avoid iput() from flusher thread

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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
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Linus Torvalds 2012-05-28 09:54:45 -07:00
commit 90324cc1b1
56 changed files with 319 additions and 220 deletions

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@ -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()