linux-bk/fs/fs-writeback.c
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   1/*
   2 * fs/fs-writeback.c
   3 *
   4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
   5 *
   6 * Contains all the functions related to writing back and waiting
   7 * upon dirty inodes against superblocks, and writing back dirty
   8 * pages against inodes.  ie: data writeback.  Writeout of the
   9 * inode itself is not handled here.
  10 *
  11 * 10Apr2002    akpm@zip.com.au
  12 *              Split out of fs/inode.c
  13 *              Additions for address_space-based writeback
  14 */
  15
  16#include <linux/kernel.h>
  17#include <linux/spinlock.h>
  18#include <linux/sched.h>
  19#include <linux/fs.h>
  20#include <linux/mm.h>
  21#include <linux/writeback.h>
  22#include <linux/blkdev.h>
  23#include <linux/backing-dev.h>
  24#include <linux/buffer_head.h>
  25
  26extern struct super_block *blockdev_superblock;
  27
  28/**
  29 *      __mark_inode_dirty -    internal function
  30 *      @inode: inode to mark
  31 *      @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
  32 *      Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
  33 *      mark_inode_dirty_sync.
  34 *
  35 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
  36 *
  37 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
  38 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
  39 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
  40 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
  41 *
  42 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
  43 * them dirty.
  44 *
  45 * This function *must* be atomic for the I_DIRTY_PAGES case -
  46 * set_page_dirty() is called under spinlock in several places.
  47 *
  48 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
  49 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself.  And the ->dirtied_when field of
  50 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
  51 * blockdev's pages.  This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
  52 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
  53 * blockdev inode.
  54 */
  55void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
  56{
  57        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
  58
  59        /*
  60         * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
  61         * dirty the inode itself
  62         */
  63        if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
  64                if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
  65                        sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode);
  66        }
  67
  68        /*
  69         * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
  70         * -- mikulas
  71         */
  72        smp_mb();
  73
  74        /* avoid the locking if we can */
  75        if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
  76                return;
  77
  78        if (unlikely(block_dump)) {
  79                struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
  80                const char *name = "?";
  81
  82                if (!list_empty(&inode->i_dentry)) {
  83                        dentry = list_entry(inode->i_dentry.next,
  84                                            struct dentry, d_alias);
  85                        if (dentry && dentry->d_name.name)
  86                                name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
  87                }
  88
  89                if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev"))
  90                        printk(KERN_DEBUG
  91                               "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
  92                               current->comm, current->pid, inode->i_ino,
  93                               name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
  94        }
  95
  96        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
  97        if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
  98                const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
  99
 100                inode->i_state |= flags;
 101
 102                /*
 103                 * If the inode is locked, just update its dirty state. 
 104                 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
 105                 * superblock list, based upon its state.
 106                 */
 107                if (inode->i_state & I_LOCK)
 108                        goto out;
 109
 110                /*
 111                 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
 112                 * dirty list.  Add blockdev inodes as well.
 113                 */
 114                if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
 115                        if (hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash))
 116                                goto out;
 117                }
 118                if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR))
 119                        goto out;
 120
 121                /*
 122                 * If the inode was already on s_dirty or s_io, don't
 123                 * reposition it (that would break s_dirty time-ordering).
 124                 */
 125                if (!was_dirty) {
 126                        inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 127                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
 128                }
 129        }
 130out:
 131        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 132}
 133
 134EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
 135
 136static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 137{
 138        if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode))
 139                return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, sync);
 140        return 0;
 141}
 142
 143/*
 144 * Write a single inode's dirty pages and inode data out to disk.
 145 * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
 146 *
 147 * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile.  We want to avoid
 148 * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
 149 * livelocks, etc.
 150 *
 151 * Called under inode_lock.
