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author | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-05-28 16:54:45 (GMT) |
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committer | Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> | 2012-05-28 16:54:45 (GMT) |
commit | 90324cc1b11a211e37eabd8cb863e1a1561d6b1d (patch) | |
tree | c8b79c6850420a114ca6660c1b44fc486b1ba86d /Documentation | |
parent | fb8b00675eb6462aacab56bca31ed6107bda5314 (diff) | |
parent | 169ebd90131b2ffca74bb2dbe7eeacd39fb83714 (diff) | |
download | linux-90324cc1b11a211e37eabd8cb863e1a1561d6b1d.tar.xz |
Merge tag 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/linux
Pull writeback tree from Wu Fengguang:
"Mainly from Jan Kara to avoid iput() in the flusher threads."
* tag 'writeback' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/wfg/linux:
writeback: Avoid iput() from flusher thread
vfs: Rename end_writeback() to clear_inode()
vfs: Move waiting for inode writeback from end_writeback() to evict_inode()
writeback: Refactor writeback_single_inode()
writeback: Remove wb->list_lock from writeback_single_inode()
writeback: Separate inode requeueing after writeback
writeback: Move I_DIRTY_PAGES handling
writeback: Move requeueing when I_SYNC set to writeback_sb_inodes()
writeback: Move clearing of I_SYNC into inode_sync_complete()
writeback: initialize global_dirty_limit
fs: remove 8 bytes of padding from struct writeback_control on 64 bit builds
mm: page-writeback.c: local functions should not be exposed globally
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
-rw-r--r-- | Documentation/filesystems/porting | 16 |
1 files changed, 7 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/porting b/Documentation/filesystems/porting index 74acd96..8c91d10 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/porting +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/porting @@ -297,7 +297,8 @@ in the beginning of ->setattr unconditionally. be used instead. It gets called whenever the inode is evicted, whether it has remaining links or not. Caller does *not* evict the pagecache or inode-associated metadata buffers; getting rid of those is responsibility of method, as it had -been for ->delete_inode(). +been for ->delete_inode(). Caller makes sure async writeback cannot be running +for the inode while (or after) ->evict_inode() is called. ->drop_inode() returns int now; it's called on final iput() with inode->i_lock held and it returns true if filesystems wants the inode to be @@ -306,14 +307,11 @@ updated appropriately. generic_delete_inode() is also alive and it consists simply of return 1. Note that all actual eviction work is done by caller after ->drop_inode() returns. - clear_inode() is gone; use end_writeback() instead. As before, it must -be called exactly once on each call of ->evict_inode() (as it used to be for -each call of ->delete_inode()). Unlike before, if you are using inode-associated -metadata buffers (i.e. mark_buffer_dirty_inode()), it's your responsibility to -call invalidate_inode_buffers() before end_writeback(). - No async writeback (and thus no calls of ->write_inode()) will happen -after end_writeback() returns, so actions that should not overlap with ->write_inode() -(e.g. freeing on-disk inode if i_nlink is 0) ought to be done after that call. + As before, clear_inode() must be called exactly once on each call of +->evict_inode() (as it used to be for each call of ->delete_inode()). Unlike +before, if you are using inode-associated metadata buffers (i.e. +mark_buffer_dirty_inode()), it's your responsibility to call +invalidate_inode_buffers() before clear_inode(). NOTE: checking i_nlink in the beginning of ->write_inode() and bailing out if it's zero is not *and* *never* *had* *been* enough. Final unlink() and iput() |