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1 /*
2 * fs/fs-writeback.c
4 * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds.
6 * Contains all the functions related to writing back and waiting
7 * upon dirty inodes against superblocks, and writing back dirty
8 * pages against inodes. ie: data writeback. Writeout of the
9 * inode itself is not handled here.
11 * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton
12 * Split out of fs/inode.c
13 * Additions for address_space-based writeback
16 #include <linux/kernel.h>
17 #include <linux/module.h>
18 #include <linux/spinlock.h>
19 #include <linux/sched.h>
20 #include <linux/fs.h>
21 #include <linux/mm.h>
22 #include <linux/writeback.h>
23 #include <linux/blkdev.h>
24 #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
25 #include <linux/buffer_head.h>
26 #include "internal.h"
29 /**
30 * writeback_acquire - attempt to get exclusive writeback access to a device
31 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure
33 * It is a waste of resources to have more than one pdflush thread blocked on
34 * a single request queue. Exclusion at the request_queue level is obtained
35 * via a flag in the request_queue's backing_dev_info.state.
37 * Non-request_queue-backed address_spaces will share default_backing_dev_info,
38 * unless they implement their own. Which is somewhat inefficient, as this
39 * may prevent concurrent writeback against multiple devices.
41 static int writeback_acquire(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
43 return !test_and_set_bit(BDI_pdflush, &bdi->state);
46 /**
47 * writeback_in_progress - determine whether there is writeback in progress
48 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure.
50 * Determine whether there is writeback in progress against a backing device.
52 int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
54 return test_bit(BDI_pdflush, &bdi->state);
57 /**
58 * writeback_release - relinquish exclusive writeback access against a device.
59 * @bdi: the device's backing_dev_info structure
61 static void writeback_release(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
63 BUG_ON(!writeback_in_progress(bdi));
64 clear_bit(BDI_pdflush, &bdi->state);
67 /**
68 * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function
69 * @inode: inode to mark
70 * @flags: what kind of dirty (i.e. I_DIRTY_SYNC)
71 * Mark an inode as dirty. Callers should use mark_inode_dirty or
72 * mark_inode_dirty_sync.
74 * Put the inode on the super block's dirty list.
76 * CAREFUL! We mark it dirty unconditionally, but move it onto the
77 * dirty list only if it is hashed or if it refers to a blockdev.
78 * If it was not hashed, it will never be added to the dirty list
79 * even if it is later hashed, as it will have been marked dirty already.
81 * In short, make sure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking
82 * them dirty.
84 * This function *must* be atomic for the I_DIRTY_PAGES case -
85 * set_page_dirty() is called under spinlock in several places.
87 * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of
88 * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of
89 * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the
90 * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use
91 * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal
92 * blockdev inode.
94 void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags)
96 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
99 * Don't do this for I_DIRTY_PAGES - that doesn't actually
100 * dirty the inode itself
102 if (flags & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
103 if (sb->s_op->dirty_inode)
104 sb->s_op->dirty_inode(inode);
108 * make sure that changes are seen by all cpus before we test i_state
109 * -- mikulas
111 smp_mb();
113 /* avoid the locking if we can */
114 if ((inode->i_state & flags) == flags)
115 return;
117 if (unlikely(block_dump)) {
118 struct dentry *dentry = NULL;
119 const char *name = "?";
121 if (!list_empty(&inode->i_dentry)) {
122 dentry = list_entry(inode->i_dentry.next,
123 struct dentry, d_alias);
124 if (dentry && dentry->d_name.name)
125 name = (const char *) dentry->d_name.name;
128 if (inode->i_ino || strcmp(inode->i_sb->s_id, "bdev"))
129 printk(KERN_DEBUG
130 "%s(%d): dirtied inode %lu (%s) on %s\n",
131 current->comm, task_pid_nr(current), inode->i_ino,
132 name, inode->i_sb->s_id);
135 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
136 if ((inode->i_state & flags) != flags) {
137 const int was_dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
139 inode->i_state |= flags;
142 * If the inode is being synced, just update its dirty state.
143 * The unlocker will place the inode on the appropriate
144 * superblock list, based upon its state.
146 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)
147 goto out;
150 * Only add valid (hashed) inodes to the superblock's
151 * dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
153 if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
154 if (hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash))
155 goto out;
157 if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_CLEAR))
158 goto out;
161 * If the inode was already on s_dirty/s_io/s_more_io, don't
162 * reposition it (that would break s_dirty time-ordering).
