[PATCH 2.6.27.y 09/11] vfs: Add no_nrwrite_index_update writeback control flag

[Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>]

From: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

commit 17bc6c30cf6bfffd816bdc53682dd46fc34a2cf4 upstream.

If no_nrwrite_index_update is set we don't update nr_to_write and
address space writeback_index in write_cache_pages.  This change
enables a file system to skip these updates in write_cache_pages and do
them in the writepages() callback.  This patch will be followed by an
ext4 patch that make use of these new flags.

Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
CC: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
[dev@jaysonking.com: Modified the patch to account for subsequent changes in mainline being cherry-picked earlier for 2.6.27.y.]
Signed-off-by: Jayson R. King <dev@jaysonking.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>
---
 include/linux/writeback.h |    9 +++++++++
 mm/page-writeback.c       |   14 +++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index cc0e6d9..b93ab38 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -62,6 +62,15 @@ struct writeback_control {
 	unsigned for_writepages:1;	/* This is a writepages() call */
 	unsigned range_cyclic:1;	/* range_start is cyclic */
 	unsigned more_io:1;		/* more io to be dispatched */
+	/*
+	 * write_cache_pages() won't update wbc->nr_to_write and
+	 * mapping->writeback_index if no_nrwrite_index_update
+	 * is set.  write_cache_pages() may write more than we
+	 * requested and we want to make sure nr_to_write and
+	 * writeback_index are updated in a consistent manner
+	 * so we use a single control to update them
+	 */
+	unsigned no_nrwrite_index_update:1;
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index e5c4ca2..036dee5 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 	pgoff_t done_index;
 	int cycled;
 	int range_whole = 0;
+	long nr_to_write = wbc->nr_to_write;
 
 	if (wbc->nonblocking && bdi_write_congested(bdi)) {
 		wbc->encountered_congestion = 1;
@@ -985,9 +986,9 @@ continue_unlock:
 				}
  			}
 
-			if (wbc->nr_to_write > 0) {
-				wbc->nr_to_write--;
-				if (wbc->nr_to_write == 0 &&
+			if (nr_to_write > 0) {
+				nr_to_write--;
+				if (nr_to_write == 0 &&
 				    wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_NONE) {
 					/*
 					 * We stop writing back only if we are
@@ -1024,8 +1025,11 @@ continue_unlock:
 		end = writeback_index - 1;
 		goto retry;
 	}
-	if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
-		mapping->writeback_index = done_index;
+	if (!wbc->no_nrwrite_index_update) {
+		if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && nr_to_write > 0))
+			mapping->writeback_index = done_index;
+		wbc->nr_to_write = nr_to_write;
+	}
 
 	return ret;
 }
-- 
1.6.6.1.1.g974db.dirty