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diff --git a/mm/vmscan.c b/mm/vmscan.c
index 9483dd6af550..09beeb55546c 100644
--- a/mm/vmscan.c
+++ b/mm/vmscan.c
@@ -1006,6 +1006,64 @@ static void handle_write_error(struct address_space *mapping,
unlock_page(page);
}
+static void
+reclaim_throttle(pg_data_t *pgdat, enum vmscan_throttle_state reason,
+ long timeout)
+{
+ wait_queue_head_t *wqh = &pgdat->reclaim_wait[reason];
+ long ret;
+ DEFINE_WAIT(wait);
+
+ /*
+ * Do not throttle IO workers, kthreads other than kswapd or
+ * workqueues. They may be required for reclaim to make
+ * forward progress (e.g. journalling workqueues or kthreads).
+ */
+ if (!current_is_kswapd() &&
+ current->flags & (PF_IO_WORKER|PF_KTHREAD))
+ return;
+
+ if (atomic_inc_return(&pgdat->nr_writeback_throttled) == 1) {
+ WRITE_ONCE(pgdat->nr_reclaim_start,
+ node_page_state(pgdat, NR_THROTTLED_WRITTEN));
+ }
+
+ prepare_to_wait(wqh, &wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+ ret = schedule_timeout(timeout);
+ finish_wait(wqh, &wait);
+ atomic_dec(&pgdat->nr_writeback_throttled);
+
+ trace_mm_vmscan_throttled(pgdat->node_id, jiffies_to_usecs(timeout),
+ jiffies_to_usecs(timeout - ret),
+ reason);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Account for pages written if tasks are throttled waiting on dirty
+ * pages to clean. If enough pages have been cleaned since throttling
+ * started then wakeup the throttled tasks.
+ */
+void __acct_reclaim_writeback(pg_data_t *pgdat, struct page *page,
+ int nr_throttled)
+{
+ unsigned long nr_written;
+
+ inc_node_page_state(page, NR_THROTTLED_WRITTEN);
+
+ /*
+ * This is an inaccurate read as the per-cpu deltas may not
+ * be synchronised. However, given that the system is
+ * writeback throttled, it is not worth taking the penalty
+ * of getting an accurate count. At worst, the throttle
+ * timeout guarantees forward progress.
+ */
+ nr_written = node_page_state(pgdat, NR_THROTTLED_WRITTEN) -
+ READ_ONCE(pgdat->nr_reclaim_start);
+
+ if (nr_written > SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX * nr_throttled)
+ wake_up(&pgdat->reclaim_wait[VMSCAN_THROTTLE_WRITEBACK]);
+}
+
/* possible outcome of pageout() */
typedef enum {
/* failed to write page out, page is locked */
@@ -1411,9 +1469,8 @@ retry:
/*
* The number of dirty pages determines if a node is marked
- * reclaim_congested which affects wait_iff_congested. kswapd
- * will stall and start writing pages if the tail of the LRU
- * is all dirty unqueued pages.
+ * reclaim_congested. kswapd will stall and start writing
+ * pages if the tail of the LRU is all dirty unqueued pages.
*/
page_check_dirty_writeback(page, &dirty, &writeback);
if (dirty || writeback)
@@ -3179,19 +3236,19 @@ again:
* If kswapd scans pages marked for immediate
* reclaim and under writeback (nr_immediate), it
* implies that pages are cycling through the LRU
- * faster than they are written so also forcibly stall.
+ * faster than they are written so forcibly stall
+ * until some pages complete writeback.
*/
if (sc->nr.immediate)
- congestion_wait(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
+ reclaim_throttle(pgdat, VMSCAN_THROTTLE_WRITEBACK, HZ/10);
}
/*
- * Tag a node/memcg as congested if all the dirty pages
- * scanned were backed by a congested BDI and
- * wait_iff_congested will stall.
+ * Tag a node/memcg as congested if all the dirty pages were marked
+ * for writeback and immediate reclaim (counted in nr.congested).
*
* Legacy memcg will stall in page writeback so avoid forcibly
- * stalling in wait_iff_congested().
+ * stalling in reclaim_throttle().
*/
if ((current_is_kswapd() ||
(cgroup_reclaim(sc) && writeback_throttling_sane(sc))) &&
@@ -3199,15 +3256,15 @@ again:
set_bit(LRUVEC_CONGESTED, &target_lruvec->flags);
/*
- * Stall direct reclaim for IO completions if underlying BDIs
- * and node is congested. Allow kswapd to continue until it
+ * Stall direct reclaim for IO completions if the lruvec is
+ * node is congested. Allow kswapd to continue until it
* starts encountering unqueued dirty pages or cycling through
* the LRU too quickly.
*/
if (!current_is_kswapd() && current_may_throttle() &&
!sc->hibernation_mode &&
test_bit(LRUVEC_CONGESTED, &target_lruvec->flags))
- wait_iff_congested(BLK_RW_ASYNC, HZ/10);
+ reclaim_throttle(pgdat, VMSCAN_THROTTLE_WRITEBACK, HZ/10);
if (should_continue_reclaim(pgdat, sc->nr_reclaimed - nr_reclaimed,
sc))
@@ -4285,6 +4342,7 @@ static int kswapd(void *p)
WRITE_ONCE(pgdat->kswapd_order, 0);
WRITE_ONCE(pgdat->kswapd_highest_zoneidx, MAX_NR_ZONES);
+ atomic_set(&pgdat->nr_writeback_throttled, 0);
for ( ; ; ) {
bool ret;