[PATCH] BLOCK: Move functions out of buffer code [try #6]

Move some functions out of the buffering code that aren't strictly buffering
specific.  This is a precursor to being able to disable the block layer.

 (*) Moved some stuff out of fs/buffer.c:

     (*) The file sync and general sync stuff moved to fs/sync.c.

     (*) The superblock sync stuff moved to fs/super.c.

     (*) do_invalidatepage() moved to mm/truncate.c.

     (*) try_to_release_page() moved to mm/filemap.c.

 (*) Moved some related declarations between header files:

     (*) declarations for do_invalidatepage() and try_to_release_page() moved
     	 to linux/mm.h.

     (*) __set_page_dirty_buffers() moved to linux/buffer_head.h.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

1 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 3277f3b23524..d6846de08887 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2491,3 +2491,33 @@ generic_file_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 	}
 	return retval;
 }
+
+/**
+ * try_to_release_page() - release old fs-specific metadata on a page
+ *
+ * @page: the page which the kernel is trying to free
+ * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags (and I/O mode)
+ *
+ * The address_space is to try to release any data against the page
+ * (presumably at page->private).  If the release was successful, return `1'.
+ * Otherwise return zero.
+ *
+ * The @gfp_mask argument specifies whether I/O may be performed to release
+ * this page (__GFP_IO), and whether the call may block (__GFP_WAIT).
+ *
+ * NOTE: @gfp_mask may go away, and this function may become non-blocking.
+ */
+int try_to_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+	struct address_space * const mapping = page->mapping;
+
+	BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+	if (PageWriteback(page))
+		return 0;
+
+	if (mapping && mapping->a_ops->releasepage)
+		return mapping->a_ops->releasepage(page, gfp_mask);
+	return try_to_free_buffers(page);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_release_page);