2 * linux/fs/checkpoint.c
4 * Written by Stephen C. Tweedie <sct@redhat.com>, 1999
6 * Copyright 1999 Red Hat Software --- All Rights Reserved
8 * This file is part of the Linux kernel and is made available under
9 * the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 2, or at your
10 * option, any later version, incorporated herein by reference.
12 * Checkpoint routines for the generic filesystem journaling code.
13 * Part of the ext2fs journaling system.
15 * Checkpointing is the process of ensuring that a section of the log is
16 * committed fully to disk, so that that portion of the log can be
20 #include <linux/time.h>
22 #include <linux/jbd.h>
23 #include <linux/errno.h>
24 #include <linux/slab.h>
27 * Unlink a buffer from a transaction.
29 * Called with j_list_lock held.
32 static inline void __buffer_unlink(struct journal_head *jh)
34 transaction_t *transaction;
36 transaction = jh->b_cp_transaction;
37 jh->b_cp_transaction = NULL;
39 jh->b_cpnext->b_cpprev = jh->b_cpprev;
40 jh->b_cpprev->b_cpnext = jh->b_cpnext;
41 if (transaction->t_checkpoint_list == jh)
42 transaction->t_checkpoint_list = jh->b_cpnext;
43 if (transaction->t_checkpoint_list == jh)
44 transaction->t_checkpoint_list = NULL;
48 * Try to release a checkpointed buffer from its transaction.
49 * Returns 1 if we released it.
50 * Requires j_list_lock
51 * Called under jbd_lock_bh_state(jh2bh(jh)), and drops it
53 static int __try_to_free_cp_buf(struct journal_head *jh)
56 struct buffer_head *bh = jh2bh(jh);
58 if (jh->b_jlist == BJ_None && !buffer_locked(bh) && !buffer_dirty(bh)) {
59 JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "remove from checkpoint list");
60 __journal_remove_checkpoint(jh);
61 jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
62 journal_remove_journal_head(bh);
63 BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "release");
67 jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
73 * __log_wait_for_space: wait until there is space in the journal.
75 * Called under j-state_lock *only*. It will be unlocked if we have to wait
76 * for a checkpoint to free up some space in the log.
78 void __log_wait_for_space(journal_t *journal)
81 assert_spin_locked(&journal->j_state_lock);
83 nblocks = jbd_space_needed(journal);
84 while (__log_space_left(journal) < nblocks) {
85 if (journal->j_flags & JFS_ABORT)
87 spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
88 down(&journal->j_checkpoint_sem);
91 * Test again, another process may have checkpointed while we
92 * were waiting for the checkpoint lock
94 spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
95 nblocks = jbd_space_needed(journal);
96 if (__log_space_left(journal) < nblocks) {
97 spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
98 log_do_checkpoint(journal);
99 spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
101 up(&journal->j_checkpoint_sem);
106 * We were unable to perform jbd_trylock_bh_state() inside j_list_lock.
107 * The caller must restart a list walk. Wait for someone else to run
108 * jbd_unlock_bh_state().
110 static void jbd_sync_bh(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head *bh)
113 spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
114 jbd_lock_bh_state(bh);
115 jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
120 * Clean up a transaction's checkpoint list.
122 * We wait for any pending IO to complete and make sure any clean
123 * buffers are removed from the transaction.
125 * Return 1 if we performed any actions which might have destroyed the
126 * checkpoint. (journal_remove_checkpoint() deletes the transaction when
127 * the last checkpoint buffer is cleansed)
129 * Called with j_list_lock held.
131 static int __cleanup_transaction(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *transaction)
133 struct journal_head *jh, *next_jh, *last_jh;
134 struct buffer_head *bh;
137 assert_spin_locked(&journal->j_list_lock);
138 jh = transaction->t_checkpoint_list;
142 last_jh = jh->b_cpprev;
147 if (buffer_locked(bh)) {
148 atomic_inc(&bh->b_count);
149 spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
151 /* the journal_head may have gone by now */
152 BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "brelse");
160 if (!jbd_trylock_bh_state(bh)) {
161 jbd_sync_bh(journal, bh);
165 if (jh->b_transaction != NULL) {
166 transaction_t *t = jh->b_transaction;
167 tid_t tid = t->t_tid;
169 spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
170 jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
171 log_start_commit(journal, tid);
172 log_wait_commit(journal, tid);
177 * AKPM: I think the buffer_jbddirty test is redundant - it
178 * shouldn't have NULL b_transaction?