164 if (!was_dirty) {
165 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
166 list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
169 out:
170 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
173 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__mark_inode_dirty);
175 static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, int sync)
177 if (inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode && !is_bad_inode(inode))
178 return inode->i_sb->s_op->write_inode(inode, sync);
179 return 0;
183 * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the
184 * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list.
186 * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is
187 * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the s_dirty list. If that is
188 * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written
189 * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when.
191 static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode)
193 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
195 if (!list_empty(&sb->s_dirty)) {
196 struct inode *tail_inode;
198 tail_inode = list_entry(sb->s_dirty.next, struct inode, i_list);
199 if (!time_after_eq(inode->dirtied_when,
200 tail_inode->dirtied_when))
201 inode->dirtied_when = jiffies;
203 list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty);
207 * requeue inode for re-scanning after sb->s_io list is exhausted.
209 static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode)
211 list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode->i_sb->s_more_io);
214 static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode)
217 * Prevent speculative execution through spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
219 smp_mb();
220 wake_up_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
224 * Move expired dirty inodes from @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue.
226 static void move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue,
227 struct list_head *dispatch_queue,
228 unsigned long *older_than_this)
230 while (!list_empty(delaying_queue)) {
231 struct inode *inode = list_entry(delaying_queue->prev,
232 struct inode, i_list);
233 if (older_than_this &&
234 time_after(inode->dirtied_when, *older_than_this))
235 break;
236 list_move(&inode->i_list, dispatch_queue);
241 * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first.
243 static void queue_io(struct super_block *sb,
244 unsigned long *older_than_this)
246 list_splice_init(&sb->s_more_io, sb->s_io.prev);
247 move_expired_inodes(&sb->s_dirty, &sb->s_io, older_than_this);
250 int sb_has_dirty_inodes(struct super_block *sb)
252 return !list_empty(&sb->s_dirty) ||
253 !list_empty(&sb->s_io) ||
254 !list_empty(&sb->s_more_io);
256 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sb_has_dirty_inodes);
259 * Write a single inode's dirty pages and inode data out to disk.
260 * If `wait' is set, wait on the writeout.
262 * The whole writeout design is quite complex and fragile. We want to avoid
263 * starvation of particular inodes when others are being redirtied, prevent
264 * livelocks, etc.
266 * Called under inode_lock.
268 static int
269 __sync_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
271 unsigned dirty;
272 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
273 int wait = wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL;
274 int ret;
276 BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
278 /* Set I_SYNC, reset I_DIRTY */
279 dirty = inode->i_state & I_DIRTY;
280 inode->i_state |= I_SYNC;
281 inode->i_state &= ~I_DIRTY;
283 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
285 ret = do_writepages(mapping, wbc);
287 /* Don't write the inode if only I_DIRTY_PAGES was set */
288 if (dirty & (I_DIRTY_SYNC | I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)) {
289 int err = write_inode(inode, wait);
290 if (ret == 0)
291 ret = err;
294 if (wait) {
295 int err = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
296 if (ret == 0)
297 ret = err;
300 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
301 inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC;
302 if (!(inode->i_state & I_FREEING)) {
303 if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
304 mapping_tagged(mapping, PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY)) {
306 * We didn't write back all the pages. nfs_writepages()
307 * sometimes bales out without doing anything. Redirty
308 * the inode; Move it from s_io onto s_more_io/s_dirty.
311 * akpm: if the caller was the kupdate function we put
312 * this inode at the head of s_dirty so it gets first
313 * consideration. Otherwise, move it to the tail, for
314 * the reasons described there. I'm not really sure
315 * how much sense this makes. Presumably I had a good
316 * reasons for doing it this way, and I'd rather not
317 * muck with it at present.
319 if (wbc->for_kupdate) {
321 * For the kupdate function we move the inode
322 * to s_more_io so it will get more writeout as
323 * soon as the queue becomes uncongested.
325 inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
326 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
328 * slice used up: queue for next turn
330 requeue_io(inode);
331 } else {
333 * somehow blocked: retry later
335 redirty_tail(inode);
337 } else {
339 * Otherwise fully redirty the inode so that
340 * other inodes on this superblock will get some
341 * writeout. Otherwise heavy writing to one
342 * file would indefinitely suspend writeout of
343 * all the other files.
