staging: lustre: osc: revise unstable pages accounting
authorJinshan Xiong <jinshan.xiong@intel.com>
Tue, 16 Aug 2016 20:19:10 +0000 (16:19 -0400)
committerGreg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Sun, 21 Aug 2016 13:57:37 +0000 (15:57 +0200)
A few changes are made in this patch for unstable pages tracking:

1. Remove kernel NFS unstable pages tracking because it killed
   performance
2. Track unstable pages as part of LRU cache. Otherwise Lustre
   can use much more memory than max_cached_mb
3. Remove obd_unstable_pages tracking to avoid using global
   atomic counter
4. Make unstable pages track optional. Tracking unstable pages is
   turned off by default, and can be controlled by
   llite.*.unstable_stats.

Signed-off-by: Jinshan Xiong <jinshan.xiong@intel.com>
Intel-bug-id: https://jira.hpdd.intel.com/browse/LU-4841
Reviewed-on: http://review.whamcloud.com/10003
Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Lai Siyao <lai.siyao@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Oleg Drokin <oleg.drokin@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: James Simmons <jsimmons@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/cl_object.h
drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/obd_support.h
drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/llite/lproc_llite.c
drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_cache.c
drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_internal.h
drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_page.c
drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/osc/osc_request.c

index d269b3220a396cb7b7d17224060088c2609a0a60..ec6cf7ca2dd0d14d20442b30ab0a4b45db7ddf4a 100644 (file)
@@ -1039,23 +1039,32 @@ do {                                                                      \
        }                                                                    \
 } while (0)
 
-static inline int __page_in_use(const struct cl_page *page, int refc)
-{
-       if (page->cp_type == CPT_CACHEABLE)
-               ++refc;
-       LASSERT(atomic_read(&page->cp_ref) > 0);
-       return (atomic_read(&page->cp_ref) > refc);
-}
-
-#define cl_page_in_use(pg)       __page_in_use(pg, 1)
-#define cl_page_in_use_noref(pg) __page_in_use(pg, 0)
-
 static inline struct page *cl_page_vmpage(struct cl_page *page)
 {
        LASSERT(page->cp_vmpage);
        return page->cp_vmpage;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if a cl_page is in use.
+ *
+ * Client cache holds a refcount, this refcount will be dropped when
+ * the page is taken out of cache, see vvp_page_delete().
+ */
+static inline bool __page_in_use(const struct cl_page *page, int refc)
+{
+       return (atomic_read(&page->cp_ref) > refc + 1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Caller itself holds a refcount of cl_page.
+ */
+#define cl_page_in_use(pg)      __page_in_use(pg, 1)
+/**
+ * Caller doesn't hold a refcount.
+ */
+#define cl_page_in_use_noref(pg) __page_in_use(pg, 0)
+
 /** @} cl_page */
 
 /** \addtogroup cl_lock cl_lock
@@ -2330,6 +2339,10 @@ struct cl_client_cache {
         * Lock to protect ccc_lru list
         */
        spinlock_t              ccc_lru_lock;
+       /**
+        * Set if unstable check is enabled
+        */
+       unsigned int            ccc_unstable_check:1;
        /**
         * # of unstable pages for this mount point
         */
index 26fdff69267fc53bdba4d59661fd18e386d1565e..a11fff1e55c8827ae432f069702af2174bad6345 100644 (file)
@@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ extern int at_early_margin;
 extern int at_extra;
 extern unsigned int obd_sync_filter;
 extern unsigned int obd_max_dirty_pages;
-extern atomic_t obd_unstable_pages;
 extern atomic_t obd_dirty_pages;
 extern atomic_t obd_dirty_transit_pages;
 extern char obd_jobid_var[];
index 2f1f3897d8e1abea5da21e4227e2194622c9cd64..5f8e78dc4bd84b3ba3de7a6fa1480aab4885d42a 100644 (file)
@@ -828,10 +828,45 @@ static ssize_t unstable_stats_show(struct kobject *kobj,
        pages = atomic_read(&cache->ccc_unstable_nr);
        mb = (pages * PAGE_SIZE) >> 20;
 
