linux/include/linux/writeback.h
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   1/*
   2 * include/linux/writeback.h
   3 */
   4#ifndef WRITEBACK_H
   5#define WRITEBACK_H
   6
   7#include <linux/sched.h>
   8#include <linux/workqueue.h>
   9#include <linux/fs.h>
  10#include <linux/flex_proportions.h>
  11#include <linux/backing-dev-defs.h>
  12
  13DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, dirty_throttle_leaks);
  14
  15/*
  16 * The 1/4 region under the global dirty thresh is for smooth dirty throttling:
  17 *
  18 *      (thresh - thresh/DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE, thresh)
  19 *
  20 * Further beyond, all dirtier tasks will enter a loop waiting (possibly long
  21 * time) for the dirty pages to drop, unless written enough pages.
  22 *
  23 * The global dirty threshold is normally equal to the global dirty limit,
  24 * except when the system suddenly allocates a lot of anonymous memory and
  25 * knocks down the global dirty threshold quickly, in which case the global
  26 * dirty limit will follow down slowly to prevent livelocking all dirtier tasks.
  27 */
  28#define DIRTY_SCOPE             8
  29#define DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE        (DIRTY_SCOPE / 2)
  30
  31struct backing_dev_info;
  32
  33/*
  34 * fs/fs-writeback.c
  35 */
  36enum writeback_sync_modes {
  37        WB_SYNC_NONE,   /* Don't wait on anything */
  38        WB_SYNC_ALL,    /* Wait on every mapping */
  39};
  40
  41/*
  42 * why some writeback work was initiated
  43 */
  44enum wb_reason {
  45        WB_REASON_BACKGROUND,
  46        WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES,
  47        WB_REASON_SYNC,
  48        WB_REASON_PERIODIC,
  49        WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER,
  50        WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM,
  51        WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE,
  52        /*
  53         * There is no bdi forker thread any more and works are done
  54         * by emergency worker, however, this is TPs userland visible
  55         * and we'll be exposing exactly the same information,
  56         * so it has a mismatch name.
  57         */
  58        WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD,
  59
  60        WB_REASON_MAX,
  61};
  62
  63/*
  64 * A control structure which tells the writeback code what to do.  These are
  65 * always on the stack, and hence need no locking.  They are always initialised
  66 * in a manner such that unspecified fields are set to zero.
  67 */
  68struct writeback_control {
  69        long nr_to_write;               /* Write this many pages, and decrement
  70                                           this for each page written */
  71        long pages_skipped;             /* Pages which were not written */
  72
  73        /*
  74         * For a_ops->writepages(): if start or end are non-zero then this is
  75         * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
  76         * byterange.  The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
  77         */
  78        loff_t range_start;
  79        loff_t range_end;
  80
  81        enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
  82
  83        unsigned for_kupdate:1;         /* A kupdate writeback */
  84        unsigned for_background:1;      /* A background writeback */
  85        unsigned tagged_writepages:1;   /* tag-and-write to avoid livelock */
  86        unsigned for_reclaim:1;         /* Invoked from the page allocator */
  87        unsigned range_cyclic:1;        /* range_start is cyclic */
  88        unsigned for_sync:1;            /* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
  89#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
  90        struct bdi_writeback *wb;       /* wb this writeback is issued under */
  91        struct inode *inode;            /* inode being written out */
  92
  93        /* foreign inode detection, see wbc_detach_inode() */
  94        int wb_id;                      /* current wb id */
  95        int wb_lcand_id;                /* last foreign candidate wb id */
  96        int wb_tcand_id;                /* this foreign candidate wb id */
  97        size_t wb_bytes;                /* bytes written by current wb */
  98        size_t wb_lcand_bytes;          /* bytes written by last candidate */
  99        size_t wb_tcand_bytes;          /* bytes written by this candidate */
 100#endif
 101};
 102
 103/*
 104 * A wb_domain represents a domain that wb's (bdi_writeback's) belong to
 105 * and are measured against each other in.  There always is one global
 106 * domain, global_wb_domain, that every wb in the system is a member of.
 107 * This allows measuring the relative bandwidth of each wb to distribute
 108 * dirtyable memory accordingly.
