- 25 Sep, 2009 40 commits
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git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-blockLinus Torvalds authored
* 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block: writeback: writeback_inodes_sb() should use bdi_start_writeback() writeback: don't delay inodes redirtied by a fast dirtier writeback: make the super_block pinning more efficient writeback: don't resort for a single super_block in move_expired_inodes() writeback: move inodes from one super_block together writeback: get rid to incorrect references to pdflush in comments writeback: improve readability of the wb_writeback() continue/break logic writeback: cleanup writeback_single_inode() writeback: kupdate writeback shall not stop when more io is possible writeback: stop background writeback when below background threshold writeback: balance_dirty_pages() shall write more than dirtied pages fs: Fix busyloop in wb_writeback()
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Jens Axboe authored
Pointless to iterate other devices looking for a super, when we have a bdi mapping. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Wu Fengguang authored
Debug traces show that in per-bdi writeback, the inode under writeback almost always get redirtied by a busy dirtier. We used to call redirty_tail() in this case, which could delay inode for up to 30s. This is unacceptable because it now happens so frequently for plain cp/dd, that the accumulated delays could make writeback of big files very slow. So let's distinguish between data redirty and metadata only redirty. The first one is caused by a busy dirtier, while the latter one could happen in XFS, NFS, etc. when they are doing delalloc or updating isize. The inode being busy dirtied will now be requeued for next io, while the inode being redirtied by fs will continue to be delayed to avoid repeated IO. CC: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> CC: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> CC: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> CC: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com> CC: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Jens Axboe authored
Currently we pin the inode->i_sb for every single inode. This increases cache traffic on sb->s_umount sem. Lets instead cache the inode sb pin state and keep the super_block pinned for as long as keep writing out inodes from the same super_block. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Jens Axboe authored
If we only moved inodes from a single super_block to the temporary list, there's no point in doing a resort for multiple super_blocks. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Shaohua Li authored
__mark_inode_dirty adds inode to wb dirty list in random order. If a disk has several partitions, writeback might keep spindle moving between partitions. To reduce the move, better write big chunk of one partition and then move to another. Inodes from one fs usually are in one partion, so idealy move indoes from one fs together should reduce spindle move. This patch tries to address this. Before per-bdi writeback is added, the behavior is write indoes from one fs first and then another, so the patch restores previous behavior. The loop in the patch is a bit ugly, should we add a dirty list for each superblock in bdi_writeback? Test in a two partition disk with attached fio script shows about 3% ~ 6% improvement. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@intel.com> Reviewed-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Jens Axboe authored
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Jens Axboe authored
And throw some comments in there, too. Reviewed-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Wu Fengguang authored
Make the if-else straight in writeback_single_inode(). No behavior change. Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Cc: Michael Rubin <mrubin@google.com> Cc: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Fengguang Wu <wfg@mail.ustc.edu.cn> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Wu Fengguang authored
Fix the kupdate case, which disregards wbc.more_io and stop writeback prematurely even when there are more inodes to be synced. wbc.more_io should always be respected. Also remove the pages_skipped check. It will set when some page(s) of some inode(s) cannot be written for now. Such inodes will be delayed for a while. This variable has nothing to do with whether there are other writeable inodes. CC: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> CC: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> CC: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Wu Fengguang authored
Treat bdi_start_writeback(0) as a special request to do background write, and stop such work when we are below the background dirty threshold. Also simplify the (nr_pages <= 0) checks. Since we already pass in nr_pages=LONG_MAX for WB_SYNC_ALL and background writes, we don't need to worry about it being decreased to zero. Reported-by: Richard Kennedy <richard@rsk.demon.co.uk> CC: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Wu Fengguang authored
Some filesystem may choose to write much more than ratelimit_pages before calling balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(). So it is safer to determine number to write based on real number of dirtied pages. Otherwise it is possible that loop { btrfs_file_write(): dirty 1024 pages balance_dirty_pages(): write up to 48 pages (= ratelimit_pages * 1.5) } in which the writeback rate cannot keep up with dirty rate, and the dirty pages go all the way beyond dirty_thresh. The increased write_chunk may make the dirtier more bumpy. So filesystems shall be take care not to dirty too much at a time (eg. > 4MB) without checking the ratelimit. Signed-off-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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Jan Kara authored
If all inodes are under writeback (e.g. in case when there's only one inode with dirty pages), wb_writeback() with WB_SYNC_NONE work basically degrades to busylooping until I_SYNC flags of the inode is cleared. Fix the problem by waiting on I_SYNC flags of an inode on b_more_io list in case we failed to write anything. Tested-by: Wu Fengguang <fengguang.wu@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com>
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/lethal/sh-2.6: sh_mobile_ceu_camera: fix compile breakage, caused by a bad merge sh: Add support DMA Engine to SH7780 sh: Add support DMA Engine to SH7722 sh: enable onenand support in kfr2r09 defconfig. sh: update defconfigs. sh: add FSI driver support for ms7724se sh: Fix up uninitialized variable use caught by gcc 4.4. sh: Handle unaligned 16-bit instructions on SH-2A. sh: mach-ecovec24: Add active low setting for sh_eth sh: includecheck fix: dwarf.c
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdogLinus Torvalds authored
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wim/linux-2.6-watchdog: [WATCHDOG] Add support for the Avionic Design Xanthos watchdog timer.
