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Fengguang Wu 2e6883bdf4 writeback: introduce writeback_control.more_io to indicate more io 
After making dirty a 100M file, the normal behavior is to start the writeback
for all data after 30s delays.  But sometimes the following happens instead:

	- after 30s:    ~4M
	- after 5s:     ~4M
	- after 5s:     all remaining 92M

Some analyze shows that the internal io dispatch queues goes like this:

		s_io            s_more_io
		-------------------------
	1)	100M,1K         0
	2)	1K              96M
	3)	0               96M

1) initial state with a 100M file and a 1K file
2) 4M written, nr_to_write <= 0, so write more
3) 1K written, nr_to_write > 0, no more writes(BUG)

nr_to_write > 0 in (3) fools the upper layer to think that data have all been
written out.  The big dirty file is actually still sitting in s_more_io.  We
cannot simply splice s_more_io back to s_io as soon as s_io becomes empty, and
let the loop in generic_sync_sb_inodes() continue: this may starve newly
expired inodes in s_dirty.  It is also not an option to draw inodes from both
s_more_io and s_dirty, an let the loop go on: this might lead to live locks,
and might also starve other superblocks in sync time(well kupdate may still
starve some superblocks, that's another bug).

We have to return when a full scan of s_io completes.  So nr_to_write > 0 does
not necessarily mean that "all data are written".  This patch introduces a
flag writeback_control.more_io to indicate this situation.  With it the big
dirty file no longer has to wait for the next kupdate invocation 5s later.

