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authorThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2008-11-24 19:54:37 +0100
committerThomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>2008-11-24 19:54:37 +0100
commit3e1d7a6219ab64e13b10b1a77c0625db9a8bd8db (patch)
treec682da7317845d7b1336e3d8498cf83bdf8f5900 /include/linux/writeback.h
parent42569c39917a08e8de1e8b5685463be7b74baebd (diff)
parent13d428afc007fcfcd6deeb215618f54cf9c0cae6 (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into core/futexes
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/writeback.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/writeback.h10
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 12b15c561a1f..e585657e9831 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -63,7 +63,15 @@ struct writeback_control {
unsigned for_writepages:1; /* This is a writepages() call */
unsigned range_cyclic:1; /* range_start is cyclic */
unsigned more_io:1; /* more io to be dispatched */
- unsigned range_cont:1;
+ /*
+ * write_cache_pages() won't update wbc->nr_to_write and
+ * mapping->writeback_index if no_nrwrite_index_update
+ * is set. write_cache_pages() may write more than we
+ * requested and we want to make sure nr_to_write and
+ * writeback_index are updated in a consistent manner
+ * so we use a single control to update them
+ */
+ unsigned no_nrwrite_index_update:1;
};
/*