4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
6 * Contains functions related to writing back dirty pages at the
9 * 10Apr2002 akpm@zip.com.au
13 #include <linux/kernel.h>
14 #include <linux/module.h>
15 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
18 #include <linux/swap.h>
19 #include <linux/slab.h>
20 #include <linux/pagemap.h>
21 #include <linux/writeback.h>
22 #include <linux/init.h>
23 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
24 #include <linux/task_io_accounting_ops.h>
25 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
26 #include <linux/mpage.h>
27 #include <linux/rmap.h>
28 #include <linux/percpu.h>
29 #include <linux/notifier.h>
30 #include <linux/smp.h>
31 #include <linux/sysctl.h>
32 #include <linux/cpu.h>
33 #include <linux/syscalls.h>
34 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
35 #include <linux/pagevec.h>
38 * The maximum number of pages to writeout in a single bdflush/kupdate
39 * operation. We do this so we don't hold I_LOCK against an inode for
40 * enormous amounts of time, which would block a userspace task which has
41 * been forced to throttle against that inode. Also, the code reevaluates
42 * the dirty each time it has written this many pages.
44 #define MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES 1024
47 * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited
48 * will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling.
50 static long ratelimit_pages = 32;
52 static int dirty_exceeded __cacheline_aligned_in_smp; /* Dirty mem may be over limit */
55 * When balance_dirty_pages decides that the caller needs to perform some
56 * non-background writeback, this is how many pages it will attempt to write.
57 * It should be somewhat larger than RATELIMIT_PAGES to ensure that reasonably
58 * large amounts of I/O are submitted.
60 static inline long sync_writeback_pages(void)
62 return ratelimit_pages + ratelimit_pages / 2;
65 /* The following parameters are exported via /proc/sys/vm */
68 * Start background writeback (via pdflush) at this percentage
70 int dirty_background_ratio = 5;
73 * The generator of dirty data starts writeback at this percentage
75 int vm_dirty_ratio = 10;
78 * The interval between `kupdate'-style writebacks, in jiffies
80 int dirty_writeback_interval = 5 * HZ;
83 * The longest number of jiffies for which data is allowed to remain dirty
85 int dirty_expire_interval = 30 * HZ;
88 * Flag that makes the machine dump writes/reads and block dirtyings.
93 * Flag that puts the machine in "laptop mode". Doubles as a timeout in jiffies:
94 * a full sync is triggered after this time elapses without any disk activity.
98 EXPORT_SYMBOL(laptop_mode);
100 /* End of sysctl-exported parameters */
103 static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages);
106 * Work out the current dirty-memory clamping and background writeout
109 * The main aim here is to lower them aggressively if there is a lot of mapped
110 * memory around. To avoid stressing page reclaim with lots of unreclaimable
111 * pages. It is better to clamp down on writers than to start swapping, and
112 * performing lots of scanning.
114 * We only allow 1/2 of the currently-unmapped memory to be dirtied.
116 * We don't permit the clamping level to fall below 5% - that is getting rather
119 * We make sure that the background writeout level is below the adjusted
123 static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total)
125 #ifdef CONFIG_HIGHMEM
129 for_each_online_node(node) {
131 &NODE_DATA(node)->node_zones[ZONE_HIGHMEM];
133 x += zone_page_state(z, NR_FREE_PAGES)
134 + zone_page_state(z, NR_INACTIVE)
135 + zone_page_state(z, NR_ACTIVE);
138 * Make sure that the number of highmem pages is never larger
139 * than the number of the total dirtyable memory. This can only
140 * occur in very strange VM situations but we want to make sure
141 * that this does not occur.
143 return min(x, total);
149 static unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
153 x = global_page_state(NR_FREE_PAGES)
154 + global_page_state(NR_INACTIVE)
155 + global_page_state(NR_ACTIVE);
156 x -= highmem_dirtyable_memory(x);
157 return x + 1; /* Ensure that we never return 0 */
161 get_dirty_limits(long *pbackground, long *pdirty,
162 struct address_space *mapping)
164 int background_ratio; /* Percentages */
169 unsigned long available_memory = determine_dirtyable_memory();
170 struct task_struct *tsk;
172 unmapped_ratio = 100 - ((global_page_state(NR_FILE_MAPPED) +
173 global_page_state(NR_ANON_PAGES)) * 100) /
176 dirty_ratio = vm_dirty_ratio;
177 if (dirty_ratio > unmapped_ratio / 2)
178 dirty_ratio = unmapped_ratio / 2;
183 background_ratio = dirty_background_ratio;
184 if (background_ratio >= dirty_ratio)
185 background_ratio = dirty_ratio / 2;
187 background = (background_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
188 dirty = (dirty_ratio * available_memory) / 100;
190 if (tsk->flags & PF_LESS_THROTTLE || rt_task(tsk)) {
191 background += background / 4;
194 *pbackground = background;
199 * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
200 * data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
201 * the caller to perform writeback if the system is over `vm_dirty_ratio'.
