From: Artem Bityutskiy <Artem.Bityutskiy@xxxxxxxxx> Hi, here is a set of trivial patches which encapsulate the 'sb->s_dirt' variable into 3 new helper VFS functions: * static inline void mark_sb_dirty(struct super_block *sb) * static inline void mark_sb_clean(struct super_block *sb) * static inline int sb_is_dirty(struct super_block *sb) With these patches the whole Linux kernel tree has only 3 places where 'sb->s_dirt' is referred. These patches were sent as part of periodic write-back optimization series here: http://marc.info/?l=linux-kernel&m=124342331127886&w=2 Because of the overlap with Jens' "per-bdi write-back" work, I have to work on top of Jens' patches. However, it would be easier for me if my preparation "abstracting sb->s_dirt" patches were merged earlier, at 2.6.31 merge window. I think they make sense in general. I would then continue working on the second part separately. Thanks. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
