mm/filemap.c: don't initiate writeback if mapping has no dirty pages

Functions like filemap_write_and_wait_range() should do nothing if inode
has no dirty pages or pages currently under writeback.  But they anyway
construct struct writeback_control and this does some atomic operations if
CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK=y - on fast path it locks inode->i_lock and
updates state of writeback ownership, on slow path might be more work.
Current this path is safely avoided only when inode mapping has no pages.

For example generic_file_read_iter() calls filemap_write_and_wait_range()
at each O_DIRECT read - pretty hot path.

This patch skips starting new writeback if mapping has no dirty tags set.
If writeback is already in progress filemap_write_and_wait_range() will
wait for it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/156378816804.1087.8607636317907921438.stgit@buzz
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Cc: Tejun Heo <[email protected]>
Cc: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
Cc: Johannes Weiner <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <[email protected]>

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