From cfc4ba5365449cb6b5c9f68d755a142f17da1e47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:12:40 +0200 Subject: writeback: use RCU to protect bdi_list Now that bdi_writeback_all() no longer handles integrity writeback, it doesn't have to block anymore. This means that we can switch bdi_list reader side protection to RCU. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- mm/backing-dev.c | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- mm/page-writeback.c | 8 +++--- 2 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-) (limited to 'mm') diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c index d3ca0dac111..fd93566345b 100644 --- a/mm/backing-dev.c +++ b/mm/backing-dev.c @@ -26,6 +26,12 @@ struct backing_dev_info default_backing_dev_info = { EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(default_backing_dev_info); static struct class *bdi_class; + +/* + * bdi_lock protects updates to bdi_list and bdi_pending_list, as well as + * reader side protection for bdi_pending_list. bdi_list has RCU reader side + * locking. + */ DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bdi_lock); LIST_HEAD(bdi_list); LIST_HEAD(bdi_pending_list); @@ -284,9 +290,9 @@ static int bdi_start_fn(void *ptr) /* * Add us to the active bdi_list */ - spin_lock(&bdi_lock); - list_add(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list); - spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock); + list_add_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock); bdi_task_init(bdi, wb); @@ -389,7 +395,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr) if (wb_has_dirty_io(me) || !list_empty(&me->bdi->work_list)) wb_do_writeback(me, 0); - spin_lock(&bdi_lock); + spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock); /* * Check if any existing bdi's have dirty data without @@ -410,7 +416,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr) if (list_empty(&bdi_pending_list)) { unsigned long wait; - spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock); wait = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10); schedule_timeout(wait); try_to_freeze(); @@ -426,7 +432,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr) bdi = list_entry(bdi_pending_list.next, struct backing_dev_info, bdi_list); list_del_init(&bdi->bdi_list); - spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock); wb = &bdi->wb; wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_start_fn, wb, "flush-%s", @@ -445,9 +451,9 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr) * a chance to flush other bdi's to free * memory. */ - spin_lock(&bdi_lock); + spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock); list_add_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_pending_list); - spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock); bdi_flush_io(bdi); } @@ -456,6 +462,24 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr) return 0; } +static void bdi_add_to_pending(struct rcu_head *head) +{ + struct backing_dev_info *bdi; + + bdi = container_of(head, struct backing_dev_info, rcu_head); + INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->bdi_list); + + spin_lock(&bdi_lock); + list_add_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_pending_list); + spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + + /* + * We are now on the pending list, wake up bdi_forker_task() + * to finish the job and add us back to the active bdi_list + */ + wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task); +} + /* * Add the default flusher task that gets created for any bdi * that has dirty data pending writeout @@ -478,16 +502,29 @@ void static bdi_add_default_flusher_task(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) * waiting for previous additions to finish. */ if (!test_and_set_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state)) { - list_move_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_pending_list); + list_del_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list); /* - * We are now on the pending list, wake up bdi_forker_task() - * to finish the job and add us back to the active bdi_list + * We must wait for the current RCU period to end before + * moving to the pending list. So schedule that operation + * from an RCU callback. */ - wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task); + call_rcu(&bdi->rcu_head, bdi_add_to_pending); } } +/* + * Remove bdi from bdi_list, and ensure that it is no longer visible + */ +static void bdi_remove_from_list(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) +{ + spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock); + list_del_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock); + + synchronize_rcu(); +} + int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent, const char *fmt, ...) { @@ -506,9 +543,9 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent, goto exit; } - spin_lock(&bdi_lock); - list_add_tail(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list); - spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock); + list_add_tail_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock); bdi->dev = dev; @@ -526,9 +563,7 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent, wb->task = NULL; ret = -ENOMEM; - spin_lock(&bdi_lock); - list_del(&bdi->bdi_list); - spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + bdi_remove_from_list(bdi); goto exit; } } @@ -565,9 +600,7 @@ static void bdi_wb_shutdown(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) /* * Make sure nobody finds us on the bdi_list anymore */ - spin_lock(&bdi_lock); - list_del(&bdi->bdi_list); - spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + bdi_remove_from_list(bdi); /* * Finally, kill the kernel threads. We don't need to be RCU @@ -599,6 +632,7 @@ int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) bdi->max_ratio = 100; bdi->max_prop_frac = PROP_FRAC_BASE; spin_lock_init(&bdi->wb_lock); + INIT_RCU_HEAD(&bdi->rcu_head); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->bdi_list); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->wb_list); INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bdi->work_list); diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index abc648f5de0..12c3d843ce9 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio) { int ret = 0; - spin_lock(&bdi_lock); + spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock); if (min_ratio > bdi->max_ratio) { ret = -EINVAL; } else { @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ int bdi_set_min_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned int min_ratio) ret = -EINVAL; } } - spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock); return ret; } @@ -339,14 +339,14 @@ int bdi_set_max_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned max_ratio) if (max_ratio > 100) return -EINVAL; - spin_lock(&bdi_lock); + spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock); if (bdi->min_ratio > max_ratio) { ret = -EINVAL; } else { bdi->max_ratio = max_ratio; bdi->max_prop_frac = (PROP_FRAC_BASE * max_ratio) / 100; } - spin_unlock(&bdi_lock); + spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock); return ret; } -- cgit v1.2.3