[pandora-kernel.git] / fs / fs-writeback.c

/*
 * fs/fs-writeback.c
 *
 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
 *
 * Contains all the functions related to writing back and waiting
 * upon dirty inodes against superblocks, and writing back dirty
 * pages against inodes.  ie: data writeback.  Writeout of the
 * inode itself is not handled here.
 *
 * 10Apr2002    Andrew Morton
 *              Split out of fs/inode.c
 *              Additions for address_space-based writeback
 */

#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/spinlock.h>
#include <linux/slab.h>
#include <linux/sched.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <linux/kthread.h>
#include <linux/freezer.h>
#include <linux/writeback.h>
#include <linux/blkdev.h>
#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
#include <linux/tracepoint.h>
#include "internal.h"

/*
 * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control
 */
struct wb_writeback_work {
        long nr_pages;
        struct super_block *sb;
        enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
        unsigned int for_kupdate:1;
        unsigned int range_cyclic:1;
        unsigned int for_background:1;

        struct list_head list;          /* pending work list */
        struct completion *done;        /* set if the caller waits */
};

/*
 * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the
 * wb_writeback_work structure so that the definition remains local to this
 * file.
 */
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include <trace/events/writeback.h>

/*
 * We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
 */
int nr_pdflush_threads;

/**
 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
 *
 * Determine whether there is writeback waiting to be handled against a
 * backing device.
 */
int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
        return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &bdi->state);
}

static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
{
        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;

        if (strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "bdev") == 0)
                return inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;

        return sb->s_bdi;
}

static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head)
{
        return list_entry(head, struct inode, i_wb_list);
}

static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
                struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{
        trace_writeback_queue(bdi, work);

        spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
        list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
        if (bdi->wb.task) {
                wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
        } else {
                /*
                 * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
                 * will create and run it.
                 */
                trace_writeback_nothread(bdi, work);
                wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
        }
        spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
}

static void
__bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages,
                bool range_cyclic, bool for_background)
{
        struct wb_writeback_work *work;

        /*
         * This is WB_SYNC_NONE writeback, so if allocation fails just
         * wakeup the thread for old dirty data writeback
         */
        work = kzalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
        if (!work) {
                if (bdi->wb.task) {
                        trace_writeback_nowork(bdi);
                        wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
                }
                return;
        }

        work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE;
        work->nr_pages  = nr_pages;
        work->range_cyclic = range_cyclic;
        work->for_background = for_background;

        bdi_queue_work(bdi, work);
}

/**
 * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
 * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
 *
 * Description:
 *   This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
 *   started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
 *   completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
 *
 */
void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages)
{
        __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, true, false);
}

/**
 * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback
 * @bdi: the backing device to write from
 *
 * Description:
 *   This does WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback. The IO is only
 *   started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
 *   completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
 */
void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
        __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, LONG_MAX, true, true);
}

/*
 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
 *
 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list.  If that is
 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
 */
static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode)
{
        struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;

        if (!list_empty(&wb->b_dirty)) {
                struct inode *tail;

                tail = wb_inode(wb->b_dirty.next);
                if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail->dirtied_when))
                        inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
        }
        list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_dirty);
}

/*
 * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted.
 */
static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode)
{
        struct bdi_writeback *wb = &inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb;

        list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &wb->b_more_io);
}

static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
{
        /*
         * Prevent speculative execution through spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
         */
        smp_mb();
        wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
}

static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
{
        bool ret = time_after(inode->dirtied_when, t);
#ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
        /*
         * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
         * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
         * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
         * from permanently stopping the whole bdi writeback.
         */
        ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
#endif
        return ret;
}

/*
 * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
 */
static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
                               struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
                                unsigned long *older_than_this)
{
        LIST_HEAD(tmp);
        struct list_head *pos, *node;
        struct super_block *sb = NULL;
        struct inode *inode;
        int do_sb_sort = 0;

        while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
                inode = wb_inode(delaying_queue->prev);
                if (older_than_this &&
                    inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
                        break;
                if (sb && sb != inode->i_sb)
                        do_sb_sort = 1;
                sb = inode->i_sb;
                list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &tmp);
        }

        /* just one sb in list, splice to dispatch_queue and we're done */
        if (!do_sb_sort) {
                list_splice(&tmp, dispatch_queue);
                return;
        }

        /* Move inodes from one superblock together */
        while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
                sb = wb_inode(tmp.prev)->i_sb;
                list_for_each_prev_safe(pos, node, &tmp) {
                        inode = wb_inode(pos);
                        if (inode->i_sb == sb)
                                list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, dispatch_queue);
                }
        }
}

