submit_bh and write_dirty_buffer do not take write-hint as parameter. This introduces variants which do, and pass write-hint to lower layer. Signed-off-by: Kanchan Joshi <joshi.k@xxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/buffer.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++-- include/linux/buffer_head.h | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index ce35760..dc1ea59 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -3105,6 +3105,13 @@ int submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh) } EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh); +int submit_bh_write_hint(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh, + enum rw_hint hint) +{ + return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, hint, NULL); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh_write_hint); + /** * ll_rw_block: low-level access to block devices (DEPRECATED) * @op: whether to %READ or %WRITE @@ -3162,6 +3169,13 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(ll_rw_block); void write_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags) { + write_dirty_buffer_with_hint(bh, op_flags, 0); +} +EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_dirty_buffer); + +void write_dirty_buffer_with_hint(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags, + enum rw_hint hint) +{ lock_buffer(bh); if (!test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) { unlock_buffer(bh); @@ -3169,9 +3183,9 @@ void write_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags) } bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync; get_bh(bh); - submit_bh(REQ_OP_WRITE, op_flags, bh); + submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, op_flags, bh, hint, NULL); } -EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_dirty_buffer); +EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_dirty_buffer_with_hint); /* * For a data-integrity writeout, we need to wait upon any in-progress I/O diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h index 7b73ef7..3d682ac 100644 --- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h +++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h @@ -200,7 +200,10 @@ void ll_rw_block(int, int, int, struct buffer_head * bh[]); int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh); int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags); void write_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags); +void write_dirty_buffer_with_hint(struct buffer_head *bh, int op_flags, + enum rw_hint hint); int submit_bh(int, int, struct buffer_head *); +int submit_bh_write_hint(int, int, struct buffer_head *, enum rw_hint hint); void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t bblock, unsigned blocksize); int bh_uptodate_or_lock(struct buffer_head *bh); -- 2.7.4