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Diffstat (limited to 'mm/page-writeback.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | mm/page-writeback.c | 191 |
1 files changed, 190 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c index 0e6dd5c2ed31..c16ddd8f5cb6 100644 --- a/mm/page-writeback.c +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c @@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ */ #define BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL max(HZ/5, 1) +#define RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT 10 + /* * After a CPU has dirtied this many pages, balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited * will look to see if it needs to force writeback or throttling. @@ -411,6 +413,12 @@ unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void) return x + 1; /* Ensure that we never return 0 */ } +static unsigned long dirty_freerun_ceiling(unsigned long thresh, + unsigned long bg_thresh) +{ + return (thresh + bg_thresh) / 2; +} + static unsigned long hard_dirty_limit(unsigned long thresh) { return max(thresh, global_dirty_limit); @@ -495,6 +503,184 @@ unsigned long bdi_dirty_limit(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long dirty) return bdi_dirty; } +/* + * Dirty position control. + * + * (o) global/bdi setpoints + * + * We want the dirty pages be balanced around the global/bdi setpoints. + * When the number of dirty pages is higher/lower than the setpoint, the + * dirty position control ratio (and hence task dirty ratelimit) will be + * decreased/increased to bring the dirty pages back to the setpoint. + * + * pos_ratio = 1 << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT + * + * if (dirty < setpoint) scale up pos_ratio + * if (dirty > setpoint) scale down pos_ratio + * + * if (bdi_dirty < bdi_setpoint) scale up pos_ratio + * if (bdi_dirty > bdi_setpoint) scale down pos_ratio + * + * task_ratelimit = dirty_ratelimit * pos_ratio >> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT + * + * (o) global control line + * + * ^ pos_ratio + * | + * | |<===== global dirty control scope ======>| + * 2.0 .............* + * | .* + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * 1.0 ................................* + * | . . * + * | . . * + * | . . * + * | . . * + * | . . * + * 0 +------------.------------------.----------------------*-------------> + * freerun^ setpoint^ limit^ dirty pages + * + * (o) bdi control line + * + * ^ pos_ratio + * | + * | * + * | * + * | * + * | * + * | * |<=========== span ============>| + * 1.0 .......................* + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * | . * + * 1/4 ...............................................* * * * * * * * * * * * + * | . . + * | . . + * | . . + * 0 +----------------------.-------------------------------.-------------> + * bdi_setpoint^ x_intercept^ + * + * The bdi control line won't drop below pos_ratio=1/4, so that bdi_dirty can + * be smoothly throttled down to normal if it starts high in situations like + * - start writing to a slow SD card and a fast disk at the same time. The SD + * card's bdi_dirty may rush to many times higher than bdi_setpoint. + * - the bdi dirty thresh drops quickly due to change of JBOD workload + */ +static unsigned long bdi_position_ratio(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, + unsigned long thresh, + unsigned long bg_thresh, + unsigned long dirty, + unsigned long bdi_thresh, + unsigned long bdi_dirty) +{ + unsigned long write_bw = bdi->avg_write_bandwidth; + unsigned long freerun = dirty_freerun_ceiling(thresh, bg_thresh); + unsigned long limit = hard_dirty_limit(thresh); + unsigned long x_intercept; + unsigned long setpoint; /* dirty pages' target balance point */ + unsigned long bdi_setpoint; + unsigned long span; + long long pos_ratio; /* for scaling up/down the rate limit */ + long x; + + if (unlikely(dirty >= limit)) + return 0; + + /* + * global setpoint + * + * setpoint - dirty 3 + * f(dirty) := 1.0 + (----------------) + * limit - setpoint + * + * it's a 3rd order polynomial that subjects to + * + * (1) f(freerun) = 2.0 => rampup dirty_ratelimit reasonably fast + * (2) f(setpoint) = 1.0 => the balance point + * (3) f(limit) = 0 => the hard limit + * (4) df/dx <= 0 => negative feedback control + * (5) the closer to setpoint, the smaller |df/dx| (and the reverse) + * => fast response on large errors; small oscillation near setpoint + */ + setpoint = (freerun + limit) / 2; + x = div_s64((setpoint - dirty) << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT, + limit - setpoint + 1); + pos_ratio = x; + pos_ratio = pos_ratio * x >> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT; + pos_ratio = pos_ratio * x >> RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT; + pos_ratio += 1 << RATELIMIT_CALC_SHIFT; + + /* + * We have computed basic pos_ratio above based on global situation. If + * the bdi is over/under its share of dirty pages, we want to scale + * pos_ratio further down/up. That is done by the following mechanism. + */ + + /* + * bdi setpoint + * + * f(bdi_dirty) := 1.0 + k * (bdi_dirty - bdi_setpoint) + * + * x_intercept - bdi_dirty + * := -------------------------- + * x_intercept - bdi_setpoint + * + * The main bdi control line is a linear function that subjects to + * + * (1) f(bdi_setpoint) = 1.0 + * (2) k = - 1 / (8 * write_bw) (in single bdi case) + * or equally: x_intercept = bdi_setpoint + 8 * write_bw + * + * For single bdi case, the dirty pages are observed to fluctuate + * regularly within range + * [bdi_setpoint - write_bw/2, bdi_setpoint + write_bw/2] + * for various filesystems, where (2) can yield in a reasonable 12.5% + * fluctuation range for pos_ratio. + * + * For JBOD case, bdi_thresh (not bdi_dirty!) could fluctuate up to its + * own size, so move the slope over accordingly and choose a slope that + * yields 100% pos_ratio fluctuation on suddenly doubled bdi_thresh. + */ + if (unlikely(bdi_thresh > thresh)) + bdi_thresh = thresh; + /* + * scale global setpoint to bdi's: + * bdi_setpoint = setpoint * bdi_thresh / thresh + */ + x = div_u64((u64)bdi_thresh << 16, thresh + 1); + bdi_setpoint = setpoint * (u64)x >> 16; + /* + * Use span=(8*write_bw) in single bdi case as indicated by + * (thresh - bdi_thresh ~= 0) and transit to bdi_thresh in JBOD case. + * + * bdi_thresh thresh - bdi_thresh + * span = ---------- * (8 * write_bw) + ------------------- * bdi_thresh + * thresh thresh + */ + span = (thresh - bdi_thresh + 8 * write_bw) * (u64)x >> 16; + x_intercept = bdi_setpoint + span; + + if (bdi_dirty < x_intercept - span / 4) { + pos_ratio *= x_intercept - bdi_dirty; + do_div(pos_ratio, x_intercept - bdi_setpoint + 1); + } else + pos_ratio /= 4; + + return pos_ratio; +} + static void bdi_update_write_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, unsigned long elapsed, unsigned long written) @@ -655,6 +841,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long nr_reclaimable, bdi_nr_reclaimable; unsigned long nr_dirty; /* = file_dirty + writeback + unstable_nfs */ unsigned long bdi_dirty; + unsigned long freerun; unsigned long background_thresh; unsigned long dirty_thresh; unsigned long bdi_thresh; @@ -679,7 +866,9 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping, * catch-up. This avoids (excessively) small writeouts * when the bdi limits are ramping up. */ - if (nr_dirty <= (background_thresh + dirty_thresh) / 2) + freerun = dirty_freerun_ceiling(dirty_thresh, + background_thresh); + if (nr_dirty <= freerun) break; bdi_thresh = bdi_dirty_limit(bdi, dirty_thresh); |