/*
 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
 * Before
 *         newly dirtied     b_dirty    b_io    b_more_io
 *         =============>    gf         edc     BA
 * After
 *         newly dirtied     b_dirty    b_io    b_more_io
 *         =============>    g          fBAedc
 *                                           |
 *                                           +--> dequeue for IO
 */
static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, unsigned long *older_than_this)
{
        list_splice_init(&wb->b_more_io, &wb->b_io);
        move_expired_inodes(&wb->b_dirty, &wb->b_io, older_than_this);
}

static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode))
                return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, wbc);
        return 0;
}

/*
 * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete.
 */
static void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode)
{
        DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
        wait_queue_head_t *wqh;

        wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
         while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
                spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
                __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
                spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        }
}

/*
 * Write out an inode's dirty pages.  Called under inode_lock.  Either the
 * caller has ref on the inode (either via __iget or via syscall against an fd)
 * or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set (via generic_forget_inode)
 *
 * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
 *
 * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile.  We want to avoid
 * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
 * livelocks, etc.
 *
 * Called under inode_lock.
 */
static int
writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
        unsigned dirty;
        int ret;

        if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
                WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
        else
                WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);

        if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
                /*
                 * If this inode is locked for writeback and we are not doing
                 * writeback-for-data-integrity, move it to b_more_io so that
                 * writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
                 *
                 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
                 * completed a full scan of b_io.
                 */
                if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) {
                        requeue_io(inode);
                        return 0;
                }

                /*
                 * It's a data-integrity sync.  We must wait.
                 */
                inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
        }

        BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);

        /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY_PAGES */
        inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
        inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY_PAGES;
        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);

        ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);

        /*
         * Make sure to wait on the data before writing out the metadata.
         * This is important for filesystems that modify metadata on data
         * I/O completion.
         */
        if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
                int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
                if (ret == 0)
                        ret = err;
        }

        /*
         * Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
         * due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
         * write_inode()
         */
        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
        inode->i_state &= ~(I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC);
        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
        /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
        if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
                int err = write_inode(inode, wbc);
                if (ret == 0)
                        ret = err;
        }

        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
        if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
                if (mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
                        /*
                         * We didn't write back all the pages.  nfs_writepages()
                         * sometimes bales out without doing anything.
                         */
                        inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
                        if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
                                /*
                                 * slice used up: queue for next turn
                                 */
                                requeue_io(inode);
                        } else {
                                /*
                                 * Writeback blocked by something other than
                                 * congestion. Delay the inode for some time to
                                 * avoid spinning on the CPU (100% iowait)
                                 * retrying writeback of the dirty page/inode
                                 * that cannot be performed immediately.
                                 */
                                redirty_tail(inode);
                        }
                } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
                        /*
                         * Filesystems can dirty the inode during writeback
                         * operations, such as delayed allocation during
                         * submission or metadata updates after data IO
                         * completion.
                         */
                        redirty_tail(inode);
                } else {
                        /*
                         * The inode is clean.  At this point we either have
                         * a reference to the inode or it's on it's way out.
                         * No need to add it back to the LRU.
                         */
                        list_del_init(&inode->i_wb_list);
                }
        }
        inode_sync_complete(inode);
        return ret;
}

/*
 * For background writeback the caller does not have the sb pinned
 * before calling writeback. So make sure that we do pin it, so it doesn't
 * go away while we are writing inodes from it.
 */
static bool pin_sb_for_writeback(struct super_block *sb)
{
        spin_lock(&sb_lock);
        if (list_empty(&sb->s_instances)) {
                spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
                return false;
        }

        sb->s_count++;
        spin_unlock(&sb_lock);

        if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
                if (sb->s_root)
                        return true;
                up_read(&sb->s_umount);
        }

        put_super(sb);
        return false;
}

/*
 * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb.
 *
 * If @only_this_sb is true, then find and write all such
 * inodes. Otherwise write only ones which go sequentially
 * in reverse order.
 *
 * Return 1, if the caller writeback routine should be
 * interrupted. Otherwise return 0.
 */
static int writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                struct writeback_control *wbc, bool only_this_sb)
{
        while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
                long pages_skipped;
                struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);

                if (inode->i_sb != sb) {
                        if (only_this_sb) {
                                /*
                                 * We only want to write back data for this
                                 * superblock, move all inodes not belonging
                                 * to it back onto the dirty list.
                                 */
                                redirty_tail(inode);
                                continue;
                        }

