Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Thu, 12 Jul 2012 19:18:33 -0400 | From | Steven Rostedt <> | Subject | [PATCH RT 6/8] fs, jbd: pull your plug when waiting for space |
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From: Mike Galbraith <mgalbraith@suse.de>
With an -rt kernel, and a heavy sync IO load, tasks can jam up on journal locks without unplugging, which can lead to terminal IO starvation. Unplug and schedule when waiting for space.
Signed-off-by: Mike Galbraith <mgalbraith@suse.de> Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> Cc: Theodore Tso <tytso@mit.edu> Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1341812414.7370.73.camel@marge.simpson.net Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> --- fs/jbd/checkpoint.c | 2 ++ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
diff --git a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c index 5c93ffc..ddbd223 100644 --- a/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c +++ b/fs/jbd/checkpoint.c @@ -129,6 +129,8 @@ void __log_wait_for_space(journal_t *journal) if (journal->j_flags & JFS_ABORT) return; spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock); + if (current->plug) + io_schedule(); mutex_lock(&journal->j_checkpoint_mutex); /* -- 1.7.10.4
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