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Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/fs.h | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | include/linux/writeback.h | 7 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h index c79316c79ee3..1c71e7f4d234 100644 --- a/include/linux/fs.h +++ b/include/linux/fs.h @@ -1753,9 +1753,10 @@ struct super_operations { * anew. Other functions will just ignore such inodes, * if appropriate. I_NEW is used for waiting. * - * I_SYNC Synchonized write of dirty inode data. The bits is - * set during data writeback, and cleared with a wakeup - * on the bit address once it is done. + * I_SYNC Writeback of inode is running. The bit is set during + * data writeback, and cleared with a wakeup on the bit + * address once it is done. The bit is also used to pin + * the inode in memory for flusher thread. * * I_REFERENCED Marks the inode as recently references on the LRU list. * diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h index 3309736ff059..6d0a0fcd80e7 100644 --- a/include/linux/writeback.h +++ b/include/linux/writeback.h @@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason); long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait); void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason); +void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode); /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */ static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode) @@ -102,12 +103,6 @@ static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode) might_sleep(); wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_NEW, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); } -static inline void inode_sync_wait(struct inode *inode) -{ - might_sleep(); - wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC, inode_wait, - TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE); -} /* |