linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] Turn do_sync_file_range() into do_sync_mapping

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Date:	Wed, 21 Mar 2007 15:01:58 -0700
From:	Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@...cle.com>
To:	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, hch@...radead.org,
	viro@....linux.org.uk
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Turn do_sync_file_range() into do_sync_mapping_range()

do_sync_file_range() accepts a file * from which it takes an address_space
to sync. Abstract out the bulk of the function into do_sync_mapping_range()
which takes the address_space directly. This way callers who want to sync an
address_space directly can take advantage of the functionality provided.

do_sync_file_range() is preserved as a small wrapper around
do_sync_mapping_range().

Ocfs2 in particular would like to use this to initiate a sync of a specific
inode range during truncate, where a file * may not be available.

Signed-off-by: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@...cle.com>

---

 fs/sync.c          |    8 +++-----
 include/linux/fs.h |    9 +++++++--
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

6b5e910e89db2b796f5e52dd88b989513f706bd7
diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index d0feff6..5cb9e7e 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -239,13 +239,11 @@ out:
 /*
  * `endbyte' is inclusive
  */
-int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t endbyte,
-			unsigned int flags)
+int do_sync_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t offset,
+			  loff_t endbyte, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	int ret;
-	struct address_space *mapping;
 
-	mapping = file->f_mapping;
 	if (!mapping) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 		goto out;
@@ -275,4 +273,4 @@ int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file
 out:
 	return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_sync_file_range);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(do_sync_mapping_range);
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 86ec3f4..095a9c9 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -843,8 +843,13 @@ extern int fcntl_setlease(unsigned int f
 extern int fcntl_getlease(struct file *filp);
 
 /* fs/sync.c */
-extern int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset, loff_t endbyte,
-			unsigned int flags);
+extern int do_sync_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t offset,
+			loff_t endbyte, unsigned int flags);
+static inline int do_sync_file_range(struct file *file, loff_t offset,
+			loff_t endbyte, unsigned int flags)
+{
+	return do_sync_mapping_range(file->f_mapping, offset, endbyte, flags);
+}
 
 /* fs/locks.c */
 extern void locks_init_lock(struct file_lock *);
-- 
1.3.3
-
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