rpms/kernel/devel fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch, NONE, 1.1 kernel.spec, 1.1985, 1.1986

[Kyle McMartin]

Author: kyle

Update of /cvs/pkgs/rpms/kernel/devel
In directory cvs01.phx2.fedoraproject.org:/tmp/cvs-serv11565

Modified Files:
	kernel.spec 
Added Files:
	fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch 
Log Message:
* Mon May 10 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
- fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch  (rhbz#588930)


fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch:
 fs/fs-writeback.c           |   48 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
 fs/sync.c                   |    2 -
 include/linux/backing-dev.h |    2 -
 include/linux/writeback.h   |   10 +++++++++
 mm/page-writeback.c         |    2 -
 5 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)

--- NEW FILE fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch ---
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 4b37f7c..c9ac9cb 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ struct wb_writeback_args {
 	int for_kupdate:1;
 	int range_cyclic:1;
 	int for_background:1;
+	int sb_pinned:1;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -230,6 +231,11 @@ static void bdi_sync_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 		.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_ALL,
 		.nr_pages	= LONG_MAX,
 		.range_cyclic	= 0,
+		/*
+		 * Setting sb_pinned is not necessary for WB_SYNC_ALL, but
+		 * lets make it explicitly clear.
+		 */
+		.sb_pinned	= 1,
 	};
 	struct bdi_work work;
 
@@ -245,21 +251,23 @@ static void bdi_sync_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
  * @bdi: the backing device to write from
  * @sb: write inodes from this super_block
  * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
+ * @sb_locked: caller already holds sb umount sem.
  *
  * Description:
  *   This does WB_SYNC_NONE opportunistic writeback. The IO is only
  *   started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on
- *   completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore.
+ *   completion. Caller specifies whether sb umount sem is held already or not.
  *
  */
 void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct super_block *sb,
-			 long nr_pages)
+			 long nr_pages, int sb_locked)
 {
 	struct wb_writeback_args args = {
 		.sb		= sb,
 		.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_NONE,
 		.nr_pages	= nr_pages,
 		.range_cyclic	= 1,
+		.sb_pinned	= sb_locked,
 	};
 
 	/*
@@ -577,7 +585,7 @@ static enum sb_pin_state pin_sb_for_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc,
 	/*
 	 * Caller must already hold the ref for this
 	 */
-	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL) {
+	if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL || wbc->sb_pinned) {
 		WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
 		return SB_NOT_PINNED;
 	}
@@ -751,6 +759,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
 		.for_kupdate		= args->for_kupdate,
 		.for_background		= args->for_background,
 		.range_cyclic		= args->range_cyclic,
+		.sb_pinned		= args->sb_pinned,
 	};
 	unsigned long oldest_jif;
 	long wrote = 0;
@@ -1183,6 +1192,18 @@ static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 	iput(old_inode);
 }
 
+static void __writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, int sb_locked)
+{
+	unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
+	unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
+	long nr_to_write;
+
+	nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
+			(inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
+
+	bdi_start_writeback(sb->s_bdi, sb, nr_to_write, sb_locked);
+}
+
 /**
  * writeback_inodes_sb	-	writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
  * @sb: the superblock
@@ -1194,18 +1215,23 @@ static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
  */
 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
 {
-	unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
-	unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
-	long nr_to_write;
-
-	nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
-			(inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
-
-	bdi_start_writeback(sb->s_bdi, sb, nr_to_write);
+	__writeback_inodes_sb(sb, 0);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
 
 /**
+ * writeback_inodes_sb_locked	- writeback dirty inodes from given super_block
+ * @sb: the superblock
+ *
+ * Like writeback_inodes_sb(), except the caller already holds the
+ * sb umount sem.
+ */
+void writeback_inodes_sb_locked(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	__writeback_inodes_sb(sb, 1);
+}
+
+/**
  * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle	-	start writeback if none underway
  * @sb: the superblock
  *
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 92b2281..de6a441 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ static int __sync_filesystem(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 	if (wait)
 		sync_inodes_sb(sb);
 	else
-		writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
+		writeback_inodes_sb_locked(sb);
 
 	if (sb->s_op->sync_fs)
 		sb->s_op->sync_fs(sb, wait);
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index bd0e3c6..90e677a 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev);
 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, struct super_block *sb,
-				long nr_pages);
+				long nr_pages, int sb_locked);
 int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb);
 int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 36520de..3790165 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -65,6 +65,15 @@ struct writeback_control {
 	 * so we use a single control to update them
 	 */
 	unsigned no_nrwrite_index_update:1;
+
+	/*
+	 * For WB_SYNC_ALL, the sb must always be pinned. For WB_SYNC_NONE,
+	 * the writeback code will pin the sb for the caller. However,
+	 * for eg umount, the caller does WB_SYNC_NONE but already has
+	 * the sb pinned. If the below is set, caller already has the
+	 * sb pinned.
+	 */
+	unsigned sb_pinned:1;
 };
 
 /*
@@ -73,6 +82,7 @@ struct writeback_control {
 struct bdi_writeback;
 int inode_wait(void *);
 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
+void writeback_inodes_sb_locked(struct super_block *);
 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *);
 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
 void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc);
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 0b19943..49d3508 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	    (!laptop_mode && ((global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY)
 			       + global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS))
 					  > background_thresh)))
-		bdi_start_writeback(bdi, NULL, 0);
+		bdi_start_writeback(bdi, NULL, 0, 0);
 }
 
 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite)


Index: kernel.spec
===================================================================
RCS file: /cvs/pkgs/rpms/kernel/devel/kernel.spec,v
retrieving revision 1.1985
retrieving revision 1.1986
diff -u -p -r1.1985 -r1.1986
--- kernel.spec	10 May 2010 14:37:15 -0000	1.1985
+++ kernel.spec	10 May 2010 14:48:12 -0000	1.1986
@@ -737,6 +737,8 @@ Patch2905: linux-2.6-v4l-dvb-gspca-fixes
 
 # fs fixes
 
+Patch3000: fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch
+
 # NFSv4
 
 # VIA Nano / VX8xx updates
@@ -1205,6 +1207,7 @@ ApplyPatch linux-2.6-execshield.patch
 # bugfixes to drivers and filesystems
 #
 ApplyPatch autofs-fix-link_count-usage.patch
+ApplyPatch fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch
 
 # ext4
 
@@ -2023,6 +2026,9 @@ fi
 
 %changelog
 * Mon May 10 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
+- fs-explicitly-pass-in-whether-sb-is-pinned-or-not.patch  (rhbz#588930)
+
+* Mon May 10 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com>
 - linux-2.6-input-hid-quirk-egalax.patch: copy from F-13^H2.
 
 * Mon May 10 2010 Kyle McMartin <kyle at redhat.com> 2.6.34-0.49.rc7.git0