 109 */
 110struct wb_domain {
 111        spinlock_t lock;
 112
 113        /*
 114         * Scale the writeback cache size proportional to the relative
 115         * writeout speed.
 116         *
 117         * We do this by keeping a floating proportion between BDIs, based
 118         * on page writeback completions [end_page_writeback()]. Those
 119         * devices that write out pages fastest will get the larger share,
 120         * while the slower will get a smaller share.
 121         *
 122         * We use page writeout completions because we are interested in
 123         * getting rid of dirty pages. Having them written out is the
 124         * primary goal.
 125         *
 126         * We introduce a concept of time, a period over which we measure
 127         * these events, because demand can/will vary over time. The length
 128         * of this period itself is measured in page writeback completions.
 129         */
 130        struct fprop_global completions;
 131        struct timer_list period_timer; /* timer for aging of completions */
 132        unsigned long period_time;
 133
 134        /*
 135         * The dirtyable memory and dirty threshold could be suddenly
 136         * knocked down by a large amount (eg. on the startup of KVM in a
 137         * swapless system). This may throw the system into deep dirty
 138         * exceeded state and throttle heavy/light dirtiers alike. To
 139         * retain good responsiveness, maintain global_dirty_limit for
 140         * tracking slowly down to the knocked down dirty threshold.
 141         *
 142         * Both fields are protected by ->lock.
 143         */
 144        unsigned long dirty_limit_tstamp;
 145        unsigned long dirty_limit;
 146};
 147
 148/**
 149 * wb_domain_size_changed - memory available to a wb_domain has changed
 150 * @dom: wb_domain of interest
 151 *
 152 * This function should be called when the amount of memory available to
 153 * @dom has changed.  It resets @dom's dirty limit parameters to prevent
 154 * the past values which don't match the current configuration from skewing
 155 * dirty throttling.  Without this, when memory size of a wb_domain is
 156 * greatly reduced, the dirty throttling logic may allow too many pages to
 157 * be dirtied leading to consecutive unnecessary OOMs and may get stuck in
 158 * that situation.
 159 */
 160static inline void wb_domain_size_changed(struct wb_domain *dom)
 161{
 162        spin_lock(&dom->lock);
 163        dom->dirty_limit_tstamp = jiffies;
 164        dom->dirty_limit = 0;
 165        spin_unlock(&dom->lock);
 166}
 167
 168/*
 169 * fs/fs-writeback.c
 170 */     
 171struct bdi_writeback;
 172void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, enum wb_reason reason);
 173void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr,
 174                                                        enum wb_reason reason);
 175bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, enum wb_reason reason);
 176bool try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr,
 177                                   enum wb_reason reason);
 178void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
 179void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason);
 180void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode);
 181
 182/* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
 183static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
 184{
 185        might_sleep();
 186        wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_NEW, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 187}
 188
 189#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
 190
 191#include <linux/cgroup.h>
 192#include <linux/bio.h>
 193
 194void __inode_attach_wb(struct inode *inode, struct page *page);
 195void wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc,
 196                                 struct inode *inode)
 197        __releases(&inode->i_lock);
 198void wbc_detach_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc);
 199void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page,
 200                    size_t bytes);
 201
 202/**
 203 * inode_attach_wb - associate an inode with its wb
 204 * @inode: inode of interest
 205 * @page: page being dirtied (may be NULL)
 206 *
 207 * If @inode doesn't have its wb, associate it with the wb matching the
 208 * memcg of @page or, if @page is NULL, %current.  May be called w/ or w/o
 209 * @inode->i_lock.
 210 */
 211static inline void inode_attach_wb(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 212{
 213        if (!inode->i_wb)
 214                __inode_attach_wb(inode, page);
 215}
 216
 217/**
 218 * inode_detach_wb - disassociate an inode from its wb
 219 * @inode: inode of interest
 220 *
 221 * @inode is being freed.  Detach from its wb.
 222 */
 223static inline void inode_detach_wb(struct inode *inode)
 224{
 225        if (inode->i_wb) {
 226                wb_put(inode->i_wb);
 227                inode->i_wb = NULL;
 228        }
 229}
 230
 231/**
 232 * wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode - associate wbc and inode for fdatawrite
 233 * @wbc: writeback_control of interest
 234 * @inode: target inode
 235 *
 236 * This function is to be used by __filemap_fdatawrite_range(), which is an
 237 * alternative entry point into writeback code, and first ensures @inode is
 238 * associated with a bdi_writeback and attaches it to @wbc.
