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buffer: add BH_Prio and BH_Meta flags
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Add buffer_head flags so that buffer cache writebacks can be marked
with the the appropriate request flags, so that metadata blocks can be
marked appropriately in blktrace.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>
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Theodore Ts'o committed Apr 20, 2013
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5 changes: 5 additions & 0 deletions fs/buffer.c
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Expand Up @@ -2988,6 +2988,11 @@ int submit_bh(int rw, struct buffer_head * bh)
/* Take care of bh's that straddle the end of the device */
guard_bh_eod(rw, bio, bh);

if (buffer_meta(bh))
rw |= REQ_META;
if (buffer_prio(bh))
rw |= REQ_PRIO;

bio_get(bio);
submit_bio(rw, bio);

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4 changes: 4 additions & 0 deletions include/linux/buffer_head.h
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Expand Up @@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ enum bh_state_bits {
BH_Write_EIO, /* I/O error on write */
BH_Unwritten, /* Buffer is allocated on disk but not written */
BH_Quiet, /* Buffer Error Prinks to be quiet */
BH_Meta, /* Buffer contains metadata */
BH_Prio, /* Buffer should be submitted with REQ_PRIO */

BH_PrivateStart,/* not a state bit, but the first bit available
* for private allocation by other entities
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BUFFER_FNS(Boundary, boundary)
BUFFER_FNS(Write_EIO, write_io_error)
BUFFER_FNS(Unwritten, unwritten)
BUFFER_FNS(Meta, meta)
BUFFER_FNS(Prio, prio)

#define bh_offset(bh) ((unsigned long)(bh)->b_data & ~PAGE_MASK)

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