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Abhi Das b066a4eebd gfs2: forcibly flush ail to relieve memory pressure 
On systems with low memory, it is possible for gfs2 to infinitely
loop in balance_dirty_pages() under heavy IO (creating sparse files).

balance_dirty_pages() attempts to write out the dirty pages via
gfs2_writepages() but none are found because these dirty pages are
being used by the journaling code in the ail. Normally, the journal
has an upper threshold which when hit triggers an automatic flush
of the ail. But this threshold can be higher than the number of
allowable dirty pages and result in the ail never being flushed.

This patch forces an ail flush when gfs2_writepages() fails to write
anything. This is a good indication that the ail might be holding
some dirty pages.

Signed-off-by: Abhi Das <adas@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Bob Peterson <rpeterso@redhat.com>
2017-08-10 10:51:03 -05:00
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9p 9p: Convert to separately allocated bdi 2017-04-20 12:09:55 -06:00
adfs
affs fs/affs: add rename exchange 2017-05-05 15:24:52 -04:00
afs Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net-next 2017-07-05 12:31:59 -07:00
autofs4 Merge branch 'linus' into sched/core, to pick up fixes 2017-06-24 08:57:20 +02:00
befs befs: make export work with cold dcache 2017-05-05 11:35:35 +01:00
bfs Tigran has moved 2017-05-12 15:57:15 -07:00
btrfs Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
cachefiles sched/wait: Disambiguate wq_entry->task_list and wq_head->task_list naming 2017-06-20 12:19:14 +02:00
ceph ceph: unify inode i_ctime update 2017-06-14 19:37:23 +02:00
cifs first set of cifs fixes for 4.13, bug fixes and improved POSIX character mapping 2017-07-07 17:44:36 -07:00
coda fs: implement vfs_iter_write using do_iter_write 2017-06-29 17:49:23 -04:00
configfs configfs: Introduce config_item_get_unless_zero() 2017-06-12 13:20:20 +02:00
cramfs
crypto block: switch bios to blk_status_t 2017-06-09 09:27:32 -06:00
debugfs fs: fix the location of the kernel-api book 2017-05-16 08:44:23 -03:00
devpts
dlm net: Work around lockdep limitation in sockets that use sockets 2017-03-09 18:23:27 -08:00
ecryptfs ecryptfs: Convert to separately allocated bdi 2017-04-20 12:09:55 -06:00
efivarfs
efs
exofs mm: drop "wait" parameter from write_one_page() 2017-07-05 18:44:22 -04:00
exportfs Merge branch 'rebased-statx' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-03-03 11:38:56 -08:00
ext2 Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
ext4 Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
f2fs Merge branch 'for-4.13/block' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-07-03 10:34:51 -07:00
fat fat: fix using uninitialized fields of fat_inode/fsinfo_inode 2017-03-09 17:01:10 -08:00
freevxfs
fscache KEYS: Differentiate uses of rcu_dereference_key() and user_key_payload() 2017-03-02 10:09:00 +11:00
fuse Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2017-05-20 16:12:30 -07:00
gfs2 gfs2: forcibly flush ail to relieve memory pressure 2017-08-10 10:51:03 -05:00
hfs fs: semove set but not checked AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE flag 2017-05-08 17:15:14 -07:00
hfsplus fs: semove set but not checked AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE flag 2017-05-08 17:15:14 -07:00
hostfs
hpfs sched/headers: Prepare to move signal wakeup & sigpending methods from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/signal.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:32 +01:00
hugetlbfs mm: larger stack guard gap, between vmas 2017-06-19 21:50:20 +08:00
isofs sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
jbd2 Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
jffs2 jffs2: fix spelling mistake: "requestied" -> "requested" 2017-04-19 11:35:55 -07:00
jfs Writeback error handling fixes (pile #1) 2017-07-07 18:39:15 -07:00
kernfs kernfs: Check KERNFS_HAS_RELEASE before calling kernfs_release_file() 2017-03-17 10:25:59 +09:00
