Merge branch 'master' into for-2.6.33

1 files changed, 27 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/fscache.h b/include/linux/fscache.h
index 6d8ee46..595ce49 100644
--- a/include/linux/fscache.h
+++ b/include/linux/fscache.h
@@ -202,6 +202,8 @@ extern int __fscache_write_page(struct fscache_cookie *, struct page *, gfp_t);
 extern void __fscache_uncache_page(struct fscache_cookie *, struct page *);
 extern bool __fscache_check_page_write(struct fscache_cookie *, struct page *);
 extern void __fscache_wait_on_page_write(struct fscache_cookie *, struct page *);
+extern bool __fscache_maybe_release_page(struct fscache_cookie *, struct page *,
+					 gfp_t);
 
 /**
  * fscache_register_netfs - Register a filesystem as desiring caching services
@@ -615,4 +617,29 @@ void fscache_wait_on_page_write(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
 		__fscache_wait_on_page_write(cookie, page);
 }
 
+/**
+ * fscache_maybe_release_page - Consider releasing a page, cancelling a store
+ * @cookie: The cookie representing the cache object
+ * @page: The netfs page that is being cached.
+ * @gfp: The gfp flags passed to releasepage()
+ *
+ * Consider releasing a page for the vmscan algorithm, on behalf of the netfs's
+ * releasepage() call.  A storage request on the page may cancelled if it is
+ * not currently being processed.
+ *
+ * The function returns true if the page no longer has a storage request on it,
+ * and false if a storage request is left in place.  If true is returned, the
+ * page will have been passed to fscache_uncache_page().  If false is returned
+ * the page cannot be freed yet.
+ */
+static inline
+bool fscache_maybe_release_page(struct fscache_cookie *cookie,
+				struct page *page,
+				gfp_t gfp)
+{
+	if (fscache_cookie_valid(cookie) && PageFsCache(page))
+		return __fscache_maybe_release_page(cookie, page, gfp);
+	return false;
+}
+
 #endif /* _LINUX_FSCACHE_H */