                        /*
                         * The inode belongs to a different superblock.
                         * Bounce back to the caller to unpin this and
                         * pin the next superblock.
                         */
                        return 0;
                }

                if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_WILL_FREE)) {
                        requeue_io(inode);
                        continue;
                }
                /*
                 * Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
                 * This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
                 */
                if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, wbc->wb_start))
                        return 1;

                BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_FREEING);
                __iget(inode);
                pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
                writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
                if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
                        /*
                         * writeback is not making progress due to locked
                         * buffers.  Skip this inode for now.
                         */
                        redirty_tail(inode);
                }
                spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
                iput(inode);
                cond_resched();
                spin_lock(&inode_lock);
                if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
                        wbc->more_io = 1;
                        return 1;
                }
                if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))
                        wbc->more_io = 1;
        }
        /* b_io is empty */
        return 1;
}

void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        int ret = 0;

        if (!wbc->wb_start)
                wbc->wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
                queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);

        while (!list_empty(&wb->b_io)) {
                struct inode *inode = wb_inode(wb->b_io.prev);
                struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;

                if (!pin_sb_for_writeback(sb)) {
                        requeue_io(inode);
                        continue;
                }
                ret = writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, false);
                drop_super(sb);

                if (ret)
                        break;
        }
        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
        /* Leave any unwritten inodes on b_io */
}

static void __writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb,
                struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));

        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&wb->b_io))
                queue_io(wb, wbc->older_than_this);
        writeback_sb_inodes(sb, wb, wbc, true);
        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
}

/*
 * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdi flush/kupdate
 * operation.  We do this so we don't hold I_SYNC against an inode for
 * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
 * been forced to throttle against that inode.  Also, the code reevaluates
 * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
 */
#define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES     1024

static inline bool over_bground_thresh(void)
{
        unsigned long background_thresh, dirty_thresh;

        global_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh);

        return (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
                global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) >= background_thresh);
}

/*
 * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data.
 *
 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space.  So this periodic writeback code
 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
 * older than a specific point in time.
 *
 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval.  But if a writeback event
 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
 * one-second gap.
 *
 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write.  So we'll only write back
 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
 */
static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                         struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{
        struct writeback_control wbc = {
                .sync_mode              = work->sync_mode,
                .older_than_this        = NULL,
                .for_kupdate            = work->for_kupdate,
                .for_background         = work->for_background,
                .range_cyclic           = work->range_cyclic,
        };
        unsigned long oldest_jif;
        long wrote = 0;
        struct inode *inode;

        if (wbc.for_kupdate) {
                wbc.older_than_this = &oldest_jif;
                oldest_jif = jiffies -
                                msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_expire_interval * 10);
        }
        if (!wbc.range_cyclic) {
                wbc.range_start = 0;
                wbc.range_end = LLONG_MAX;
        }

        wbc.wb_start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
        for (;;) {
                /*
                 * Stop writeback when nr_pages has been consumed
                 */
                if (work->nr_pages <= 0)
                        break;

                /*
                 * For background writeout, stop when we are below the
                 * background dirty threshold
                 */
                if (work->for_background && !over_bground_thresh())
                        break;

                wbc.more_io = 0;
                wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
                wbc.pages_skipped = 0;

                trace_wbc_writeback_start(&wbc, wb->bdi);
                if (work->sb)
                        __writeback_inodes_sb(work->sb, wb, &wbc);
                else
                        writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
                trace_wbc_writeback_written(&wbc, wb->bdi);

                work->nr_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
                wrote += MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;

                /*
                 * If we consumed everything, see if we have more
                 */
                if (wbc.nr_to_write <= 0)
                        continue;
                /*
                 * Didn't write everything and we don't have more IO, bail
                 */
                if (!wbc.more_io)
                        break;
                /*
                 * Did we write something? Try for more
                 */
                if (wbc.nr_to_write < MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES)
                        continue;
                /*
                 * Nothing written. Wait for some inode to
                 * become available for writeback. Otherwise
                 * we'll just busyloop.
                 */
                spin_lock(&inode_lock);
                if (!list_empty(&wb->b_more_io))  {
                        inode = wb_inode(wb->b_more_io.prev);
                        trace_wbc_writeback_wait(&wbc, wb->bdi);
                        inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
                }
                spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
        }

        return wrote;
}

/*
 * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet.
 */
static struct wb_writeback_work *
get_next_work_item(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
        struct wb_writeback_work *work = NULL;

        spin_lock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
        if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) {
                work = list_entry(bdi->work_list.next,
                                  struct wb_writeback_work, list);
                list_del_init(&work->list);
        }
        spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
        return work;
}

static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
{
        unsigned long expired;
        long nr_pages;

