From db125360409fc320790e0d38218bd7a3e9cd2552 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tejun Heo Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 17:14:01 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] writeback: make writeback initiation functions handle multiple bdi_writeback's [try_]writeback_inodes_sb[_nr]() and sync_inodes_sb() currently only handle dirty inodes on the root wb (bdi_writeback) of the target bdi. This patch implements bdi_split_work_to_wbs() and use it to make these functions handle multiple wb's. bdi_split_work_to_wbs() takes a base wb_writeback_work and create clones of it and issue them to the wb's of the target bdi. The base work's nr_pages is distributed using wb_split_bdi_pages() - ie. according to each wb's write bandwidth's proportion in the bdi. Cloning a bdi involves memory allocation which may fail. In such cases, bdi_split_work_to_wbs() issues the base work directly and waits for its completion before proceeding to the next wb to guarantee forward progress and correctness under memory pressure. Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo Cc: Jens Axboe Cc: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- Reading git-format-patch failed