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-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c35
-rw-r--r--include/linux/backing-dev.h2
-rw-r--r--mm/backing-dev.c44
3 files changed, 36 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index d67989b8ba44..c8471b3ddccf 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -775,12 +775,36 @@ long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait)
* Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also
* wakes up periodically and does kupdated style flushing.
*/
-int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
+int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
{
+ struct bdi_writeback *wb = data;
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
unsigned long last_active = jiffies;
unsigned long wait_jiffies = -1UL;
long pages_written;
+ /*
+ * Add us to the active bdi_list
+ */
+ spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+ list_add_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list);
+ spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
+
+ current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
+ set_freezable();
+
+ /*
+ * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
+ */
+ set_user_nice(current, 0);
+
+ /*
+ * 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);
+
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
pages_written = wb_do_writeback(wb, 0);
@@ -813,9 +837,18 @@ int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb)
try_to_freeze();
}
+ wb->task = NULL;
+
+ /*
+ * Flush any work that raced with us exiting. No new work
+ * will be added, since this bdi isn't discoverable anymore.
+ */
+ if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
+ wb_do_writeback(wb, 1);
return 0;
}
+
/*
* Start writeback of `nr_pages' pages. If `nr_pages' is zero, write back
* the whole world.
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 50f146146169..e536f3a74e60 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
int bdi_setup_and_register(struct backing_dev_info *, char *, unsigned int);
void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages);
void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
-int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
+int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data);
int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
void bdi_arm_supers_timer(void);
diff --git a/mm/backing-dev.c b/mm/backing-dev.c
index 6c2a09c8922c..bceac647e4d1 100644
--- a/mm/backing-dev.c
+++ b/mm/backing-dev.c
@@ -260,48 +260,6 @@ static void bdi_wb_init(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&wb->b_more_io);
}
-static int bdi_start_fn(void *ptr)
-{
- struct bdi_writeback *wb = ptr;
- struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
- int ret;
-
- /*
- * Add us to the active bdi_list
- */
- spin_lock_bh(&bdi_lock);
- list_add_rcu(&bdi->bdi_list, &bdi_list);
- spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
-
- current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
- set_freezable();
-
- /*
- * Our parent may run at a different priority, just set us to normal
- */
- set_user_nice(current, 0);
-
- /*
- * 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);
-
- ret = bdi_writeback_task(wb);
-
- wb->task = NULL;
-
- /*
- * Flush any work that raced with us exiting. No new work
- * will be added, since this bdi isn't discoverable anymore.
- */
- if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
- wb_do_writeback(wb, 1);
-
- return ret;
-}
-
int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
{
return wb_has_dirty_io(&bdi->wb);
@@ -425,7 +383,7 @@ static int bdi_forker_task(void *ptr)
spin_unlock_bh(&bdi_lock);
wb = &bdi->wb;
- wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_start_fn, wb, "flush-%s",
+ wb->task = kthread_run(bdi_writeback_thread, wb, "flush-%s",
dev_name(bdi->dev));
/*
* If task creation fails, then readd the bdi to