        /*
         * When set to zero, disable periodic writeback
         */
        if (!dirty_writeback_interval)
                return 0;

        expired = wb->last_old_flush +
                        msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
        if (time_before(jiffies, expired))
                return 0;

        wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
        nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
                        global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
                        get_nr_dirty_inodes();

        if (nr_pages) {
                struct wb_writeback_work work = {
                        .nr_pages       = nr_pages,
                        .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
                        .for_kupdate    = 1,
                        .range_cyclic   = 1,
                };

                return wb_writeback(wb, &work);
        }

        return 0;
}

/*
 * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe
 */
long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
{
        struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
        struct wb_writeback_work *work;
        long wrote = 0;

        set_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);
        while ((work = get_next_work_item(bdi)) != NULL) {
                /*
                 * Override sync mode, in case we must wait for completion
                 * because this thread is exiting now.
                 */
                if (force_wait)
                        work->sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL;

                trace_writeback_exec(bdi, work);

                wrote += wb_writeback(wb, work);

                /*
                 * Notify the caller of completion if this is a synchronous
                 * work item, otherwise just free it.
                 */
                if (work->done)
                        complete(work->done);
                else
                        kfree(work);
        }

        /*
         * Check for periodic writeback, kupdated() style
         */
        wrote += wb_check_old_data_flush(wb);
        clear_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &wb->bdi->state);

        return wrote;
}

/*
 * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
 * wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
 */
int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
{
        struct bdi_writeback *wb = data;
        struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
        long pages_written;

        current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
        set_freezable();
        wb->last_active = jiffies;

        /*
         * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
         */
        set_user_nice(current, 0);

        trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi);

        while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
                /*
                 * Remove own delayed wake-up timer, since we are already awake
                 * and we'll take care of the preriodic write-back.
                 */
                del_timer(&wb->wakeup_timer);

                pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);

                trace_writeback_pages_written(pages_written);

                if (pages_written)
                        wb->last_active = jiffies;

                set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
                if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list) || kthread_should_stop()) {
                        __set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
                        continue;
                }

                if (wb_has_dirty_io(wb) && dirty_writeback_interval)
                        schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
                else {
                        /*
                         * We have nothing to do, so can go sleep without any
                         * timeout and save power. When a work is queued or
                         * something is made dirty - we will be woken up.
                         */
                        schedule();
                }

                try_to_freeze();
        }

        /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
        if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
                wb_do_writeback(wb, 1);

        trace_writeback_thread_stop(bdi);
        return 0;
}


/*
 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages.  If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
 * the whole world.
 */
void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages)
{
        struct backing_dev_info *bdi;

        if (!nr_pages) {
                nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
                                global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
        }

        rcu_read_lock();
        list_for_each_entry_rcu(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
                if (!bdi_has_dirty_io(bdi))
                        continue;
                __bdi_start_writeback(bdi, nr_pages, false, false);
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
}

static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
{
        if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
                struct dentry *dentry;
                const char *name = "?";

                dentry = d_find_alias(inode);
                if (dentry) {
                        spin_lock(&dentry->d_lock);
                        name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
                }
                printk(KERN_DEBUG
                       "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
                       current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
                       name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
                if (dentry) {
                        spin_unlock(&dentry->d_lock);
                        dput(dentry);
                }
        }
}

/**
 *      __mark_inode_dirty -    internal function
 *      @inode: inode to mark
 *      @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
 *      Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
 *      mark_inode_dirty_sync.
 *
 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
 *
 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
 *
 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
 * them dirty.
 *
 * This function *must* be atomic for the I_DIRTY_PAGES case -
 * set_page_dirty() is called under spinlock in several places.
 *
 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself.  And the ->dirtied_when field of
 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
 * blockdev's pages.  This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
 * blockdev inode.
 */
void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
{
        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
        struct backing_dev_info *bdi = NULL;
        bool wakeup_bdi = false;

        /*
         * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
         * dirty the inode itself
         */
        if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
                if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
                        sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode);
        }

        /*
         * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
         * -- mikulas
         */
        smp_mb();

        /* avoid the locking if we can */
        if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
                return;

        if (unlikely(block_dump))
                block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(inode);

        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
                const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;

                inode->i_state |= flags;

