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[PATCH-v2,2/2] fs: add dirtytime_expire_seconds sysctl

Message ID 1426533260-3305-3-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Commit Message

Theodore Ts'o March 16, 2015, 7:14 p.m. UTC
Add a tuning knob so we can adjust the dirtytime expiration timeout,
which is very useful for testing lazytime.

Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 fs/fs-writeback.c         | 11 +++++++++++
 include/linux/writeback.h |  3 +++
 kernel/sysctl.c           |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

Comments

Jan Kara March 17, 2015, 10:30 a.m. UTC | #1
On Mon 16-03-15 15:14:20, Ted Tso wrote:
> Add a tuning knob so we can adjust the dirtytime expiration timeout,
> which is very useful for testing lazytime.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
  CC to stable isn't needed. Otherwise:

  Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/fs-writeback.c         | 11 +++++++++++
>  include/linux/writeback.h |  3 +++
>  kernel/sysctl.c           |  8 ++++++++
>  3 files changed, 22 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
> index ae13fba..d6fa722 100644
> --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
> +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
> @@ -1188,6 +1188,17 @@ static int __init start_dirtytime_writeback(void)
>  }
>  __initcall(start_dirtytime_writeback);
>  
> +int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> +			       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
> +{
> +	int ret;
> +
> +	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
> +	if (ret == 0 && write)
> +		mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &dirtytime_work, 0);
> +	return ret;
> +}
> +
>  static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
>  {
>  	if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
> diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
> index 0004833..b2dd371e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/writeback.h
> +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
> @@ -130,6 +130,7 @@ extern int vm_dirty_ratio;
>  extern unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes;
>  extern unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval;
>  extern unsigned int dirty_expire_interval;
> +extern unsigned int dirtytime_expire_interval;
>  extern int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
>  extern int block_dump;
>  extern int laptop_mode;
> @@ -146,6 +147,8 @@ extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>  extern int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
>  		void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
>  		loff_t *ppos);
> +int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
> +			       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
>  
>  struct ctl_table;
>  int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
> diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
> index 88ea2d6..ce410bb 100644
> --- a/kernel/sysctl.c
> +++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
> @@ -1228,6 +1228,14 @@ static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
>  		.extra1		= &zero,
>  	},
>  	{
> +		.procname	= "dirtytime_expire_seconds",
> +		.data		= &dirtytime_expire_interval,
> +		.maxlen		= sizeof(dirty_expire_interval),
> +		.mode		= 0644,
> +		.proc_handler	= dirtytime_interval_handler,
> +		.extra1		= &zero,
> +	},
> +	{
>  		.procname       = "nr_pdflush_threads",
>  		.mode           = 0444 /* read-only */,
>  		.proc_handler   = pdflush_proc_obsolete,
> -- 
> 2.3.0
>
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diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index ae13fba..d6fa722 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1188,6 +1188,17 @@  static int __init start_dirtytime_writeback(void)
 }
 __initcall(start_dirtytime_writeback);
 
+int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+			       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = proc_dointvec_minmax(table, write, buffer, lenp, ppos);
+	if (ret == 0 && write)
+		mod_delayed_work(system_wq, &dirtytime_work, 0);
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static noinline void block_dump___mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev")) {
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 0004833..b2dd371e 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -130,6 +130,7 @@  extern int vm_dirty_ratio;
 extern unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes;
 extern unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval;
 extern unsigned int dirty_expire_interval;
+extern unsigned int dirtytime_expire_interval;
 extern int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
 extern int block_dump;
 extern int laptop_mode;
@@ -146,6 +147,8 @@  extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 extern int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
 		void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
 		loff_t *ppos);
+int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
+			       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
 
 struct ctl_table;
 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl.c b/kernel/sysctl.c
index 88ea2d6..ce410bb 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1228,6 +1228,14 @@  static struct ctl_table vm_table[] = {
 		.extra1		= &zero,
 	},
 	{
+		.procname	= "dirtytime_expire_seconds",
+		.data		= &dirtytime_expire_interval,
+		.maxlen		= sizeof(dirty_expire_interval),
+		.mode		= 0644,
+		.proc_handler	= dirtytime_interval_handler,
+		.extra1		= &zero,
+	},
+	{
 		.procname       = "nr_pdflush_threads",
 		.mode           = 0444 /* read-only */,
 		.proc_handler   = pdflush_proc_obsolete,