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6Linus Torvalds authored
* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-2.6: (94 commits) genetlink: fix netns vs. netlink table locking (2) 3c59x: Get rid of "Trying to free already-free IRQ" tunnel: eliminate recursion field ems_pci: fix size of CAN controllers BAR mapping for CPC-PCI v2 net: fix htmldocs sunrpc, clnt.c Phonet: error on broadcast sending (unimplemented) Phonet: fix race for port number in concurrent bind() pktgen: better scheduler friendliness pktgen: T_TERMINATE flag is unused ipv4: check optlen for IP_MULTICAST_IF option ath9k: Initialize txgain and rxgain for newer AR9287 chipsets. iwlagn: fix panic in iwl{5000,4965}_rx_reply_tx ath9k: Fix RFKILL bugs drivers/net/wireless: Use usb_endpoint_dir_out cfg80211: don't overwrite privacy setting wl12xx: fix kconfig/link errors rt2x00: fix the definition of rt2x00crypto_rx_insert_iv iwlwifi: reduce noise when skb allocation fails iwlwifi: do not send sync command while holding spinlock mac80211: fix DTIM setting ...
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Thierry Reding authored
This patch adds support for the watchdog timer on Avionic Design Xanthos boards. Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@avionic-design.de> Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk> Signed-off-by: Wim Van Sebroeck <wim@iguana.be>
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Guennadi Liakhovetski authored
Signed-off-by: Guennadi Liakhovetski <g.liakhovetski@gmx.de> Acked-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
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Nobuhiro Iwamatsu authored
Signed-off-by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu.nobuhiro@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
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Nobuhiro Iwamatsu authored
Signed-off-by: Nobuhiro Iwamatsu <iwamatsu.nobuhiro@renesas.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
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Paul Mundt authored
Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
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Paul Mundt authored
Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
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Kuninori Morimoto authored
Signed-off-by: Kuninori Morimoto <morimoto.kuninori@renesas.com> Acked-by: Mark Brown <broonie@opensource.wolfsonmicro.com> Signed-off-by: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org>
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git://www.linux-m32r.org/git/takata/linux-2.6_devLinus Torvalds authored
* 'for-linus' of git://www.linux-m32r.org/git/takata/linux-2.6_dev: m32r: Cleanup linker script using new linker script macros. m32r: Move the spi_stack_top and spu_stack_top into .init.data section. m32r: Remove unused .altinstructions and .exit.* code from linker script. m32r: Move GET_THREAD_INFO definition out of asm/thread_info.h. m32r: Define THREAD_SIZE only once. m32r: make PAGE_SIZE available to assembly.
