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[linux-2.6.git] / 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 start;
54         loff_t 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 };
62
63 /*
64  * fs/fs-writeback.c
65  */     
66 void writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc);
67 void wake_up_inode(struct inode *inode);
68 int inode_wait(void *);
69 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, int wait);
70 void sync_inodes(int wait);
71
72 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
73 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
74 {
75         might_sleep();
76         wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK, inode_wait,
77                                                         TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
78 }
79
80 /*
81  * mm/page-writeback.c
82  */
83 int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages);
84 void laptop_io_completion(void);
85 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
86 void throttle_vm_writeout(void);
87
88 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
89 extern int dirty_background_ratio;
90 extern int vm_dirty_ratio;
91 extern int dirty_writeback_interval;
92 extern int dirty_expire_interval;
93 extern int block_dump;
94 extern int laptop_mode;
95
96 struct ctl_table;
97 struct file;
98 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *,
99                                       void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
100
101 void page_writeback_init(void);
102 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(struct address_space *mapping,
103                                         unsigned long nr_pages_dirtied);
104
105 static inline void
106 balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping)
107 {
108         balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited_nr(mapping, 1);
109 }
110
111 int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0);
112 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc);
113 int sync_page_range(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
114                         loff_t pos, loff_t count);
115 int sync_page_range_nolock(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
116                            loff_t pos, loff_t count);
117
118 /* pdflush.c */
119 extern int nr_pdflush_threads;  /* Global so it can be exported to sysctl
120                                    read-only. */
121
122
123 #endif          /* WRITEBACK_H */