202 * If we're over `background_thresh' then pdflush is woken to perform some
205 static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping)
208 long background_thresh;
210 unsigned long pages_written = 0;
211 unsigned long write_chunk = sync_writeback_pages();
213 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
216 struct writeback_control wbc = {
218 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
219 .older_than_this = NULL,
220 .nr_to_write = write_chunk,
224 get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, mapping);
225 nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
226 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
227 if (nr_reclaimable + global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <=
234 /* Note: nr_reclaimable denotes nr_dirty + nr_unstable.
235 * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked
236 * filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been
237 * written to the server's write cache, but has not yet
238 * been flushed to permanent storage.
240 if (nr_reclaimable) {
241 writeback_inodes(&wbc);
242 get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh,
243 &dirty_thresh, mapping);
244 nr_reclaimable = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
245 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
247 global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK)
250 pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
251 if (pages_written >= write_chunk)
252 break; /* We've done our duty */
254 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
257 if (nr_reclaimable + global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK)
258 <= dirty_thresh && dirty_exceeded)
261 if (writeback_in_progress(bdi))
262 return; /* pdflush is already working this queue */
265 * In laptop mode, we wait until hitting the higher threshold before
266 * starting background writeout, and then write out all the way down
267 * to the lower threshold. So slow writers cause minimal disk activity.
269 * In normal mode, we start background writeout at the lower
270 * background_thresh, to keep the amount of dirty memory low.
272 if ((laptop_mode && pages_written) ||
273 (!laptop_mode && (nr_reclaimable > background_thresh)))
274 pdflush_operation(background_writeout, 0);
277 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page)
279 if (set_page_dirty(page)) {
280 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
283 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
288 * balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr - balance dirty memory state
289 * @mapping: address_space which was dirtied
290 * @nr_pages_dirtied: number of pages which the caller has just dirtied
292 * Processes which are dirtying memory should call in here once for each page
293 * which was newly dirtied. The function will periodically check the system's
294 * dirty state and will initiate writeback if needed.
296 * On really big machines, get_writeback_state is expensive, so try to avoid
297 * calling it too often (ratelimiting). But once we're over the dirty memory
298 * limit we decrease the ratelimiting by a lot, to prevent individual processes
299 * from overshooting the limit by (ratelimit_pages) each.
301 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
302 unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied)
304 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(unsigned long, ratelimits) = 0;
305 unsigned long ratelimit;
308 ratelimit = ratelimit_pages;
313 * Check the rate limiting. Also, we do not want to throttle real-time
314 * tasks in balance_dirty_pages(). Period.
317 p = &__get_cpu_var(ratelimits);
318 *p += nr_pages_dirtied;
319 if (unlikely(*p >= ratelimit)) {
322 balance_dirty_pages(mapping);
327 EXPORT_SYMBOL(balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr);
329 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask)
331 long background_thresh;
334 if ((gfp_mask & (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) != (__GFP_FS|__GFP_IO)) {
336 * The caller might hold locks which can prevent IO completion
337 * or progress in the filesystem. So we cannot just sit here
338 * waiting for IO to complete.
340 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
345 get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL);
348 * Boost the allowable dirty threshold a bit for page
349 * allocators so they don't get DoS'ed by heavy writers
351 dirty_thresh += dirty_thresh / 10; /* wheeee... */
353 if (global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
354 global_page_state(NR_WRITEBACK) <= dirty_thresh)
356 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
361 * writeback at least _min_pages, and keep writing until the amount of dirty
362 * memory is less than the background threshold, or until we're all clean.
364 static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages)
366 long min_pages = _min_pages;
367 struct writeback_control wbc = {
369 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
370 .older_than_this = NULL,
377 long background_thresh;
380 get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh, NULL);
381 if (global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
382 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) < background_thresh
385 wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
386 wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
387 wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
388 writeback_inodes(&wbc);
389 min_pages -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
390 if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0 || wbc.pages_skipped > 0) {
391 /* Wrote less than expected */
392 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
393 if (!wbc.encountered_congestion)
400 * Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
401 * the whole world. Returns 0 if a pdflush thread was dispatched. Returns
402 * -1 if all pdflush threads were busy.
