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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/fs-writeback.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fs-writeback.c | 35 |
1 files changed, 34 insertions, 1 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. |