// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only /* * fs/fs-writeback.c * * Copyright (C) 2002, Linus Torvalds. * * Contains all the functions related to writing back and waiting * upon dirty inodes against superblocks, and writing back dirty * pages against inodes. ie: data writeback. Writeout of the * inode itself is not handled here. * * 10Apr2002 Andrew Morton * Split out of fs/inode.c * Additions for address_space-based writeback */ #include <linux/kernel.h> #include <linux/export.h> #include <linux/spinlock.h> #include <linux/slab.h> #include <linux/sched.h> #include <linux/fs.h> #include <linux/mm.h> #include <linux/pagemap.h> #include <linux/kthread.h> #include <linux/writeback.h> #include <linux/blkdev.h> #include <linux/backing-dev.h> #include <linux/tracepoint.h> #include <linux/device.h> #include <linux/memcontrol.h> #include "internal.h" /* * 4MB minimal write chunk size */ #define MIN_WRITEBACK_PAGES … /* * Passed into wb_writeback(), essentially a subset of writeback_control */ struct wb_writeback_work { … }; /* * If an inode is constantly having its pages dirtied, but then the * updates stop dirtytime_expire_interval seconds in the past, it's * possible for the worst case time between when an inode has its * timestamps updated and when they finally get written out to be two * dirtytime_expire_intervals. We set the default to 12 hours (in * seconds), which means most of the time inodes will have their * timestamps written to disk after 12 hours, but in the worst case a * few inodes might not their timestamps updated for 24 hours. */ unsigned int dirtytime_expire_interval = …; static inline struct inode *wb_inode(struct list_head *head) { … } /* * Include the creation of the trace points after defining the * wb_writeback_work structure and inline functions so that the definition * remains local to this file. */ #define CREATE_TRACE_POINTS #include <trace/events/writeback.h> EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); static bool wb_io_lists_populated(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } static void wb_io_lists_depopulated(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } /** * inode_io_list_move_locked - move an inode onto a bdi_writeback IO list * @inode: inode to be moved * @wb: target bdi_writeback * @head: one of @wb->b_{dirty|io|more_io|dirty_time} * * Move @inode->i_io_list to @list of @wb and set %WB_has_dirty_io. * Returns %true if @inode is the first occupant of the !dirty_time IO * lists; otherwise, %false. */ static bool inode_io_list_move_locked(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct list_head *head) { … } static void wb_wakeup(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } /* * This function is used when the first inode for this wb is marked dirty. It * wakes-up the corresponding bdi thread which should then take care of the * periodic background write-out of dirty inodes. Since the write-out would * starts only 'dirty_writeback_interval' centisecs from now anyway, we just * set up a timer which wakes the bdi thread up later. * * Note, we wouldn't bother setting up the timer, but this function is on the * fast-path (used by '__mark_inode_dirty()'), so we save few context switches * by delaying the wake-up. * * We have to be careful not to postpone flush work if it is scheduled for * earlier. Thus we use queue_delayed_work(). */ static void wb_wakeup_delayed(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } static void finish_writeback_work(struct wb_writeback_work *work) { … } static void wb_queue_work(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work) { … } /** * wb_wait_for_completion - wait for completion of bdi_writeback_works * @done: target wb_completion * * Wait for one or more work items issued to @bdi with their ->done field * set to @done, which should have been initialized with * DEFINE_WB_COMPLETION(). This function returns after all such work items * are completed. Work items which are waited upon aren't freed * automatically on completion. */ void wb_wait_for_completion(struct wb_completion *done) { … } #ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK /* * Parameters for foreign inode detection, see wbc_detach_inode() to see * how they're used. * * These paramters are inherently heuristical as the detection target * itself is fuzzy. All we want to do is detaching an inode from the * current owner if it's being written to by some other cgroups too much. * * The current cgroup writeback is built on the assumption that multiple * cgroups writing to the same inode concurrently is very rare and a mode * of operation which isn't well supported. As such, the goal is not * taking too long when a different cgroup takes over an inode