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authorIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-09-23 08:02:09 +0200
committerIngo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>2010-09-23 08:02:09 +0200
commitd0303d71c2fb9bcb90a8d48e6462c78c86f70ce6 (patch)
tree2aa6702ee7c153d909a820ae9fda14d35877e59e /fs/fs-writeback.c
parent90edf27fb89241917e91155bfdcc7c8e5a587222 (diff)
parentc79bd89282136a4516e842fa542d6abf902ddeac (diff)
Merge branch 'linus' into perf/core
Conflicts: arch/sparc/kernel/perf_event.c Merge reason: Resolve the conflict. Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'fs/fs-writeback.c')
-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c23
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 81e086d8aa5..5581122bd2c 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -52,8 +52,6 @@ struct wb_writeback_work {
#define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS
#include <trace/events/writeback.h>
-#define inode_to_bdi(inode) ((inode)->i_mapping->backing_dev_info)
-
/*
* We don't actually have pdflush, but this one is exported though /proc...
*/
@@ -71,6 +69,27 @@ int writeback_in_progress(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
return test_bit(BDI_writeback_running, &bdi->state);
}
+static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
+ struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
+
+ /*
+ * For inodes on standard filesystems, we use superblock's bdi. For
+ * inodes on virtual filesystems, we want to use inode mapping's bdi
+ * because they can possibly point to something useful (think about
+ * block_dev filesystem).
+ */
+ if (sb->s_bdi && sb->s_bdi != &noop_backing_dev_info) {
+ /* Some device inodes could play dirty tricks. Catch them... */
+ WARN(bdi != sb->s_bdi && bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi),
+ "Dirtiable inode bdi %s != sb bdi %s\n",
+ bdi->name, sb->s_bdi->name);
+ return sb->s_bdi;
+ }
+ return bdi;
+}
+
static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
struct wb_writeback_work *work)
{