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authorDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-01-23 07:45:46 +0100
committerDavid S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>2010-01-23 07:45:46 +0100
commit6be325719b3e54624397e413efd4b33a997e55a3 (patch)
tree57f321a56794cab2222e179b16731e0d76a4a68a /fs/fs-writeback.c
parentbe2net: fix bug in rx page posting (diff)
parentLinux 2.6.33-rc5 (diff)
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Merge branch 'master' of /home/davem/src/GIT/linux-2.6/
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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
*