writeback: factor out code of freerun to remove repeated code
authorKemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Tue, 14 May 2024 12:52:50 +0000 (20:52 +0800)
committerAndrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Thu, 4 Jul 2024 02:29:54 +0000 (19:29 -0700)
Factor out code of freerun into new helper functions domain_poll_intv and
domain_dirty_freerun to remove repeated code.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240514125254.142203-5-shikemeng@huaweicloud.com
Signed-off-by: Kemeng Shi <shikemeng@huaweicloud.com>
Acked-by: Tejun Heo <tj@kernel.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
mm/page-writeback.c

index daba24fbfc84e12926787d802261d5400eb469db..72d55c2fe4324a30d3a19c29fa88033cf1539284 100644 (file)
@@ -139,6 +139,7 @@ struct dirty_throttle_control {
        unsigned long           wb_bg_thresh;
 
        unsigned long           pos_ratio;
+       bool                    freerun;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -1702,6 +1703,49 @@ static inline void wb_dirty_limits(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc)
        }
 }
 
+static unsigned long domain_poll_intv(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc,
+                                     bool strictlimit)
+{
+       unsigned long dirty, thresh;
+
+       if (strictlimit) {
+               dirty = dtc->wb_dirty;
+               thresh = dtc->wb_thresh;
+       } else {
+               dirty = dtc->dirty;
+               thresh = dtc->thresh;
+       }
+
+       return dirty_poll_interval(dirty, thresh);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot catch-up. This avoids
+ * (excessively) small writeouts when the wb limits are ramping up in case of
+ * !strictlimit.
+ *
+ * In strictlimit case make decision based on the wb counters and limits. Small
+ * writeouts when the wb limits are ramping up are the price we consciously pay
+ * for strictlimit-ing.
+ */
+static void domain_dirty_freerun(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc,
+                                bool strictlimit)
+{
+       unsigned long dirty, thresh, bg_thresh;
+
+       if (unlikely(strictlimit)) {
+               wb_dirty_limits(dtc);
+               dirty = dtc->wb_dirty;
+               thresh = dtc->wb_thresh;
+               bg_thresh = dtc->wb_bg_thresh;
+       } else {
+               dirty = dtc->dirty;
+               thresh = dtc->thresh;
+               bg_thresh = dtc->bg_thresh;
+       }
+       dtc->freerun = dirty <= dirty_freerun_ceiling(thresh, bg_thresh);
+}
+
 /*
  * balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
  * data.  It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
@@ -1734,27 +1778,12 @@ static int balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 
        for (;;) {
                unsigned long now = jiffies;
-               unsigned long dirty, thresh, bg_thresh;
-               unsigned long m_dirty = 0;      /* stop bogus uninit warnings */
-               unsigned long m_thresh = 0;
-               unsigned long m_bg_thresh = 0;
 
                nr_dirty = global_node_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
 
                domain_dirty_avail(gdtc, true);
                domain_dirty_limits(gdtc);
-
-               if (unlikely(strictlimit)) {
-                       wb_dirty_limits(gdtc);
-
-                       dirty = gdtc->wb_dirty;
-                       thresh = gdtc->wb_thresh;
-                       bg_thresh = gdtc->wb_bg_thresh;
-               } else {
-                       dirty = gdtc->dirty;
-                       thresh = gdtc->thresh;
-                       bg_thresh = gdtc->bg_thresh;
-               }
+               domain_dirty_freerun(gdtc, strictlimit);
 
                if (mdtc) {
                        /*
@@ -1763,17 +1792,7 @@ static int balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                         */
                        domain_dirty_avail(mdtc, true);
                        domain_dirty_limits(mdtc);
-
-                       if (unlikely(strictlimit)) {
-                               wb_dirty_limits(mdtc);
-                               m_dirty = mdtc->wb_dirty;
-                               m_thresh = mdtc->wb_thresh;
-                               m_bg_thresh = mdtc->wb_bg_thresh;
-                       } else {
-                               m_dirty = mdtc->dirty;
-                               m_thresh = mdtc->thresh;
-                               m_bg_thresh = mdtc->bg_thresh;
-                       }
+                       domain_dirty_freerun(mdtc, strictlimit);
                }
 
                /*
@@ -1790,31 +1809,21 @@ static int balance_dirty_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
                        wb_start_background_writeback(wb);
 
                /*
-                * Throttle it only when the background writeback cannot
-                * catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts
-                * when the wb limits are ramping up in case of !strictlimit.
-                *
-                * In strictlimit case make decision based on the wb counters
-                * and limits. Small writeouts when the wb limits are ramping
-                * up are the price we consciously pay for strictlimit-ing.
-                *
                 * If memcg domain is in effect, @dirty should be under
                 * both global and memcg freerun ceilings.
                 */
-               if (dirty <= dirty_freerun_ceiling(thresh, bg_thresh) &&
-                   (!mdtc ||
-                    m_dirty <= dirty_freerun_ceiling(m_thresh, m_bg_thresh))) {
+               if (gdtc->freerun && (!mdtc || mdtc->freerun)) {
                        unsigned long intv;
                        unsigned long m_intv;
 
 free_running:
-                       intv = dirty_poll_interval(dirty, thresh);
+                       intv = domain_poll_intv(gdtc, strictlimit);
                        m_intv = ULONG_MAX;
 
                        current->dirty_paused_when = now;
                        current->nr_dirtied = 0;
                        if (mdtc)
-                               m_intv = dirty_poll_interval(m_dirty, m_thresh);
+                               m_intv = domain_poll_intv(mdtc, strictlimit);
                        current->nr_dirtied_pause = min(intv, m_intv);
                        break;
                }