while * avoiding too aggressive flip-flops from occasional foreign writes. * * We record, very roughly, 2s worth of IO time history and if more than * half of that is foreign, trigger the switch. The recording is quantized * to 16 slots. To avoid tiny writes from swinging the decision too much, * writes smaller than 1/8 of avg size are ignored. */ #define WB_FRN_TIME_SHIFT … #define WB_FRN_TIME_AVG_SHIFT … #define WB_FRN_TIME_CUT_DIV … #define WB_FRN_TIME_PERIOD … #define WB_FRN_HIST_SLOTS … #define WB_FRN_HIST_UNIT … /* each slot's duration is 2s / 16 */ #define WB_FRN_HIST_THR_SLOTS … /* if foreign slots >= 8, switch */ #define WB_FRN_HIST_MAX_SLOTS … /* one round can affect upto 5 slots */ #define WB_FRN_MAX_IN_FLIGHT … /* * Maximum inodes per isw. A specific value has been chosen to make * struct inode_switch_wbs_context fit into 1024 bytes kmalloc. */ #define WB_MAX_INODES_PER_ISW … static atomic_t isw_nr_in_flight = …; static struct workqueue_struct *isw_wq; void __inode_attach_wb(struct inode *inode, struct folio *folio) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /** * inode_cgwb_move_to_attached - put the inode onto wb->b_attached list * @inode: inode of interest with i_lock held * @wb: target bdi_writeback * * Remove the inode from wb's io lists and if necessarily put onto b_attached * list. Only inodes attached to cgwb's are kept on this list. */ static void inode_cgwb_move_to_attached(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } /** * locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list - determine a locked inode's wb and lock it * @inode: inode of interest with i_lock held * * Returns @inode's wb with its list_lock held. @inode->i_lock must be * held on entry and is released on return. The returned wb is guaranteed * to stay @inode's associated wb until its list_lock is released. */ static struct bdi_writeback * locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(struct inode *inode) __releases(&inode->i_lock) __acquires(&wb->list_lock) { … } /** * inode_to_wb_and_lock_list - determine an inode's wb and lock it * @inode: inode of interest * * Same as locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list() but @inode->i_lock isn't held * on entry. */ static struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(struct inode *inode) __acquires(&wb->list_lock) { … } struct inode_switch_wbs_context { … }; static void bdi_down_write_wb_switch_rwsem(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { … } static void bdi_up_write_wb_switch_rwsem(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { … } static bool inode_do_switch_wbs(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *old_wb, struct bdi_writeback *new_wb) { … } static void inode_switch_wbs_work_fn(struct work_struct *work) { … } static bool inode_prepare_wbs_switch(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *new_wb) { … } /** * inode_switch_wbs - change the wb association of an inode * @inode: target inode * @new_wb_id: ID of the new wb * * Switch @inode's wb association to the wb identified by @new_wb_id. The * switching is performed asynchronously and may fail silently. */ static void inode_switch_wbs(struct inode *inode, int new_wb_id) { … } static bool isw_prepare_wbs_switch(struct inode_switch_wbs_context *isw, struct list_head *list, int *nr) { … } /** * cleanup_offline_cgwb - detach associated inodes * @wb: target wb * * Switch all inodes attached to @wb to a nearest living ancestor's wb in order * to eventually release the dying @wb. Returns %true if not all inodes were * switched and the function has to be restarted. */ bool cleanup_offline_cgwb(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } /** * wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode - associate wbc with target inode and unlock it * @wbc: writeback_control of interest * @inode: target inode * * @inode is locked and about to be written back under the control of @wbc. * Record @inode's writeback context into @wbc and unlock the i_lock. On * writeback completion, wbc_detach_inode() should be called. This is used * to track the cgroup writeback context. */ void wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct inode *inode) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /** * wbc_detach_inode - disassociate wbc from inode and perform foreign detection * @wbc: writeback_control of the just finished writeback * * To be called after a writeback attempt of an inode finishes and undoes * wbc_attach_and_unlock_inode(). Can be called under any context. * * As concurrent write sharing of an inode is expected to be very rare and * memcg only tracks page ownership on first-use basis severely confining * the usefulness of such sharing, cgroup