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 super_block *sb; /* if !NULL, only write inodes from
32 enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
33 unsigned long *older_than_this; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
35 unsigned long wb_start; /* Time writeback_inodes_wb was
36 called. This is needed to avoid
37 extra jobs and livelock */
38 long nr_to_write; /* Write this many pages, and decrement
39 this for each page written */
40 long pages_skipped; /* Pages which were not written */
43 * For a_ops->writepages(): is start or end are non-zero then this is
44 * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
45 * byterange. The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
50 unsigned nonblocking:1; /* Don't get stuck on request queues */
51 unsigned encountered_congestion:1; /* An output: a queue is full */
52 unsigned for_kupdate:1; /* A kupdate writeback */
53 unsigned for_background:1; /* A background writeback */
54 unsigned for_reclaim:1; /* Invoked from the page allocator */
55 unsigned range_cyclic:1; /* range_start is cyclic */
56 unsigned more_io:1; /* more io to be dispatched */
63 int inode_wait(void *);
64 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
65 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *);
66 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
67 void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
68 struct writeback_control *wbc);
69 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait);
70 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages);
72 /* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
73 static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
76 wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_NEW, inode_wait, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
78 static inline void inode_sync_wait(struct inode *inode)
81 wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_SYNC, inode_wait,
82 TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
90 void laptop_io_completion(struct backing_dev_info *info);
91 void laptop_sync_completion(void);
92 void laptop_mode_sync(struct work_struct *work);
93 void laptop_mode_timer_fn(unsigned long data);
95 static inline 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 */