[PATCH 1/2] writeback: fix range handling

From: OGAWA Hirofumi
Date: Thu Apr 06 2006 - 12:14:25 EST


When a writeback_control's `start' and `end' fields are used to
indicate a one-byte-range starting at file offset zero, the required
values of .start=0,.end=0 mean that the ->writepages() implementation
has no way of telling that it is being asked to perform a range
request. Because we're currently overloading (start == 0 && end == 0)
to mean "this is not a write-a-range request".

To make all this sane, the patch changes range of writeback_control.

So caller does: If it is calling ->writepages() to write pages, it
sets range (range_start/end or range_cyclic) always.

And if range_cyclic is true, ->writepages() thinks the range is
cyclic, otherwise it just uses range_start and range_end.

This patch does,

- Add LLONG_MAX, LLONG_MIN, ULLONG_MAX to include/linux/kernel.h
-1 is usually ok for range_end (type is long long). But, if someone did,

range_end += val; range_end is "val - 1"
u64val = range_end >> bits; u64val is "~(0ULL)"

or something, they are wrong. So, this adds LLONG_MAX to avoid nasty
things, and uses LLONG_MAX for range_end.

- All callers of ->writepages() sets range_start/end or range_cyclic.

- Fix updates of ->writeback_index. It seems already bit strange.
If it starts at 0 and ended by check of nr_to_write, this last
index may reduce chance to scan end of file. So, this updates
->writeback_index only if range_cyclic is true or whole-file is
scanned.

---

fs/cifs/file.c | 24 +++++++++++-------------
fs/fs-writeback.c | 4 ++++
fs/mpage.c | 22 ++++++++++------------
fs/sync.c | 2 +-
include/linux/kernel.h | 3 +++
include/linux/writeback.h | 5 +++--
mm/filemap.c | 6 +++---
mm/page-writeback.c | 3 +++
mm/vmscan.c | 2 ++
9 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff -puN fs/cifs/file.c~wbc-range-cleanup fs/cifs/file.c
--- linux-2.6-akpm/fs/cifs/file.c~wbc-range-cleanup 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-akpm-hirofumi/fs/cifs/file.c 2006-04-06 04:38:49.000000000 +0900
@@ -1068,9 +1068,9 @@ static int cifs_writepages(struct addres
unsigned int bytes_written;
struct cifs_sb_info *cifs_sb;
int done = 0;
- pgoff_t end = -1;
+ pgoff_t end;
pgoff_t index;
- int is_range = 0;
+ int range_whole = 0;
struct kvec iov[32];
int len;
int n_iov = 0;
@@ -1112,16 +1112,14 @@ static int cifs_writepages(struct addres
xid = GetXid();

pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
- if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE)
+ if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
index = mapping->writeback_index; /* Start from prev offset */
- else {
- index = 0;
- scanned = 1;
- }
- if (wbc->start || wbc->end) {
- index = wbc->start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
- end = wbc->end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
- is_range = 1;
+ end = -1;
+ } else {
+ index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ end = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
+ range_whole = 1;
scanned = 1;
}
retry:
@@ -1157,7 +1155,7 @@ retry:
break;
}

- if (unlikely(is_range) && (page->index > end)) {
+ if (!wbc->range_cyclic && page->index > end) {
done = 1;
unlock_page(page);
break;
@@ -1261,7 +1259,7 @@ retry:
index = 0;
goto retry;
}
- if (!is_range)
+ if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
mapping->writeback_index = index;

FreeXid(xid);
diff -puN fs/fs-writeback.c~wbc-range-cleanup fs/fs-writeback.c
--- linux-2.6-akpm/fs/fs-writeback.c~wbc-range-cleanup 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-akpm-hirofumi/fs/fs-writeback.c 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
@@ -469,6 +469,8 @@ void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *
{
struct writeback_control wbc = {
.sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_HOLD,
+ .range_start = 0,
+ .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
};
unsigned long nr_dirty = read_page_state(nr_dirty);
unsigned long nr_unstable = read_page_state(nr_unstable);
@@ -565,6 +567,8 @@ int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode,
struct writeback_control wbc = {
.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
+ .range_start = 0,
+ .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
};

if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
diff -puN fs/mpage.c~wbc-range-cleanup fs/mpage.c
--- linux-2.6-akpm/fs/mpage.c~wbc-range-cleanup 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-akpm-hirofumi/fs/mpage.c 2006-04-06 04:34:17.000000000 +0900
@@ -707,9 +707,9 @@ mpage_writepages(struct address_space *m
struct pagevec pvec;
int nr_pages;
pgoff_t index;
- pgoff_t end = -1; /* Inclusive */
+ pgoff_t end; /* Inclusive */
int scanned = 0;
- int is_range = 0;
+ int range_whole = 0;

if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
@@ -721,16 +721,14 @@ mpage_writepages(struct address_space *m
writepage = mapping->a_ops->writepage;

pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
- if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
+ if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
index = mapping->writeback_index; /* Start from prev offset */
+ end = -1;
} else {
- index = 0; /* whole-file sweep */
- scanned = 1;
- }
- if (wbc->start || wbc->end) {
- index = wbc->start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
- end = wbc->end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
- is_range = 1;
+ index = wbc->range_start >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ end = wbc->range_end >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
+ range_whole = 1;
scanned = 1;
}
retry:
@@ -759,7 +757,7 @@ retry:
continue;
}

