This actually checks that writeback is needed or in progress.
Signed-off-by: Konstantin Khlebnikov <khlebnikov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
mm/filemap.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index d9572593e5c7..29f503ffd70b 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -618,10 +618,13 @@ int filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors);
+/* Returns true if writeback might be needed or already in progress. */
static bool mapping_needs_writeback(struct address_space *mapping)
{
- return (!dax_mapping(mapping) && mapping->nrpages) ||
- (dax_mapping(mapping) && mapping->nrexceptional);
+ if (dax_mapping(mapping))
+ return mapping->nrexceptional;
+
+ return mapping->nrpages;
}
int filemap_write_and_wait(struct address_space *mapping)
