From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx>
filemap_range_has_page() return true if the file's mapping has
a page within the range mentioned. This function will be used
to check if a write() call will cause a writeback of previous
writes.
Signed-off-by: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@xxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
---
include/linux/fs.h | 2 ++
mm/filemap.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 35 insertions(+)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index f53867140f43..dc0ab585cd56 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2517,6 +2517,8 @@ extern int filemap_fdatawait(struct address_space *);
extern void filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *);
extern int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
loff_t lend);
+extern int filemap_range_has_page(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
+ loff_t lend);
extern int filemap_write_and_wait(struct address_space *mapping);
extern int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 6f1be573a5e6..87aba7698584 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -376,6 +376,39 @@ int filemap_flush(struct address_space *mapping)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_flush);
+/**
+ * filemap_range_has_page - check if a page exists in range.
+ * @mapping: address space structure to wait for
+ * @start_byte: offset in bytes where the range starts
+ * @end_byte: offset in bytes where the range ends (inclusive)
+ *
+ * Find at least one page in the range supplied, usually used to check if
+ * direct writing in this range will trigger a writeback.
+ */
+int filemap_range_has_page(struct address_space *mapping,
+ loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
+{
+ pgoff_t index = start_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ pgoff_t end = end_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+ struct pagevec pvec;
+ int ret;
+
+ if (end_byte < start_byte)
+ return 0;
+
+ if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
+ return 0;
+
+ pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
+ ret = pagevec_lookup(&pvec, mapping, index, 1);
+ if (!ret)
+ return 0;
+ ret = (pvec.pages[0]->index <= end);
+ pagevec_release(&pvec);
+ return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_range_has_page);
+
static int __filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
{
--
2.12.0
