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Jinliang Zheng
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In dirty_ratio_handler(), vm_dirty_bytes must be set to zero before
calling writeback_set_ratelimit(), as global_dirty_limits() always
prioritizes the value of vm_dirty_bytes.
It's domain_dirty_limits() that's relevant here, not node_dirty_ok:
dirty_ratio_handler
writeback_set_ratelimit
global_dirty_limits(&dirty_thresh) <- ratelimit_pages based on dirty_thresh
domain_dirty_limits
if (bytes) <- bytes = vm_dirty_bytes <--------+
thresh = f1(bytes) <- prioritizes vm_dirty_bytes |
else |
thresh = f2(ratio) |
ratelimit_pages = f3(dirty_thresh) |
vm_dirty_bytes = 0 <- it's late! ---------------------+
This causes ratelimit_pages to still use the value calculated based on
vm_dirty_bytes, which is wrong now.
The impact visible to userspace is difficult to capture directly because
there is no procfs/sysfs interface exported to user space. However, it
will have a real impact on the balance of dirty pages.
For example:
1. On default, we have vm_dirty_ratio=40, vm_dirty_bytes=0
2. echo 8192 > dirty_bytes, then vm_dirty_bytes=8192,
vm_dirty_ratio=0, and ratelimit_pages is calculated based on
vm_dirty_bytes now.
3. echo 20 > dirty_ratio, then since vm_dirty_bytes is not reset to
zero when writeback_set_ratelimit() -> global_dirty_limits() ->
domain_dirty_limits() is called, reallimit_pages is still calculated
based on vm_dirty_bytes instead of vm_dirty_ratio. This does not
conform to the actual intent of the user.
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250415090232.7544-1-alexjlzheng@tencent.com
Fixes: 9d823e8f6b ("writeback: per task dirty rate limit")
Signed-off-by: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@tencent.com>
Reviewed-by: MengEn Sun <mengensun@tencent.com>
Cc: Andrea Righi <andrea@betterlinux.com>
Cc: Fenggaung Wu <fengguang.wu@intel.com>
Cc: Jinliang Zheng <alexjlzheng@tencent.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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