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[PATCH] BLOCK: Move functions out of buffer code [try #6]

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Move some functions out of the buffering code that aren't strictly buffering
specific.  This is a precursor to being able to disable the block layer.

 (*) Moved some stuff out of fs/buffer.c:

     (*) The file sync and general sync stuff moved to fs/sync.c.

     (*) The superblock sync stuff moved to fs/super.c.

     (*) do_invalidatepage() moved to mm/truncate.c.

     (*) try_to_release_page() moved to mm/filemap.c.

 (*) Moved some related declarations between header files:

     (*) declarations for do_invalidatepage() and try_to_release_page() moved
     	 to linux/mm.h.

     (*) __set_page_dirty_buffers() moved to linux/buffer_head.h.

Signed-Off-By: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
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David Howells
2006-08-29 19:05:54 +01:00
committed by Jens Axboe
parent 4090959aee
commit cf9a2ae8d4
9 changed files with 204 additions and 177 deletions
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@@ -2491,3 +2491,33 @@ generic_file_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
}
return retval;
}
/**
* try_to_release_page() - release old fs-specific metadata on a page
*
* @page: the page which the kernel is trying to free
* @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags (and I/O mode)
*
* The address_space is to try to release any data against the page
* (presumably at page->private). If the release was successful, return `1'.
* Otherwise return zero.
*
* The @gfp_mask argument specifies whether I/O may be performed to release
* this page (__GFP_IO), and whether the call may block (__GFP_WAIT).
*
* NOTE: @gfp_mask may go away, and this function may become non-blocking.
*/
int try_to_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp_mask)
{
struct address_space * const mapping = page->mapping;
BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
if (PageWriteback(page))
return 0;
if (mapping && mapping->a_ops->releasepage)
return mapping->a_ops->releasepage(page, gfp_mask);
return try_to_free_buffers(page);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_release_page);