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Diffstat (limited to 'mm')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 36 |
1 files changed, 32 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 96b3e7aa705c..491932155825 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -1016,6 +1016,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long background_thresh; unsigned long dirty_thresh; unsigned long bdi_thresh; + long period; long pause = 0; long uninitialized_var(max_pause); bool dirty_exceeded = false; @@ -1026,6 +1027,8 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long start_time = jiffies; for (;;) { + unsigned long now = jiffies; + /* * Unstable writes are a feature of certain networked * filesystems (i.e. NFS) in which data may have been @@ -1045,8 +1048,11 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, */ freerun = dirty_freerun_ceiling(dirty_thresh, background_thresh); - if (nr_dirty <= freerun) + if (nr_dirty <= freerun) { + current->dirty_paused_when = now; + current->nr_dirtied = 0; break; + } if (unlikely(!writeback_in_progress(bdi))) bdi_start_background_writeback(bdi); @@ -1104,10 +1110,21 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, task_ratelimit = ((u64)dirty_ratelimit * pos_ratio) >> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT; if (unlikely(task_ratelimit == 0)) { + period = max_pause; pause = max_pause; goto pause; } - pause = HZ * pages_dirtied / task_ratelimit; + period = HZ * pages_dirtied / task_ratelimit; + pause = period; + if (current->dirty_paused_when) + pause -= now - current->dirty_paused_when; + /* + * For less than 1s think time (ext3/4 may block the dirtier + * for up to 800ms from time to time on 1-HDD; so does xfs, + * however at much less frequency), try to compensate it in + * future periods by updating the virtual time; otherwise just + * do a reset, as it may be a light dirtier. + */ if (unlikely(pause <= 0)) { trace_balance_dirty_pages(bdi, dirty_thresh, @@ -1118,8 +1135,16 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, dirty_ratelimit, task_ratelimit, pages_dirtied, + period, pause, start_time); + if (pause < -HZ) { + current->dirty_paused_when = now; + current->nr_dirtied = 0; + } else if (period) { + current->dirty_paused_when += period; + current->nr_dirtied = 0; + } pause = 1; /* avoid resetting nr_dirtied_pause below */ break; } @@ -1135,11 +1160,15 @@ pause: dirty_ratelimit, task_ratelimit, pages_dirtied, + period, pause, start_time); __set_current_state(TASK_KILLABLE); io_schedule_timeout(pause); + current->dirty_paused_when = now + pause; + current->nr_dirtied = 0; + /* * This is typically equal to (nr_dirty < dirty_thresh) and can * also keep "1000+ dd on a slow USB stick" under control. @@ -1167,11 +1196,10 @@ pause: if (!dirty_exceeded && bdi->dirty_exceeded) bdi->dirty_exceeded = 0; - current->nr_dirtied = 0; if (pause == 0) { /* in freerun area */ current->nr_dirtied_pause = dirty_poll_interval(nr_dirty, dirty_thresh); - } else if (pause <= max_pause / 4 && + } else if (period <= max_pause / 4 && pages_dirtied >= current->nr_dirtied_pause) { current->nr_dirtied_pause = clamp_val( dirty_ratelimit * (max_pause / 2) / HZ, |