-       return sprintf(buf, "unstable_pages: %8d\n"
-                           "unstable_mb:    %8d\n", pages, mb);
+       return sprintf(buf, "unstable_check: %8d\n"
+                           "unstable_pages: %8d\n"
+                           "unstable_mb:    %8d\n",
+                           cache->ccc_unstable_check, pages, mb);
 }
-LUSTRE_RO_ATTR(unstable_stats);
+
+static ssize_t unstable_stats_store(struct kobject *kobj,
+                                   struct attribute *attr,
+                                   const char *buffer,
+                                   size_t count)
+{
+       struct ll_sb_info *sbi = container_of(kobj, struct ll_sb_info,
+                                             ll_kobj);
+       char kernbuf[128];
+       int val, rc;
+
+       if (!count)
+               return 0;
+       if (count < 0 || count >= sizeof(kernbuf))
+               return -EINVAL;
+
+       if (copy_from_user(kernbuf, buffer, count))
+               return -EFAULT;
+       kernbuf[count] = 0;
+
+       buffer += lprocfs_find_named_value(kernbuf, "unstable_check:", &count) -
+                 kernbuf;
+       rc = lprocfs_write_helper(buffer, count, &val);
+       if (rc < 0)
+               return rc;
+
+       /* borrow lru lock to set the value */
+       spin_lock(&sbi->ll_cache->ccc_lru_lock);
+       sbi->ll_cache->ccc_unstable_check = !!val;
+       spin_unlock(&sbi->ll_cache->ccc_lru_lock);
+
+       return count;
+}
+LUSTRE_RW_ATTR(unstable_stats);
 
 static ssize_t root_squash_show(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *attr,
                                char *buf)
index 6edf53eeece17b0e6de9ff366146bfbf7d326d91..90a365b1691b813ce4d35ab54c9397025d0e283d 100644 (file)
@@ -57,8 +57,6 @@ unsigned int obd_dump_on_eviction;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(obd_dump_on_eviction);
 unsigned int obd_max_dirty_pages = 256;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(obd_max_dirty_pages);
-atomic_t obd_unstable_pages;
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(obd_unstable_pages);
 atomic_t obd_dirty_pages;
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(obd_dirty_pages);
 unsigned int obd_timeout = OBD_TIMEOUT_DEFAULT;   /* seconds */
index 683b3c20380ad63049b43b2f658f208a81779fde..deaf9124cc8997b31e3d69f56201612d92007c1b 100644 (file)
@@ -1384,13 +1384,11 @@ static int osc_completion(const struct lu_env *env, struct osc_async_page *oap,
 #define OSC_DUMP_GRANT(lvl, cli, fmt, args...) do {                          \
        struct client_obd *__tmp = (cli);                                     \
        CDEBUG(lvl, "%s: grant { dirty: %ld/%ld dirty_pages: %d/%d "          \
-              "unstable_pages: %d/%d dropped: %ld avail: %ld, "              \
-              "reserved: %ld, flight: %d } lru {in list: %d, "               \
-              "left: %d, waiters: %d }" fmt,                                 \
+              "dropped: %ld avail: %ld, reserved: %ld, flight: %d }"         \
+              "lru {in list: %d, left: %d, waiters: %d }" fmt,               \
               __tmp->cl_import->imp_obd->obd_name,                           \
               __tmp->cl_dirty, __tmp->cl_dirty_max,                          \
               atomic_read(&obd_dirty_pages), obd_max_dirty_pages,            \
-              atomic_read(&obd_unstable_pages), obd_max_dirty_pages,         \
               __tmp->cl_lost_grant, __tmp->cl_avail_grant,                   \
               __tmp->cl_reserved_grant, __tmp->cl_w_in_flight,               \
               atomic_read(&__tmp->cl_lru_in_list),                           \
@@ -1542,8 +1540,7 @@ static int osc_enter_cache_try(struct client_obd *cli,
                return 0;
 
        if (cli->cl_dirty + PAGE_SIZE <= cli->cl_dirty_max &&
-           atomic_read(&obd_unstable_pages) + 1 +
-           atomic_read(&obd_dirty_pages) <= obd_max_dirty_pages) {
+           atomic_read(&obd_dirty_pages) + 1 <= obd_max_dirty_pages) {
                osc_consume_write_grant(cli, &oap->oap_brw_page);
                if (transient) {
                        cli->cl_dirty_transit += PAGE_SIZE;
@@ -1671,8 +1668,7 @@ void osc_wake_cache_waiters(struct client_obd *cli)
                ocw->ocw_rc = -EDQUOT;
                /* we can't dirty more */
                if ((cli->cl_dirty + PAGE_SIZE > cli->cl_dirty_max) ||
-                   (atomic_read(&obd_unstable_pages) + 1 +
-                    atomic_read(&obd_dirty_pages) > obd_max_dirty_pages)) {
+                   (atomic_read(&obd_dirty_pages) + 1 > obd_max_dirty_pages)) {
                        CDEBUG(D_CACHE, "no dirty room: dirty: %ld osc max %ld, sys max %d\n",
                               cli->cl_dirty,
                               cli->cl_dirty_max, obd_max_dirty_pages);
@@ -1843,84 +1839,6 @@ static void osc_process_ar(struct osc_async_rc *ar, __u64 xid,
                ar->ar_force_sync = 0;
 }
 
