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1 /*
2 * include/linux/writeback.h
3 */
4 #ifndef WRITEBACK_H
5 #define WRITEBACK_H
7 #include <linux/sched.h>
8 #include <linux/fs.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 * fs/fs-writeback.c
19 enum writeback_sync_modes {
20 WB_SYNC_NONE, /* Don't wait on anything */
21 WB_SYNC_ALL, /* Wait on every mapping */
25 * A control structure which tells the writeback code what to do. These are
26 * always on the stack, and hence need no locking. They are always initialised
27 * in a manner such that unspecified fields are set to zero.
29 struct writeback_control {
30 struct backing_dev_info *bdi; /* If !NULL, only write back this
31 queue */
32 struct super_block *sb; /* if !NULL, only write inodes from
33 this super_block */
34 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
35 unsigned long *older_than_this; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
36 older than this */
37 long nr_to_write; /* Write this many pages, and decrement
38 this for each page written */
39 long pages_skipped; /* Pages which were not written */
42 * For a_ops->writepages(): is start or end are non-zero then this is
43 * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
44 * byterange. The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
46 loff_t range_start;
47 loff_t range_end;
49 unsigned nonblocking:1; /* Don't get stuck on request queues */
50 unsigned encountered_congestion:1; /* An output: a queue is full */
51 unsigned for_kupdate:1; /* A kupdate writeback */
52 unsigned for_reclaim:1; /* Invoked from the page allocator */
53 unsigned range_cyclic:1; /* range_start is cyclic */
54 unsigned more_io:1; /* more io to be dispatched */
56 * write_cache_pages() won't update wbc->nr_to_write and
57 * mapping->writeback_index if no_nrwrite_index_update
58 * is set. write_cache_pages() may write more than we
59 * requested and we want to make sure nr_to_write and
60 * writeback_index are updated in a consistent manner
61 * so we use a single control to update them
63 unsigned no_nrwrite_index_update:1;
67 * fs/fs-writeback.c
68 */
69 struct bdi_writeback;
70 int inode_wait(void *);
71 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
72 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
73 void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc);
74 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait);
75 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages);
77 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
78 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
80 might_sleep();
81 wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK, inode_wait,
82 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
84 static inline void inode_sync_wait(struct inode *inode)
86 might_sleep();
87 wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC, inode_wait,
88 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
93 * mm/page-writeback.c
95 void laptop_io_completion(void);
96 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
97 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
99 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
100 extern int dirty_background_ratio;
101 extern unsigned long dirty_background_bytes;
102 extern int vm_dirty_ratio;
103 extern unsigned long vm_dirty_bytes;
104 extern unsigned int dirty_writeback_interval;
105 extern unsigned int dirty_expire_interval;
106 extern int vm_highmem_is_dirtyable;
107 extern int block_dump;
108 extern int laptop_mode;
110 extern unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void);
112 extern int dirty_background_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
113 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
114 loff_t *ppos);
115 extern int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
116 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
117 loff_t *ppos);
118 extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
119 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
120 loff_t *ppos);
121 extern int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
122 void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
123 loff_t *ppos);
125 struct ctl_table;
126 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int,
127 void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
129 void get_dirty_limits(unsigned long *pbackground, unsigned long *pdirty,
130 unsigned long *pbdi_dirty, struct backing_dev_info *bdi);
132 void page_writeback_init(void);
133 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
134 unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied);
136 static inline void
137 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping)
139 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(mapping, 1);
142 typedef int (*writepage_t)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
143 void *data);
145 int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
146 struct writeback_control *wbc);
147 int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
148 struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage,
149 void *data);
150 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc);
151 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page, int page_mkwrite);
152 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void);
154 /* pdflush.c */
155 extern int nr_pdflush_threads; /* Global so it can be exported to sysctl
156 read-only. */
159 #endif /* WRITEBACK_H */