404 int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages)
407 nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
408 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
409 return pdflush_operation(background_writeout, nr_pages);
412 static void wb_timer_fn(unsigned long unused);
413 static void laptop_timer_fn(unsigned long unused);
415 static DEFINE_TIMER(wb_timer, wb_timer_fn, 0, 0);
416 static DEFINE_TIMER(laptop_mode_wb_timer, laptop_timer_fn, 0, 0);
419 * Periodic writeback of "old" data.
421 * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the
422 * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code
423 * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are
424 * older than a specific point in time.
426 * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event
427 * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a
430 * older_than_this takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back
431 * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings.
433 static void wb_kupdate(unsigned long arg)
435 unsigned long oldest_jif;
436 unsigned long start_jif;
437 unsigned long next_jif;
439 struct writeback_control wbc = {
441 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
442 .older_than_this = &oldest_jif,
451 oldest_jif = jiffies - dirty_expire_interval;
453 next_jif = start_jif + dirty_writeback_interval;
454 nr_to_write = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
455 global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
456 (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
457 while (nr_to_write > 0) {
458 wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
459 wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
460 writeback_inodes(&wbc);
461 if (wbc.nr_to_write > 0) {
462 if (wbc.encountered_congestion)
463 congestion_wait(WRITE, HZ/10);
465 break; /* All the old data is written */
467 nr_to_write -= MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES - wbc.nr_to_write;
469 if (time_before(next_jif, jiffies + HZ))
470 next_jif = jiffies + HZ;
471 if (dirty_writeback_interval)
472 mod_timer(&wb_timer, next_jif);
476 * sysctl handler for /proc/sys/vm/dirty_writeback_centisecs
478 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(ctl_table *table, int write,
479 struct file *file, void __user *buffer, size_t *length, loff_t *ppos)
481 proc_dointvec_userhz_jiffies(table, write, file, buffer, length, ppos);
482 if (dirty_writeback_interval) {
484 jiffies + dirty_writeback_interval);
486 del_timer(&wb_timer);
491 static void wb_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
493 if (pdflush_operation(wb_kupdate, 0) < 0)
494 mod_timer(&wb_timer, jiffies + HZ); /* delay 1 second */
497 static void laptop_flush(unsigned long unused)
502 static void laptop_timer_fn(unsigned long unused)
504 pdflush_operation(laptop_flush, 0);
508 * We've spun up the disk and we're in laptop mode: schedule writeback
509 * of all dirty data a few seconds from now. If the flush is already scheduled
510 * then push it back - the user is still using the disk.
512 void laptop_io_completion(void)
514 mod_timer(&laptop_mode_wb_timer, jiffies + laptop_mode);
518 * We're in laptop mode and we've just synced. The sync's writes will have
519 * caused another writeback to be scheduled by laptop_io_completion.
520 * Nothing needs to be written back anymore, so we unschedule the writeback.
522 void laptop_sync_completion(void)
524 del_timer(&laptop_mode_wb_timer);
528 * If ratelimit_pages is too high then we can get into dirty-data overload
529 * if a large number of processes all perform writes at the same time.
530 * If it is too low then SMP machines will call the (expensive)
531 * get_writeback_state too often.
533 * Here we set ratelimit_pages to a level which ensures that when all CPUs are
534 * dirtying in parallel, we cannot go more than 3% (1/32) over the dirty memory
535 * thresholds before writeback cuts in.
537 * But the limit should not be set too high. Because it also controls the
538 * amount of memory which the balance_dirty_pages() caller has to write back.
539 * If this is too large then the caller will block on the IO queue all the
540 * time. So limit it to four megabytes - the balance_dirty_pages() caller
541 * will write six megabyte chunks, max.
544 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void)
546 ratelimit_pages = vm_total_pages / (num_online_cpus() * 32);
547 if (ratelimit_pages < 16)
548 ratelimit_pages = 16;
549 if (ratelimit_pages * PAGE_CACHE_SIZE > 4096 * 1024)
550 ratelimit_pages = (4096 * 1024) / PAGE_CACHE_SIZE;
554 ratelimit_handler(struct notifier_block *self, unsigned long u, void *v)
556 writeback_set_ratelimit();
560 static struct notifier_block __cpuinitdata ratelimit_nb = {
561 .notifier_call = ratelimit_handler,
566 * Called early on to tune the page writeback dirty limits.
568 * We used to scale dirty pages according to how total memory
569 * related to pages that could be allocated for buffers (by
570 * comparing nr_free_buffer_pages() to vm_total_pages.
