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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 5fa63bd..bbd396a 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -835,7 +835,6 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
pgoff_t done_index;
int cycled;
int range_whole = 0;
- long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
if (wbc->range_cyclic) {
@@ -852,7 +851,22 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
if (wbc->range_start == 0 && wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX)
range_whole = 1;
cycled = 1; /* ignore range_cyclic tests */
+
+ /*
+ * If this is a data integrity sync, cap the writeback to the
+ * current end of file. Any extension to the file that occurs
+ * after this is a new write and we don't need to write those
+ * pages out to fulfil our data integrity requirements. If we
+ * try to write them out, we can get stuck in this scan until
+ * the concurrent writer stops adding dirty pages and extending
+ * EOF.
+ */
+ if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL &&
+ wbc->range_end == LLONG_MAX) {
+ end = i_size_read(mapping->host) >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+ }
}
+
retry:
done_index = index;
while (!done && (index <= end)) {
@@ -935,11 +949,10 @@ continue_unlock:
done = 1;
break;
}
- }
+ }
- if (nr_to_write > 0) {
- nr_to_write--;
- if (nr_to_write == 0 &&
+ if (wbc->nr_to_write > 0) {
+ if (--wbc->nr_to_write == 0 &&
wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
/*
* We stop writing back only if we are
@@ -970,11 +983,8 @@ continue_unlock:
end = writeback_index - 1;
goto retry;
}
- if (!wbc->no_nrwrite_index_update) {
- if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && nr_to_write > 0))
- mapping->writeback_index = done_index;
- wbc->nr_to_write = nr_to_write;
- }
+ if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
+ mapping->writeback_index = done_index;
return ret;
}
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