diff --git a/include/linux/writeback.h b/include/linux/writeback.h
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+/*
+ * include/linux/writeback.h.
+ */
+#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.  These are
+ * always on the stack, and hence need no locking.  They are always initialised
+ * in a manner such that unspecified fields are set to zero.
+ */
+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 */
+	long pages_skipped;		/* Pages which were not written */
+
+	/*
+	 * For a_ops->writepages(): is start or end are non-zero then this is
+	 * a hint that the filesystem need only write out the pages inside that
+	 * byterange.  The byte at `end' is included in the writeout request.
+	 */
+	loff_t start;
+	loff_t end;
+
+	unsigned nonblocking:1;			/* Don't get stuck on request queues */
+	unsigned encountered_congestion:1;	/* An output: a queue is full */
+	unsigned for_kupdate:1;			/* A kupdate writeback */
+	unsigned for_reclaim:1;			/* Invoked from the page allocator */
+};
+
+/*
+ * ->writepage() return values (make these much larger than a pagesize, in
+ * case some fs is returning number-of-bytes-written from writepage)
+ */
+#define WRITEPAGE_ACTIVATE	0x80000	/* IO was not started: activate page */
+
+/*
+ * fs/fs-writeback.c
+ */	
+void writeback_inodes(struct writeback_control *wbc);
+void wake_up_inode(struct inode *inode);
+int inode_wait(void *);
+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)
+{
+	might_sleep();
+	wait_on_bit(&inode->i_state, __I_LOCK, inode_wait,
+							TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
+
+/*
+ * mm/page-writeback.c
+ */
+int wakeup_bdflush(long nr_pages);
+void laptop_io_completion(void);
+void laptop_sync_completion(void);
+void throttle_vm_writeout(void);
+
+/* These are exported to sysctl. */
+extern int dirty_background_ratio;
+extern int vm_dirty_ratio;
+extern int dirty_writeback_centisecs;
+extern int dirty_expire_centisecs;
+extern int block_dump;
+extern int laptop_mode;
+
+struct ctl_table;
+struct file;
+int dirty_writeback_centisecs_handler(struct ctl_table *, int, struct file *,
+				      void __user *, size_t *, loff_t *);
+
+void page_writeback_init(void);
+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);
+int sync_page_range(struct inode *inode, struct address_space *mapping,
+			loff_t pos, size_t count);
+int sync_page_range_nolock(struct inode *inode, struct address_space
+		*mapping, loff_t pos, size_t count);
+
+/* pdflush.c */
+extern int nr_pdflush_threads;	/* Global so it can be exported to sysctl
+				   read-only. */
+
+
+#endif		/* WRITEBACK_H */