345 inode->i_state |= I_DIRTY_PAGES;
346 redirty_tail(inode);
348 } else if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
350 * Someone redirtied the inode while were writing back
351 * the pages.
353 redirty_tail(inode);
354 } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
356 * The inode is clean, inuse
358 list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
359 } else {
361 * The inode is clean, unused
363 list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
366 inode_sync_complete(inode);
367 return ret;
371 * Write out an inode's dirty pages. Called under inode_lock. Either the
372 * caller has ref on the inode (either via __iget or via syscall against an fd)
373 * or the inode has I_WILL_FREE set (via generic_forget_inode)
375 static int
376 __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
378 wait_queue_head_t *wqh;
380 if (!atomic_read(&inode->i_count))
381 WARN_ON(!(inode->i_state & (I_WILL_FREE|I_FREEING)));
382 else
383 WARN_ON(inode->i_state & I_WILL_FREE);
385 if ((wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_ALL) && (inode->i_state & I_SYNC)) {
387 * We're skipping this inode because it's locked, and we're not
388 * doing writeback-for-data-integrity. Move it to s_more_io so
389 * that writeback can proceed with the other inodes on s_io.
390 * We'll have another go at writing back this inode when we
391 * completed a full scan of s_io.
393 requeue_io(inode);
394 return 0;
398 * It's a data-integrity sync. We must wait.
400 if (inode->i_state & I_SYNC) {
401 DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wq, &inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
403 wqh = bit_waitqueue(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC);
404 do {
405 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
406 __wait_on_bit(wqh, &wq, inode_wait,
407 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
408 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
409 } while (inode->i_state & I_SYNC);
411 return __sync_single_inode(inode, wbc);
415 * Write out a superblock's list of dirty inodes. A wait will be performed
416 * upon no inodes, all inodes or the final one, depending upon sync_mode.
418 * If older_than_this is non-NULL, then only write out inodes which
419 * had their first dirtying at a time earlier than *older_than_this.
421 * If we're a pdlfush thread, then implement pdflush collision avoidance
422 * against the entire list.
424 * If `bdi' is non-zero then we're being asked to writeback a specific queue.
425 * This function assumes that the blockdev superblock's inodes are backed by
426 * a variety of queues, so all inodes are searched. For other superblocks,
427 * assume that all inodes are backed by the same queue.
429 * FIXME: this linear search could get expensive with many fileystems. But
430 * how to fix? We need to go from an address_space to all inodes which share
431 * a queue with that address_space. (Easy: have a global "dirty superblocks"
432 * list).
434 * The inodes to be written are parked on sb->s_io. They are moved back onto
435 * sb->s_dirty as they are selected for writing. This way, none can be missed
436 * on the writer throttling path, and we get decent balancing between many
437 * throttled threads: we don't want them all piling up on inode_sync_wait.
439 void generic_sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
440 struct writeback_control *wbc)
442 const unsigned long start = jiffies; /* livelock avoidance */
443 int sync = wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL;
445 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
446 if (!wbc->for_kupdate || list_empty(&sb->s_io))
447 queue_io(sb, wbc->older_than_this);
449 while (!list_empty(&sb->s_io)) {
450 struct inode *inode = list_entry(sb->s_io.prev,
451 struct inode, i_list);
452 struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
453 struct backing_dev_info *bdi = mapping->backing_dev_info;
454 long pages_skipped;
456 if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) {
457 redirty_tail(inode);
458 if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb)) {
460 * Dirty memory-backed blockdev: the ramdisk
461 * driver does this. Skip just this inode
463 continue;
466 * Dirty memory-backed inode against a filesystem other
467 * than the kernel-internal bdev filesystem. Skip the
468 * entire superblock.
470 break;
473 if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
474 wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
475 if (!sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb))
476 break; /* Skip a congested fs */
477 requeue_io(inode);
478 continue; /* Skip a congested blockdev */
481 if (wbc->bdi && bdi != wbc->bdi) {
482 if (!sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb))
483 break; /* fs has the wrong queue */
484 requeue_io(inode);
485 continue; /* blockdev has wrong queue */
488 /* Was this inode dirtied after sync_sb_inodes was called? */
489 if (time_after(inode->dirtied_when, start))
490 break;
492 /* Is another pdflush already flushing this queue? */
493 if (current_is_pdflush() && !writeback_acquire(bdi))
494 break;
496 BUG_ON(inode->i_state & I_FREEING);
497 __iget(inode);
498 pages_skipped = wbc->pages_skipped;
499 __writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
500 if (current_is_pdflush())
501 writeback_release(bdi);
502 if (wbc->pages_skipped != pages_skipped) {
504 * writeback is not making progress due to locked
505 * buffers. Skip this inode for now.
