include/linux/writeback.h

   1 /*
   2  * include/linux/writeback.h
   3  */
   4 #ifndef WRITEBACK_H
   5 #define WRITEBACK_H
   6
   7 struct backing_dev_info;
   8
   9 extern spinlock_t inode_lock;
  10 extern struct list_head inode_in_use;
  11 extern struct list_head inode_unused;
  12
  13 /*
  14  * Yes, writeback.h requires sched.h
  15  * No, sched.h is not included from here.
  16  */
  17 static inline int task_is_pdflush(struct task_struct *task)
  18 {
  19         return task->flags & PF_FLUSHER;
  20 }
  21
  22 #define current_is_pdflush()    task_is_pdflush(current)
  23
  24 /*
  25  * fs/fs-writeback.c
  26  */
  27 enum writeback_sync_modes {
  28         WB_SYNC_NONE,   /* Don't wait on anything */
  29         WB_SYNC_ALL,    /* Wait on every mapping */
  30         WB_SYNC_HOLD,   /* Hold the inode on sb_dirty for sys_sync() */
  31 };
  32
  33 /*
  34  * A control structure which tells the writeback code what to do.  These are
  35  * always on the stack, and hence need no locking.  They are always initialised
  36  * in a manner such that unspecified fields are set to zero.
  37  */
  38 struct writeback_control {
  39         struct backing_dev_info *bdi;   /* If !NULL, only write back this
  40                                            queue */
  41         enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
  42         unsigned long *older_than_this; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
  43                                            older than this */
  44         long nr_to_write;               /* Write this many pages, and decrement
  45                                            this for each page written */
  46         long pages_skipped;             /* Pages which were not written */
  47
  48         /*
  49          * For a_ops->writepages(): is start or end are non-zero then this is
  50          * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
  51          * byterange.  The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
  52          */
  53         loff_t range_start;
  54         loff_t range_end;
  55
  56         unsigned nonblocking:1;         /* Don't get stuck on request queues */
  57         unsigned encountered_congestion:1; /* An output: a queue is full */
  58         unsigned for_kupdate:1;         /* A kupdate writeback */
  59         unsigned for_reclaim:1;         /* Invoked from the page allocator */
  60         unsigned for_writepages:1;      /* This is a writepages() call */
  61         unsigned range_cyclic:1;        /* range_start is cyclic */
  62
  63         void *fs_private;               /* For use by ->writepages() */
  64 };
  65
  66 /*
  67  * fs/fs-writeback.c
  68  */
  69 void writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc);
  70 void wake_up_inode(struct inode *inode);
  71 int inode_wait(void *);
  72 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, int wait);
  73 void sync_inodes(int wait);
  74
  75 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
  76 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
  77 {
  78         might_sleep();
  79         wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK, inode_wait,
  80                                                         TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
  81 }
  82
  83 /*
  84  * mm/page-writeback.c
  85  */
  86 int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages);
  87 void laptop_io_completion(void);
  88 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
  89 void throttle_vm_writeout(gfp_t gfp_mask);
  90
  91 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
  92 extern int dirty_background_ratio;
  93 extern int vm_dirty_ratio;
  94 extern int dirty_writeback_interval;
  95 extern int dirty_expire_interval;
  96 extern int block_dump;
  97 extern int laptop_mode;
  98
  99 struct ctl_table;
 100 struct file;
 101 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *,
 102                                       void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 103
 104 void page_writeback_init(void);
 105 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
 106                                         unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied);
 107
 108 static inline void
 109 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping)
 110 {
 111         balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(mapping, 1);
 112 }
 113
 114 typedef int (*writepage_t)(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 115                                 void *data);
 116
 117 int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0);
 118 int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 119                        struct writeback_control *wbc);
 120 int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 121                       struct writeback_control *wbc, writepage_t writepage,
 122                       void *data);
 123 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 124 int sync_page_range(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
 125                         loff_t pos, loff_t count);
 126 int sync_page_range_nolock(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
 127                            loff_t pos, loff_t count);
 128 void set_page_dirty_balance(struct page *page);
 129 void writeback_set_ratelimit(void);
 130
 131 /* pdflush.c */
 132 extern int nr_pdflush_threads;  /* Global so it can be exported to sysctl
 133                                    read-only. */
 134
 135
 136 #endif          /* WRITEBACK_H */