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Diffstat (limited to 'fs/fs-writeback.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | fs/fs-writeback.c | 32 |
1 files changed, 20 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c index 4fcca4f..0079bf5 100644 --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c +++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -200,7 +200,6 @@ static void bdi_queue_work_onstack(struct wb_writeback_args *args) /** * bdi_start_writeback - start writeback * @bdi: the backing device to write from - * @sb: write inodes from this super_block * @nr_pages: the number of pages to write * * Description: @@ -209,25 +208,34 @@ static void bdi_queue_work_onstack(struct wb_writeback_args *args) * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore. * */ -void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct super_block *sb, - long nr_pages) +void bdi_start_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, long nr_pages) { struct wb_writeback_args args = { - .sb = sb, .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, .nr_pages = nr_pages, .range_cyclic = 1, }; - /* - * We treat @nr_pages=0 as the special case to do background writeback, - * ie. to sync pages until the background dirty threshold is reached. - */ - if (!nr_pages) { - args.nr_pages = LONG_MAX; - args.for_background = 1; - } + bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args); +} +/** + * bdi_start_background_writeback - start background writeback + * @bdi: the backing device to write from + * + * Description: + * This does WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback. The IO is only + * started when this function returns, we make no guarentees on + * completion. Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore. + */ +void bdi_start_background_writeback(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) +{ + struct wb_writeback_args args = { + .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_NONE, + .nr_pages = LONG_MAX, + .for_background = 1, + .range_cyclic = 1, + }; bdi_alloc_queue_work(bdi, &args); } |