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git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpcLinus Torvalds authored
* 'merge' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc: Fix build of cpm_uart due to core changes powerpc/8xx: Fix regression introduced by cache coherency rewrite powerpc/4xx: Fix erroneous xmon warning on PowerPC 4xx powerpc/mm: Fix 40x and 8xx vs. _PAGE_SPECIAL powerpc: Cleanup linker script using new linker script macros. powerpc: Fix ibm,client-architecture-support printout powerpc: Increase NODES_SHIFT on 64bit from 4 to 8 powerpc/perf_counter: Fix vdso detection powerpc: Move 64bit heap above 1TB on machines with 1TB segments powerpc: Change archdata dma_data to a union powerpc: Rename get_dma_direct_offset get_dma_offset powerpc/mm: Remove duplicated #include powerpc/book3e-64: Remove duplicated #include powerpc: Check for unsupported relocs when using CONFIG_RELOCATABLE powerpc/pmc: Don't access lppaca on Book3E powerpc: kmalloc failure ignored in vio_build_iommu_table() hvc_console: Provide (un)locked version for hvc_resize()
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David Howells authored
Ignore the address parameter given to NOMMU mmap() as it is a hint, rather than giving an error if it's non-zero. MAP_FIXED still gets an error. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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David Howells authored
The NOMMU fallback for is_vmalloc_or_module_addr() should be static inline, not just static, in linux/mm.h. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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David Howells authored
Fix MAP_PRIVATE mmap() of files and devices where the data in the backing store might be mapped directly. Use the BDI_CAP_MAP_DIRECT capability flag to govern whether or not we should be trying to map a file directly. This can be used to determine whether or not a region has been filled in at the point where we call do_mmap_shared() or do_mmap_private(). The BDI_CAP_MAP_DIRECT capability flag is cleared by validate_mmap_request() if there's any reason we can't use it. It's also cleared in do_mmap_pgoff() if f_op->get_unmapped_area() fails. Without this fix, attempting to run a program from a RomFS image on a non-mappable MTD partition results in a BUG as the kernel attempts XIP, and this can be caught in gdb: Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted. 0xc005dce8 in add_nommu_region (region=<value optimized out>) at mm/nommu.c:547 (gdb) bt #0 0xc005dce8 in add_nommu_region (region=<value optimized out>) at mm/nommu.c:547 #1 0xc005f168 in do_mmap_pgoff (file=0xc31a6620, addr=<value optimized out>, len=3808, prot=3, flags=6146, pgoff=0) at mm/nommu.c:1373 #2 0xc00a96b8 in elf_fdpic_map_file (params=0xc33fbbec, file=0xc31a6620, mm=0xc31bef60, what=0xc0213144 "executable") at mm.h:1145 #3 0xc00aa8b4 in load_elf_fdpic_binary (bprm=0xc316cb00, regs=<value optimized out>) at fs/binfmt_elf_fdpic.c:343 #4 0xc006b588 in search_binary_handler (bprm=0x6, regs=0xc33fbce0) at fs/exec.c:1234 #5 0xc006c648 in do_execve (filename=<value optimized out>, argv=0xc3ad14cc, envp=0xc3ad1460, regs=0xc33fbce0) at fs/exec.c:1356 #6 0xc0008cf0 in sys_execve (name=<value optimized out>, argv=0xc3ad14cc, envp=0xc3ad1460) at arch/frv/kernel/process.c:263 #7 0xc00075dc in __syscall_call () at arch/frv/kernel/entry.S:897 Note that this fix does the following commit differently: commit a190887b Author: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Date: Sat Sep 5 11:17:07 2009 -0700 nommu: fix error handling in do_mmap_pgoff() Reported-by: Graff Yang <graff.yang@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Acked-by: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi> Cc: Paul Mundt <lethal@linux-sh.org> Cc: Mel Gorman <mel@csn.ul.ie> Cc: Greg Ungerer <gerg@snapgear.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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David Howells authored
Flash mappings for the MB93090-MB00 evaluation motherboard. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Geoffrey Thomas authored
Note that .data.page_aligned and .data.cacheline_aligned are now after _data; it was probably a bug that they were before it. Also, some explicit ALIGN(8)'s between various initcall sections were removed; this should be harmless as the implicit alignment of initcall_t was already 8. Signed-off-by: Geoffrey Thomas <geofft@ksplice.com> Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> Cc: Ivan Kokshaysky <ink@jurassic.park.msu.ru> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tim Abbott authored
alpha is the only architecture that uses the section name .data.init_thread instead of .data.init_task. So convert alpha to use .data.init_task like everything else. .data.init_task does not need a separate output section; this change also moves it into the .data output section. Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@mit.edu> Cc: Richard Henderson <rth@twiddle.net> Cc: linux-alpha@vger.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tim Abbott authored
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: linuxppc-dev@ozlabs.org Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tim Abbott authored
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> Cc: Bryan Wu <cooloney@kernel.org> Cc: uclinux-dist-devel@blackfin.uclinux.org Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier.adi@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tim Abbott authored
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tim Abbott authored
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tim Abbott authored
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> Cc: Jeff Dike <jdike@addtoit.com> Cc: user-mode-linux-devel@lists.sourceforge.net Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tim Abbott authored
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@zankel.net> Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tim Abbott authored
Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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Tim Abbott authored
This patch has the (likely harmless) side effect of moving .data.init_task inside the _edata. It also changes the alignment of .data.init_task from 16384 to THREAD_SIZE, which can in some configurations be larger than 16384. I believe that this change fixes a potential bug on those configurations. Signed-off-by: Tim Abbott <tabbott@ksplice.com> Cc: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> Cc: Helge Deller <deller@gmx.de> Cc: linux-parisc@vger.kernel.org Acked-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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