507 redirty_tail(inode);
509 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
510 iput(inode);
511 cond_resched();
512 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
513 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0) {
514 wbc->more_io = 1;
515 break;
517 if (!list_empty(&sb->s_more_io))
518 wbc->more_io = 1;
521 if (sync) {
522 struct inode *inode, *old_inode = NULL;
525 * Data integrity sync. Must wait for all pages under writeback,
526 * because there may have been pages dirtied before our sync
527 * call, but which had writeout started before we write it out.
528 * In which case, the inode may not be on the dirty list, but
529 * we still have to wait for that writeout.
531 list_for_each_entry(inode, &sb->s_inodes, i_sb_list) {
532 struct address_space *mapping;
534 if (inode->i_state & (I_FREEING|I_WILL_FREE))
535 continue;
536 mapping = inode->i_mapping;
537 if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
538 continue;
539 __iget(inode);
540 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
542 * We hold a reference to 'inode' so it couldn't have
543 * been removed from s_inodes list while we dropped the
544 * inode_lock. We cannot iput the inode now as we can
545 * be holding the last reference and we cannot iput it
546 * under inode_lock. So we keep the reference and iput
547 * it later.
549 iput(old_inode);
550 old_inode = inode;
552 filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
554 cond_resched();
556 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
558 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
559 iput(old_inode);
560 } else
561 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
563 return; /* Leave any unwritten inodes on s_io */
565 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(generic_sync_sb_inodes);
567 static void sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb,
568 struct writeback_control *wbc)
570 generic_sync_sb_inodes(sb, wbc);
574 * Start writeback of dirty pagecache data against all unlocked inodes.
576 * Note:
577 * We don't need to grab a reference to superblock here. If it has non-empty
578 * ->s_dirty it's hadn't been killed yet and kill_super() won't proceed
579 * past sync_inodes_sb() until the ->s_dirty/s_io/s_more_io lists are all
580 * empty. Since __sync_single_inode() regains inode_lock before it finally moves
581 * inode from superblock lists we are OK.
583 * If `older_than_this' is non-zero then only flush inodes which have a
584 * flushtime older than *older_than_this.
586 * If `bdi' is non-zero then we will scan the first inode against each
587 * superblock until we find the matching ones. One group will be the dirty
588 * inodes against a filesystem. Then when we hit the dummy blockdev superblock,
589 * sync_sb_inodes will seekout the blockdev which matches `bdi'. Maybe not
590 * super-efficient but we're about to do a ton of I/O...
592 void
593 writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc)
595 struct super_block *sb;
597 might_sleep();
598 spin_lock(&sb_lock);
599 restart:
600 list_for_each_entry_reverse(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
601 if (sb_has_dirty_inodes(sb)) {
602 /* we're making our own get_super here */
603 sb->s_count++;
604 spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
606 * If we can't get the readlock, there's no sense in
607 * waiting around, most of the time the FS is going to
608 * be unmounted by the time it is released.
610 if (down_read_trylock(&sb->s_umount)) {
611 if (sb->s_root)
612 sync_sb_inodes(sb, wbc);
613 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
615 spin_lock(&sb_lock);
616 if (__put_super_and_need_restart(sb))
617 goto restart;
619 if (wbc->nr_to_write <= 0)
620 break;
622 spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
626 * writeback and wait upon the filesystem's dirty inodes. The caller will
627 * do this in two passes - one to write, and one to wait.
629 * A finite limit is set on the number of pages which will be written.
630 * To prevent infinite livelock of sys_sync().
632 * We add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode write
633 * can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev.