180 next_jh = jh->b_cpnext;
181 if (!buffer_dirty(bh) && !buffer_jbddirty(bh)) {
182 BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "remove from checkpoint");
183 __journal_remove_checkpoint(jh);
184 jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
185 journal_remove_journal_head(bh);
189 jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
191 } while (jh != last_jh);
195 spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
202 __flush_batch(journal_t *journal, struct buffer_head **bhs, int *batch_count)
206 spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
207 ll_rw_block(SWRITE, *batch_count, bhs);
208 spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
209 for (i = 0; i < *batch_count; i++) {
210 struct buffer_head *bh = bhs[i];
211 clear_buffer_jwrite(bh);
212 BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "brelse");
219 * Try to flush one buffer from the checkpoint list to disk.
221 * Return 1 if something happened which requires us to abort the current
222 * scan of the checkpoint list.
224 * Called with j_list_lock held.
225 * Called under jbd_lock_bh_state(jh2bh(jh)), and drops it
227 static int __flush_buffer(journal_t *journal, struct journal_head *jh,
228 struct buffer_head **bhs, int *batch_count,
231 struct buffer_head *bh = jh2bh(jh);
234 if (buffer_dirty(bh) && !buffer_locked(bh) && jh->b_jlist == BJ_None) {
235 J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_transaction == NULL);
238 * Important: we are about to write the buffer, and
239 * possibly block, while still holding the journal lock.
240 * We cannot afford to let the transaction logic start
241 * messing around with this buffer before we write it to
242 * disk, as that would break recoverability.
244 BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "queue");
246 J_ASSERT_BH(bh, !buffer_jwrite(bh));
247 set_buffer_jwrite(bh);
248 bhs[*batch_count] = bh;
249 jbd_unlock_bh_state(bh);
251 if (*batch_count == NR_BATCH) {
252 __flush_batch(journal, bhs, batch_count);
257 if (jh->b_cpnext == jh) {
258 /* We may be about to drop the transaction. Tell the
259 * caller that the lists have changed.
263 if (__try_to_free_cp_buf(jh)) {
272 * Perform an actual checkpoint. We don't write out only enough to
273 * satisfy the current blocked requests: rather we submit a reasonably
274 * sized chunk of the outstanding data to disk at once for
275 * efficiency. __log_wait_for_space() will retry if we didn't free enough.
277 * However, we _do_ take into account the amount requested so that once
278 * the IO has been queued, we can return as soon as enough of it has
281 * The journal should be locked before calling this function.
283 int log_do_checkpoint(journal_t *journal)
287 struct buffer_head *bhs[NR_BATCH];
289 jbd_debug(1, "Start checkpoint\n");
292 * First thing: if there are any transactions in the log which
293 * don't need checkpointing, just eliminate them from the
294 * journal straight away.
296 result = cleanup_journal_tail(journal);
297 jbd_debug(1, "cleanup_journal_tail returned %d\n", result);
302 * OK, we need to start writing disk blocks. Try to free up a
303 * quarter of the log in a single checkpoint if we can.
306 * AKPM: check this code. I had a feeling a while back that it
307 * degenerates into a busy loop at unmount time.
309 spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
310 while (journal->j_checkpoint_transactions) {
311 transaction_t *transaction;
312 struct journal_head *jh, *last_jh, *next_jh;
314 int cleanup_ret, retry = 0;
317 transaction = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions;
318 this_tid = transaction->t_tid;
319 jh = transaction->t_checkpoint_list;
320 last_jh = jh->b_cpprev;
323 struct buffer_head *bh;
326 next_jh = jh->b_cpnext;
328 if (!jbd_trylock_bh_state(bh)) {
329 jbd_sync_bh(journal, bh);
330 spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
334 retry = __flush_buffer(journal, jh, bhs, &batch_count, &drop_count);
335 if (cond_resched_lock(&journal->j_list_lock)) {
339 } while (jh != last_jh && !retry);
342 __flush_batch(journal, bhs, &batch_count);
347 * If someone cleaned up this transaction while we slept, we're
350 if (journal->j_checkpoint_transactions != transaction)
355 * Maybe it's a new transaction, but it fell at the same
358 if (transaction->t_tid != this_tid)
361 * We have walked the whole transaction list without
362 * finding anything to write to disk. We had better be
363 * able to make some progress or we are in trouble.
