Create a version of filemap_flush() function which can take a range.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/fs.h | 2 ++
mm/filemap.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 786b3b1..091cf90 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2177,6 +2177,8 @@ extern int invalidate_inode_pages2_range(struct address_space *mapping,
extern int write_inode_now(struct inode *, int);
extern int filemap_fdatawrite(struct address_space *);
extern int filemap_flush(struct address_space *);
+extern int filemap_flush_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
+ loff_t end);
extern int filemap_fdatawait(struct address_space *);
extern int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
loff_t lend);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 867d402..8fd2347 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -253,6 +253,22 @@ int filemap_flush(struct address_space *mapping)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_flush);
/**
+ * filemap_flush_range - mostly a non-blocking flush of a mapping range
+ * @mapping: target address_space
+ * @start: offset in bytes where the range starts
+ * @end: offset in bytes where the range ends (inclusive)
+ *
+ * This is a mostly non-blocking flush. Not suitable for data-integrity
+ * purposes - I/O may not be started against all dirty pages.
+ */
+int filemap_flush_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start,
+ loff_t end)
+{
+ return __filemap_fdatawrite_range(mapping, start, end, WB_SYNC_NONE);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_flush_range);
+
+/**
* filemap_fdatawait_range - wait for writeback to complete
* @mapping: address space structure to wait for
* @start_byte: offset in bytes where the range starts
--
1.7.1
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