1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
index eca945b0f88f..22c7bff77ad2 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_buf.c
@@ -638,6 +638,40 @@ xfs_buf_readahead(
 	xfs_buf_read(target, ioff, isize, flags);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Read an uncached buffer from disk. Allocates and returns a locked
+ * buffer containing the disk contents or nothing.
+ */
+struct xfs_buf *
+xfs_buf_read_uncached(
+	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
+	struct xfs_buftarg	*target,
+	xfs_daddr_t		daddr,
+	size_t			length,
+	int			flags)
+{
+	xfs_buf_t		*bp;
+	int			error;
+
+	bp = xfs_buf_get_uncached(target, length, flags);
+	if (!bp)
+		return NULL;
+
+	/* set up the buffer for a read IO */
+	xfs_buf_lock(bp);
+	XFS_BUF_SET_ADDR(bp, daddr);
+	XFS_BUF_READ(bp);
+	XFS_BUF_BUSY(bp);
+
+	xfsbdstrat(mp, bp);
+	error = xfs_iowait(bp);
+	if (error || bp->b_error) {
+		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
+		return NULL;
+	}
+	return bp;
+}
+
 xfs_buf_t *
 xfs_buf_get_empty(
 	size_t			len,