From cf15b07cf448e19dcb31a19f0cbaf898b08ce975 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jun'ichi Nomura Date: Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:33:40 -0700 Subject: writeback: make mapping->writeback_index to point to the last written page For range-cyclic writeback (e.g. kupdate), the writeback code sets a continuation point of the next writeback to mapping->writeback_index which is set the page after the last written page. This happens so that we evenly write the whole file even if pages in it get continuously redirtied. However, in some cases, sequential writer is writing in the middle of the page and it just redirties the last written page by continuing from that. For example with an application which uses a file as a big ring buffer we see: [1st writeback session] ... flush-8:0-2743 4571: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94898514 + 8 flush-8:0-2743 4571: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94898522 + 8 flush-8:0-2743 4571: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94898530 + 8 flush-8:0-2743 4571: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94898538 + 8 flush-8:0-2743 4571: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94898546 + 8 kworker/0:1-11 4571: block_rq_issue: 8,0 W 0 () 94898514 + 40 >> flush-8:0-2743 4571: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94898554 + 8 >> flush-8:0-2743 4571: block_rq_issue: 8,0 W 0 () 94898554 + 8 [2nd writeback session after 35sec] flush-8:0-2743 4606: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94898562 + 8 flush-8:0-2743 4606: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94898570 + 8 flush-8:0-2743 4606: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94898578 + 8 ... kworker/0:1-11 4606: block_rq_issue: 8,0 W 0 () 94898562 + 640 kworker/0:1-11 4606: block_rq_issue: 8,0 W 0 () 94899202 + 72 ... flush-8:0-2743 4606: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94899962 + 8 flush-8:0-2743 4606: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94899970 + 8 flush-8:0-2743 4606: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94899978 + 8 flush-8:0-2743 4606: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94899986 + 8 flush-8:0-2743 4606: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94899994 + 8 kworker/0:1-11 4606: block_rq_issue: 8,0 W 0 () 94899962 + 40 >> flush-8:0-2743 4606: block_bio_queue: 8,0 W 94898554 + 8 >> flush-8:0-2743 4606: block_rq_issue: 8,0 W 0 () 94898554 + 8 So we seeked back to 94898554 after we wrote all the pages at the end of the file. This extra seek seems unnecessary. If we continue writeback from the last written page, we can avoid it and do not cause harm to other cases. The original intent of even writeout over the whole file is preserved and if the page does not get redirtied pagevec_lookup_tag() just skips it. As an exceptional case, when I/O error happens, set done_index to the next page as the comment in the code suggests. Tested-by: Wu Fengguang Signed-off-by: Jun'ichi Nomura Signed-off-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- mm/page-writeback.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'mm') diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index b437fe6257b0..632b46479c94 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -927,7 +927,7 @@ retry: break; } - done_index = page->index + 1; + done_index = page->index; lock_page(page); @@ -977,6 +977,7 @@ continue_unlock: * not be suitable for data integrity * writeout). */ + done_index = page->index + 1; done = 1; break; } -- cgit v1.2.3