* completion.
*/
redirty_tail(inode);
- } else if (atomic_read(&inode->i_count)) {
- /*
- * The inode is clean, inuse
- */
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_in_use);
} else {
/*
- * The inode is clean, unused
+ * The inode is clean. At this point we either have
+ * a reference to the inode or it's on it's way out.
+ * No need to add it back to the LRU.
*/
- list_move(&inode->i_list, &inode_unused);
+ list_del_init(&inode->i_list);
}
}
inode_sync_complete(inode);
wb->last_old_flush = jiffies;
nr_pages = global_page_state(NR_FILE_DIRTY) +
global_page_state(NR_UNSTABLE_NFS) +
- (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
+ get_nr_dirty_inodes();
if (nr_pages) {
struct wb_writeback_work work = {
* dirty list. Add blockdev inodes as well.
*/
if (!S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode)) {
- if (hlist_unhashed(&inode->i_hash))
+ if (inode_unhashed(inode))
goto out;
}
if (inode->i_state & I_FREEING)
WARN_ON(!rwsem_is_locked(&sb->s_umount));
- work.nr_pages = nr_dirty + nr_unstable +
- (inodes_stat.nr_inodes - inodes_stat.nr_unused);
+ work.nr_pages = nr_dirty + nr_unstable + get_nr_dirty_inodes();
bdi_queue_work(sb->s_bdi, &work);
wait_for_completion(&done);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode);
+
+/**
+ * sync_inode - write an inode to disk
+ * @inode: the inode to sync
+ * @wait: wait for I/O to complete.
+ *
+ * Write an inode to disk and adjust it's 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)
+{
+ struct writeback_control wbc = {
+ .sync_mode = wait ? WB_SYNC_ALL : WB_SYNC_NONE,
+ .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only */
+ };
+
+ return sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_inode_metadata);