The patch titled BLOCK: Remove dependence on existence of blockdev_superblock has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is block-remove-dependence-on-existence-of-blockdev_superblock.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: BLOCK: Remove dependence on existence of blockdev_superblock From: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Move blockdev_superblock extern declaration from fs/fs-writeback.c to a headerfile and remove the dependence on it by wrapping it in a macro. Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- fs/fs-writeback.c | 6 +++--- fs/internal.h | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/fs-writeback.c~block-remove-dependence-on-existence-of-blockdev_superblock fs/fs-writeback.c --- a/fs/fs-writeback.c~block-remove-dependence-on-existence-of-blockdev_superblock +++ a/fs/fs-writeback.c @@ -319,7 +319,7 @@ sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, s if (!bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi)) { list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty); - if (sb == blockdev_superblock) { + if (sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb)) { /* * Dirty memory-backed blockdev: the ramdisk * driver does this. Skip just this inode @@ -336,14 +336,14 @@ sync_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, s if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) { wbc->encountered_congestion = 1; - if (sb != blockdev_superblock) + if (!sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb)) break; /* Skip a congested fs */ list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty); continue; /* Skip a congested blockdev */ } if (wbc->bdi && bdi != wbc->bdi) { - if (sb != blockdev_superblock) + if (!sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb)) break; /* fs has the wrong queue */ list_move(&inode->i_list, &sb->s_dirty); continue; /* blockdev has wrong queue */ diff -puN fs/internal.h~block-remove-dependence-on-existence-of-blockdev_superblock fs/internal.h --- a/fs/internal.h~block-remove-dependence-on-existence-of-blockdev_superblock +++ a/fs/internal.h @@ -19,6 +19,8 @@ struct super_block; extern struct super_block *blockdev_superblock; extern void __init bdev_cache_init(void); +#define sb_is_blkdev_sb(sb) ((sb) == blockdev_superblock) + /* * char_dev.c */ _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx are git-gfs2.patch git-nfs.patch nfs-replace-null-dentries-that-appear-in-readdirs-list-2.patch binfmt_elf-consistently-use-loff_t.patch afs-add-lock-annotations-to-afs_proc_cell_servers_startstop.patch elf_fdpic_core_dump-dont-take-tasklist_lock.patch simplify-update_times-avoid-jiffies-jiffies_64-aliasing-problem-2.patch lib-rwsemc-un-inline-rwsem_down_failed_common.patch reiserfs-make-sure-all-dentries-refs-are-released-before-calling-kill_block_super-try-2.patch fs-cache-provide-a-filesystem-specific-syncable-page-bit.patch fs-cache-generic-filesystem-caching-facility.patch fs-cache-release-page-private-in-failed-readahead.patch fs-cache-release-page-private-after-failed-readahead-12.patch fs-cache-make-kafs-use-fs-cache.patch fs-cache-make-kafs-use-fs-cache-fix.patch fs-cache-make-kafs-use-fs-cache-12.patch fs-cache-make-kafs-use-fs-cache-12-fix.patch fs-cache-make-kafs-use-fs-cache-vs-streamline-generic_file_-interfaces-and-filemap.patch nfs-use-local-caching.patch nfs-use-local-caching-12.patch nfs-use-local-caching-12-fix.patch fs-cache-cachefiles-ia64-missing-copy_page-export.patch fs-cache-cachefiles-a-cache-that-backs-onto-a-mounted-filesystem.patch fs-cache-cachefiles-a-cache-that-backs-onto-a-mounted-filesystem-cachefiles-printk-format-warning.patch fs-cache-cachefiles-a-cache-that-backs-onto-a-mounted-filesystem-warning-fixes.patch autofs-make-sure-all-dentries-refs-are-released-before-calling-kill_anon_super.patch vfs-destroy-the-dentries-contributed-by-a-superblock-on-unmounting.patch vfs-make-filldir_t-and-struct-kstat-deal-in-64-bit-inode-numbers.patch vfs-make-filldir_t-and-struct-kstat-deal-in-64-bit-inode-numbers-alpha-fix.patch nfs-represent-64-bit-fileids-as-64-bit-inode-numbers-on-32-bit-systems.patch ecryptfs-get_sb_dev-fix.patch block-move-functions-out-of-buffer-code.patch block-remove-duplicate-declaration-of-exit_io_context.patch block-stop-fallback_migrate_page-from-using-page_has_buffers.patch block-separate-the-bounce-buffering-code-from-the-highmem-code.patch block-dont-call-block_sync_page-from-afs.patch block-move-extern-declarations-out-of-fs-c-into-header-files.patch block-move-extern-declarations-out-of-fs-c-into-header-files-tidy.patch block-remove-dependence-on-existence-of-blockdev_superblock.patch block-remove-dependence-on-existence-of-blockdev_superblock-tidy.patch block-dissociate-generic_writepages-from-mpage-stuff.patch block-move-__invalidate_device-to-block_devc.patch block-move-the-loop-device-ioctl-compat-stuff-to-the-loop-driver.patch block-move-common-fs-specific-ioctls-to-linux-fsh.patch block-move-the-reiserfs-device-ioctl-compat-stuff-to-the-reiserfs-driver.patch block-move-the-ext2-device-ioctl-compat-stuff-to-the-ext2-driver.patch block-move-the-ext3-device-ioctl-compat-stuff-to-the-ext3-driver.patch block-move-the-msdos-device-ioctl-compat-stuff-to-the-msdos-driver.patch block-remove-no-longer-necessary-linux-mpageh-inclusions.patch block-remove-no-longer-necessary-linux-buffer_headh-inclusions.patch block-make-usb-storage-depend-on-scsi-rather-than-selecting-it.patch block-make-it-possible-to-disable-the-block-layer.patch block-make-it-possible-to-disable-the-block-layer-tidy.patch block-make-it-possible-to-disable-the-block-layer-tidy-fix.patch reiser4-get_sb_dev-fix.patch mutex-subsystem-synchro-test-module.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html