 152 */
 153static int
 154__sync_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 155{
 156        unsigned dirty;
 157        struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 158        struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
 159        int wait = wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL;
 160        int ret;
 161
 162        BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_LOCK);
 163
 164        /* Set I_LOCK, reset I_DIRTY */
 165        dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
 166        inode->i_state |= I_LOCK;
 167        inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY;
 168
 169        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 170
 171        ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
 172
 173        /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
 174        if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
 175                int err = write_inode(inode, wait);
 176                if (ret == 0)
 177                        ret = err;
 178        }
 179
 180        if (wait) {
 181                int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
 182                if (ret == 0)
 183                        ret = err;
 184        }
 185
 186        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 187        inode->i_state &= ~I_LOCK;
 188        if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
 189                if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
 190                    mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
 191                        /*
 192                         * We didn't write back all the pages.  nfs_writepages()
 193                         * sometimes bales out without doing anything. Redirty
 194                         * the inode.  It is still on sb->s_io.
 195                         */
 196                        if (wbc->for_kupdate) {
 197                                /*
 198                                 * For the kupdate function we leave the inode
 199                                 * at the head of sb_dirty so it will get more
 200                                 * writeout as soon as the queue becomes
 201                                 * uncongested.
 202                                 */
 203                                inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
 204                                list_move_tail(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
 205                        } else {
 206                                /*
 207                                 * Otherwise fully redirty the inode so that
 208                                 * other inodes on this superblock will get some
 209                                 * writeout.  Otherwise heavy writing to one
 210                                 * file would indefinitely suspend writeout of
 211                                 * all the other files.
 212                                 */
 213                                inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
 214                                inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 215                                list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
 216                        }
 217                } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
 218                        /*
 219                         * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back
 220                         * the pages.
 221                         */
 222                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
 223                } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
 224                        /*
 225                         * The inode is clean, inuse
 226                         */
 227                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
 228                } else {
 229                        /*
 230                         * The inode is clean, unused
 231                         */
 232                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
 233                        inodes_stat.nr_unused++;
 234                }
 235        }
 236        wake_up_inode(inode);
 237        return ret;
 238}
 239
 240/*
 241 * Write out an inode's dirty pages.  Called under inode_lock.
 242 */
 243static int
 244__writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode,
 245                        struct writeback_control *wbc)
 246{
 247        wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
 248
 249        if ((wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) && (inode->i_state & I_LOCK)) {
 250                list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode->i_sb->s_dirty);
 251                return 0;
 252        }
 253
 254        /*
 255         * It's a data-integrity sync.  We must wait.
 256         */
 257        if (inode->i_state & I_LOCK) {
 258                DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_LOCK);
 259
 260                wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK);
 261                do {
 262                        __iget(inode);
 263                        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 264                        __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait,
 265                                                        TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 266                        iput(inode);
 267                        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 268                } while (inode->i_state & I_LOCK);
 269        }
 270        return __sync_single_inode(inode, wbc);
 271}
 272
 273/*
 274 * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes.  A wait will be performed
 275 * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
 276 *
 277 * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
 278 * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
 279 *
 280 * If we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
 281 * against the entire list.
 282 *
 283 * WB_SYNC_HOLD is a hack for sys_sync(): reattach the inode to sb->s_dirty so
 284 * that it can be located for waiting on in __writeback_single_inode().
 285 *
 286 * Called under inode_lock.
 287 *
 288 * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
 289 * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
 290 * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched.  For other superblocks,
 291 * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
 292 *
 293 * FIXME: this linear search could get expensive with many fileystems.  But
 294 * how to fix?  We need to go from an address_space to all inodes which share
 295 * a queue with that address_space.  (Easy: have a global "dirty superblocks"
 296 * list).
 297 *
 298 * The inodes to be written are parked on sb->s_io.  They are moved back onto
 299 * sb->s_dirty as they are selected for writing.  This way, none can be missed
 300 * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
 301 * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on __wait_on_inode.