- if (unlikely(is_range) && page->index > end) {
+ if (!wbc->range_cyclic && page->index > end) {
done = 1;
unlock_page(page);
continue;
@@ -810,7 +808,7 @@ retry:
index = 0;
goto retry;
}
- if (!is_range)
+ if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
mapping->writeback_index = index;
if (bio)
mpage_bio_submit(WRITE, bio);
diff -puN fs/sync.c~wbc-range-cleanup fs/sync.c
--- linux-2.6-akpm/fs/sync.c~wbc-range-cleanup 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-akpm-hirofumi/fs/sync.c 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_sync_file_range(int
}

if (nbytes == 0)
- endbyte = -1;
+ endbyte = LLONG_MAX;
else
endbyte--; /* inclusive */

diff -puN include/linux/kernel.h~wbc-range-cleanup include/linux/kernel.h
--- linux-2.6-akpm/include/linux/kernel.h~wbc-range-cleanup 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-akpm-hirofumi/include/linux/kernel.h 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
@@ -24,6 +24,9 @@ extern const char linux_banner[];
#define LONG_MAX ((long)(~0UL>>1))
#define LONG_MIN (-LONG_MAX - 1)
#define ULONG_MAX (~0UL)
+#define LLONG_MAX ((long long)(~0ULL>>1))
+#define LLONG_MIN (-LLONG_MAX - 1)
+#define ULLONG_MAX (~0ULL)

#define STACK_MAGIC 0xdeadbeef

diff -puN include/linux/writeback.h~wbc-range-cleanup include/linux/writeback.h
--- linux-2.6-akpm/include/linux/writeback.h~wbc-range-cleanup 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-akpm-hirofumi/include/linux/writeback.h 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
@@ -50,14 +50,15 @@ struct writeback_control {
* a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
* byterange. The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
*/
- loff_t start;
- loff_t end;
+ loff_t range_start;
+ loff_t range_end;

unsigned nonblocking:1; /* Don't get stuck on request queues */
unsigned encountered_congestion:1; /* An output: a queue is full */
unsigned for_kupdate:1; /* A kupdate writeback */
unsigned for_reclaim:1; /* Invoked from the page allocator */
unsigned for_writepages:1; /* This is a writepages() call */
+ unsigned range_cyclic:1; /* range_start is cyclic */
};

/*
diff -puN mm/filemap.c~wbc-range-cleanup mm/filemap.c
--- linux-2.6-akpm/mm/filemap.c~wbc-range-cleanup 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-akpm-hirofumi/mm/filemap.c 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
@@ -192,8 +192,8 @@ int __filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct ad
struct writeback_control wbc = {
.sync_mode = sync_mode,
.nr_to_write = mapping->nrpages * 2,
- .start = start,
- .end = end,
+ .range_start = start,
+ .range_end = end,
};

if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(mapping))
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ int __filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct ad
static inline int __filemap_fdatawrite(struct address_space *mapping,
int sync_mode)
{
- return __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, 0, 0, sync_mode);
+ return __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, 0, LLONG_MAX, sync_mode);
}

int filemap_fdatawrite(struct address_space *mapping)
diff -puN mm/page-writeback.c~wbc-range-cleanup mm/page-writeback.c
--- linux-2.6-akpm/mm/page-writeback.c~wbc-range-cleanup 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-akpm-hirofumi/mm/page-writeback.c 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct a
.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
.older_than_this = NULL,
.nr_to_write = write_chunk,
+ .range_cyclic = 1,
};

get_dirty_limits(&wbs, &background_thresh,
@@ -332,6 +333,7 @@ static void background_writeout(unsigned
.older_than_this = NULL,
.nr_to_write = 0,
.nonblocking = 1,
+ .range_cyclic = 1,
};

for ( ; ; ) {
@@ -408,6 +410,7 @@ static void wb_kupdate(unsigned long arg
.nr_to_write = 0,
.nonblocking = 1,
.for_kupdate = 1,
+ .range_cyclic = 1,
};

sync_supers();
diff -puN mm/vmscan.c~wbc-range-cleanup mm/vmscan.c
--- linux-2.6-akpm/mm/vmscan.c~wbc-range-cleanup 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
+++ linux-2.6-akpm-hirofumi/mm/vmscan.c 2006-04-06 04:26:35.000000000 +0900
@@ -337,6 +337,8 @@ pageout_t pageout(struct page *page, str
struct writeback_control wbc = {
.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE,
.nr_to_write = SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX,
+ .range_start = 0,
+ .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
.nonblocking = 1,
.for_reclaim = 1,
};
_
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