From 2c96ce9f2084c1e04d02883e622f74a537a63aea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 09:43:56 +0200 Subject: fs: remove bdev->bd_inode_backing_dev_info It has been unused since it was introduced in: commit 520808bf20e90fdbdb320264ba7dd5cf9d47dcac Author: Andrew Morton Date: Fri May 21 00:46:17 2004 -0700 [PATCH] block device layer: separate backing_dev_info infrastructure So lets just kill it. Acked-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/fs.h | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index b21cf6b9c80b..db29588874ac 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -655,7 +655,6 @@ struct block_device { int bd_invalidated; struct gendisk * bd_disk; struct list_head bd_list; - struct backing_dev_info *bd_inode_backing_dev_info; /* * Private data. You must have bd_claim'ed the block_device * to use this. NOTE: bd_claim allows an owner to claim -- cgit v1.2.3 From 1fe06ad89255c211fe100d7f690d10b161398df8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe Date: Tue, 15 Sep 2009 15:10:20 +0200 Subject: writeback: get rid of wbc->for_writepages It's only set, it's never checked. Kill it. Acked-by: Jan Kara Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/writeback.h | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h index d347632f1861..48a054e2b716 100644 --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -50,7 +50,6 @@ struct writeback_control { unsigned encountered_congestion:1; /* An output: a queue is full */ unsigned for_kupdate:1; /* A kupdate writeback */ unsigned for_reclaim:1; /* Invoked from the page allocator */ - 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 */ /* -- cgit v1.2.3 From 32a88aa1b6dfb901cec64e1898cac78d0f25028a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:02:33 +0200 Subject: fs: Assign bdi in super_block We do this automatically in get_sb_bdev() from the set_bdev_super() callback. Filesystems that have their own private backing_dev_info must assign that in ->fill_super(). Note that ->s_bdi assignment is required for proper writeback! Acked-by: Christoph Hellwig Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/fs.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index db29588874ac..90162fb3bf04 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1342,6 +1342,7 @@ struct super_block { int s_nr_dentry_unused; /* # of dentry on lru */ struct block_device *s_bdev; + struct backing_dev_info *s_bdi; struct mtd_info *s_mtd; struct list_head s_instances; struct quota_info s_dquot; /* Diskquota specific options */ -- cgit v1.2.3 From cfc4ba5365449cb6b5c9f68d755a142f17da1e47 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe Date: Mon, 14 Sep 2009 13:12:40 +0200 Subject: writeback: use RCU to protect bdi_list Now that bdi_writeback_all() no longer handles integrity writeback, it doesn't have to block anymore. This means that we can switch bdi_list reader side protection to RCU. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/backing-dev.h | 1 + 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h index f169bcb90b58..859e797f4576 100644 --- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ struct bdi_writeback { struct backing_dev_info { struct list_head bdi_list; + struct rcu_head rcu_head; unsigned long ra_pages; /* max readahead in PAGE_CACHE_SIZE units */ unsigned long state; /* Always use atomic bitops on this */ unsigned int capabilities; /* Device capabilities */ -- cgit v1.2.3 From b6e51316daede0633e9274e1e30391cfa4747877 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jens Axboe Date: Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:13:54 +0200 Subject: writeback: separate starting of sync vs opportunistic writeback bdi_start_writeback() is currently split into two paths, one for WB_SYNC_NONE and one for WB_SYNC_ALL. Add bdi_sync_writeback() for WB_SYNC_ALL writeback and let bdi_start_writeback() handle only WB_SYNC_NONE. Push down the writeback_control allocation and only accept the parameters that make sense for each function. This cleans up the API considerably. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe --- include/linux/backing-dev.h | 2 +- include/linux/writeback.h | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'include/linux') diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h index 859e797f4576..0ee33c2e6129 100644 --- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h @@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ int bdi_register(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct device *parent, const char *fmt, ...); int bdi_register_dev(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, dev_t dev); void bdi_unregister(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); -void bdi_start_writeback(struct writeback_control *wbc); +void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages); int bdi_writeback_task(struct bdi_writeback *wb); int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi); diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h index 48a054e2b716..75cf58666ff9 100644 --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -68,8 +68,8 @@ struct writeback_control { */ struct bdi_writeback; int inode_wait(void *); -long writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *); -long sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *); +void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *); +void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *); void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc); long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait); void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages); -- cgit v1.2.3