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authorRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>2010-04-23 14:30:22 +0200
committerRobert Richter <robert.richter@amd.com>2010-04-23 14:30:22 +0200
commita36bf32e9e8a86f291f746b7f8292e042ee04a46 (patch)
treec5c999baa4c214218e3adea9b336cbd9f23950ad /include/linux/writeback.h
parentbc078e4eab65f11bbaeed380593ab8151b30d703 (diff)
parent01bf0b64579ead8a82e7cfc32ae44bc667e7ad0f (diff)
Merge commit 'v2.6.34-rc5' into oprofile/core
Diffstat (limited to 'include/linux/writeback.h')
-rw-r--r--include/linux/writeback.h3
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
index 76e8903cd204..36520ded3e06 100644
--- a/include/linux/writeback.h
+++ b/include/linux/writeback.h
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ struct writeback_control {
enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
unsigned long *older_than_this; /* If !NULL, only write back inodes
older than this */
+ unsigned long wb_start; /* Time writeback_inodes_wb was
+ called. This is needed to avoid
+ extra jobs and livelock */
long nr_to_write; /* Write this many pages, and decrement
this for each page written */
long pages_skipped; /* Pages which were not written */