writeback tracks ownership * per-inode. While the support for concurrent write sharing of an inode * is deemed unnecessary, an inode being written to by different cgroups at * different points in time is a lot more common, and, more importantly, * charging only by first-use can too readily lead to grossly incorrect * behaviors (single foreign page can lead to gigabytes of writeback to be * incorrectly attributed). * * To resolve this issue, cgroup writeback detects the majority dirtier of * an inode and transfers the ownership to it. To avoid unnecessary * oscillation, the detection mechanism keeps track of history and gives * out the switch verdict only if the foreign usage pattern is stable over * a certain amount of time and/or writeback attempts. * * On each writeback attempt, @wbc tries to detect the majority writer * using Boyer-Moore majority vote algorithm. In addition to the byte * count from the majority voting, it also counts the bytes written for the * current wb and the last round's winner wb (max of last round's current * wb, the winner from two rounds ago, and the last round's majority * candidate). Keeping track of the historical winner helps the algorithm * to semi-reliably detect the most active writer even when it's not the * absolute majority. * * Once the winner of the round is determined, whether the winner is * foreign or not and how much IO time the round consumed is recorded in * inode->i_wb_frn_history. If the amount of recorded foreign IO time is * over a certain threshold, the switch verdict is given. */ void wbc_detach_inode(struct writeback_control *wbc) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /** * wbc_account_cgroup_owner - account writeback to update inode cgroup ownership * @wbc: writeback_control of the writeback in progress * @page: page being written out * @bytes: number of bytes being written out * * @bytes from @page are about to written out during the writeback * controlled by @wbc. Keep the book for foreign inode detection. See * wbc_detach_inode(). */ void wbc_account_cgroup_owner(struct writeback_control *wbc, struct page *page, size_t bytes) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(…); /** * wb_split_bdi_pages - split nr_pages to write according to bandwidth * @wb: target bdi_writeback to split @nr_pages to * @nr_pages: number of pages to write for the whole bdi * * Split @wb's portion of @nr_pages according to @wb's write bandwidth in * relation to the total write bandwidth of all wb's w/ dirty inodes on * @wb->bdi. */ static long wb_split_bdi_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages) { … } /** * bdi_split_work_to_wbs - split a wb_writeback_work to all wb's of a bdi * @bdi: target backing_dev_info * @base_work: wb_writeback_work to issue * @skip_if_busy: skip wb's which already have writeback in progress * * Split and issue @base_work to all wb's (bdi_writeback's) of @bdi which * have dirty inodes. If @base_work->nr_page isn't %LONG_MAX, it's * distributed to the busy wbs according to each wb's proportion in the * total active write bandwidth of @bdi. */ static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct wb_writeback_work *base_work, bool skip_if_busy) { … } /** * cgroup_writeback_by_id - initiate cgroup writeback from bdi and memcg IDs * @bdi_id: target bdi id * @memcg_id: target memcg css id * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated * @done: target wb_completion * * Initiate flush of the bdi_writeback identified by @bdi_id and @memcg_id * with the specified parameters. */ int cgroup_writeback_by_id(u64 bdi_id, int memcg_id, enum wb_reason reason, struct wb_completion *done) { … } /** * cgroup_writeback_umount - flush inode wb switches for umount * * This function is called when a super_block is about to be destroyed and * flushes in-flight inode wb switches. An inode wb switch goes through * RCU and then workqueue, so the two need to be flushed in order to ensure * that all previously scheduled switches are finished. As wb switches are * rare occurrences and synchronize_rcu() can take a while, perform * flushing iff wb switches are in flight. */ void cgroup_writeback_umount(void) { … } static int __init cgroup_writeback_init(void) { … } fs_initcall(cgroup_writeback_init); #else /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */ static void bdi_down_write_wb_switch_rwsem(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { } static void bdi_up_write_wb_switch_rwsem(struct backing_dev_info *bdi) { } static void inode_cgwb_move_to_attached(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb) { assert_spin_locked(&wb->list_lock); assert_spin_locked(&inode->i_lock); WARN_ON_ONCE(inode->i_state & I_FREEING); inode->i_state &= ~I_SYNC_QUEUED; list_del_init(&inode->i_io_list); wb_io_lists_depopulated(wb); } static struct bdi_writeback * locked_inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(struct inode *inode) __releases(&inode->i_lock) __acquires(&wb->list_lock) { struct bdi_writeback *wb = inode_to_wb(inode); spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock); spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); return wb; } static struct bdi_writeback *inode_to_wb_and_lock_list(struct inode *inode) __acquires(&wb->list_lock) { struct bdi_writeback *wb = inode_to_wb(inode); spin_lock(&wb->list_lock); return wb; } static long wb_split_bdi_pages(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages) { return nr_pages; } static void bdi_split_work_to_wbs(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, struct wb_writeback_work *base_work, bool skip_if_busy) { might_sleep(); if (!skip_if_busy || !writeback_in_progress(&bdi->wb)) { base_work->auto_free = 0; wb_queue_work(&bdi->wb, base_work); } } #endif /* CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK */ /* * Add in the number of potentially dirty inodes, because each inode * write can dirty pagecache in the underlying blockdev. */ static unsigned long get_nr_dirty_pages(void) { … } static void wb_start_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, enum wb_reason reason) { … } /** * wb_start_background_writeback - start background writeback * @wb: bdi_writback to write from * * Description: * This makes sure WB_SYNC_NONE background writeback happens. When * this function returns, it is only guaranteed that for given wb * some IO is happening if we are over background dirty threshold. * Caller need not hold sb s_umount semaphore. */ void wb_start_background_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } /* * Remove the inode from the writeback list it is on. */ void inode_io_list_del(struct inode *inode) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* * mark an inode as under writeback on the sb */ void sb_mark_inode_writeback(struct inode *inode) { … } /* * clear an inode as under writeback on the sb */ void sb_clear_inode_writeback(struct inode *inode) { … } /* * Redirty an inode: set its when-it-was dirtied timestamp and move it to the * furthest end of its superblock's dirty-inode list. * * Before stamping the inode's ->dirtied_when, we check to see whether it is * already the most-recently-dirtied inode on the b_dirty list. If that is * the case then the inode must have been redirtied while it was being written * out and we don't reset its dirtied_when. */ static void redirty_tail_locked(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } static void redirty_tail(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } /* * requeue inode for re-scanning after bdi->b_io list is exhausted. */ static void requeue_io(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } static void inode_sync_complete(struct inode *inode) { … } static bool inode_dirtied_after(struct inode *inode, unsigned long t) { … } /* * Move expired (dirtied before dirtied_before) dirty inodes from * @delaying_queue to @dispatch_queue. */ static int move_expired_inodes(struct list_head *delaying_queue, struct list_head *dispatch_queue, unsigned long dirtied_before) { … } /* * Queue all expired dirty inodes for io, eldest first. * Before * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io * =============> gf edc BA * After * newly dirtied b_dirty b_io b_more_io * =============> g fBAedc * | * +--> dequeue for IO */ static void queue_io(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work, unsigned long dirtied_before) { … } static int write_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) { … } /* * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Called with i_lock held. * Caller must make sure inode cannot go away when we drop i_lock. */ static void __inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode) __releases(inode->i_lock) __acquires(inode->i_lock) { … } /* * Wait for writeback on an inode to complete. Caller must have inode pinned. */ void inode_wait_for_writeback(struct inode *inode) { … } /* * Sleep until I_SYNC is cleared. This function must be called with i_lock * held and drops it. It is aimed for callers not holding any inode reference * so once i_lock is dropped, inode can go away. */ static void inode_sleep_on_writeback(struct inode *inode) __releases(inode->i_lock) { … } /* * Find proper writeback list for the inode depending on its current state and * possibly also change of its state while we were doing writeback. Here we * handle things such as livelock prevention or fairness of writeback among * inodes. This function can be called only by flusher thread - noone else * processes all inodes in writeback lists and requeueing inodes behind flusher * thread's back can have unexpected consequences. */ static void requeue_inode(struct inode *inode, struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct writeback_control *wbc, unsigned long dirtied_before) { … } /* * Write out an inode and its dirty pages (or some of its dirty pages, depending * on @wbc->nr_to_write), and clear the relevant dirty flags from i_state. * * This doesn't remove the inode from the writeback list it is on, except * potentially to move it from b_dirty_time to b_dirty due to timestamp * expiration. The caller is otherwise responsible for writeback list handling. * * The caller is also responsible for setting the I_SYNC flag beforehand and * calling inode_sync_complete() to clear it afterwards. */ static int __writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) { … } /* * Write out an inode's dirty data and metadata on-demand, i.e. separately from * the regular batched writeback done by the flusher threads in * writeback_sb_inodes(). @wbc controls various aspects of the write, such as * whether it is a data-integrity sync (%WB_SYNC_ALL) or not (%WB_SYNC_NONE). * * To prevent the inode from going away, either the caller must have a reference * to the inode, or the inode must have I_WILL_FREE or I_FREEING set. */ static int writeback_single_inode(struct inode *inode, struct writeback_control *wbc) { … } static long writeback_chunk_size(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work) { … } /* * Write a portion of b_io inodes which belong to @sb. * * Return the number of pages and/or inodes written. * * NOTE! This is called with wb->list_lock held, and will * unlock and relock that for each inode it ends up doing * IO for. */ static long writeback_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb, struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work) { … } static long __writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work) { … } static long writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb, long nr_pages, enum wb_reason reason) { … } /* * Explicit flushing or periodic writeback of "old" data. * * Define "old": the first time one of an inode's pages is dirtied, we mark the * dirtying-time in the inode's address_space. So this periodic writeback code * just walks the superblock inode list, writing back any inodes which are * older than a specific point in time. * * Try to run once per dirty_writeback_interval. But if a writeback event * takes longer than a dirty_writeback_interval interval, then leave a * one-second gap. * * dirtied_before takes precedence over nr_to_write. So we'll only write back * all dirty pages if they are all attached to "old" mappings. */ static long wb_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, struct wb_writeback_work *work) { … } /* * Return the next wb_writeback_work struct that hasn't been processed yet. */ static struct wb_writeback_work *get_next_work_item(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } static long wb_check_background_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } static long wb_check_old_data_flush(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } static long wb_check_start_all(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } /* * Retrieve work items and do the writeback they describe */ static long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb) { … } /* * Handle writeback of dirty data for the device backed by this bdi. Also * reschedules periodically and does kupdated style flushing. */ void wb_workfn(struct work_struct *work) { … } /* * Start writeback of all dirty pages on this bdi. */ static void __wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, enum wb_reason reason) { … } void wakeup_flusher_threads_bdi(struct backing_dev_info *bdi, enum wb_reason reason) { … } /* * Wakeup the flusher threads to start writeback of all currently dirty pages */ void wakeup_flusher_threads(enum wb_reason reason) { … } /* * Wake up bdi's periodically to make sure dirtytime inodes gets * written back periodically. We deliberately do *not* check the * b_dirtytime list in wb_has_dirty_io(), since this would cause the * kernel to be constantly waking up once there are any dirtytime * inodes on the system. So instead we define a separate delayed work * function which gets called much more rarely. (By default, only * once every 12 hours.) * * If there is any other write activity going on in the file system, * this function won't be necessary. But if the only thing that has * happened on the file system is a dirtytime inode caused by an atime * update, we need this infrastructure below to make sure that inode * eventually