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Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/buffer_head.h')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/buffer_head.h | 22 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h index 1001244a8941..3d85a0cf0ca5 100644 --- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h +++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h @@ -457,6 +457,28 @@ __bread(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, unsigned size) return __bread_gfp(bdev, block, size, __GFP_MOVABLE); } +/** + * get_nth_bh - Get a reference on the n'th buffer after this one. + * @bh: The buffer to start counting from. + * @count: How many buffers to skip. + * + * This is primarily useful for finding the nth buffer in a folio; in + * that case you pass the head buffer and the byte offset in the folio + * divided by the block size. It can be used for other purposes, but + * it will wrap at the end of the folio rather than returning NULL or + * proceeding to the next folio for you. + * + * Return: The requested buffer with an elevated refcount. + */ +static inline __must_check +struct buffer_head *get_nth_bh(struct buffer_head *bh, unsigned int count) +{ + while (count--) + bh = bh->b_this_page; + get_bh(bh); + return bh; +} + bool block_dirty_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *folio); #ifdef CONFIG_BUFFER_HEAD |