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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page-writeback.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 568 |
1 files changed, 405 insertions, 163 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 71252486bc6..363ba7082ef 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ #include <linux/sysctl.h> #include <linux/cpu.h> #include <linux/syscalls.h> -#include <linux/buffer_head.h> +#include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* __set_page_dirty_buffers */ #include <linux/pagevec.h> #include <trace/events/writeback.h> @@ -42,6 +42,12 @@ #define MAX_PAUSE max(HZ/5, 1) /* + * Try to keep balance_dirty_pages() call intervals higher than this many pages + * by raising pause time to max_pause when falls below it. + */ +#define DIRTY_POLL_THRESH (128 >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10)) + +/* * Estimate write bandwidth at 200ms intervals. */ #define BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL max(HZ/5, 1) @@ -130,6 +136,191 @@ unsigned long global_dirty_limit; static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions; /* + * Work out the current dirty-memory clamping and background writeout + * thresholds. + * + * The main aim here is to lower them aggressively if there is a lot of mapped + * memory around. To avoid stressing page reclaim with lots of unreclaimable + * pages. It is better to clamp down on writers than to start swapping, and + * performing lots of scanning. + * + * We only allow 1/2 of the currently-unmapped memory to be dirtied. + * + * We don't permit the clamping level to fall below 5% - that is getting rather + * excessive. + * + * We make sure that the background writeout level is below the adjusted + * clamping level. + */ + +/* + * In a memory zone, there is a certain amount of pages we consider + * available for the page cache, which is essentially the number of + * free and reclaimable pages, minus some zone reserves to protect + * lowmem and the ability to uphold the zone's watermarks without + * requiring writeback. + * + * This number of dirtyable pages is the base value of which the + * user-configurable dirty ratio is the effictive number of pages that + * are allowed to be actually dirtied. Per individual zone, or + * globally by using the sum of dirtyable pages over all zones. + * + * Because the user is allowed to specify the dirty limit globally as + * absolute number of bytes, calculating the per-zone dirty limit can + * require translating the configured limit into a percentage of + * global dirtyable memory first. + */ + +static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total) +{ +#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM + int node; + unsigned long x = 0; + + for_each_node_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY) { + struct zone *z = + &NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM]; + + x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) + + zone_reclaimable_pages(z) - z->dirty_balance_reserve; + } + /* + * Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger + * than the number of the total dirtyable memory. This can only + * occur in very strange VM situations but we want to make sure + * that this does not occur. + */ + return min(x, total); +#else + return 0; +#endif +} + +/** + * global_dirtyable_memory - number of globally dirtyable pages + * + * Returns the global number of pages potentially available for dirty + * page cache. This is the base value for the global dirty limits. + */ +unsigned long global_dirtyable_memory(void) +{ + unsigned long x; + + x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_reclaimable_pages() - + dirty_balance_reserve; + + if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable) + x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x); + + return x + 1; /* Ensure that we never return 0 */ +} + +/* + * global_dirty_limits - background-writeback and dirty-throttling thresholds + * + * Calculate the dirty thresholds based on sysctl parameters + * - vm.dirty_background_ratio or vm.dirty_background_bytes + * - vm.dirty_ratio or vm.dirty_bytes + * The dirty limits will be lifted by 1/4 for PF_LESS_THROTTLE (ie. nfsd) and + * real-time tasks. + */ +void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty) +{ + unsigned long background; + unsigned long dirty; + unsigned long uninitialized_var(available_memory); + struct