365 cleanup_ret = __cleanup_transaction(journal, transaction);
366 J_ASSERT(drop_count != 0 || cleanup_ret != 0);
367 if (journal->j_checkpoint_transactions != transaction)
370 spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
371 result = cleanup_journal_tail(journal);
379 * Check the list of checkpoint transactions for the journal to see if
380 * we have already got rid of any since the last update of the log tail
381 * in the journal superblock. If so, we can instantly roll the
382 * superblock forward to remove those transactions from the log.
384 * Return <0 on error, 0 on success, 1 if there was nothing to clean up.
386 * Called with the journal lock held.
388 * This is the only part of the journaling code which really needs to be
389 * aware of transaction aborts. Checkpointing involves writing to the
390 * main filesystem area rather than to the journal, so it can proceed
391 * even in abort state, but we must not update the journal superblock if
392 * we have an abort error outstanding.
395 int cleanup_journal_tail(journal_t *journal)
397 transaction_t * transaction;
399 unsigned long blocknr, freed;
401 /* OK, work out the oldest transaction remaining in the log, and
402 * the log block it starts at.
404 * If the log is now empty, we need to work out which is the
405 * next transaction ID we will write, and where it will
408 spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
409 spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
410 transaction = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions;
412 first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
413 blocknr = transaction->t_log_start;
414 } else if ((transaction = journal->j_committing_transaction) != NULL) {
415 first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
416 blocknr = transaction->t_log_start;
417 } else if ((transaction = journal->j_running_transaction) != NULL) {
418 first_tid = transaction->t_tid;
419 blocknr = journal->j_head;
421 first_tid = journal->j_transaction_sequence;
422 blocknr = journal->j_head;
424 spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
425 J_ASSERT(blocknr != 0);
427 /* If the oldest pinned transaction is at the tail of the log
428 already then there's not much we can do right now. */
429 if (journal->j_tail_sequence == first_tid) {
430 spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
434 /* OK, update the superblock to recover the freed space.
435 * Physical blocks come first: have we wrapped beyond the end of
437 freed = blocknr - journal->j_tail;
438 if (blocknr < journal->j_tail)
439 freed = freed + journal->j_last - journal->j_first;
442 "Cleaning journal tail from %d to %d (offset %lu), "
444 journal->j_tail_sequence, first_tid, blocknr, freed);
446 journal->j_free += freed;
447 journal->j_tail_sequence = first_tid;
448 journal->j_tail = blocknr;
449 spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
450 if (!(journal->j_flags & JFS_ABORT))
451 journal_update_superblock(journal, 1);
456 /* Checkpoint list management */
459 * journal_clean_checkpoint_list
461 * Find all the written-back checkpoint buffers in the journal and release them.
463 * Called with the journal locked.
464 * Called with j_list_lock held.
465 * Returns number of bufers reaped (for debug)
468 int __journal_clean_checkpoint_list(journal_t *journal)
470 transaction_t *transaction, *last_transaction, *next_transaction;
473 transaction = journal->j_checkpoint_transactions;
474 if (transaction == 0)
477 last_transaction = transaction->t_cpprev;
478 next_transaction = transaction;
480 struct journal_head *jh;
482 transaction = next_transaction;
483 next_transaction = transaction->t_cpnext;
484 jh = transaction->t_checkpoint_list;
486 struct journal_head *last_jh = jh->b_cpprev;
487 struct journal_head *next_jh = jh;
491 next_jh = jh->b_cpnext;
492 /* Use trylock because of the ranknig */
493 if (jbd_trylock_bh_state(jh2bh(jh)))
494 ret += __try_to_free_cp_buf(jh);
496 * This function only frees up some memory
497 * if possible so we dont have an obligation
498 * to finish processing. Bail out if preemption
503 } while (jh != last_jh);
505 } while (transaction != last_transaction);
511 * journal_remove_checkpoint: called after a buffer has been committed
512 * to disk (either by being write-back flushed to disk, or being
513 * committed to the log).