Cc: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com>
Cc: Ken Chen <kenchen@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
 		2007-10-17 08:43:02 -07:00
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9p 9PFS: clean up explicit check for mandatory locks 2007-10-09 18:32:46 -04:00
adfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
affs fs: mark nibblemap const 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
afs KEYS: Make request_key() and co fundamentally asynchronous 2007-10-17 08:42:57 -07:00
autofs Replace pid_t in autofs with struct pid reference 2007-05-11 08:29:36 -07:00
autofs4 fs/autofs4/inode.c: kmalloc + memset conversion to kzalloc 2007-10-17 08:42:50 -07:00
befs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
bfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
cifs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
coda Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
configfs mm: bdi init hooks 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
cramfs cramfs: error message about endianess 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
debugfs docbook: fix filesystems content 2007-10-15 17:56:36 -07:00
devpts devpts: add fsnotify create event 2007-05-08 11:14:59 -07:00
dlm menuconfig: transform NLS and DLM menus 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
ecryptfs Clean up duplicate includes in fs/ecryptfs/ 2007-10-17 08:42:48 -07:00
efs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
exportfs knfsd: exportfs: split out reconnecting a dentry from find_exported_dentry 2007-07-17 10:23:06 -07:00
ext2 ext2/4: use is_power_of_2() 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
ext3 ext3: lighten up resize transaction requirements 2007-10-17 08:43:01 -07:00
ext4 Fix f_version type: should be u64 instead of unsigned long 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
fat Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
freevxfs mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
fuse Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
gfs2 fs: correct SuS compliance for open of large file without options 2007-10-17 08:43:01 -07:00
hfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
hfsplus Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
hostfs uml: fix hostfs style 2007-10-16 09:43:07 -07:00
hpfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
hppfs
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hugetlbfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
isofs fs/isofs/namei.c: Remove uninitialized local vars warning 2007-10-17 08:42:58 -07:00
jbd Group short-lived and reclaimable kernel allocations 2007-10-16 09:43:00 -07:00
jbd2 mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
jffs2 Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
jfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
lockd NFS/SUNRPC: use transport protocol naming 2007-10-09 17:17:53 -04:00
minix limit minixfs printks on corrupted dir i_size 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
msdos
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ncpfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
nfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
nfs_common
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nfsd fs/nfsd/export.c: make 3 functions static 2007-10-16 09:43:10 -07:00
nls menuconfig: transform NLS and DLM menus 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
ntfs writeback: fix ntfs with sb_has_dirty_inodes() 2007-10-17 08:43:02 -07:00
ocfs2 Fix f_version type: should be u64 instead of unsigned long 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
openpromfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
partitions fs/partitions/sun.c endianness annotations 2007-10-14 12:41:51 -07:00
proc Don't truncate /proc/PID/environ at 4096 characters 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
qnx4 Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
ramfs Remove valueless definition of hard-selected RAMFS option 2007-10-17 08:42:56 -07:00
reiserfs reiserfs: do not repair wrong journal params 2007-10-17 08:43:01 -07:00
romfs fs/romfs/inode.c: trivial improvements 2007-10-17 08:42:47 -07:00
smbfs Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
sysfs spin_lock_unlocked cleanups 2007-10-17 08:43:01 -07:00
sysv Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
udf fs/udf/balloc.c: mark a variable as uninitialized_var() 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
ufs ufs: Fix mount check in ufs_fill_super() 2007-10-17 08:42:51 -07:00
vfat
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xfs writeback: remove pages_skipped accounting in __block_write_full_page() 2007-10-17 08:43:02 -07:00
Kconfig menuconfig: transform Network Filesystems menu 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt fs: Kill sh dependency for binfmt_flat. 2007-05-21 14:34:00 +09:00
Makefile Remove valueless definition of hard-selected RAMFS option 2007-10-17 08:42:56 -07:00
aio.c aio: account I/O wait time properly 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
anon_inodes.c anon-inodes use open coded atomic_inc for the shared inode 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
attr.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
bad_inode.c sendfile: remove bad_sendfile() from bad_file_ops 2007-07-10 08:04:15 +02:00
binfmt_aout.c core_pattern: ignore RLIMIT_CORE if core_pattern is a pipe 2007-10-17 08:42:50 -07:00
binfmt_elf.c Break ELF_PLATFORM and stack pointer randomization dependency 2007-10-17 08:43:01 -07:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c core_pattern: ignore RLIMIT_CORE if core_pattern is a pipe 2007-10-17 08:42:50 -07:00
binfmt_em86.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
binfmt_flat.c binfmt_flat: warning fixes 2007-10-17 08:42:54 -07:00
binfmt_misc.c mm: variable length argument support 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
binfmt_script.c mm: variable length argument support 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
binfmt_som.c core_pattern: ignore RLIMIT_CORE if core_pattern is a pipe 2007-10-17 08:42:50 -07:00
bio.c bio: make freeing of ->bi_io_vec conditional in bio_free() 2007-10-16 11:03:52 +02:00
block_dev.c Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
buffer.c writeback: remove pages_skipped accounting in __block_write_full_page() 2007-10-17 08:43:02 -07:00
char_dev.c mm: bdi init hooks 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
compat.c mm: variable length argument support 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
compat_ioctl.c Clean up duplicate includes in fs/ 2007-10-17 08:42:48 -07:00
dcache.c vfs: use the predefined d_unhashed inline function instead 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
dcookies.c Remove fs.h from mm.h 2007-07-29 17:09:29 -07:00
direct-io.c remove ZERO_PAGE 2007-10-16 09:42:53 -07:00
dnotify.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
dquot.c quota: send messages via netlink 2007-10-17 08:42:56 -07:00
drop_caches.c invalidate_mapping_pages(): add cond_resched 2007-07-16 09:05:36 -07:00
eventfd.c eventfd use waitqueue lock ... 2007-05-18 13:09:34 -07:00
eventpoll.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
exec.c exec: RT sub-thread can livelock and monopolize CPU on exec 2007-10-17 08:42:54 -07:00
fcntl.c F_DUPFD_CLOEXEC implementation 2007-10-17 08:43:01 -07:00
fifo.c Detach sched.h from mm.h 2007-05-21 09:18:19 -07:00
file.c
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file_table.c fs: use kmem_cache_zalloc instead 2007-10-17 08:42:48 -07:00
filesystems.c add filesystem subtype support 2007-05-08 11:15:01 -07:00
fs-writeback.c writeback: introduce writeback_control.more_io to indicate more io 2007-10-17 08:43:02 -07:00
generic_acl.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
inode.c fs: remove the unused mempages parameter 2007-10-17 08:42:49 -07:00
inotify.c Introduce a handy list_first_entry macro 2007-05-08 11:15:11 -07:00
inotify_user.c change inotifyfs magic as the same magic is used for futexfs 2007-10-17 08:43:00 -07:00
internal.h cleanup compat ioctl handling 2007-05-08 11:15:09 -07:00
ioctl.c drop obsolete sys_ioctl export 2007-07-16 09:05:48 -07:00
ioprio.c
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libfs.c make fs/libfs.c:simple_commit_write() static 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
locks.c Slab API: remove useless ctor parameter and reorder parameters 2007-10-17 08:42:45 -07:00
mbcache.c mm: Remove slab destructors from kmem_cache_create(). 2007-07-20 10:11:58 +09:00
mpage.c mm: buffered write cleanup 2007-10-16 09:42:54 -07:00
namei.c fix execute checking in permission() 2007-10-17 08:42:52 -07:00
namespace.c fs: remove the unused mempages parameter 2007-10-17 08:42:49 -07:00
nfsctl.c nfsctl: use vfs_path_lookup 2007-07-19 10:04:45 -07:00
no-block.c
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open.c fs: correct SuS compliance for open of large file without options 2007-10-17 08:43:01 -07:00
pipe.c sched: affine sync wakeups 2007-10-15 17:00:19 +02:00
pnode.c Introduce a handy list_first_entry macro 2007-05-08 11:15:11 -07:00
pnode.h
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posix_acl.c
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quota.c [IA64] Fix build failure in fs/quota.c 2007-07-27 15:40:13 -07:00
quota_v1.c
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quota_v2.c
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read_write.c Cleanup macros for distinguishing mandatory locks 2007-10-09 18:32:46 -04:00
read_write.h
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readdir.c ROUND_UP macro cleanup in fs/(select|compat|readdir).c 2007-05-08 11:15:09 -07:00
select.c Use ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK if poll() is interrupted by a signal 2007-10-17 08:42:53 -07:00
seq_file.c [FS] seq_file: Introduce the seq_open_private() 2007-10-10 16:55:33 -07:00
signalfd.c rename signalfd_siginfo fields 2007-10-17 08:43:01 -07:00
splice.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block 2007-10-16 10:09:16 -07:00
stack.c
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stat.c header cleaning: don't include smp_lock.h when not used 2007-05-08 11:15:07 -07:00
super.c writeback: fix periodic superblock dirty inode flushing 2007-10-17 08:43:02 -07:00
sync.c Introduce fixed sys_sync_file_range2() syscall, implement on PowerPC and ARM 2007-06-28 11:38:30 -07:00
timerfd.c make timerfd return a u64 and fix the __put_user 2007-07-26 11:35:17 -07:00
utimes.c VFS: check nanoseconds in utimensat 2007-10-17 08:42:52 -07:00
xattr.c Introduce is_owner_or_cap() to wrap CAP_FOWNER use with fsuid check 2007-07-17 12:00:03 -07:00
xattr_acl.c
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