Merge branch 'perf/core' into perf/uprobes

Merge in latest upstream (and the latest perf development tree),
to prepare for tooling changes, and also to pick up v3.4 MM
changes that the uprobes code needs to take care of.

Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 22 deletions

diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 5b4a9362d5a..539f36cf3e4 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
  */
 
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
-#include <linux/module.h>
+#include <linux/export.h>
 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
@@ -256,7 +256,8 @@ static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t)
 }
 
 /*
- * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
+ * Move expired (dirtied after work->older_than_this) dirty inodes from
+ * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
  */
 static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
 			       struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
@@ -1148,23 +1149,6 @@ out_unlock_inode:
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
 
-/*
- * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes.  A wait will be performed
- * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
- *
- * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
- * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
- *
- * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
- * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
- * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched.  For other superblocks,
- * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
- *
- * The inodes to be written are parked on bdi->b_io.  They are moved back onto
- * bdi->b_dirty as they are selected for writing.  This way, none can be missed
- * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
- * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
- */
 static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
 {
 	struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
@@ -1284,7 +1268,7 @@ int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
 
 /**
- * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle	-	start writeback if none underway
+ * writeback_inodes_sb_nr_if_idle	-	start writeback if none underway
  * @sb: the superblock
  * @nr: the number of pages to write
  * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated
@@ -1364,8 +1348,6 @@ int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 	ret = writeback_single_inode(inode, wb, &wbc);
 	spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
 	spin_unlock(&wb->list_lock);
-	if (sync)
-		inode_sync_wait(inode);
 	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);