515 * We cannot safely clean a transaction out of the log until all of the
516 * buffer updates committed in that transaction have safely been stored
517 * elsewhere on disk. To achieve this, all of the buffers in a
518 * transaction need to be maintained on the transaction's checkpoint
519 * list until they have been rewritten, at which point this function is
520 * called to remove the buffer from the existing transaction's
523 * This function is called with the journal locked.
524 * This function is called with j_list_lock held.
527 void __journal_remove_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh)
529 transaction_t *transaction;
532 JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "entry");
534 if ((transaction = jh->b_cp_transaction) == NULL) {
535 JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "not on transaction");
538 journal = transaction->t_journal;
542 if (transaction->t_checkpoint_list != NULL)
544 JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "transaction has no more buffers");
547 * There is one special case to worry about: if we have just pulled the
548 * buffer off a committing transaction's forget list, then even if the
549 * checkpoint list is empty, the transaction obviously cannot be
552 * The locking here around j_committing_transaction is a bit sleazy.
553 * See the comment at the end of journal_commit_transaction().
555 if (transaction == journal->j_committing_transaction) {
556 JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "belongs to committing transaction");
560 /* OK, that was the last buffer for the transaction: we can now
561 safely remove this transaction from the log */
563 __journal_drop_transaction(journal, transaction);
565 /* Just in case anybody was waiting for more transactions to be
567 wake_up(&journal->j_wait_logspace);
569 JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "exit");
573 * journal_insert_checkpoint: put a committed buffer onto a checkpoint
574 * list so that we know when it is safe to clean the transaction out of
577 * Called with the journal locked.
578 * Called with j_list_lock held.
580 void __journal_insert_checkpoint(struct journal_head *jh,
581 transaction_t *transaction)
583 JBUFFER_TRACE(jh, "entry");
584 J_ASSERT_JH(jh, buffer_dirty(jh2bh(jh)) || buffer_jbddirty(jh2bh(jh)));
585 J_ASSERT_JH(jh, jh->b_cp_transaction == NULL);
587 jh->b_cp_transaction = transaction;
589 if (!transaction->t_checkpoint_list) {
590 jh->b_cpnext = jh->b_cpprev = jh;
592 jh->b_cpnext = transaction->t_checkpoint_list;
593 jh->b_cpprev = transaction->t_checkpoint_list->b_cpprev;
594 jh->b_cpprev->b_cpnext = jh;
595 jh->b_cpnext->b_cpprev = jh;
597 transaction->t_checkpoint_list = jh;
601 * We've finished with this transaction structure: adios...
603 * The transaction must have no links except for the checkpoint by this
606 * Called with the journal locked.
607 * Called with j_list_lock held.
610 void __journal_drop_transaction(journal_t *journal, transaction_t *transaction)
612 assert_spin_locked(&journal->j_list_lock);
613 if (transaction->t_cpnext) {
614 transaction->t_cpnext->t_cpprev = transaction->t_cpprev;
615 transaction->t_cpprev->t_cpnext = transaction->t_cpnext;
616 if (journal->j_checkpoint_transactions == transaction)
617 journal->j_checkpoint_transactions =
618 transaction->t_cpnext;
619 if (journal->j_checkpoint_transactions == transaction)
620 journal->j_checkpoint_transactions = NULL;
623 J_ASSERT(transaction->t_state == T_FINISHED);
624 J_ASSERT(transaction->t_buffers == NULL);
625 J_ASSERT(transaction->t_sync_datalist == NULL);
626 J_ASSERT(transaction->t_forget == NULL);
627 J_ASSERT(transaction->t_iobuf_list == NULL);
628 J_ASSERT(transaction->t_shadow_list == NULL);
629 J_ASSERT(transaction->t_log_list == NULL);
630 J_ASSERT(transaction->t_checkpoint_list == NULL);
631 J_ASSERT(transaction->t_updates == 0);
632 J_ASSERT(journal->j_committing_transaction != transaction);
633 J_ASSERT(journal->j_running_transaction != transaction);
635 jbd_debug(1, "Dropping transaction %d, all done\n", transaction->t_tid);