 302 */
 303static void
 304sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 305{
 306        const unsigned long start = jiffies;    /* livelock avoidance */
 307
 308        if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&sb->s_io))
 309                list_splice_init(&sb->s_dirty, &sb->s_io);
 310
 311        while (!list_empty(&sb->s_io)) {
 312                struct inode *inode = list_entry(sb->s_io.prev,
 313                                                struct inode, i_list);
 314                struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
 315                struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
 316                long pages_skipped;
 317
 318                if (bdi->memory_backed) {
 319                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
 320                        if (sb == blockdev_superblock) {
 321                                /*
 322                                 * Dirty memory-backed blockdev: the ramdisk
 323                                 * driver does this.  Skip just this inode
 324                                 */
 325                                continue;
 326                        }
 327                        /*
 328                         * Dirty memory-backed inode against a filesystem other
 329                         * than the kernel-internal bdev filesystem.  Skip the
 330                         * entire superblock.
 331                         */
 332                        break;
 333                }
 334
 335                if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
 336                        wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
 337                        if (sb != blockdev_superblock)
 338                                break;          /* Skip a congested fs */
 339                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
 340                        continue;               /* Skip a congested blockdev */
 341                }
 342
 343                if (wbc->bdi && bdi != wbc->bdi) {
 344                        if (sb != blockdev_superblock)
 345                                break;          /* fs has the wrong queue */
 346                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
 347                        continue;               /* blockdev has wrong queue */
 348                }
 349
 350                /* Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called? */
 351                if (time_after(inode->dirtied_when, start))
 352                        break;
 353
 354                /* Was this inode dirtied too recently? */
 355                if (wbc->older_than_this && time_after(inode->dirtied_when,
 356                                                *wbc->older_than_this))
 357                        break;
 358
 359                /* Is another pdflush already flushing this queue? */
 360                if (current_is_pdflush() && !writeback_acquire(bdi))
 361                        break;
 362
 363                BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_FREEING);
 364                __iget(inode);
 365                pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
 366                __writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
 367                if (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_HOLD) {
 368                        inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
 369                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
 370                }
 371                if (current_is_pdflush())
 372                        writeback_release(bdi);
 373                if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
 374                        /*
 375                         * writeback is not making progress due to locked
 376                         * buffers.  Skip this inode for now.
 377                         */
 378                        list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
 379                }
 380                spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 381                iput(inode);
 382                spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 383                if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
 384                        break;
 385        }
 386        return;         /* Leave any unwritten inodes on s_io */
 387}
 388
 389/*
 390 * Start writeback of dirty pagecache data against all unlocked inodes.
 391 *
 392 * Note:
 393 * We don't need to grab a reference to superblock here. If it has non-empty
 394 * ->s_dirty it's hadn't been killed yet and kill_super() won't proceed
 395 * past sync_inodes_sb() until both the ->s_dirty and ->s_io lists are
 396 * empty. Since __sync_single_inode() regains inode_lock before it finally moves
 397 * inode from superblock lists we are OK.
 398 *
 399 * If `older_than_this' is non-zero then only flush inodes which have a
 400 * flushtime older than *older_than_this.
 401 *
 402 * If `bdi' is non-zero then we will scan the first inode against each
 403 * superblock until we find the matching ones.  One group will be the dirty
 404 * inodes against a filesystem.  Then when we hit the dummy blockdev superblock,
 405 * sync_sb_inodes will seekout the blockdev which matches `bdi'.  Maybe not
 406 * super-efficient but we're about to do a ton of I/O...
 407 */
 408void
 409writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc)
 410{
 411        struct super_block *sb;
 412
 413        might_sleep();
 414        spin_lock(&sb_lock);
 415restart:
 416        sb = sb_entry(super_blocks.prev);
 417        for (; sb != sb_entry(&super_blocks); sb = sb_entry(sb->s_list.prev)) {
 418                if (!list_empty(&sb->s_dirty) || !list_empty(&sb->s_io)) {
 419                        /* we're making our own get_super here */
 420                        sb->s_count++;
 421                        spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 422                        /*
 423                         * If we can't get the readlock, there's no sense in
 424                         * waiting around, most of the time the FS is going to
 425                         * be unmounted by the time it is released.
