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 */
70 void writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc);
71 void wake_up_inode(struct inode *inode);
72 int inode_wait(void *);
73 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, int wait);
74 void sync_inodes(int wait);
76 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
77 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
80 wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK, inode_wait,
81 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
87 int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages);
88 void laptop_io_completion(void);
89 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
90 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
92 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
93 extern int dirty_background_ratio;
94 extern int vm_dirty_ratio;
95 extern int dirty_writeback_interval;
96 extern int dirty_expire_interval;
97 extern int block_dump;
98 extern int laptop_mode;
102 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *,
103 void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
105 void page_writeback_init(void);
106 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
107 unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied);
110 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping)
112 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(mapping, 1);
115 typedef int (*writepage_t)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
118 int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0);
119 int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
120 struct writeback_control *wbc);
121 int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
122 struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage,
124 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc);
125 int sync_page_range(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
126 loff_t pos, loff_t count);
127 int sync_page_range_nolock(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
128 loff_t pos, loff_t count);
129 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite);
130 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void);
133 extern int nr_pdflush_threads; /* Global so it can be exported to sysctl
137 #endif /* WRITEBACK_H */