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authorH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2010-04-29 16:53:17 -0700
committerH. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>2010-04-29 16:53:17 -0700
commitd9c5841e22231e4e49fd0a1004164e6fce59b7a6 (patch)
treee1f589c46b3ff79bbe7b1b2469f6362f94576da6 /include/linux/writeback.h
parentb701a47ba48b698976fb2fe05fb285b0edc1d26a (diff)
parent5967ed87ade85a421ef814296c3c7f182b08c225 (diff)
Merge branch 'x86/asm' into x86/atomic
Merge reason: Conflict between LOCK_PREFIX_HERE and relative alternatives pointers Resolved Conflicts: arch/x86/include/asm/alternative.h arch/x86/kernel/alternative.c Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/writeback.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/writeback.h4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index c18c008f4bbf..36520ded3e06 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ struct writeback_control {
enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
unsigned long *older_than_this; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
older than this */
+ unsigned long wb_start; /* Time writeback_inodes_wb was
+ called. This is needed to avoid
+ extra jobs and livelock */
long nr_to_write; /* Write this many pages, and decrement
this for each page written */
long pages_skipped; /* Pages which were not written */
@@ -70,6 +73,7 @@ struct writeback_control {
struct bdi_writeback;
int inode_wait(void *);
void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
+int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *);
void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc);
long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait);