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| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/md/bcache/btree.h | 18 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c | 17 |
2 files changed, 20 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h index a68d6c55783b..d1c72ef64edf 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/btree.h @@ -266,6 +266,24 @@ static inline void wake_up_gc(struct cache_set *c) wake_up(&c->gc_wait); } +static inline void force_wake_up_gc(struct cache_set *c) +{ + /* + * Garbage collection thread only works when sectors_to_gc < 0, + * calling wake_up_gc() won't start gc thread if sectors_to_gc is + * not a nagetive value. + * Therefore sectors_to_gc is set to -1 here, before waking up + * gc thread by calling wake_up_gc(). Then gc_should_run() will + * give a chance to permit gc thread to run. "Give a chance" means + * before going into gc_should_run(), there is still possibility + * that c->sectors_to_gc being set to other positive value. So + * this routine won't 100% make sure gc thread will be woken up + * to run. + */ + atomic_set(&c->sectors_to_gc, -1); + wake_up_gc(c); +} + #define MAP_DONE 0 #define MAP_CONTINUE 1 diff --git a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c index 9d5fe12f0c9c..c09748497cdc 100644 --- a/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c +++ b/drivers/md/bcache/sysfs.c @@ -742,21 +742,8 @@ STORE(__bch_cache_set) bch_cache_accounting_clear(&c->accounting); } - if (attr == &sysfs_trigger_gc) { - /* - * Garbage collection thread only works when sectors_to_gc < 0, - * when users write to sysfs entry trigger_gc, most of time - * they want to forcibly triger gargage collection. Here -1 is - * set to c->sectors_to_gc, to make gc_should_run() give a - * chance to permit gc thread to run. "give a chance" means - * before going into gc_should_run(), there is still chance - * that c->sectors_to_gc being set to other positive value. So - * writing sysfs entry trigger_gc won't always make sure gc - * thread takes effect. - */ - atomic_set(&c->sectors_to_gc, -1); - wake_up_gc(c); - } + if (attr == &sysfs_trigger_gc) + force_wake_up_gc(c); if (attr == &sysfs_prune_cache) { struct shrink_control sc; |