[PATCH] writeback: avoid race when update bandwidth

[Wanpeng Li]

From: Wanpeng Li <liwp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Since bdi->wb.list_lock is used to protect the b_* lists,
so the flushers who call wb_writeback to writeback pages will
stuck when bandwidth update policy holds this lock. In order
to avoid this race we can introduce a new bandwidth_lock who
is responsible for protecting bandwidth update policy.

Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liswp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
 mm/page-writeback.c |    6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index c8945e0..b3b08fb 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1032,12 +1032,14 @@ static void bdi_update_bandwidth(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
 				 unsigned long bdi_dirty,
 				 unsigned long start_time)
 {
+	static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(bandwidth_lock);
+
 	if (time_is_after_eq_jiffies(bdi->bw_time_stamp + BANDWIDTH_INTERVAL))
 		return;
-	spin_lock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
+	spin_lock(&bandwidth_lock);
 	__bdi_update_bandwidth(bdi, thresh, bg_thresh, dirty,
 			       bdi_thresh, bdi_dirty, start_time);
-	spin_unlock(&bdi->wb.list_lock);
+	spin_unlock(&bandwidth_lock);
 }
 
 /*
-- 
1.7.9.5

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