task_struct *tsk; + + if (!vm_dirty_bytes || !dirty_background_bytes) + available_memory = global_dirtyable_memory(); + + if (vm_dirty_bytes) + dirty = DIV_ROUND_UP(vm_dirty_bytes, PAGE_SIZE); + else + dirty = (vm_dirty_ratio * available_memory) / 100; + + if (dirty_background_bytes) + background = DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_background_bytes, PAGE_SIZE); + else + background = (dirty_background_ratio * available_memory) / 100; + + if (background >= dirty) + background = dirty / 2; + tsk = current; + if (tsk->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE || rt_task(tsk)) { + background += background / 4; + dirty += dirty / 4; + } + *pbackground = background; + *pdirty = dirty; + trace_global_dirty_state(background, dirty); +} + +/** + * zone_dirtyable_memory - number of dirtyable pages in a zone + * @zone: the zone + * + * Returns the zone's number of pages potentially available for dirty + * page cache. This is the base value for the per-zone dirty limits. + */ +static unsigned long zone_dirtyable_memory(struct zone *zone) +{ + /* + * The effective global number of dirtyable pages may exclude + * highmem as a big-picture measure to keep the ratio between + * dirty memory and lowmem reasonable. + * + * But this function is purely about the individual zone and a + * highmem zone can hold its share of dirty pages, so we don't + * care about vm_highmem_is_dirtyable here. + */ + return zone_page_state(zone, NR_FREE_PAGES) + + zone_reclaimable_pages(zone) - + zone->dirty_balance_reserve; +} + +/** + * zone_dirty_limit - maximum number of dirty pages allowed in a zone + * @zone: the zone + * + * Returns the maximum number of dirty pages allowed in a zone, based + * on the zone's dirtyable memory. + */ +static unsigned long zone_dirty_limit(struct zone *zone) +{ + unsigned long zone_memory = zone_dirtyable_memory(zone); + struct task_struct *tsk = current; + unsigned long dirty; + + if (vm_dirty_bytes) + dirty = DIV_ROUND_UP(vm_dirty_bytes, PAGE_SIZE) * + zone_memory / global_dirtyable_memory(); + else + dirty = vm_dirty_ratio * zone_memory / 100; + + if (tsk->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE || rt_task(tsk)) + dirty += dirty / 4; + + return dirty; +} + +/** + * zone_dirty_ok - tells whether a zone is within its dirty limits + * @zone: the zone to check + * + * Returns %true when the dirty pages in @zone are within the zone's + * dirty limit, %false if the limit is exceeded. + */ +bool zone_dirty_ok(struct zone *zone) +{ + unsigned long limit = zone_dirty_limit(zone); + + return zone_page_state(zone, NR_FILE_DIRTY) + + zone_page_state(zone, NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) + + zone_page_state(zone, NR_WRITEBACK) <= limit; +} + +/* * couple the period to the dirty_ratio: * * period/2 ~ roundup_pow_of_two(dirty limit) @@ -141,7 +332,7 @@ static int calc_period_shift(void) if (vm_dirty_bytes) dirty_total = vm_dirty_bytes / PAGE_SIZE; else - dirty_total = (vm_dirty_ratio * determine_dirtyable_memory()) / + dirty_total = (vm_dirty_ratio * global_dirtyable_memory()) / 100; return 2 + ilog2(dirty_total - 1); } @@ -196,7 +387,6 @@ int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, return ret; } - int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) @@ -291,67 +481,6 @@ int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned max_ratio) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(bdi_set_max_ratio); -/* - * Work out the current dirty-memory clamping and background writeout - * thresholds. - * - * The main aim here is to lower them aggressively if there is a lot of mapped - * memory around. To avoid stressing page reclaim with lots of unreclaimable - * pages. It is better to clamp down on writers than to start swapping, and - * performing lots of scanning. - * - * We only allow 1/2 of the currently-unmapped memory to be dirtied. - * - * We don't permit the clamping level to fall below 5% - that is getting rather - * excessive. - * - * We make sure that the background writeout level is below the adjusted - * clamping level. - */ - -static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total) -{ -#ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM - int node; - unsigned long x = 0; - - for_each_node_state(node, N_HIGH_MEMORY) { - struct zone *z = - &NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM]; - - x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES) + - zone_reclaimable_pages(z); - } - /* - * Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger - * than the number of the total dirtyable memory. This can only - * occur in very strange VM situations but we want to make sure - * that this does not occur. - */ - return min(x, total); -#else - return 0; -#endif -} - -/** - * determine_dirtyable_memory - amount of memory that may be used - * - * Returns the numebr of pages that can currently be freed and used - * by the kernel for direct mappings. - */ -unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void) -{ - unsigned long x; - - x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES) + global_reclaimable_pages(); - - if (!vm_highmem_is_dirtyable) - x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x); - - return x + 1; /* Ensure that we never return 0 */ -} - static unsigned long dirty_freerun_ceiling(unsigned long thresh, unsigned long bg_thresh) { @@ -363,47 +492,6 @@ static unsigned long hard_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh) return max(thresh, global_dirty_limit); } -/* - * global_dirty_limits - background-writeback and dirty-throttling thresholds - * - * Calculate the dirty thresholds based on sysctl parameters - * - vm.dirty_background_ratio or vm.dirty_background_bytes - * - vm.dirty_ratio or vm.dirty_bytes - * The dirty limits will be lifted by 1/4 for PF_LESS_THROTTLE (ie. nfsd) and - * real-time tasks. - */ -void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty) -{ - unsigned long background; - unsigned long dirty; - unsigned long uninitialized_var(available_memory); - struct task_struct *tsk; - - if (!vm_dirty_bytes || !dirty_background_bytes) - available_memory = determine_dirtyable_memory(); - - if (vm_dirty_bytes) - dirty = DIV_ROUND_UP(vm_dirty_bytes, PAGE_SIZE); - else - dirty = (vm_dirty_ratio * available_memory) / 100; - - if (dirty_background_bytes) - background = DIV_ROUND_UP(dirty_background_bytes, PAGE_SIZE); - else - background = (dirty_background_ratio * available_memory) / 100; - - if (background >= dirty) - background = dirty / 2; - tsk = current; - if (tsk->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE || rt_task(tsk)) { - background += background / 4; - dirty += dirty / 4; - } - *pbackground = background; - *pdirty = dirty; - trace_global_dirty_state(background, dirty); -} - /** * bdi_dirty_limit - @bdi's share of dirty throttling threshold * @bdi: the backing_dev_info to query @@ -411,8 +499,13 @@ void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty) * * Returns @bdi's dirty limit in pages. The term "dirty" in the context of * dirty balancing includes all PG_dirty, PG_writeback and NFS unstable pages. - * And the "limit" in the name is not seriously taken as hard limit in - * balance_dirty_pages(). + * + * Note that balance_dirty_pages() will only seriously take it as a hard limit + * when sleeping max_pause per page is not enough to keep the dirty pages under + * control. For example, when the device is completely stalled due to some error + * conditions, or when there are 1000 dd tasks writing to a slow 10MB/s USB key. + * In the other normal situations, it acts more gently by throttling the tasks + * more (rather than completely block them) when the bdi dirty pages go high. * * It allocates high/low dirty limits to fast/slow devices, in order to prevent * - starving fast devices @@ -594,6 +687,13 @@ static unsigned long bdi_position_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, */ if (unlikely(bdi_thresh > thresh)) bdi_thresh = thresh; + /* + * It's very possible that bdi_thresh is close to 0 not because the + * device is slow, but that it has remained inactive for long time. + * Honour such devices a reasonable good (hopefully IO efficient) + * threshold, so that the occasional writes won't be blocked and active + * writes can rampup the threshold quickly. + */ bdi_thresh = max(bdi_thresh, (limit - dirty) / 8); /* * scale global setpoint to bdi's: @@ -804,6 +904,11 @@ static void bdi_update_dirty_ratelimit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, */ balanced_dirty_ratelimit = div_u64((u64)task_ratelimit * write_bw, dirty_rate | 1); + /* + * balanced_dirty_ratelimit ~= (write_bw / N) <= write_bw + */ + if (unlikely(balanced_dirty_ratelimit > write_bw)) + balanced_dirty_ratelimit = write_bw; /* * We could safely do this and return immediately: @@ -950,41 +1055,98 @@ static unsigned