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
;
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
32 struct super_block
*sb
; /* if !NULL, only write inodes from
34 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode
;
35 unsigned long *older_than_this
; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
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.
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;
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
)
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 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
,
115 extern int dirty_background_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
116 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
118 extern int dirty_ratio_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
119 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
121 extern int dirty_bytes_handler(struct ctl_table
*table
, int write
,
122 void __user
*buffer
, size_t *lenp
,
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
);
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
,
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
,
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);
155 extern int nr_pdflush_threads
; /* Global so it can be exported to sysctl
159 #endif /* WRITEBACK_H */