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-rw-r--r--fs/fs-writeback.c17
-rw-r--r--include/linux/writeback.h1
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 49bc1b8..f6c2155 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -1187,6 +1187,23 @@ void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb)
EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb);
/**
+ * writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle - start writeback if none underway
+ * @sb: the superblock
+ *
+ * Invoke writeback_inodes_sb if no writeback is currently underway.
+ * Returns 1 if writeback was started, 0 if not.
+ */
+int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+ if (!writeback_in_progress(sb->s_bdi)) {
+ writeback_inodes_sb(sb);
+ return 1;
+ } else
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle);
+
+/**
* sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages
* @sb: the superblock
*
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index c18c008..76e8903 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@ struct writeback_control {
struct bdi_writeback;
int inode_wait(void *);
void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
+int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *);
void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc);
long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait);