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-rw-r--r--mm/page-writeback.c25
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index bf050abd9053..7168e25f88e5 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1784,6 +1784,21 @@ static inline void wb_dirty_exceeded(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc,
}
/*
+ * The limits fields dirty_exceeded and pos_ratio won't be updated if wb is
+ * in freerun state. Please don't use these invalid fields in freerun case.
+ */
+static void balance_wb_limits(struct dirty_throttle_control *dtc,
+ bool strictlimit)
+{
+ wb_dirty_freerun(dtc, strictlimit);
+ if (dtc->freerun)
+ return;
+
+ wb_dirty_exceeded(dtc, strictlimit);
+ wb_position_ratio(dtc);
+}
+
+/*
* balance_dirty_pages() must be called by processes which are generating dirty
* data. It looks at the number of dirty pages in the machine and will force
* the caller to wait once crossing the (background_thresh + dirty_thresh) / 2.
@@ -1869,12 +1884,9 @@ free_running:
* Calculate global domain's pos_ratio and select the
* global dtc by default.
*/
- wb_dirty_freerun(gdtc, strictlimit);
+ balance_wb_limits(gdtc, strictlimit);
if (gdtc->freerun)
goto free_running;
-
- wb_dirty_exceeded(gdtc, strictlimit);
- wb_position_ratio(gdtc);
sdtc = gdtc;
if (mdtc) {
@@ -1884,12 +1896,9 @@ free_running:
* both global and memcg domains. Choose the one
* w/ lower pos_ratio.
*/
- wb_dirty_freerun(mdtc, strictlimit);
+ balance_wb_limits(mdtc, strictlimit);
if (mdtc->freerun)
goto free_running;
-
- wb_dirty_exceeded(mdtc, strictlimit);
- wb_position_ratio(mdtc);
if (mdtc->pos_ratio < gdtc->pos_ratio)
sdtc = mdtc;
}