hi,
task_dirty_inc doesn't seem to be called properly for
filesystems which don't use set_page_dirty for write(2).
eg. ext2 w/o nobh option.
YAMAMOTO Takashi
Signed-off-by: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@valinux.co.jp>
---
commit e68f05bf56d0652c107bba1cff3f8491e41a2117
Author: YAMAMOTO Takashi <yamamoto@valinux.co.jp>
Date: Wed Jul 2 16:17:33 2008 +0900
fix dirty balancing for tasks.
call task_dirty_inc when dirtying a page with mark_buffer_dirty.
diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 4788a9e..2f1c7c6 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -1219,8 +1219,9 @@ void mark_buffer_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh)
return;
}
- if (!test_set_buffer_dirty(bh))
- __set_page_dirty(bh->b_page, page_mapping(bh->b_page), 0);
+ if (!test_set_buffer_dirty(bh) &&
+ __set_page_dirty(bh->b_page, page_mapping(bh->b_page), 0))
+ task_dirty_inc(current);
}
/*
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index bd91987..61d0aec 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages);
void laptop_io_completion(void);
void laptop_sync_completion(void);
void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
+void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *);
/* These are exported to sysctl. */
extern int dirty_background_ratio;
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 29b1d1e..4dc85d0 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -176,10 +176,11 @@ void bdi_writeout_inc(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdi_writeout_inc);
-static inline void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk)
+void task_dirty_inc(struct task_struct *tsk)
{
prop_inc_single(&vm_dirties, &tsk->dirties);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(task_dirty_inc);
/*
* Obtain an accurate fraction of the BDI's portion.
--