                /*
                 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
                 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
                 * superblock list, based upon its state.
                 */
                if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
                        goto out;

                /*
                 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
                 * dirty list.  Add blockdev inodes as well.
                 */
                if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
                        if (inode_unhashed(inode))
                                goto out;
                }
                if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
                        goto out;

                /*
                 * If the inode was already on b_dirty/b_io/b_more_io, don't
                 * reposition it (that would break b_dirty time-ordering).
                 */
                if (!was_dirty) {
                        bdi = inode_to_bdi(inode);

                        if (bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
                                WARN(!test_bit(BDI_registered, &bdi->state),
                                     "bdi-%s not registered\n", bdi->name);

                                /*
                                 * If this is the first dirty inode for this
                                 * bdi, we have to wake-up the corresponding
                                 * bdi thread to make sure background
                                 * write-back happens later.
                                 */
                                if (!wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb))
                                        wakeup_bdi = true;
                        }

                        inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
                        list_move(&inode->i_wb_list, &bdi->wb.b_dirty);
                }
        }
out:
        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);

        if (wakeup_bdi)
                bdi_wakeup_thread_delayed(bdi);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);

/*
 * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes.  A wait will be performed
 * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
 *
 * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
 * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
 *
 * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
 * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
 * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched.  For other superblocks,
 * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
 *
 * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io.  They are moved back onto
 * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing.  This way, none can be missed
 * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
 * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
 */
static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
{
        struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;

        /*
         * We need to be protected against the filesystem going from
         * r/o to r/w or vice versa.
         */
        WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));

        spin_lock(&inode_lock);

        /*
         * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
         * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
         * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
         * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
         * we still have to wait for that writeout.
         */
        list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
                struct address_space *mapping;

                if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
                        continue;
                mapping = inode->i_mapping;
                if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
                        continue;
                __iget(inode);
                spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
                /*
                 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have
                 * been removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
                 * inode_lock.  We cannot iput the inode now as we can
                 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it
                 * under inode_lock. So we keep the reference and iput
                 * it later.
                 */
                iput(old_inode);
                old_inode = inode;

                filemap_fdatawait(mapping);

                cond_resched();

                spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        }
        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
        iput(old_inode);
}

/**
 * writeback_inodes_sb  -       writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
 * @sb: the superblock
 *
 * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made
 * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait
 * for IO completion of submitted IO. The number of pages submitted is
 * returned.
 */
void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
{
        unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
        unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
        DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
        struct wb_writeback_work work = {
                .sb             = sb,
                .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_NONE,
                .done           = &done,
        };

        WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));

        work.nr_pages = nr_dirty + nr_unstable + get_nr_dirty_inodes();

        bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
        wait_for_completion(&done);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);

/**
 * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle  -       start writeback if none underway
 * @sb: the superblock
 *
 * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
 * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
 */
int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
{
        if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
                down_read(&sb->s_umount);
                writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
                up_read(&sb->s_umount);
                return 1;
        } else
                return 0;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);

/**
 * sync_inodes_sb       -       sync sb inode pages
 * @sb: the superblock
 *
 * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this
 * super_block. The number of pages synced is returned.
 */
void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
{
        DECLARE_COMPLETION_ONSTACK(done);
        struct wb_writeback_work work = {
                .sb             = sb,
                .sync_mode      = WB_SYNC_ALL,
                .nr_pages       = LONG_MAX,
                .range_cyclic   = 0,
                .done           = &done,
        };

        WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));

        bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
        wait_for_completion(&done);

        wait_sb_inodes(sb);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inodes_sb);

/**
 * write_inode_now      -       write an inode to disk
 * @inode: inode to write to disk
 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
 *
 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
 * primarily needed by knfsd.
 *
 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
 */
int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
{
        int ret;
        struct writeback_control wbc = {
                .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
                .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
                .range_start = 0,
                .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
        };

        if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
                wbc.nr_to_write = 0;

        might_sleep();
        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
        if (sync)
                inode_sync_wait(inode);
        return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);

/**
 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
 * @inode: the inode to sync
 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
 *
 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk.  It will also
 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
 * update inode->i_state.
 *
 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
 */
int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
        int ret;

        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
        ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
        return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);

/**
 * sync_inode - write an inode to disk
 * @inode: the inode to sync
 * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
 *
 * Write an inode to disk and adjust it's dirty state after completion.
 *
 * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata.
 */
int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait)
{
        struct writeback_control wbc = {
                .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
                .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */
        };

        return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata);