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authorPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>2010-02-10 14:17:10 +0100
committerPatrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>2010-02-10 14:17:10 +0100
commit9ab99d5a43e9f283738fd9fd365539306d13eaac (patch)
tree0214a63e3f4f7f4f187f0139e4a5d8abe453902b /fs/fs-writeback.c
parent76780373190d7e8ddfb6fed06aef068e2445c743 (diff)
parentb1109bf085c8dd69537b7876ea83f914dd1fe46a (diff)
Merge branch 'master' of /repos/git/net-next-2.6
Signed-off-by: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/fs-writeback.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c18
1 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 49bc1b8e8f19..1a7c42c64ff4 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:
@@ -1187,6 +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
*