struct inode *tail_inode;
tail_inode = list_entry(sb->s_dirty.next, struct inode, i_list);
- if (!time_after_eq(inode->dirtied_when,
+ if (time_before(inode->dirtied_when,
tail_inode->dirtied_when))
inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
}
wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
}
+static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
+{
+ bool ret = time_after(inode->dirtied_when, t);
+#ifndef CONFIG_64BIT
+ /*
+ * For inodes being constantly redirtied, dirtied_when can get stuck.
+ * It _appears_ to be in the future, but is actually in distant past.
+ * This test is necessary to prevent such wrapped-around relative times
+ * from permanently stopping the whole pdflush writeback.
+ */
+ ret = ret && time_before_eq(inode->dirtied_when, jiffies);
+#endif
+ return ret;
+}
+
/*
* Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
*/
struct inode *inode = list_entry(delaying_queue->prev,
struct inode, i_list);
if (older_than_this &&
- time_after(inode->dirtied_when, *older_than_this))
+ inode_dirtied_after(inode, *older_than_this))
break;
list_move(&inode->i_list, dispatch_queue);
}
* If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
* had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
*
- * If we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
+ * If we're a pdflush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
* against the entire list.
*
* If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
continue; /* blockdev has wrong queue */
}
- /* Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called? */
- if (time_after(inode->dirtied_when, start))
+ /*
+ * Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
+ * This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
+ */
+ if (inode_dirtied_after(inode, start))
break;
/* Is another pdflush already flushing this queue? */
list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
struct address_space *mapping;
- if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
+ if (inode->i_state &
+ (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR|I_WILL_FREE|I_NEW))
continue;
mapping = inode->i_mapping;
if (mapping->nrpages == 0)