 426                         */
 427                        if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
 428                                if (sb->s_root) {
 429                                        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 430                                        sync_sb_inodes(sb, wbc);
 431                                        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 432                                }
 433                                up_read(&sb->s_umount);
 434                        }
 435                        spin_lock(&sb_lock);
 436                        if (__put_super_and_need_restart(sb))
 437                                goto restart;
 438                }
 439                if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
 440                        break;
 441        }
 442        spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 443}
 444
 445/*
 446 * writeback and wait upon the filesystem's dirty inodes.  The caller will
 447 * do this in two passes - one to write, and one to wait.  WB_SYNC_HOLD is
 448 * used to park the written inodes on sb->s_dirty for the wait pass.
 449 *
 450 * A finite limit is set on the number of pages which will be written.
 451 * To prevent infinite livelock of sys_sync().
 452 *
 453 * We add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode write
 454 * can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
 455 */
 456void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
 457{
 458        struct writeback_control wbc = {
 459                .sync_mode      = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_HOLD,
 460        };
 461        unsigned long nr_dirty = read_page_state(nr_dirty);
 462        unsigned long nr_unstable = read_page_state(nr_unstable);
 463
 464        wbc.nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
 465                        (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused) +
 466                        nr_dirty + nr_unstable;
 467        wbc.nr_to_write += wbc.nr_to_write / 2;         /* Bit more for luck */
 468        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 469        sync_sb_inodes(sb, &wbc);
 470        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 471}
 472
 473/*
 474 * Rather lame livelock avoidance.
 475 */
 476static void set_sb_syncing(int val)
 477{
 478        struct super_block *sb;
 479        spin_lock(&sb_lock);
 480        sb = sb_entry(super_blocks.prev);
 481        for (; sb != sb_entry(&super_blocks); sb = sb_entry(sb->s_list.prev)) {
 482                sb->s_syncing = val;
 483        }
 484        spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 485}
 486
 487/*
 488 * Find a superblock with inodes that need to be synced
 489 */
 490static struct super_block *get_super_to_sync(void)
 491{
 492        struct super_block *sb;
 493restart:
 494        spin_lock(&sb_lock);
 495        sb = sb_entry(super_blocks.prev);
 496        for (; sb != sb_entry(&super_blocks); sb = sb_entry(sb->s_list.prev)) {
 497                if (sb->s_syncing)
 498                        continue;
 499                sb->s_syncing = 1;
 500                sb->s_count++;
 501                spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 502                down_read(&sb->s_umount);
 503                if (!sb->s_root) {
 504                        drop_super(sb);
 505                        goto restart;
 506                }
 507                return sb;
 508        }
 509        spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
 510        return NULL;
 511}
 512
 513/**
 514 * sync_inodes
 515 *
 516 * sync_inodes() goes through each super block's dirty inode list, writes the
 517 * inodes out, waits on the writeout and puts the inodes back on the normal
 518 * list.
 519 *
 520 * This is for sys_sync().  fsync_dev() uses the same algorithm.  The subtle
 521 * part of the sync functions is that the blockdev "superblock" is processed
 522 * last.  This is because the write_inode() function of a typical fs will
 523 * perform no I/O, but will mark buffers in the blockdev mapping as dirty.
 524 * What we want to do is to perform all that dirtying first, and then write
 525 * back all those inode blocks via the blockdev mapping in one sweep.  So the
 526 * additional (somewhat redundant) sync_blockdev() calls here are to make
 527 * sure that really happens.  Because if we call sync_inodes_sb(wait=1) with
 528 * outstanding dirty inodes, the writeback goes block-at-a-time within the
 529 * filesystem's write_inode().  This is extremely slow.