lockd Another RDMA update from Chuck Lever, and a bunch of miscellaneous 2017-05-10 13:29:23 -07:00
minix mm: drop "wait" parameter from write_one_page() 2017-07-05 18:44:22 -04:00
ncpfs mm: per-cgroup memory reclaim stats 2017-07-06 16:24:35 -07:00
nfs Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/linux-security 2017-07-05 11:26:35 -07:00
nfs_common
nfsd Merge branch 'work.read_write' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-05 14:35:57 -07:00
nilfs2 Merge branch 'sched-core-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip 2017-07-03 13:08:04 -07:00
nls
notify fanotify: don't expose EOPENSTALE to userspace 2017-04-25 15:48:06 +02:00
ntfs ntfs: Use ERR_CAST() to avoid cross-structure cast 2017-05-28 10:11:48 -07:00
ocfs2 ocfs2: constify attribute_group structures 2017-07-06 16:24:30 -07:00
omfs sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
openpromfs
orangefs sched/wait: Disambiguate wq_entry->task_list and wq_head->task_list naming 2017-06-20 12:19:14 +02:00
overlayfs UUID/GUID updates: 2017-07-03 09:55:26 -07:00
proc arm64 updates for 4.13: 2017-07-05 17:09:27 -07:00
pstore pstore: use memdup_user 2017-06-27 17:02:36 -07:00
qnx4
qnx6
quota ext4: fix quota charging for shared xattr blocks 2017-05-24 18:24:07 -04:00
ramfs
reiserfs sched/wait: Rename wait_queue_t => wait_queue_entry_t 2017-06-20 12:18:27 +02:00
romfs romfs: use different way to generate fsid for BLOCK or MTD 2017-01-24 16:26:14 -08:00
squashfs fs/pstore: fs/squashfs: change usage of LZ4 to work with new LZ4 version 2017-02-24 17:46:57 -08:00
sysfs sysfs: be careful of error returns from ops->show() 2017-04-08 17:33:32 +02:00
sysv mm: drop "wait" parameter from write_one_page() 2017-07-05 18:44:22 -04:00
tracefs fs: constify tree_descr arrays passed to simple_fill_super() 2017-04-26 23:54:06 -04:00
ubifs This pull request contains updates for both UBI and UBIFS: 2017-05-13 10:23:12 -07:00
udf udf: use kmap_atomic for memcpy copying 2017-04-24 16:28:02 +02:00
ufs Writeback error handling fixes (pile #1) 2017-07-07 18:39:15 -07:00
xfs Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
aio.c fs: add O_DIRECT and aio support for sending down write life time hints 2017-06-27 12:05:36 -06:00
anon_inodes.c
attr.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/signal.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:29 +01:00
bad_inode.c statx: Add a system call to make enhanced file info available 2017-03-02 20:51:15 -05:00
binfmt_aout.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
binfmt_elf.c sched/headers: Prepare to move cputime functionality from <linux/sched.h> into <linux/sched/cputime.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:39 +01:00
binfmt_em86.c
binfmt_flat.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
binfmt_misc.c fs: constify tree_descr arrays passed to simple_fill_super() 2017-04-26 23:54:06 -04:00
binfmt_script.c
block_dev.c Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
buffer.c Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
char_dev.c chardev: add helper function to register char devs with a struct device 2017-03-21 06:44:32 +01:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c fs/binfmt: Convert obsolete cputime type to nsecs 2017-02-01 09:13:51 +01:00
compat_ioctl.c tty: add compat_ioctl callbacks 2017-06-09 11:27:20 +02:00
compat.c fs/compat.c: trim unused includes 2017-04-17 12:52:27 -04:00
coredump.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task_stack.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:36 +01:00
dax.c Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
dcache.c mm: update callers to use HASH_ZERO flag 2017-07-06 16:24:33 -07:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c fs: add O_DIRECT and aio support for sending down write life time hints 2017-06-27 12:05:36 -06:00
drop_caches.c
eventfd.c There has been a fair amount of activity in the docs tree this time 2017-07-03 21:13:25 -07:00