long dirty_poll_interval(unsigned long dirty, return 1; } -static unsigned long bdi_max_pause(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, - unsigned long bdi_dirty) +static long bdi_max_pause(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, + unsigned long bdi_dirty) { - unsigned long bw = bdi->avg_write_bandwidth; - unsigned long hi = ilog2(bw); - unsigned long lo = ilog2(bdi->dirty_ratelimit); - unsigned long t; + long bw = bdi->avg_write_bandwidth; + long t; - /* target for 20ms max pause on 1-dd case */ - t = HZ / 50; + /* + * Limit pause time for small memory systems. If sleeping for too long + * time, a small pool of dirty/writeback pages may go empty and disk go + * idle. + * + * 8 serves as the safety ratio. + */ + t = bdi_dirty / (1 + bw / roundup_pow_of_two(1 + HZ / 8)); + t++; + + return min_t(long, t, MAX_PAUSE); +} + +static long bdi_min_pause(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, + long max_pause, + unsigned long task_ratelimit, + unsigned long dirty_ratelimit, + int *nr_dirtied_pause) +{ + long hi = ilog2(bdi->avg_write_bandwidth); + long lo = ilog2(bdi->dirty_ratelimit); + long t; /* target pause */ + long pause; /* estimated next pause */ + int pages; /* target nr_dirtied_pause */ + + /* target for 10ms pause on 1-dd case */ + t = max(1, HZ / 100); /* * Scale up pause time for concurrent dirtiers in order to reduce CPU * overheads. * - * (N * 20ms) on 2^N concurrent tasks. + * (N * 10ms) on 2^N concurrent tasks. */ if (hi > lo) - t += (hi - lo) * (20 * HZ) / 1024; + t += (hi - lo) * (10 * HZ) / 1024; /* - * Limit pause time for small memory systems. If sleeping for too long - * time, a small pool of dirty/writeback pages may go empty and disk go - * idle. + * This is a bit convoluted. We try to base the next nr_dirtied_pause + * on the much more stable dirty_ratelimit. However the next pause time + * will be computed based on task_ratelimit and the two rate limits may + * depart considerably at some time. Especially if task_ratelimit goes + * below dirty_ratelimit/2 and the target pause is max_pause, the next + * pause time will be max_pause*2 _trimmed down_ to max_pause. As a + * result task_ratelimit won't be executed faithfully, which could + * eventually bring down dirty_ratelimit. * - * 8 serves as the safety ratio. + * We apply two rules to fix it up: + * 1) try to estimate the next pause time and if necessary, use a lower + * nr_dirtied_pause so as not to exceed max_pause. When this happens, + * nr_dirtied_pause will be "dancing" with task_ratelimit. + * 2) limit the target pause time to max_pause/2, so that the normal + * small fluctuations of task_ratelimit won't trigger rule (1) and + * nr_dirtied_pause will remain as stable as dirty_ratelimit. */ - if (bdi_dirty) - t = min(t, bdi_dirty * HZ / (8 * bw + 1)); + t = min(t, 1 + max_pause / 2); + pages = dirty_ratelimit * t / roundup_pow_of_two(HZ); /* - * The pause time will be settled within range (max_pause/4, max_pause). - * Apply a minimal value of 4 to get a non-zero max_pause/4. + * Tiny nr_dirtied_pause is found to hurt I/O performance in the test + * case fio-mmap-randwrite-64k, which does 16*{sync read, async write}. + * When the 16 consecutive reads are often interrupted by some dirty + * throttling pause during the async writes, cfq will go into idles + * (deadline is fine). So push nr_dirtied_pause as high as possible + * until reaches DIRTY_POLL_THRESH=32 pages. */ - return clamp_val(t, 4, MAX_PAUSE); + if (pages < DIRTY_POLL_THRESH) { + t = max_pause; + pages = dirty_ratelimit * t / roundup_pow_of_two(HZ); + if (pages > DIRTY_POLL_THRESH) { + pages = DIRTY_POLL_THRESH; + t = HZ * DIRTY_POLL_THRESH / dirty_ratelimit; + } + } + + pause = HZ * pages / (task_ratelimit + 1); + if (pause > max_pause) { + t = max_pause; + pages = task_ratelimit * t / roundup_pow_of_two(HZ); + } + + *nr_dirtied_pause = pages; + /* + * The minimal pause time will normally be half the target pause time. + */ + return pages >= DIRTY_POLL_THRESH ? 