-/**
- * Performs "unstable" page accounting. This function balances the
- * increment operations performed in osc_inc_unstable_pages. It is
- * registered as the RPC request callback, and is executed when the
- * bulk RPC is committed on the server. Thus at this point, the pages
- * involved in the bulk transfer are no longer considered unstable.
- */
-void osc_dec_unstable_pages(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
-{
-       struct client_obd *cli = &req->rq_import->imp_obd->u.cli;
-       struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc = req->rq_bulk;
-       int page_count = desc->bd_iov_count;
-       int i;
-
-       /* No unstable page tracking */
-       if (!cli->cl_cache)
-               return;
-
-       LASSERT(page_count >= 0);
-
-       for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++)
-               dec_node_page_state(desc->bd_iov[i].bv_page, NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
-
-       atomic_sub(page_count, &cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_nr);
-       LASSERT(atomic_read(&cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_nr) >= 0);
-
-       atomic_sub(page_count, &cli->cl_unstable_count);
-       LASSERT(atomic_read(&cli->cl_unstable_count) >= 0);
-
-       atomic_sub(page_count, &obd_unstable_pages);
-       LASSERT(atomic_read(&obd_unstable_pages) >= 0);
-
-       wake_up_all(&cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_waitq);
-}
-
-/* "unstable" page accounting. See: osc_dec_unstable_pages. */
-void osc_inc_unstable_pages(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
-{
-       struct client_obd *cli = &req->rq_import->imp_obd->u.cli;
-       struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc = req->rq_bulk;
-       long page_count = desc->bd_iov_count;
-       int i;
-
-       /* No unstable page tracking */
-       if (!cli->cl_cache)
-               return;
-
-       LASSERT(page_count >= 0);
-
-       for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++)
-               inc_node_page_state(desc->bd_iov[i].bv_page, NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
-
-       LASSERT(atomic_read(&cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_nr) >= 0);
-       atomic_add(page_count, &cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_nr);
-
-       LASSERT(atomic_read(&cli->cl_unstable_count) >= 0);
-       atomic_add(page_count, &cli->cl_unstable_count);
-
-       LASSERT(atomic_read(&obd_unstable_pages) >= 0);
-       atomic_add(page_count, &obd_unstable_pages);
-
-       /*
-        * If the request has already been committed (i.e. brw_commit
-        * called via rq_commit_cb), we need to undo the unstable page
-        * increments we just performed because rq_commit_cb wont be
-        * called again.
-        */
-       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
-       if (unlikely(req->rq_committed)) {
-               /* Drop lock before calling osc_dec_unstable_pages */
-               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-               osc_dec_unstable_pages(req);
-       } else {
-               req->rq_unstable = 1;
-               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
-       }
-}
-
 /* this must be called holding the loi list lock to give coverage to exit_cache,
  * async_flag maintenance, and oap_request
  */
@@ -1932,9 +1850,6 @@ static void osc_ap_completion(const struct lu_env *env, struct client_obd *cli,
        __u64 xid = 0;
 
        if (oap->oap_request) {
-               if (!rc)
-                       osc_inc_unstable_pages(oap->oap_request);
-
                xid = ptlrpc_req_xid(oap->oap_request);
                ptlrpc_req_finished(oap->oap_request);
                oap->oap_request = NULL;
@@ -2421,9 +2336,6 @@ int osc_queue_async_io(const struct lu_env *env, struct cl_io *io,
                        return rc;
        }
 
