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diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 99c02a883..beaef5c7a 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -14,11 +14,13 @@ extern struct list_head inode_unused;
  * Yes, writeback.h requires sched.h
  * No, sched.h is not included from here.
  */
-static inline int current_is_pdflush(void)
+static inline int task_is_pdflush(struct task_struct *task)
 {
-	return current->flags & PF_FLUSHER;
+	return task->flags & PF_FLUSHER;
 }
 
+#define current_is_pdflush()	task_is_pdflush(current)
+
 /*
  * fs/fs-writeback.c
  */
@@ -29,7 +31,9 @@ enum writeback_sync_modes {
 };
 
 /*
- * A control structure which tells the writeback code what to do
+ * A control structure which tells the writeback code what to do.  These are
+ * always on the stack, and hence need no locking.  They are always initialised
+ * in a manner such that unspecified fields are set to zero.
  */
 struct writeback_control {
 	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;	/* If !NULL, only write back this
@@ -40,24 +44,28 @@ struct writeback_control {
 	long nr_to_write;		/* Write this many pages, and decrement
 					   this for each page written */
 	long pages_skipped;		/* Pages which were not written */
-	int nonblocking;		/* Don't get stuck on request queues */
-	int encountered_congestion;	/* An output: a queue is full */
-	int for_kupdate;		/* A kupdate writeback */
-	int for_reclaim;		/* Invoked from the page allocator */
-};
 
-/*
- * ->writepage() return values (make these much larger than a pagesize, in
- * case some fs is returning number-of-bytes-written from writepage)
- */
-#define WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE	0x80000	/* IO was not started: activate page */
+	/*
+	 * For a_ops->writepages(): is start or end are non-zero then this is
+	 * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
+	 * byterange.  The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
+	 */
+	loff_t start;
+	loff_t end;
+
+	unsigned nonblocking:1;		/* Don't get stuck on request queues */
+	unsigned encountered_congestion:1; /* An output: a queue is full */
+	unsigned for_kupdate:1;		/* A kupdate writeback */
+	unsigned for_reclaim:1;		/* Invoked from the page allocator */
+	unsigned for_writepages:1;	/* This is a writepages() call */
+};
 
 /*
  * fs/fs-writeback.c
  */	
 void writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc);
 void wake_up_inode(struct inode *inode);
-void __wait_on_inode(struct inode * inode);
+int inode_wait(void *);
 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, int wait);
 void sync_inodes(int wait);
 
@@ -65,16 +73,17 @@ void sync_inodes(int wait);
 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	might_sleep();
-	if (inode->i_state & I_LOCK)
-		__wait_on_inode(inode);
+	wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK, inode_wait,
+							TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 
 /*
  * mm/page-writeback.c
  */
-int wakeup_bdflush(long nr_pages);
+int wakeup_pdflush(long nr_pages);
 void laptop_io_completion(void);
 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
+void throttle_vm_writeout(void);
 
 /* These are exported to sysctl. */
 extern int dirty_background_ratio;
@@ -87,12 +96,16 @@ extern int laptop_mode;
 struct ctl_table;
 struct file;
 int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *,
-				      void __user *, size_t *);
+				      void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
 
 void page_writeback_init(void);
 void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping);
 int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0);
 int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc);
+int sync_page_range(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
+			loff_t pos, loff_t count);
+int sync_page_range_nolock(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
+			   loff_t pos, loff_t count);
 
 /* pdflush.c */
 extern int nr_pdflush_threads;	/* Global so it can be exported to sysctl