu_head rcu_head;
+ spinlock_t async_bio_lock;
+ struct bio_list async_bios;
+ struct work_struct async_bio_work;
atomic_t use_delay;
atomic64_t delay_nsec;
atomic64_t delay_start;
u64 last_delay;
int last_use;
+
+ struct rcu_head rcu_head;
};
typedef struct blkcg_policy_data *(blkcg_pol_alloc_cpd_fn)(gfp_t gfp);
@@ -701,6 +705,15 @@ static inline bool blk_throtl_bio(struct request_queue *q, struct blkcg_gq *blkg
struct bio *bio) { return false; }
#endif
+bool __blkcg_punt_bio_submit(struct bio *bio);
+
+static inline bool blkcg_punt_bio_submit(struct bio *bio)
+{
+ if (bio->bi_opf & REQ_CGROUP_PUNT)
+ return __blkcg_punt_bio_submit(bio);
+ else
+ return false;
+}
static inline void blkcg_bio_issue_init(struct bio *bio)
{
@@ -848,6 +861,7 @@ static inline char *blkg_path(struct blkcg_gq *blkg) { return NULL; }
static inline void blkg_get(struct blkcg_gq *blkg) { }
static inline void blkg_put(struct blkcg_gq *blkg) { }
+static inline bool blkcg_punt_bio_submit(struct bio *bio) { return false; }
static inline void blkcg_bio_issue_init(struct bio *bio) { }
static inline bool blkcg_bio_issue_check(struct request_queue *q,
struct bio *bio) { return true; }
diff --git a/include/linux/blk_types.h b/include/linux/blk_types.h
index 6a53799c3fe2..feff3fe4467e 100644
--- a/include/linux/blk_types.h
+++ b/include/linux/blk_types.h
@@ -311,6 +311,14 @@ enum req_flag_bits {
__REQ_RAHEAD, /* read ahead, can fail anytime */
__REQ_BACKGROUND, /* background IO */
__REQ_NOWAIT, /* Don't wait if request will block */
+ /*
+ * When a shared kthread needs to issue a bio for a cgroup, doing
+ * so synchronously can lead to priority inversions as the kthread
+ * can be trapped waiting for that cgroup. CGROUP_PUNT flag makes
+ * submit_bio() punt the actual issuing to a dedicated per-blkcg
+ * work item to avoid such priority inversions.
+ */
+ __REQ_CGROUP_PUNT,
/* command specific flags for REQ_OP_WRITE_ZEROES: */
__REQ_NOUNMAP, /* do not free blocks when zeroing */
@@ -337,6 +345,8 @@ enum req_flag_bits {
#define REQ_RAHEAD (1ULL << __REQ_RAHEAD)
#define REQ_BACKGROUND (1ULL << __REQ_BACKGROUND)
#define REQ_NOWAIT (1ULL << __REQ_NOWAIT)
+#define REQ_CGROUP_PUNT (1ULL << __REQ_CGROUP_PUNT)
+
#define REQ_NOUNMAP (1ULL << __REQ_NOUNMAP)
#define REQ_HIPRI (1ULL << __REQ_HIPRI)
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index e056a22075cf..8945aac31392 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -78,6 +78,8 @@ struct writeback_control {
*/
unsigned no_cgroup_owner:1;
+ unsigned punt_to_cgroup:1; /* cgrp punting, see __REQ_CGROUP_PUNT */
+
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
struct bdi_writeback *wb; /* wb this writeback is issued under */
struct inode *inode; /* inode being written out */
@@ -94,12 +96,17 @@ struct writeback_control {
static inline int wbc_to_write_flags(struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
+ int flags = 0;
+
+ if (wbc->punt_to_cgroup)
+ flags = REQ_CGROUP_PUNT;
+
if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
- return REQ_SYNC;
+ flags |= REQ_SYNC;
else if (wbc->for_kupdate || wbc->for_background)
- return REQ_BACKGROUND;
+ flags |= REQ_BACKGROUND;
- return 0;
+ return flags;
}
static inline struct cgroup_subsys_state *