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1 files changed, 19 insertions, 27 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 9d5360c4c2a..1a7c42c64ff 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ static void bdi_sync_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
/**
* bdi_start_writeback - start writeback
* @bdi: the backing device to write from
+ * @sb: write inodes from this super_block
* @nr_pages: the number of pages to write
*
* Description:
@@ -614,7 +615,6 @@ static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
struct writeback_control *wbc)
{
struct super_block *sb = wbc->sb, *pin_sb = NULL;
- const int is_blkdev_sb = sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb);
const unsigned long start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
spin_lock(&inode_lock);
@@ -635,36 +635,11 @@ static void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
continue;
}
- if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(wb->bdi)) {
- redirty_tail(inode);
- if (is_blkdev_sb) {
- /*
- * Dirty memory-backed blockdev: the ramdisk
- * driver does this. Skip just this inode
- */
- continue;
- }
- /*
- * Dirty memory-backed inode against a filesystem other
- * than the kernel-internal bdev filesystem. Skip the
- * entire superblock.
- */
- break;
- }
-
if (inode->i_state & (I_NEW | I_WILL_FREE)) {
requeue_io(inode);
continue;
}
- if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(wb->bdi)) {
- wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
- if (!is_blkdev_sb)
- break; /* Skip a congested fs */
- requeue_io(inode);
- continue; /* Skip a congested blockdev */
- }
-
/*
* Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called?
* This keeps sync from extra jobs and livelock.
@@ -756,6 +731,7 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
.sync_mode = args->sync_mode,
.older_than_this = NULL,
.for_kupdate = args->for_kupdate,
+ .for_background = args->for_background,
.range_cyclic = args->range_cyclic,
};
unsigned long oldest_jif;
@@ -787,7 +763,6 @@ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
break;
wbc.more_io = 0;
- wbc.encountered_congestion = 0;
wbc.nr_to_write = MAX_WRITEBACK_PAGES;
wbc.pages_skipped = 0;
writeback_inodes_wb(wb, &wbc);
@@ -1213,6 +1188,23 @@ void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
/**
+ * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
+ * @sb: the superblock
+ *
+ * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
+ * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
+ */
+int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+ if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
+ writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
+ return 1;
+ } else
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
+
+/**
* sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
* @sb: the superblock
*