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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-04-11 02:44:30 -0700
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-04-11 02:44:30 -0700
commit4a1032faac94ebbf647460ae3e06fc21146eb280 (patch)
tree7f31b97beb0406faa1523e619289ad0ab07c9787 /include/linux/writeback.h
parentae4e8d63b5619d4d95f1d2bfa2b836caa6e62d06 (diff)
parent0eddb519b9127c73d53db4bf3ec1d45b13f844d1 (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
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diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 76e8903cd204..36520ded3e06 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ struct writeback_control {
enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
unsigned long *older_than_this; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
older than this */
+ unsigned long wb_start; /* Time writeback_inodes_wb was
+ called. This is needed to avoid
+ extra jobs and livelock */
long nr_to_write; /* Write this many pages, and decrement
this for each page written */
long pages_skipped; /* Pages which were not written */