 530 */
 531void sync_inodes(int wait)
 532{
 533        struct super_block *sb;
 534
 535        set_sb_syncing(0);
 536        while ((sb = get_super_to_sync()) != NULL) {
 537                sync_inodes_sb(sb, 0);
 538                sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
 539                drop_super(sb);
 540        }
 541        if (wait) {
 542                set_sb_syncing(0);
 543                while ((sb = get_super_to_sync()) != NULL) {
 544                        sync_inodes_sb(sb, 1);
 545                        sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
 546                        drop_super(sb);
 547                }
 548        }
 549}
 550
 551/**
 552 *      write_inode_now -       write an inode to disk
 553 *      @inode: inode to write to disk
 554 *      @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
 555 *
 556 *      This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is
 557 *      dirty. This is primarily needed by knfsd.
 558 */
 559 
 560void write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
 561{
 562        struct writeback_control wbc = {
 563                .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
 564                .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
 565        };
 566
 567        if (inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info->memory_backed)
 568                return;
 569
 570        might_sleep();
 571        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 572        __writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
 573        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 574        if (sync)
 575                wait_on_inode(inode);
 576}
 577EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
 578
 579/**
 580 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
 581 * @inode: the inode to sync
 582 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
 583 *
 584 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk.  It will also
 585 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
 586 * update inode->i_state.
 587 *
 588 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
 589 */
 590int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 591{
 592        int ret;
 593
 594        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 595        ret = __writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
 596        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 597        return ret;
 598}
 599EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
 600
 601/**
 602 * generic_osync_inode - flush all dirty data for a given inode to disk
 603 * @inode: inode to write
 604 * @what:  what to write and wait upon
 605 *
 606 * This can be called by file_write functions for files which have the
 607 * O_SYNC flag set, to flush dirty writes to disk.
 608 *
 609 * @what is a bitmask, specifying which part of the inode's data should be
 610 * written and waited upon:
 611 *
 612 *    OSYNC_DATA:     i_mapping's dirty data
 613 *    OSYNC_METADATA: the buffers at i_mapping->private_list
 614 *    OSYNC_INODE:    the inode itself
 615 */
 616
 617int generic_osync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping, int what)
 618{
 619        int err = 0;
 620        int need_write_inode_now = 0;
 621        int err2;
 622
 623        current->flags |= PF_SYNCWRITE;
 624        if (what & OSYNC_DATA)
 625                err = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
 626        if (what & (OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA)) {
 627                err2 = sync_mapping_buffers(mapping);
 628                if (!err)
 629                        err = err2;
 630        }
 631        if (what & OSYNC_DATA) {
 632                err2 = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
 633                if (!err)
 634                        err = err2;
 635        }
 636        current->flags &= ~PF_SYNCWRITE;
 637
 638        spin_lock(&inode_lock);
 639        if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
 640            ((what & OSYNC_INODE) || (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)))
 641                need_write_inode_now = 1;
 642        spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
 643
 644        if (need_write_inode_now)
 645                write_inode_now(inode, 1);
 646        else
 647                wait_on_inode(inode);
 648
 649        return err;
 650}
 651
 652EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_osync_inode);
 653
 654/**
 655 * writeback_acquire: attempt to get exclusive writeback access to a device
 656 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure
 657 *
 658 * It is a waste of resources to have more than one pdflush thread blocked on
 659 * a single request queue.  Exclusion at the request_queue level is obtained
 660 * via a flag in the request_queue's backing_dev_info.state.
 661 *
 662 * Non-request_queue-backed address_spaces will share default_backing_dev_info,
 663 * unless they implement their own.  Which is somewhat inefficient, as this
 664 * may prevent concurrent writeback against multiple devices.
 665 */
 666int writeback_acquire(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 667{
 668        return !test_and_set_bit(BDI_pdflush, &bdi->state);
 669}
 670
 671/**
 672 * writeback_in_progress: determine whether there is writeback in progress
 673 *                        against a backing device.
 674 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
 675 */
 676int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 677{
 678        return test_bit(BDI_pdflush, &bdi->state);
 679}
 680
 681/**
 682 * writeback_release: relinquish exclusive writeback access against a device.
 683 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure
 684 */
 685void writeback_release(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 686{
 687        BUG_ON(!writeback_in_progress(bdi));
 688        clear_bit(BDI_pdflush, &bdi->state);
 689}
 690
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