hfs: get rid of hfs_sync_super

This patch makes hfs stop using the VFS '->write_super()' method along with
the 's_dirt' superblock flag, because they are on their way out.

The whole "superblock write-out" VFS infrastructure is served by the
'sync_supers()' kernel thread, which wakes up every 5 (by default) seconds and
writes out all dirty superblocks using the '->write_super()' call-back.  But the
problem with this thread is that it wastes power by waking up the system every
5 seconds, even if there are no diry superblocks, or there are no client
file-systems which would need this (e.g., btrfs does not use
'->write_super()'). So we want to kill it completely and thus, we need to make
file-systems to stop using the '->write_super()' VFS service, and then remove
it together with the kernel thread.

Tested using fsstress from the LTP project.

Signed-off-by: Artem Bityutskiy <artem.bityutskiy@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>

1 files changed, 35 insertions, 30 deletions

diff --git a/fs/hfs/super.c b/fs/hfs/super.c
index 99c6239bc3a1..4eb873e0c07b 100644
--- a/fs/hfs/super.c
+++ b/fs/hfs/super.c
@@ -29,38 +29,9 @@ static struct kmem_cache *hfs_inode_cachep;
 
 MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 
-/*
- * hfs_write_super()
- *
- * Description:
- *   This function is called by the VFS only. When the filesystem
- *   is mounted r/w it updates the MDB on disk.
- * Input Variable(s):
- *   struct super_block *sb: Pointer to the hfs superblock
- * Output Variable(s):
- *   NONE
- * Returns:
- *   void
- * Preconditions:
- *   'sb' points to a "valid" (struct super_block).
- * Postconditions:
- *   The MDB is marked 'unsuccessfully unmounted' by clearing bit 8 of drAtrb
- *   (hfs_put_super() must set this flag!). Some MDB fields are updated
- *   and the MDB buffer is written to disk by calling hfs_mdb_commit().
- */
-static void hfs_write_super(struct super_block *sb)
-{
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-
-	/* sync everything to the buffers */
-	hfs_mdb_commit(sb);
-}
-
 static int hfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 {
 	hfs_mdb_commit(sb);
-	sb->s_dirt = 0;
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -73,11 +44,44 @@ static int hfs_sync_fs(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
  */
 static void hfs_put_super(struct super_block *sb)
 {
+	cancel_delayed_work_sync(&HFS_SB(sb)->mdb_work);
 	hfs_mdb_close(sb);
 	/* release the MDB's resources */
 	hfs_mdb_put(sb);
 }
 
+static void flush_mdb(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+	struct hfs_sb_info *sbi;
+	struct super_block *sb;
+
+	sbi = container_of(work, struct hfs_sb_info, mdb_work.work);
+	sb = sbi->sb;
+
+	spin_lock(&sbi->work_lock);
+	sbi->work_queued = 0;
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->work_lock);
+
+	hfs_mdb_commit(sb);
+}
+
+void hfs_mark_mdb_dirty(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	struct hfs_sb_info *sbi = HFS_SB(sb);
+	unsigned long delay;
+
+	if (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
+		return;
+
+	spin_lock(&sbi->work_lock);
+	if (!sbi->work_queued) {
+		delay = msecs_to_jiffies(dirty_writeback_interval * 10);
+		queue_delayed_work(system_long_wq, &sbi->mdb_work, delay);
+		sbi->work_queued = 1;
+	}
+	spin_unlock(&sbi->work_lock);
+}
+
 /*
  * hfs_statfs()
  *
@@ -177,7 +181,6 @@ static const struct super_operations hfs_super_operations = {
 	.write_inode	= hfs_write_inode,
 	.evict_inode	= hfs_evict_inode,
 	.put_super	= hfs_put_super,
-	.write_super	= hfs_write_super,
 	.sync_fs	= hfs_sync_fs,
 	.statfs		= hfs_statfs,
 	.remount_fs     = hfs_remount,
@@ -382,6 +385,8 @@ static int hfs_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent)
 
 	sbi->sb = sb;
 	sb->s_fs_info = sbi;
+	spin_lock_init(&sbi->work_lock);
+	INIT_DELAYED_WORK(&sbi->mdb_work, flush_mdb);
 
 	res = -EINVAL;
 	if (!parse_options((char *)data, sbi)) {