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| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fs-writeback.c | 26 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index f81f9e71871..eed48063990 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode) struct inode *tail_inode; tail_inode = list_entry(sb->s_dirty.next, struct inode, i_list); - if (!time_after_eq(inode->dirtied_when, + if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when, tail_inode->dirtied_when)) inode->dirtied_when = jiffies; } @@ -220,6 +220,21 @@ static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode) 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 pdflush writeback. + */ + ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies); +#endif + return ret; +} + /* * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue. */ @@ -231,7 +246,7 @@ static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue, struct inode *inode = list_entry(delaying_queue->prev, struct inode, i_list); if (older_than_this && - time_after(inode->dirtied_when, *older_than_this)) + inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this)) break; list_move(&inode->i_list, dispatch_queue); } @@ -492,8 +507,11 @@ void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, continue; /* blockdev has wrong queue */ } - /* Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called? */ - if (time_after(inode->dirtied_when, start)) + /* + * Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called? + * This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock. + */ + if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, start)) break; /* Is another pdflush already flushing this queue? */ |