linux-kernel - [PATCH 3.16 045/366] vfs: add the sb_start_intwrite

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Date:   Sun, 11 Nov 2018 19:49:05 +0000
From:   Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
CC:     akpm@...ux-foundation.org, "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>,
        "Jan Kara" <jack@...e.cz>, "Amir Goldstein" <amir73il@...il.com>
Subject: [PATCH 3.16 045/366] vfs: add the sb_start_intwrite_trylock() helper

3.16.61-rc1 review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>

commit 0c8e3fe35db9b66ae0030849545030ec7c0fc45c upstream.

Needed by ext4 to test frozen fs before updating s_last_mounted.

Signed-off-by: Amir Goldstein <amir73il@...il.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings <ben@...adent.org.uk>
---
 include/linux/fs.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1389,6 +1389,11 @@ static inline void sb_start_intwrite(str
 	__sb_start_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_FS, true);
 }
 
+static inline int sb_start_intwrite_trylock(struct super_block *sb)
+{
+	return __sb_start_write(sb, SB_FREEZE_FS, false);
+}
+
 
 extern bool inode_owner_or_capable(const struct inode *inode);