Merge branch 'master'; commit 'v3.2-rc2' into next

1 files changed, 26 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index d6edf8d14f9c..a0860640378d 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   "BdiDirtyThresh:     %10lu kB\n"
 		   "DirtyThresh:        %10lu kB\n"
 		   "BackgroundThresh:   %10lu kB\n"
+		   "BdiDirtied:         %10lu kB\n"
 		   "BdiWritten:         %10lu kB\n"
 		   "BdiWriteBandwidth:  %10lu kBps\n"
 		   "b_dirty:            %10lu\n"
@@ -109,6 +110,7 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   K(bdi_thresh),
 		   K(dirty_thresh),
 		   K(background_thresh),
+		   (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_DIRTIED)),
 		   (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITTEN)),
 		   (unsigned long) K(bdi->write_bandwidth),
 		   nr_dirty,
@@ -359,6 +361,17 @@ static unsigned long bdi_longest_inactive(void)
 	return max(5UL * 60 * HZ, interval);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Clear pending bit and wakeup anybody waiting for flusher thread creation or
+ * shutdown
+ */
+static void bdi_clear_pending(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+	clear_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state);
+	smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
+	wake_up_bit(&bdi->state, BDI_pending);
+}
+
 static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 {
 	struct bdi_writeback *me = ptr;
@@ -390,6 +403,12 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 		}
 
 		spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+		/*
+		 * In the following loop we are going to check whether we have
+		 * some work to do without any synchronization with tasks
+		 * waking us up to do work for them. Set the task state here
+		 * so that we don't miss wakeups after verifying conditions.
+		 */
 		set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
 
 		list_for_each_entry(bdi, &bdi_list, bdi_list) {
@@ -456,7 +475,8 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 				 * the bdi from the thread. Hopefully 1024 is
 				 * large enough for efficient IO.
 				 */
-				writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, 1024);
+				writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, 1024,
+						    WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD);
 			} else {
 				/*
 				 * The spinlock makes sure we do not lose
@@ -469,11 +489,13 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 				spin_unlock_bh(&bdi->wb_lock);
 				wake_up_process(task);
 			}
+			bdi_clear_pending(bdi);
 			break;
 
 		case KILL_THREAD:
 			__set_current_state(TASK_RUNNING);
 			kthread_stop(task);
+			bdi_clear_pending(bdi);
 			break;
 
 		case NO_ACTION:
@@ -489,16 +511,8 @@ static int bdi_forker_thread(void *ptr)
 			else
 				schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
 			try_to_freeze();
-			/* Back to the main loop */
-			continue;
+			break;
 		}
-
-		/*
-		 * Clear pending bit and wakeup anybody waiting to tear us down.
-		 */
-		clear_bit(BDI_pending, &bdi->state);
-		smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
-		wake_up_bit(&bdi->state, BDI_pending);
 	}
 
 	return 0;
@@ -672,6 +686,8 @@ int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 	bdi->bw_time_stamp = jiffies;
 	bdi->written_stamp = 0;
 
+	bdi->balanced_dirty_ratelimit = INIT_BW;
+	bdi->dirty_ratelimit = INIT_BW;
 	bdi->write_bandwidth = INIT_BW;
 	bdi->avg_write_bandwidth = INIT_BW;