eventpoll.c sched/wait: Disambiguate wq_entry->task_list and wq_head->task_list naming 2017-06-20 12:19:14 +02:00
exec.c exec: Limit arg stack to at most 75% of _STK_LIM 2017-07-07 20:05:08 -07:00
fcntl.c vfs: fix flock compat thinko 2017-07-07 13:48:18 -07:00
fhandle.c fhandle: move compat syscalls from compat.c 2017-04-17 12:52:26 -04:00
file_table.c fs: new infrastructure for writeback error handling and reporting 2017-07-06 07:02:25 -04:00
file.c fs/file.c: replace alloc_fdmem() with kvmalloc() alternative 2017-07-06 16:24:30 -07:00
filesystems.c
fs_pin.c sched/wait: Disambiguate wq_entry->task_list and wq_head->task_list naming 2017-06-20 12:19:14 +02:00
fs_struct.c sched/headers: Prepare for new header dependencies before moving code to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:35 +01:00
fs-writeback.c fs: add a blank lines on some kernel-doc comments 2017-05-16 08:44:10 -03:00
inode.c mm: update callers to use HASH_ZERO flag 2017-07-06 16:24:33 -07:00
internal.h Merge branch 'work.misc' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-05-09 09:12:53 -07:00
ioctl.c sched/headers: Prepare for the reduction of <linux/sched.h>'s signal API dependency 2017-03-02 08:42:37 +01:00
iomap.c fs: add O_DIRECT and aio support for sending down write life time hints 2017-06-27 12:05:36 -06:00
Kconfig block, dax: move "select DAX" from BLOCK to FS_DAX 2017-05-08 10:55:27 -07:00
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c fs: convert __generic_file_fsync to use errseq_t based reporting 2017-07-06 07:02:29 -04:00
locks.c fs/locks: pass kernel struct flock to fcntl_getlk/setlk 2017-05-27 06:07:19 -04:00
Makefile
mbcache.c
mount.h mnt: In propgate_umount handle visiting mounts in any order 2017-05-23 08:41:16 -05:00
mpage.c There has been a fair amount of activity in the docs tree this time 2017-07-03 21:13:25 -07:00
namei.c Merge remote-tracking branch 'mauro-exp/docbook3' into death-to-docbook 2017-05-18 11:03:08 -06:00
namespace.c mm: update callers to use HASH_ZERO flag 2017-07-06 16:24:33 -07:00
no-block.c
nsfs.c ns: allow ns_entries to have custom symlink content 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
open.c Writeback error handling fixes (pile #2) 2017-07-07 19:38:17 -07:00
pipe.c
pnode.c mnt: Make propagate_umount less slow for overlapping mount propagation trees 2017-05-23 08:41:17 -05:00
pnode.h mnt: Tuck mounts under others instead of creating shadow/side mounts. 2017-02-04 00:01:06 +13:00
posix_acl.c sched/headers: Prepare to remove <linux/cred.h> inclusion from <linux/sched.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:31 +01:00
proc_namespace.c sched/headers: Prepare to move the task_lock()/unlock() APIs to <linux/sched/task.h> 2017-03-02 08:42:38 +01:00
read_write.c Merge branch 'work.read_write' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-05 14:35:57 -07:00
readdir.c readdir: move compat syscalls from compat.c 2017-04-17 12:52:24 -04:00
select.c Merge branch 'misc.compat' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2017-07-06 20:57:13 -07:00
seq_file.c mm: introduce kv[mz]alloc helpers 2017-05-08 17:15:12 -07:00
signalfd.c sched/wait: Rename wait_queue_t => wait_queue_entry_t 2017-06-20 12:18:27 +02:00
splice.c fs: implement vfs_iter_write using do_iter_write 2017-06-29 17:49:23 -04:00
stack.c
stat.c ufs: restore maintaining ->i_blocks 2017-06-09 16:28:01 -04:00
statfs.c compat statfs: switch to copy_to_user() 2017-06-04 13:51:34 -04:00
super.c bdi: Drop 'parent' argument from bdi_register[_va]() 2017-04-20 12:09:55 -06:00
sync.c fs: remove call_fsync helper function 2017-07-05 18:44:23 -04:00
timerfd.c timerfd: Use get_itimerspec64() and put_itimerspec64() 2017-06-30 04:14:38 -04:00
userfaultfd.c mm/hugetlb: add size parameter to huge_pte_offset() 2017-07-06 16:24:34 -07:00
utimes.c utimes: move compat syscalls from compat.c 2017-04-17 12:52:23 -04:00
xattr.c treewide: use kv[mz]alloc* rather than opencoded variants 2017-05-08 17:15:13 -07:00