572 * However, that was when we used "dirty_ratio" to scale with
573 * all memory, and we don't do that any more. "dirty_ratio"
574 * is now applied to total non-HIGHPAGE memory (by subtracting
575 * totalhigh_pages from vm_total_pages), and as such we can't
576 * get into the old insane situation any more where we had
577 * large amounts of dirty pages compared to a small amount of
578 * non-HIGHMEM memory.
580 * But we might still want to scale the dirty_ratio by how
581 * much memory the box has..
583 void __init page_writeback_init(void)
585 mod_timer(&wb_timer, jiffies + dirty_writeback_interval);
586 writeback_set_ratelimit();
587 register_cpu_notifier(&ratelimit_nb);
591 * generic_writepages - walk the list of dirty pages of the given address space and writepage() all of them.
592 * @mapping: address space structure to write
593 * @wbc: subtract the number of written pages from *@wbc->nr_to_write
595 * This is a library function, which implements the writepages()
596 * address_space_operation.
598 * If a page is already under I/O, generic_writepages() skips it, even
599 * if it's dirty. This is desirable behaviour for memory-cleaning writeback,
600 * but it is INCORRECT for data-integrity system calls such as fsync(). fsync()
601 * and msync() need to guarantee that all the data which was dirty at the time
602 * the call was made get new I/O started against them. If wbc->sync_mode is
603 * WB_SYNC_ALL then we were called for data integrity and we must wait for
604 * existing IO to complete.
606 * Derived from mpage_writepages() - if you fix this you should check that
609 int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
610 struct writeback_control *wbc)
612 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
615 int (*writepage)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc);
619 pgoff_t end; /* Inclusive */
623 if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
624 wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
628 writepage = mapping->a_ops->writepage;
630 /* deal with chardevs and other special file */
634 pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
635 if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
636 index = mapping->writeback_index; /* Start from prev offset */
639 index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
640 end = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
641 if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
646 while (!done && (index <= end) &&
647 (nr_pages = pagevec_lookup_tag(&pvec, mapping, &index,
649 min(end - index, (pgoff_t)PAGEVEC_SIZE-1) + 1))) {
653 for (i = 0; i < nr_pages; i++) {
654 struct page *page = pvec.pages[i];
657 * At this point we hold neither mapping->tree_lock nor
658 * lock on the page itself: the page may be truncated or
659 * invalidated (changing page->mapping to NULL), or even
660 * swizzled back from swapper_space to tmpfs file
665 if (unlikely(page->mapping != mapping)) {
670 if (!wbc->range_cyclic && page->index > end) {
676 if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE)
677 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
679 if (PageWriteback(page) ||
680 !clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
685 ret = (*writepage)(page, wbc);
686 mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
688 if (unlikely(ret == AOP_WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE))
690 if (ret || (--(wbc->nr_to_write) <= 0))
692 if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
693 wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
697 pagevec_release(&pvec);
700 if (!scanned && !done) {
702 * We hit the last page and there is more work to be done: wrap
703 * back to the start of the file
709 if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
710 mapping->writeback_index = index;
714 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_writepages);
716 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
720 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
722 wbc->for_writepages = 1;
723 if (mapping->a_ops->writepages)
724 ret = mapping->a_ops->writepages(mapping, wbc);
726 ret = generic_writepages(mapping, wbc);
727 wbc->for_writepages = 0;
732 * write_one_page - write out a single page and optionally wait on I/O
733 * @page: the page to write
734 * @wait: if true, wait on writeout
736 * The page must be locked by the caller and will be unlocked upon return.
738 * write_one_page() returns a negative error code if I/O failed.
740 int write_one_page(struct page *page, int wait)
742 struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
744 struct writeback_control wbc = {
745 .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
749 BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
752 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
754 if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
755 page_cache_get(page);
756 ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
757 if (ret == 0 && wait) {
758 wait_on_page_writeback(page);
762 page_cache_release(page);
768 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_one_page);
771 * For address_spaces which do not use buffers nor write back.
773 int __set_page_dirty_no_writeback(struct page *page)
775 if (!PageDirty(page))
781 * For address_spaces which do not use buffers. Just tag the page as dirty in
784 * This is also used when a single buffer is being dirtied: we want to set the
785 * page dirty in that case, but not all the buffers. This is a "bottom-up"
786 * dirtying, whereas __set_page_dirty_buffers() is a "top-down" dirtying.
788 * Most callers have locked the page, which pins the address_space in memory.
789 * But zap_pte_range() does not lock the page, however in that case the
790 * mapping is pinned by the vma's ->vm_file reference.
792 * We take care to handle the case where the page was truncated from the
793 * mapping by re-checking page_mapping() insode tree_lock.