gets pushed out to disk. */ static void wakeup_dirtytime_writeback(struct work_struct *w); static DECLARE_DELAYED_WORK(dirtytime_work, wakeup_dirtytime_writeback); static void wakeup_dirtytime_writeback(struct work_struct *w) { … } static int __init start_dirtytime_writeback(void) { … } __initcall(start_dirtytime_writeback); int dirtytime_interval_handler(const struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos) { … } /** * __mark_inode_dirty - internal function to mark an inode dirty * * @inode: inode to mark * @flags: what kind of dirty, e.g. I_DIRTY_SYNC. This can be a combination of * multiple I_DIRTY_* flags, except that I_DIRTY_TIME can't be combined * with I_DIRTY_PAGES. * * Mark an inode as dirty. We notify the filesystem, then update the inode's * dirty flags. Then, if needed we add the inode to the appropriate dirty list. * * Most callers should use mark_inode_dirty() or mark_inode_dirty_sync() * instead of calling this directly. * * CAREFUL! We only add the inode to the dirty list if it is hashed or if it * refers to a blockdev. Unhashed inodes will never be added to the dirty list * even if they are later hashed, as they will have been marked dirty already. * * In short, ensure you hash any inodes _before_ you start marking them dirty. * * Note that for blockdevs, inode->dirtied_when represents the dirtying time of * the block-special inode (/dev/hda1) itself. And the ->dirtied_when field of * the kernel-internal blockdev inode represents the dirtying time of the * blockdev's pages. This is why for I_DIRTY_PAGES we always use * page->mapping->host, so the page-dirtying time is recorded in the internal * blockdev inode. */ void __mark_inode_dirty(struct inode *inode, int flags) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /* * The @s_sync_lock is used to serialise concurrent sync operations * to avoid lock contention problems with concurrent wait_sb_inodes() calls. * Concurrent callers will block on the s_sync_lock rather than doing contending * walks. The queueing maintains sync(2) required behaviour as all the IO that * has been issued up to the time this function is enter is guaranteed to be * completed by the time we have gained the lock and waited for all IO that is * in progress regardless of the order callers are granted the lock. */ static void wait_sb_inodes(struct super_block *sb) { … } static void __writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr, enum wb_reason reason, bool skip_if_busy) { … } /** * writeback_inodes_sb_nr - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block * @sb: the superblock * @nr: the number of pages to write * @reason: reason why some writeback work initiated * * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait * for IO completion of submitted IO. */ void writeback_inodes_sb_nr(struct super_block *sb, unsigned long nr, enum wb_reason reason) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * writeback_inodes_sb - writeback dirty inodes from given super_block * @sb: the superblock * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated * * Start writeback on some inodes on this super_block. No guarantees are made * on how many (if any) will be written, and this function does not wait * for IO completion of submitted IO. */ void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * try_to_writeback_inodes_sb - try to start writeback if none underway * @sb: the superblock * @reason: reason why some writeback work was initiated * * Invoke __writeback_inodes_sb_nr if no writeback is currently underway. */ void try_to_writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb, enum wb_reason reason) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * sync_inodes_sb - sync sb inode pages * @sb: the superblock * * This function writes and waits on any dirty inode belonging to this * super_block. */ void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *sb) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * write_inode_now - write an inode to disk * @inode: inode to write to disk * @sync: whether the write should be synchronous or not * * This function commits an inode to disk immediately if it is dirty. This is * primarily needed by knfsd. * * The caller must either have a ref on the inode or must have set I_WILL_FREE. */ int write_inode_now(struct inode *inode, int sync) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…); /** * sync_inode_metadata - write an inode to disk * @inode: the inode to sync * @wait: wait for I/O to complete. * * Write an inode to disk and adjust its dirty state after completion. * * Note: only writes the actual inode, no associated data or other metadata. */ int sync_inode_metadata(struct inode *inode, int wait) { … } EXPORT_SYMBOL(…);