 239 */
 240static inline void wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc,
 241                                               struct inode *inode)
 242{
 243        spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
 244        inode_attach_wb(inode, NULL);
 245        wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(wbc, inode);
 246}
 247
 248/**
 249 * wbc_init_bio - writeback specific initializtion of bio
 250 * @wbc: writeback_control for the writeback in progress
 251 * @bio: bio to be initialized
 252 *
 253 * @bio is a part of the writeback in progress controlled by @wbc.  Perform
 254 * writeback specific initialization.  This is used to apply the cgroup
 255 * writeback context.
 256 */
 257static inline void wbc_init_bio(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct bio *bio)
 258{
 259        /*
 260         * pageout() path doesn't attach @wbc to the inode being written
 261         * out.  This is intentional as we don't want the function to block
 262         * behind a slow cgroup.  Ultimately, we want pageout() to kick off
 263         * regular writeback instead of writing things out itself.
 264         */
 265        if (wbc->wb)
 266                bio_associate_blkcg(bio, wbc->wb->blkcg_css);
 267}
 268
 269#else   /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */
 270
 271static inline void inode_attach_wb(struct inode *inode, struct page *page)
 272{
 273}
 274
 275static inline void inode_detach_wb(struct inode *inode)
 276{
 277}
 278
 279static inline void wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc,
 280                                               struct inode *inode)
 281        __releases(&inode->i_lock)
 282{
 283        spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 284}
 285
 286static inline void wbc_attach_fdatawrite_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc,
 287                                               struct inode *inode)
 288{
 289}
 290
 291static inline void wbc_detach_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc)
 292{
 293}
 294
 295static inline void wbc_init_bio(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct bio *bio)
 296{
 297}
 298
 299static inline void wbc_account_io(struct writeback_control *wbc,
 300                                  struct page *page, size_t bytes)
 301{
 302}
 303
 304#endif  /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */
 305
 306/*
 307 * mm/page-writeback.c
 308 */
 309#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
 310void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info *info);
 311void laptop_sync_completion(void);
 312void laptop_mode_sync(struct work_struct *work);
 313void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
 314#else
 315static inline void laptop_sync_completion(void) { }
 316#endif
 317void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
 318bool zone_dirty_ok(struct zone *zone);
 319int wb_domain_init(struct wb_domain *dom, gfp_t gfp);
 320#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK
 321void wb_domain_exit(struct wb_domain *dom);
 322#endif
 323
 324extern struct wb_domain global_wb_domain;
 325
 326/* These are exported to sysctl. */
 327extern int dirty_background_ratio;
 328extern unsigned long dirty_background_bytes;
 329extern int vm_dirty_ratio;
 330extern unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes;
 331extern unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval;
 332extern unsigned int dirty_expire_interval;
 333extern unsigned int dirtytime_expire_interval;
 334extern int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
 335extern int block_dump;
 336extern int laptop_mode;
 337
 338extern int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 339                void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 340                loff_t *ppos);
 341extern int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 342                void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 343                loff_t *ppos);
 344extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 345                void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 346                loff_t *ppos);
 347extern int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 348                void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 349                loff_t *ppos);
 350int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 351                               void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
 352
 353struct ctl_table;
 354int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
 355                                      void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 356
 357void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty);
 358unsigned long wb_calc_thresh(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long thresh);
 359
 360void wb_update_bandwidth(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long start_time);
 361void page_writeback_init(void);
 362void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping);
 363bool wb_over_bg_thresh(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
 364
 365typedef int (*writepage_t)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 366                                void *data);
 367
 368int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 369                       struct writeback_control *wbc);
 370void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
 371                             pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end);
 372int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 373                      struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage,
 374                      void *data);
 375int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 376void writeback_set_ratelimit(void);
 377void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
 378                             pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end);
 379
 380void account_page_redirty(struct page *page);
 381
 382#endif          /* WRITEBACK_H */
 383