[PATCH] Make ll_rw_block() wait for buffer lock
Introduce new ll_rw_block() operation SWRITE meaning that block layer should
wait for the buffer lock and write-out afterwards. Hence data in buffers at
the time of call are guaranteed to be submitted to the disk.
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 7e1b589..fd93ab7 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
#define READ 0
#define WRITE 1
#define READA 2 /* read-ahead - don't block if no resources */
+#define SWRITE 3 /* for ll_rw_block() - wait for buffer lock */
#define SPECIAL 4 /* For non-blockdevice requests in request queue */
#define READ_SYNC (READ | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
#define WRITE_SYNC (WRITE | (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))