-       if (osc_over_unstable_soft_limit(cli))
-               brw_flags |= OBD_BRW_SOFT_SYNC;
-
        oap->oap_cmd = cmd;
        oap->oap_page_off = ops->ops_from;
        oap->oap_count = ops->ops_to - ops->ops_from;
index 2038885d7807e738e038f6ab3eb32b5fa628a12b..eca5feffbec52263e4598523c653a2429be90722 100644 (file)
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@ int osc_quotacheck(struct obd_device *unused, struct obd_export *exp,
 int osc_quota_poll_check(struct obd_export *exp, struct if_quotacheck *qchk);
 void osc_inc_unstable_pages(struct ptlrpc_request *req);
 void osc_dec_unstable_pages(struct ptlrpc_request *req);
-int  osc_over_unstable_soft_limit(struct client_obd *cli);
+bool osc_over_unstable_soft_limit(struct client_obd *cli);
 
 struct ldlm_lock *osc_dlmlock_at_pgoff(const struct lu_env *env,
                                       struct osc_object *obj, pgoff_t index,
index 355f496a2093a5b957c12147ca2bd7695ec1dd4b..583a0af2d388c00dfc17c2ffa554d372fa81ef39 100644 (file)
@@ -323,32 +323,6 @@ int osc_page_init(const struct lu_env *env, struct cl_object *obj,
        return result;
 }
 
-int osc_over_unstable_soft_limit(struct client_obd *cli)
-{
-       long obd_upages, obd_dpages, osc_upages;
-
-       /* Can't check cli->cl_unstable_count, therefore, no soft limit */
-       if (!cli)
-               return 0;
-
-       obd_upages = atomic_read(&obd_unstable_pages);
-       obd_dpages = atomic_read(&obd_dirty_pages);
-
-       osc_upages = atomic_read(&cli->cl_unstable_count);
-
-       /*
-        * obd_max_dirty_pages is the max number of (dirty + unstable)
-        * pages allowed at any given time. To simulate an unstable page
-        * only limit, we subtract the current number of dirty pages
-        * from this max. This difference is roughly the amount of pages
-        * currently available for unstable pages. Thus, the soft limit
-        * is half of that difference. Check osc_upages to ensure we don't
-        * set SOFT_SYNC for OSCs without any outstanding unstable pages.
-        */
-       return osc_upages &&
-              obd_upages >= (obd_max_dirty_pages - obd_dpages) / 2;
-}
-
 /**
  * Helper function called by osc_io_submit() for every page in an immediate
  * transfer (i.e., transferred synchronously).
@@ -368,9 +342,6 @@ void osc_page_submit(const struct lu_env *env, struct osc_page *opg,
        oap->oap_count = opg->ops_to - opg->ops_from;
        oap->oap_brw_flags = brw_flags | OBD_BRW_SYNC;
 
-       if (osc_over_unstable_soft_limit(oap->oap_cli))
-               oap->oap_brw_flags |= OBD_BRW_SOFT_SYNC;
-
        if (capable(CFS_CAP_SYS_RESOURCE)) {
                oap->oap_brw_flags |= OBD_BRW_NOQUOTA;
                oap->oap_cmd |= OBD_BRW_NOQUOTA;
@@ -539,6 +510,28 @@ static void discard_pagevec(const struct lu_env *env, struct cl_io *io,
        }
 }
 
+/**
+ * Check if a cl_page can be released, i.e, it's not being used.
+ *
+ * If unstable account is turned on, bulk transfer may hold one refcount
+ * for recovery so we need to check vmpage refcount as well; otherwise,
+ * even we can destroy cl_page but the corresponding vmpage can't be reused.
+ */
+static inline bool lru_page_busy(struct client_obd *cli, struct cl_page *page)
+{
+       if (cl_page_in_use_noref(page))
+               return true;
+
+       if (cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_check) {
+               struct page *vmpage = cl_page_vmpage(page);
+
+               /* vmpage have two known users: cl_page and VM page cache */
+               if (page_count(vmpage) - page_mapcount(vmpage) > 2)
+                       return true;
+       }
+       return false;
+}
+
 /**
  * Drop @target of pages from LRU at most.
  */
@@ -584,7 +577,7 @@ int osc_lru_shrink(const struct lu_env *env, struct client_obd *cli,
                        break;
 
                page = opg->ops_cl.cpl_page;
-               if (cl_page_in_use_noref(page)) {
+               if (lru_page_busy(cli, page)) {
                        list_move_tail(&opg->ops_lru, &cli->cl_lru_list);
                        continue;
                }
@@ -620,7 +613,7 @@ int osc_lru_shrink(const struct lu_env *env, struct client_obd *cli,
                }
 
                if (cl_page_own_try(env, io, page) == 0) {
-                       if (!cl_page_in_use_noref(page)) {
+                       if (!lru_page_busy(cli, page)) {
                                /* remove it from lru list earlier to avoid
                                 * lock contention
                                 */
@@ -742,6 +735,13 @@ out:
        return rc;
 }
 