1 + t / 2 : t; } /* @@ -1005,16 +1167,21 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long background_thresh; unsigned long dirty_thresh; unsigned long bdi_thresh; - long pause = 0; - long uninitialized_var(max_pause); + long period; + long pause; + long max_pause; + long min_pause; + int nr_dirtied_pause; bool dirty_exceeded = false; unsigned long task_ratelimit; - unsigned long uninitialized_var(dirty_ratelimit); + unsigned long dirty_ratelimit; unsigned long pos_ratio; struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info; unsigned long start_time = jiffies; for (;;) { + unsigned long now = jiffies; + /* * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked * filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been @@ -1034,8 +1201,13 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, */ freerun = dirty_freerun_ceiling(dirty_thresh, background_thresh); - if (nr_dirty <= freerun) + if (nr_dirty <= freerun) { + current->dirty_paused_when = now; + current->nr_dirtied = 0; + current->nr_dirtied_pause = + dirty_poll_interval(nr_dirty, dirty_thresh); break; + } if (unlikely(!writeback_in_progress(bdi))) bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi); @@ -1075,7 +1247,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK); } - dirty_exceeded = (bdi_dirty > bdi_thresh) || + dirty_exceeded = (bdi_dirty > bdi_thresh) && (nr_dirty > dirty_thresh); if (dirty_exceeded && !bdi->dirty_exceeded) bdi->dirty_exceeded = 1; @@ -1084,20 +1256,34 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, nr_dirty, bdi_thresh, bdi_dirty, start_time); - max_pause = bdi_max_pause(bdi, bdi_dirty); - dirty_ratelimit = bdi->dirty_ratelimit; pos_ratio = bdi_position_ratio(bdi, dirty_thresh, background_thresh, nr_dirty, bdi_thresh, bdi_dirty); task_ratelimit = ((u64)dirty_ratelimit * pos_ratio) >> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT; + max_pause = bdi_max_pause(bdi, bdi_dirty); + min_pause = bdi_min_pause(bdi, max_pause, + task_ratelimit, dirty_ratelimit, + &nr_dirtied_pause); + if (unlikely(task_ratelimit == 0)) { + period = max_pause; pause = max_pause; goto pause; } - pause = HZ * pages_dirtied / task_ratelimit; - if (unlikely(pause <= 0)) { + period = HZ * pages_dirtied / task_ratelimit; + pause = period; + if (current->dirty_paused_when) + pause -= now - current->dirty_paused_when; + /* + * For less than 1s think time (ext3/4 may block the dirtier + * for up to 800ms from time to time on 1-HDD; so does xfs, + * however at much less frequency), try to compensate it in + * future periods by updating the virtual time; otherwise just + * do a reset, as it may be a light dirtier. + */ + if (pause < min_pause) { trace_balance_dirty_pages(bdi, dirty_thresh, background_thresh, @@ -1107,12 +1293,24 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, dirty_ratelimit, task_ratelimit, pages_dirtied, - pause, + period, + min(pause, 0L), start_time); - pause = 1; /* avoid resetting nr_dirtied_pause below */ + if (pause < -HZ) { + current->dirty_paused_when = now; + current->nr_dirtied = 0; + } else if (period) { + current->dirty_paused_when += period; + current->nr_dirtied = 0; + } else if (current->nr_dirtied_pause <= pages_dirtied) + current->nr_dirtied_pause += pages_dirtied; break; } - pause = min(pause, max_pause); + if (unlikely(pause > max_pause)) { + /* for occasional dropped task_ratelimit */ + now += min(pause - max_pause, max_pause); + pause = max_pause; + } pause: trace_balance_dirty_pages(bdi, @@ -1124,11 +1322,16 @@ pause: dirty_ratelimit, task_ratelimit, pages_dirtied, + period, pause, start_time); __set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE); io_schedule_timeout(pause); + current->dirty_paused_when = now + pause; + current->nr_dirtied = 0; + current->nr_dirtied_pause = nr_dirtied_pause; + /* * This is typically equal to (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh) and can * also keep "1000+ dd on a slow USB stick" under control. @@ -1136,6 +1339,19 @@ pause: if (task_ratelimit) break; + /* + * In the case of an unresponding NFS server and the NFS dirty + * pages exceeds dirty_thresh, give the other good bdi's a pipe + * to go through, so that tasks on them still remain responsive. + * + * In theory 1 page is enough to keep the comsumer-producer + * pipe going: the flusher cleans 1 page => the task dirties 1 + * more page. However bdi_dirty has accounting errors. So use + * the larger and more IO friendly bdi_stat_error. + */ + if (bdi_dirty <= bdi_stat_error(bdi)) + break; + if (fatal_signal_pending(current)) break; } @@ -1143,23 +1359,6 @@ pause: if (!dirty_exceeded && bdi->dirty_exceeded) bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0; - current->nr_dirtied = 0; - if (pause == 0) { /* in freerun area */ - current->nr_dirtied_pause = - dirty_poll_interval(nr_dirty, dirty_thresh); - } else if (pause <= max_pause / 4 && - pages_dirtied >= current->nr_dirtied_pause) { - current->nr_dirtied_pause = clamp_val( - dirty_ratelimit * (max_pause / 2) / HZ, - pages_dirtied + pages_dirtied / 8, - pages_dirtied * 4); - } else if (pause >= max_pause) { - current->nr_dirtied_pause = 1 | clamp_val( - dirty_ratelimit * (max_pause / 2) / HZ, - pages_dirtied / 4, - pages_dirtied - pages_dirtied / 8); - } - if (writeback_in_progress(bdi)) return; @@ -1190,6 +1389,22 @@ void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite) static DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, bdp_ratelimits); +/* + * Normal tasks are throttled by + * loop { + * dirty tsk->nr_dirtied_pause pages; + * take a snap in balance_dirty_pages(); + * } + * However there is a worst case. If every task exit immediately when dirtied + * (tsk->nr_dirtied_pause - 1) pages, balance_dirty_pages() will never be + * called to throttle the page dirties. The solution is to save the not yet + * throttled page dirties in dirty_throttle_leaks on task exit and charge them + * randomly into the running tasks. This works well for the above worst case, + * as the new task will pick up and accumulate the old task's leaked dirty + * count and eventually get throttled. + */ +DEFINE_PER_CPU(int, dirty_throttle_leaks) = 0; + /** * balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr - balance dirty memory state * @mapping: address_space which was dirtied @@ -1218,8 +1433,6 @@ void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping, if (bdi->dirty_exceeded) ratelimit = min(ratelimit, 32 >> (PAGE_SHIFT - 10)); - current->nr_dirtied += nr_pages_dirtied; - preempt_disable(); /* * This prevents one CPU to accumulate too many dirtied pages without @@ -1230,12 +1443,20 @@ void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping, p = &__get_cpu_var(bdp_ratelimits); if (unlikely(current->nr_dirtied >= ratelimit)) *p = 0; - else { - *p += nr_pages_dirtied; - if (unlikely(*p >= ratelimit_pages)) { - *p = 0; - ratelimit = 0; - } + else if (unlikely(*p >= ratelimit_pages)) { + *p = 0; + ratelimit = 0; + } + /* + * Pick up the dirtied pages by the exited tasks. This avoids lots of + * short-lived tasks (eg. gcc invocations in a kernel build) escaping + * the dirty throttling and livelock other long-run dirtiers. + */ + p = &__get_cpu_var(dirty_throttle_leaks); + if (*p > 0 && current->nr_dirtied < ratelimit) { + nr_pages_dirtied = min(*p, ratelimit - current->nr_dirtied); + *p -= nr_pages_dirtied; + current->nr_dirtied += nr_pages_dirtied; } preempt_enable(); @@ -1717,6 +1938,8 @@ void account_page_dirtied(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping) __inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_RECLAIMABLE); __inc_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_DIRTIED); task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE); + current->nr_dirtied++; + this_cpu_inc(bdp_ratelimits); } } EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_dirtied); @@ -1777,6 +2000,24 @@ int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page) EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_nobuffers); /* + * Call this whenever redirtying a page, to de-account the dirty counters + * (NR_DIRTIED, BDI_DIRTIED, tsk->nr_dirtied), so that they match the written + * counters (NR_WRITTEN, BDI_WRITTEN) in long term. The mismatches will lead to + * systematic errors in balanced_dirty_ratelimit and the dirty pages position + * control. + */ +void account_page_redirty(struct page *page) +{ + struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping; + if (mapping && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) { + current->nr_dirtied--; + dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_DIRTIED); + dec_bdi_stat(mapping->backing_dev_info, BDI_DIRTIED); + } +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(account_page_redirty); + +/* * When a writepage implementation decides that it doesn't want to write this * page for some reason, it should redirty the locked page via * redirty_page_for_writepage() and it should then unlock the page and return 0 @@ -1784,6 +2025,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_nobuffers); int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page) { wbc->pages_skipped++; + account_page_redirty(page); return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page); } EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage); |