635 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, int wait)
637 struct writeback_control wbc = {
638 .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
639 .range_start = 0,
640 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
643 if (!wait) {
644 unsigned long nr_dirty = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY);
645 unsigned long nr_unstable = global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS);
647 wbc.nr_to_write = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
648 (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
649 } else
650 wbc.nr_to_write = LONG_MAX; /* doesn't actually matter */
652 sync_sb_inodes(sb, &wbc);
656 * sync_inodes - writes all inodes to disk
657 * @wait: wait for completion
659 * sync_inodes() goes through each super block's dirty inode list, writes the
660 * inodes out, waits on the writeout and puts the inodes back on the normal
661 * list.
663 * This is for sys_sync(). fsync_dev() uses the same algorithm. The subtle
664 * part of the sync functions is that the blockdev "superblock" is processed
665 * last. This is because the write_inode() function of a typical fs will
666 * perform no I/O, but will mark buffers in the blockdev mapping as dirty.
667 * What we want to do is to perform all that dirtying first, and then write
668 * back all those inode blocks via the blockdev mapping in one sweep. So the
669 * additional (somewhat redundant) sync_blockdev() calls here are to make
670 * sure that really happens. Because if we call sync_inodes_sb(wait=1) with
671 * outstanding dirty inodes, the writeback goes block-at-a-time within the
672 * filesystem's write_inode(). This is extremely slow.
674 static void __sync_inodes(int wait)
676 struct super_block *sb;
678 spin_lock(&sb_lock);
679 restart:
680 list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
681 sb->s_count++;
682 spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
683 down_read(&sb->s_umount);
684 if (sb->s_root) {
685 sync_inodes_sb(sb, wait);
686 sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
688 up_read(&sb->s_umount);
689 spin_lock(&sb_lock);
690 if (__put_super_and_need_restart(sb))
691 goto restart;
693 spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
696 void sync_inodes(int wait)
698 __sync_inodes(0);
700 if (wait)
701 __sync_inodes(1);
705 * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk
706 * @inode: inode to write to disk
707 * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not
709 * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is
710 * primarily needed by knfsd.
712 * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE.
714 int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync)
716 int ret;
717 struct writeback_control wbc = {
718 .nr_to_write = LONG_MAX,
719 .sync_mode = sync ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
720 .range_start = 0,
721 .range_end = LLONG_MAX,
724 if (!mapping_cap_writeback_dirty(inode->i_mapping))
725 wbc.nr_to_write = 0;
727 might_sleep();
728 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
729 ret = __writeback_single_inode(inode, &wbc);
730 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
731 if (sync)
732 inode_sync_wait(inode);
733 return ret;
735 EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_inode_now);
738 * sync_inode - write an inode and its pages to disk.
739 * @inode: the inode to sync
740 * @wbc: controls the writeback mode
742 * sync_inode() will write an inode and its pages to disk. It will also
743 * correctly update the inode on its superblock's dirty inode lists and will
744 * update inode->i_state.
746 * The caller must have a ref on the inode.
748 int sync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc)
750 int ret;
752 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
753 ret = __writeback_single_inode(inode, wbc);
754 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
755 return ret;
757 EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
760 * generic_osync_inode - flush all dirty data for a given inode to disk
761 * @inode: inode to write
762 * @mapping: the address_space that should be flushed
763 * @what: what to write and wait upon
765 * This can be called by file_write functions for files which have the
766 * O_SYNC flag set, to flush dirty writes to disk.
768 * @what is a bitmask, specifying which part of the inode's data should be
769 * written and waited upon.
771 * OSYNC_DATA: i_mapping's dirty data
772 * OSYNC_METADATA: the buffers at i_mapping->private_list
773 * OSYNC_INODE: the inode itself
776 int generic_osync_inode(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping, int what)
778 int err = 0;
779 int need_write_inode_now = 0;
780 int err2;
782 if (what & OSYNC_DATA)
783 err = filemap_fdatawrite(mapping);
784 if (what & (OSYNC_METADATA|OSYNC_DATA)) {
785 err2 = sync_mapping_buffers(mapping);
786 if (!err)
787 err = err2;
789 if (what & OSYNC_DATA) {
790 err2 = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
791 if (!err)
792 err = err2;
795 spin_lock(&inode_lock);
796 if ((inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) &&
797 ((what & OSYNC_INODE) || (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC)))
798 need_write_inode_now = 1;
799 spin_unlock(&inode_lock);
801 if (need_write_inode_now) {
802 err2 = write_inode_now(inode, 1);
803 if (!err)
804 err = err2;
806 else
807 inode_sync_wait(inode);
809 return err;
811 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_osync_inode);