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fs: improve comments for writeback_single_inode()

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Some comments for writeback_single_inode() and
__writeback_single_inode() are outdated or not very helpful, especially
with regards to writeback list handling.  Update them.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210112190253.64307-10-ebiggers@kernel.org
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Eric Biggers <ebiggers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
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Eric Biggers 2021-01-12 11:02:51 -08:00 committed by Jan Kara
parent 83dc881d67
commit da0c4c60d8
1 changed files with 33 additions and 24 deletions
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@ -1442,9 +1442,15 @@ static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb,
}
/*
* Write out an inode and its dirty pages. Do not update the writeback list
* linkage. That is left to the caller. The caller is also responsible for
* setting I_SYNC flag and calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it.
* Write out an inode and its dirty pages (or some of its dirty pages, depending
* on @wbc->nr_to_write), and clear the relevant dirty flags from i_state.
*
* This doesn't remove the inode from the writeback list it is on, except
* potentially to move it from b_dirty_time to b_dirty due to timestamp
* expiration. The caller is otherwise responsible for writeback list handling.
*
* The caller is also responsible for setting the I_SYNC flag beforehand and
* calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it afterwards.
*/
static int
__writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
@ -1487,9 +1493,10 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
}
/*
* Some filesystems may redirty the inode during the writeback
* due to delalloc, clear dirty metadata flags right before
* write_inode()
* Get and clear the dirty flags from i_state. This needs to be done
* after calling writepages because some filesystems may redirty the
* inode during writepages due to delalloc. It also needs to be done
* after handling timestamp expiration, as that may dirty the inode too.
*/
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
@ -1524,12 +1531,13 @@ __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
}
/*
* Write out an inode's dirty pages. Either the caller has an active reference
* on the inode or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set.
* Write out an inode's dirty data and metadata on-demand, i.e. separately from
* the regular batched writeback done by the flusher threads in
* writeback_sb_inodes(). @wbc controls various aspects of the write, such as
* whether it is a data-integrity sync (%WB_SYNC_ALL) or not (%WB_SYNC_NONE).
*
* This function is designed to be called for writing back one inode which
* we go e.g. from filesystem. Flusher thread uses __writeback_single_inode()
* and does more profound writeback list handling in writeback_sb_inodes().
* To prevent the inode from going away, either the caller must have a reference
* to the inode, or the inode must have I_WILL_FREE or I_FREEING set.
*/
static int writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode,
struct writeback_control *wbc)
@ -1544,23 +1552,23 @@ static int writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode,
WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
/*
* Writeback is already running on the inode. For WB_SYNC_NONE,
* that's enough and we can just return. For WB_SYNC_ALL, we
* must wait for the existing writeback to complete, then do
* writeback again if there's anything left.
*/
if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL)
goto out;
/*
* It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait. Since callers hold
* inode reference or inode has I_WILL_FREE set, it cannot go
* away under us.
*/
__inode_wait_for_writeback(inode);
}
WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
/*
* Skip inode if it is clean and we have no outstanding writeback in
* WB_SYNC_ALL mode. We don't want to mess with writeback lists in this
* function since flusher thread may be doing for example sync in
* parallel and if we move the inode, it could get skipped. So here we
* make sure inode is on some writeback list and leave it there unless
* we have completely cleaned the inode.
* If the inode is already fully clean, then there's nothing to do.
*
* For data-integrity syncs we also need to check whether any pages are
* still under writeback, e.g. due to prior WB_SYNC_NONE writeback. If
* there are any such pages, we'll need to wait for them.
*/
if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL) &&
(wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL ||
@ -1576,8 +1584,9 @@ static int writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode,
wb = inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(inode);
spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
/*
* If inode is clean, remove it from writeback lists. Otherwise don't
* touch it. See comment above for explanation.
* If the inode is now fully clean, then it can be safely removed from
* its writeback list (if any). Otherwise the flusher threads are
* responsible for the writeback lists.
*/
if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL))
inode_io_list_del_locked(inode, wb);