+/**
+ * osc_lru_reserve() is called to reserve an LRU slot for a cl_page.
+ *
+ * Usually the LRU slots are reserved in osc_io_iter_rw_init().
+ * Only in the case that the LRU slots are in extreme shortage, it should
+ * have reserved enough slots for an IO.
+ */
 static int osc_lru_reserve(const struct lu_env *env, struct osc_object *obj,
                           struct osc_page *opg)
 {
@@ -787,4 +787,150 @@ out:
        return rc;
 }
 
+/**
+ * Atomic operations are expensive. We accumulate the accounting for the
+ * same page zone to get better performance.
+ * In practice this can work pretty good because the pages in the same RPC
+ * are likely from the same page zone.
+ */
+static inline void unstable_page_accounting(struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc,
+                                           int factor)
+{
+       int page_count = desc->bd_iov_count;
+       void *zone = NULL;
+       int count = 0;
+       int i;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < page_count; i++) {
+               void *pz = page_zone(desc->bd_iov[i].bv_page);
+
+               if (likely(pz == zone)) {
+                       ++count;
+                       continue;
+               }
+
+               if (count > 0) {
+                       mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_UNSTABLE_NFS,
+                                           factor * count);
+                       count = 0;
+               }
+               zone = pz;
+               ++count;
+       }
+       if (count > 0)
+               mod_zone_page_state(zone, NR_UNSTABLE_NFS, factor * count);
+}
+
+static inline void add_unstable_page_accounting(struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc)
+{
+       unstable_page_accounting(desc, 1);
+}
+
+static inline void dec_unstable_page_accounting(struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc)
+{
+       unstable_page_accounting(desc, -1);
+}
+
+/**
+ * Performs "unstable" page accounting. This function balances the
+ * increment operations performed in osc_inc_unstable_pages. It is
+ * registered as the RPC request callback, and is executed when the
+ * bulk RPC is committed on the server. Thus at this point, the pages
+ * involved in the bulk transfer are no longer considered unstable.
+ *
+ * If this function is called, the request should have been committed
+ * or req:rq_unstable must have been set; it implies that the unstable
+ * statistic have been added.
+ */
+void osc_dec_unstable_pages(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
+{
+       struct client_obd *cli = &req->rq_import->imp_obd->u.cli;
+       struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc = req->rq_bulk;
+       int page_count = desc->bd_iov_count;
+       int unstable_count;
+
+       LASSERT(page_count >= 0);
+       dec_unstable_page_accounting(desc);
+
+       unstable_count = atomic_sub_return(page_count, &cli->cl_unstable_count);
+       LASSERT(unstable_count >= 0);
+
+       unstable_count = atomic_sub_return(page_count,
+                                          &cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_nr);
+       LASSERT(unstable_count >= 0);
+       if (!unstable_count)
+               wake_up_all(&cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_waitq);
+
+       if (osc_cache_too_much(cli))
+               (void)ptlrpcd_queue_work(cli->cl_lru_work);
+}
+
+/**
+ * "unstable" page accounting. See: osc_dec_unstable_pages.
+ */
+void osc_inc_unstable_pages(struct ptlrpc_request *req)
+{
+       struct client_obd *cli  = &req->rq_import->imp_obd->u.cli;
+       struct ptlrpc_bulk_desc *desc = req->rq_bulk;
+       int page_count = desc->bd_iov_count;
+
+       /* No unstable page tracking */
+       if (!cli->cl_cache || !cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_check)
+               return;
+
+       add_unstable_page_accounting(desc);
+       atomic_add(page_count, &cli->cl_unstable_count);
+       atomic_add(page_count, &cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_nr);
+
+       /*
+        * If the request has already been committed (i.e. brw_commit
+        * called via rq_commit_cb), we need to undo the unstable page
+        * increments we just performed because rq_commit_cb wont be
+        * called again.
+        */
+       spin_lock(&req->rq_lock);
+       if (unlikely(req->rq_committed)) {
+               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+
+               osc_dec_unstable_pages(req);
+       } else {
+               req->rq_unstable = 1;
+               spin_unlock(&req->rq_lock);
+       }
+}
+
+/**
+ * Check if it piggybacks SOFT_SYNC flag to OST from this OSC.
+ * This function will be called by every BRW RPC so it's critical
+ * to make this function fast.
+ */
+bool osc_over_unstable_soft_limit(struct client_obd *cli)
+{
+       long unstable_nr, osc_unstable_count;
+
+       /* Can't check cli->cl_unstable_count, therefore, no soft limit */
+       if (!cli->cl_cache || !cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_check)
+               return false;
+
+       osc_unstable_count = atomic_read(&cli->cl_unstable_count);
+       unstable_nr = atomic_read(&cli->cl_cache->ccc_unstable_nr);
+
+       CDEBUG(D_CACHE,
+              "%s: cli: %p unstable pages: %lu, osc unstable pages: %lu\n",
+              cli->cl_import->imp_obd->obd_name, cli,
+              unstable_nr, osc_unstable_count);
+
+       /*
+        * If the LRU slots are in shortage - 25% remaining AND this OSC
+        * has one full RPC window of unstable pages, it's a good chance
+        * to piggyback a SOFT_SYNC flag.
+        * Please notice that the OST won't take immediate response for the
+        * SOFT_SYNC request so active OSCs will have more chance to carry
+        * the flag, this is reasonable.
+        */
+       return unstable_nr > cli->cl_cache->ccc_lru_max >> 2 &&
+              osc_unstable_count > cli->cl_max_pages_per_rpc *
+                                   cli->cl_max_rpcs_in_flight;
+}
+
 /** @} osc */
index 042a081f3d67661d3940d1b9c9f137556c6b1f00..e5669e2a1dbcd9db0e27bffa0dcc8d6147c3303b 100644 (file)
@@ -807,17 +807,15 @@ static void osc_announce_cached(struct client_obd *cli, struct obdo *oa,
                CERROR("dirty %lu - %lu > dirty_max %lu\n",
                       cli->cl_dirty, cli->cl_dirty_transit, cli->cl_dirty_max);
                oa->o_undirty = 0;
-       } else if (unlikely(atomic_read(&obd_unstable_pages) +
-                           atomic_read(&obd_dirty_pages) -
+       } else if (unlikely(atomic_read(&obd_dirty_pages) -
                            atomic_read(&obd_dirty_transit_pages) >
                            (long)(obd_max_dirty_pages + 1))) {
                /* The atomic_read() allowing the atomic_inc() are
                 * not covered by a lock thus they may safely race and trip
                 * this CERROR() unless we add in a small fudge factor (+1).
                 */
-               CERROR("%s: dirty %d + %d - %d > system dirty_max %d\n",
+               CERROR("%s: dirty %d + %d > system dirty_max %d\n",
                       cli->cl_import->imp_obd->obd_name,
-                      atomic_read(&obd_unstable_pages),
                       atomic_read(&obd_dirty_pages),
                       atomic_read(&obd_dirty_transit_pages),
                       obd_max_dirty_pages);
@@ -1818,6 +1816,9 @@ static int brw_interpret(const struct lu_env *env,
        }
        kmem_cache_free(obdo_cachep, aa->aa_oa);
 