795 int __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(struct page *page)
797 if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
798 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
799 struct address_space *mapping2;
804 write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
805 mapping2 = page_mapping(page);
806 if (mapping2) { /* Race with truncate? */
807 BUG_ON(mapping2 != mapping);
808 if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
809 __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
810 task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
812 radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
813 page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
815 write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
817 /* !PageAnon && !swapper_space */
818 __mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
824 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_nobuffers);
827 * When a writepage implementation decides that it doesn't want to write this
828 * page for some reason, it should redirty the locked page via
829 * redirty_page_for_writepage() and it should then unlock the page and return 0
831 int redirty_page_for_writepage(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page)
833 wbc->pages_skipped++;
834 return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
836 EXPORT_SYMBOL(redirty_page_for_writepage);
839 * If the mapping doesn't provide a set_page_dirty a_op, then
840 * just fall through and assume that it wants buffer_heads.
842 int fastcall set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
844 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
846 if (likely(mapping)) {
847 int (*spd)(struct page *) = mapping->a_ops->set_page_dirty;
850 spd = __set_page_dirty_buffers;
854 if (!PageDirty(page)) {
855 if (!TestSetPageDirty(page))
860 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty);
863 * set_page_dirty() is racy if the caller has no reference against
864 * page->mapping->host, and if the page is unlocked. This is because another
865 * CPU could truncate the page off the mapping and then free the mapping.
867 * Usually, the page _is_ locked, or the caller is a user-space process which
868 * holds a reference on the inode by having an open file.
870 * In other cases, the page should be locked before running set_page_dirty().
872 int set_page_dirty_lock(struct page *page)
876 lock_page_nosync(page);
877 ret = set_page_dirty(page);
881 EXPORT_SYMBOL(set_page_dirty_lock);
884 * Clear a page's dirty flag, while caring for dirty memory accounting.
885 * Returns true if the page was previously dirty.
887 * This is for preparing to put the page under writeout. We leave the page
888 * tagged as dirty in the radix tree so that a concurrent write-for-sync
889 * can discover it via a PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY walk. The ->writepage
890 * implementation will run either set_page_writeback() or set_page_dirty(),
891 * at which stage we bring the page's dirty flag and radix-tree dirty tag
894 * This incoherency between the page's dirty flag and radix-tree tag is
895 * unfortunate, but it only exists while the page is locked.
897 int clear_page_dirty_for_io(struct page *page)
899 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
901 if (mapping && mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
903 * Yes, Virginia, this is indeed insane.
905 * We use this sequence to make sure that
906 * (a) we account for dirty stats properly
907 * (b) we tell the low-level filesystem to
908 * mark the whole page dirty if it was
909 * dirty in a pagetable. Only to then
910 * (c) clean the page again and return 1 to
911 * cause the writeback.
913 * This way we avoid all nasty races with the
914 * dirty bit in multiple places and clearing
915 * them concurrently from different threads.
917 * Note! Normally the "set_page_dirty(page)"
918 * has no effect on the actual dirty bit - since
919 * that will already usually be set. But we
920 * need the side effects, and it can help us
923 * We basically use the page "master dirty bit"
924 * as a serialization point for all the different
925 * threads doing their things.
927 * FIXME! We still have a race here: if somebody
928 * adds the page back to the page tables in
929 * between the "page_mkclean()" and the "TestClearPageDirty()",
930 * we might have it mapped without the dirty bit set.
932 if (page_mkclean(page))
933 set_page_dirty(page);
934 if (TestClearPageDirty(page)) {
935 dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
940 return TestClearPageDirty(page);
942 EXPORT_SYMBOL(clear_page_dirty_for_io);
944 int test_clear_page_writeback(struct page *page)
946 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
952 write_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
953 ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
955 radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
957 PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
958 write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
960 ret = TestClearPageWriteback(page);
965 int test_set_page_writeback(struct page *page)
967 struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
973 write_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
974 ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
976 radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
978 PAGECACHE_TAG_WRITEBACK);
979 if (!PageDirty(page))
980 radix_tree_tag_clear(&mapping->page_tree,
982 PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
983 write_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
985 ret = TestSetPageWriteback(page);
990 EXPORT_SYMBOL(test_set_page_writeback);
993 * Return true if any of the pages in the mapping are marged with the
996 int mapping_tagged(struct address_space *mapping, int tag)
1001 read_lock_irqsave(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
1002 ret = radix_tree_tagged(&mapping->page_tree, tag);
1003 read_unlock_irqrestore(&mapping->tree_lock, flags);
1006 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mapping_tagged);