ext4: remove page_skipped hackery in ext4_da_writepages()

Because the ext4 page writeback codepath had been prematurely calling
clear_page_dirty_for_io(), if it turned out that a particular page
couldn't be written out during a particular pass of
write_cache_pages_da(), the page would have to get redirtied by
calling redirty_pages_for_writeback().  Not only was this wasted work,
but redirty_page_for_writeback() would increment wbc->pages_skipped to
signal to writeback_sb_inodes() that buffers were locked, and that it
should skip this inode until later.

Since this signal was incorrect in ext4's case --- which was caused by
ext4's historically incorrect use of write_cache_pages() ---
ext4_da_writepages() saved and restored wbc->skipped_pages to avoid
confusing writeback_sb_inodes().

Now that we've fixed ext4 to call clear_page_dirty_for_io() right
before initiating the page I/O, we can nuke the page_skipped
save/restore hackery, and breathe a sigh of relief.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index ae6e2f4..617c9cb 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -2900,7 +2900,6 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
        struct mpage_da_data mpd;
        struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
        int pages_written = 0;
-       long pages_skipped;
        unsigned int max_pages;
        int range_cyclic, cycled = 1, io_done = 0;
        int needed_blocks, ret = 0;
@@ -2986,8 +2985,6 @@ static int ext4_da_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
        mpd.wbc = wbc;
        mpd.inode = mapping->host;
 
-       pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
-
 retry:
        if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL)
                tag_pages_for_writeback(mapping, index, end);
@@ -3047,7 +3044,6 @@ retry:
                         * and try again
                         */
                        jbd2_journal_force_commit_nested(sbi->s_journal);
-                       wbc->pages_skipped = pages_skipped;
                        ret = 0;
                } else if (ret == MPAGE_DA_EXTENT_TAIL) {
                        /*
@@ -3055,7 +3051,6 @@ retry:
                         * rest of the pages
                         */
                        pages_written += mpd.pages_written;
-                       wbc->pages_skipped = pages_skipped;
                        ret = 0;
                        io_done = 1;
                } else if (wbc->nr_to_write)
@@ -3073,11 +3068,6 @@ retry:
                wbc->range_end  = mapping->writeback_index - 1;
                goto retry;
        }
-       if (pages_skipped != wbc->pages_skipped)
-               ext4_msg(inode->i_sb, KERN_CRIT,
-                        "This should not happen leaving %s "
-                        "with nr_to_write = %ld ret = %d",
-                        __func__, wbc->nr_to_write, ret);
 
        /* Update index */
        wbc->range_cyclic = range_cyclic;