+       if (lustre_msg_get_opc(req->rq_reqmsg) == OST_WRITE && rc == 0)
+               osc_inc_unstable_pages(req);
+
        list_for_each_entry_safe(ext, tmp, &aa->aa_exts, oe_link) {
                list_del_init(&ext->oe_link);
                osc_extent_finish(env, ext, 1, rc);
@@ -1888,6 +1889,7 @@ int osc_build_rpc(const struct lu_env *env, struct client_obd *cli,
        int mpflag = 0;
        int mem_tight = 0;
        int page_count = 0;
+       bool soft_sync = false;
        int i;
        int rc;
        struct ost_body *body;
@@ -1915,6 +1917,7 @@ int osc_build_rpc(const struct lu_env *env, struct client_obd *cli,
                }
        }
 
+       soft_sync = osc_over_unstable_soft_limit(cli);
        if (mem_tight)
                mpflag = cfs_memory_pressure_get_and_set();
 
@@ -1950,6 +1953,8 @@ int osc_build_rpc(const struct lu_env *env, struct client_obd *cli,
                }
                if (mem_tight)
                        oap->oap_brw_flags |= OBD_BRW_MEMALLOC;
+               if (soft_sync)
+                       oap->oap_brw_flags |= OBD_BRW_SOFT_SYNC;
                pga[i] = &oap->oap_brw_page;
                pga[i]->off = oap->oap_obj_off + oap->oap_page_off;
                CDEBUG(0, "put page %p index %lu oap %p flg %x to pga\n",