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1 /*
2  * include/linux/writeback.h
3  */
4 #ifndef WRITEBACK_H
5 #define WRITEBACK_H
6
7 #include <linux/sched.h>
8 #include <linux/workqueue.h>
9 #include <linux/fs.h>
10
11 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, dirty_throttle_leaks);
12
13 /*
14  * The 1/4 region under the global dirty thresh is for smooth dirty throttling:
15  *
16  *      (thresh - thresh/DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE, thresh)
17  *
18  * Further beyond, all dirtier tasks will enter a loop waiting (possibly long
19  * time) for the dirty pages to drop, unless written enough pages.
20  *
21  * The global dirty threshold is normally equal to the global dirty limit,
22  * except when the system suddenly allocates a lot of anonymous memory and
23  * knocks down the global dirty threshold quickly, in which case the global
24  * dirty limit will follow down slowly to prevent livelocking all dirtier tasks.
25  */
26 #define DIRTY_SCOPE             8
27 #define DIRTY_FULL_SCOPE        (DIRTY_SCOPE / 2)
28
29 struct backing_dev_info;
30
31 /*
32  * fs/fs-writeback.c
33  */
34 enum writeback_sync_modes {
35         WB_SYNC_NONE,   /* Don't wait on anything */
36         WB_SYNC_ALL,    /* Wait on every mapping */
37 };
38
39 /*
40  * why some writeback work was initiated
41  */
42 enum wb_reason {
43         WB_REASON_BACKGROUND,
44         WB_REASON_TRY_TO_FREE_PAGES,
45         WB_REASON_SYNC,
46         WB_REASON_PERIODIC,
47         WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER,
48         WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM,
49         WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE,
50         /*
51          * There is no bdi forker thread any more and works are done
52          * by emergency worker, however, this is TPs userland visible
53          * and we'll be exposing exactly the same information,
54          * so it has a mismatch name.
55          */
56         WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD,
57
58         WB_REASON_MAX,
59 };
60
61 /*
62  * A control structure which tells the writeback code what to do.  These are
63  * always on the stack, and hence need no locking.  They are always initialised
64  * in a manner such that unspecified fields are set to zero.
65  */
66 struct writeback_control {
67         long nr_to_write;               /* Write this many pages, and decrement
68                                            this for each page written */
69         long pages_skipped;             /* Pages which were not written */
70
71         /*
72          * For a_ops->writepages(): if start or end are non-zero then this is
73          * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
74          * byterange.  The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
75          */
76         loff_t range_start;
77         loff_t range_end;
78
79         enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
80
81         unsigned for_kupdate:1;         /* A kupdate writeback */
82         unsigned for_background:1;      /* A background writeback */
83         unsigned tagged_writepages:1;   /* tag-and-write to avoid livelock */
84         unsigned for_reclaim:1;         /* Invoked from the page allocator */
85         unsigned range_cyclic:1;        /* range_start is cyclic */
86         unsigned for_sync:1;            /* sync(2) WB_SYNC_ALL writeback */
87 };
88
89 /*
90  * fs/fs-writeback.c
91  */     
92 struct bdi_writeback;
93 int inode_wait(void *);
94 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, enum wb_reason reason);
95 void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr,
96                                                         enum wb_reason reason);
97 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, enum wb_reason reason);
98 int try_to_writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *, unsigned long nr,
99                                   enum wb_reason reason);
100 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long older_than_this);
101 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason);
102 void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode);
103
104 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
105 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
106 {
107         might_sleep();
108         wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_NEW, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
109 }
110
111 /*
112  * mm/page-writeback.c
113  */
114 #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
115 void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info *info);
116 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
117 void laptop_mode_sync(struct work_struct *work);
118 void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
119 #else
120 static inline void laptop_sync_completion(void) { }
121 #endif
122 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
123 bool zone_dirty_ok(struct zone *zone);
124
125 extern unsigned long global_dirty_limit;
126
127 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
128 extern int dirty_background_ratio;
129 extern unsigned long dirty_background_bytes;
130 extern int vm_dirty_ratio;
131 extern unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes;
132 extern unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval;
133 extern unsigned int dirty_expire_interval;
134 extern int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
135 extern int block_dump;
136 extern int laptop_mode;
137
138 extern int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
139                 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
140                 loff_t *ppos);
141 extern int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
142                 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
143                 loff_t *ppos);
144 extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
145                 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
146                 loff_t *ppos);
147 extern int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
148                 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
149                 loff_t *ppos);
150
151 struct ctl_table;
152 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
153                                       void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
154
155 void global_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty);
156 unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
157                                unsigned long dirty);
158
159 void __bdi_update_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
160                             unsigned long thresh,
161                             unsigned long bg_thresh,
162                             unsigned long dirty,
163                             unsigned long bdi_thresh,
164                             unsigned long bdi_dirty,
165                             unsigned long start_time);
166
167 void page_writeback_init(void);
168 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping);
169
170 typedef int (*writepage_t)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
171                                 void *data);
172
173 int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
174                        struct writeback_control *wbc);
175 void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
176                              pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end);
177 int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
178                       struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage,
179                       void *data);
180 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc);
181 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite);
182 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void);
183 void tag_pages_for_writeback(struct address_space *mapping,
184                              pgoff_t start, pgoff_t end);
185
186 void account_page_redirty(struct page *page);
187
188 #endif          /* WRITEBACK_H */