writeback: remove wb_list
The wb_list member of struct backing_device_info always has exactly one
element. Just use the direct bdi->wb pointer instead and simplify some
code.
Also remove bdi_task_init which is now trivial to prepare for the next
patch.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index e9aec0d..50f1461 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -45,8 +45,6 @@
#define BDI_STAT_BATCH (8*(1+ilog2(nr_cpu_ids)))
struct bdi_writeback {
- struct list_head list; /* hangs off the bdi */
-
struct backing_dev_info *bdi; /* our parent bdi */
unsigned int nr;
@@ -80,8 +78,7 @@
unsigned int max_ratio, max_prop_frac;
struct bdi_writeback wb; /* default writeback info for this bdi */
- spinlock_t wb_lock; /* protects update side of wb_list */
- struct list_head wb_list; /* the flusher threads hanging off this bdi */
+ spinlock_t wb_lock; /* protects work_list */
struct list_head work_list;