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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 42 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 9f5cab75c157..905f3ea38488 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -78,21 +78,17 @@ static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
spin_lock(&bdi->wb_lock);
list_add_tail(&work->list, &bdi->work_list);
- spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
-
- /*
- * If the default thread isn't there, make sure we add it. When
- * it gets created and wakes up, we'll run this work.
- */
- if (unlikely(!bdi->wb.task)) {
+ if (bdi->wb.task) {
+ wake_up_process(bdi->wb.task);
+ } else {
+ /*
+ * The bdi thread isn't there, wake up the forker thread which
+ * will create and run it.
+ */
trace_writeback_nothread(bdi, work);
wake_up_process(default_backing_dev_info.wb.task);
- } else {
- struct bdi_writeback *wb = &bdi->wb;
-
- if (wb->task)
- wake_up_process(wb->task);
}
+ spin_unlock(&bdi->wb_lock);
}
static void
@@ -800,7 +796,6 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
{
struct bdi_writeback *wb = data;
struct backing_dev_info *bdi = wb->bdi;
- unsigned long wait_jiffies = -1UL;
long pages_written;
current->flags |= PF_FLUSHER | PF_SWAPWRITE;
@@ -812,13 +807,6 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
*/
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);
-
trace_writeback_thread_start(bdi);
while (!kthread_should_stop()) {
@@ -828,18 +816,6 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
if (pages_written)
wb->last_active = jiffies;
- else if (wait_jiffies != -1UL) {
- unsigned long max_idle;
-
- /*
- * Longest period of inactivity that we tolerate. If we
- * see dirty data again later, the thread will get
- * recreated automatically.
- */
- max_idle = max(5UL * 60 * HZ, wait_jiffies);
- if (time_after(jiffies, max_idle + wb->last_active))
- break;
- }
set_current_state(TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE);
if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list)) {
@@ -847,21 +823,15 @@ int bdi_writeback_thread(void *data)
continue;
}
- if (dirty_writeback_interval) {
- wait_jiffies = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
- schedule_timeout(wait_jiffies);
- } else
+ if (dirty_writeback_interval)
+ schedule_timeout(msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10));
+ else
schedule();
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.
- */
+ /* Flush any work that raced with us exiting */
if (!list_empty(&bdi->work_list))
wb_do_writeback(wb, 1);