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/*
 * include/linux/writeback.h.
 *
 * These declarations are private to fs/ and mm/.
 * Declarations which are exported to filesystems do not
 * get placed here.
 */
#ifndef WRITEBACK_H
#define WRITEBACK_H

struct backing_dev_info;

extern spinlock_t inode_lock;
extern struct list_head inode_in_use;
extern struct list_head inode_unused;

/*
 * Yes, writeback.h requires sched.h
 * No, sched.h is not included from here.
 */
static inline int current_is_pdflush(void)
{
	return current->flags & PF_FLUSHER;
}

/*
 * fs/fs-writeback.c
 */
enum writeback_sync_modes {
	WB_SYNC_NONE,	/* Don't wait on anything */
	WB_SYNC_ALL,	/* Wait on every mapping */
	WB_SYNC_HOLD,	/* Hold the inode on sb_dirty for sys_sync() */
};

/*
 * A control structure which tells the writeback code what to do
 */
struct writeback_control {
	struct backing_dev_info *bdi;	/* If !NULL, only write back this
					   queue */
	enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
	unsigned long *older_than_this;	/* If !NULL, only write back inodes
					   older than this */
	long nr_to_write;		/* Write this many pages, and decrement
					   this for each page written */
};
	
void writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc);
void wake_up_inode(struct inode *inode);
void __wait_on_inode(struct inode * inode);
void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *, int wait);
void sync_inodes(int wait);

/* writeback.h requires fs.h; it, too, is not included from here. */
static inline void wait_on_inode(struct inode *inode)
{
	if (inode->i_state & I_LOCK)
		__wait_on_inode(inode);
}

/*
 * mm/page-writeback.c
 */
/* These 5 are exported to sysctl. */
extern int dirty_background_ratio;
extern int dirty_async_ratio;
extern int dirty_writeback_centisecs;
extern int dirty_expire_centisecs;


void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping);
void balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(struct address_space *mapping);
int pdflush_operation(void (*fn)(unsigned long), unsigned long arg0);
int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc);

/* pdflush.c */
extern int nr_pdflush_threads;	/* Global so it can be exported to sysctl
				   read-only. */


/*
 * Tell the writeback paths that they are being called for a "data integrity"
 * operation such as fsync().
 */
static inline int called_for_sync(void)
{
	return current->flags & PF_SYNC;
}

#endif		/* WRITEBACK_H */