2 * include/linux/writeback.h
7 #include <linux/sched.h>
10 struct backing_dev_info;
12 extern spinlock_t inode_lock;
13 extern struct list_head inode_in_use;
14 extern struct list_head inode_unused;
17 * Yes, writeback.h requires sched.h
18 * No, sched.h is not included from here.
20 static inline int task_is_pdflush(struct task_struct *task)
22 return task->flags & PF_FLUSHER;
25 #define current_is_pdflush() task_is_pdflush(current)
30 enum writeback_sync_modes {
31 WB_SYNC_NONE, /* Don't wait on anything */
32 WB_SYNC_ALL, /* Wait on every mapping */
33 WB_SYNC_HOLD, /* Hold the inode on sb_dirty for sys_sync() */
37 * A control structure which tells the writeback code what to do. These are
38 * always on the stack, and hence need no locking. They are always initialised
39 * in a manner such that unspecified fields are set to zero.
41 struct writeback_control {
42 struct backing_dev_info *bdi; /* If !NULL, only write back this
44 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
45 unsigned long *older_than_this; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
47 long nr_to_write; /* Write this many pages, and decrement
48 this for each page written */
49 long pages_skipped; /* Pages which were not written */
52 * For a_ops->writepages(): is start or end are non-zero then this is
53 * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
54 * byterange. The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
59 unsigned nonblocking:1; /* Don't get stuck on request queues */
60 unsigned encountered_congestion:1; /* An output: a queue is full */
61 unsigned for_kupdate:1; /* A kupdate writeback */
62 unsigned for_reclaim:1; /* Invoked from the page allocator */
63 unsigned for_writepages:1; /* This is a writepages() call */
64 unsigned range_cyclic:1; /* range_start is cyclic */
65 unsigned more_io:1; /* more io to be dispatched */
66 unsigned range_cont:1;
72 void writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc);
73 int inode_wait(void *);
74 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, int wait);
75 void sync_inodes(int wait);
77 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
78 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
81 wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK, inode_wait,
82 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
84 static inline void inode_sync_wait(struct inode *inode)
87 wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC, inode_wait,
88 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
95 int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages);
96 void laptop_io_completion(void);
97 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
98 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
100 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
101 extern int dirty_background_ratio;
102 extern int vm_dirty_ratio;
103 extern int dirty_writeback_interval;
104 extern int dirty_expire_interval;
105 extern int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
106 extern int block_dump;
107 extern int laptop_mode;
109 extern unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void);
111 extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
112 struct file *filp, void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
117 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *,
118 void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
120 void get_dirty_limits(long *pbackground, long *pdirty, long *pbdi_dirty,
121 struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
123 void page_writeback_init(void);
124 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
125 unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied);
128 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping)
130 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(mapping, 1);
133 typedef int (*writepage_t)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
136 int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0);
137 int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
138 struct writeback_control *wbc);
139 int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
140 struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage,
142 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc);
143 int sync_page_range(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
144 loff_t pos, loff_t count);
145 int sync_page_range_nolock(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
146 loff_t pos, loff_t count);
147 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite);
148 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void);
151 extern int nr_pdflush_threads; /* Global so it can be exported to sysctl
155 #endif /* WRITEBACK_H */