linux-kernel - [PATCH 17/45] FS-Cache: Provide an add_wait_queue

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Date:	Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:31:38 +0000
From:	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:	torvalds@...l.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	trond.myklebust@....uio.no, chuck.lever@...cle.com
Cc:	nfsv4@...ux-nfs.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, selinux@...ho.nsa.gov,
	linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org, dhowells@...hat.com
Subject: [PATCH 17/45] FS-Cache: Provide an add_wait_queue_tail() function
	[ver #35]

Provide an add_wait_queue_tail() function to add a waiter to the back of a
wait queue instead of the front.

Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---

 include/linux/pagemap.h |    7 +++++--
 include/linux/wait.h    |    1 +
 kernel/wait.c           |   18 ++++++++++++++++++
 mm/filemap.c            |    2 +-
 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)


diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index c5df3ae..ad9484f 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -225,8 +225,11 @@ static inline void wait_on_page_writeback(struct page *page)
 
 extern void end_page_writeback(struct page *page);
 
-/*
- * Wait for a PG_owner_priv_2 to become clear
+/**
+ * wait_on_page_owner_priv_2 - Wait for PG_owner_priv_2 to become clear
+ * @page: The page to monitor
+ *
+ * Wait for a PG_owner_priv_2 to become clear on the specified page.
  */
 static inline void wait_on_page_owner_priv_2(struct page *page)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/wait.h b/include/linux/wait.h
index 0081147..a6a6607 100644
--- a/include/linux/wait.h
+++ b/include/linux/wait.h
@@ -118,6 +118,7 @@ static inline int waitqueue_active(wait_queue_head_t *q)
 #define is_sync_wait(wait)	(!(wait) || ((wait)->private))
 
 extern void add_wait_queue(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait);
+extern void add_wait_queue_tail(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait);
 extern void add_wait_queue_exclusive(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait);
 extern void remove_wait_queue(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait);
 
diff --git a/kernel/wait.c b/kernel/wait.c
index c275c56..191df0d 100644
--- a/kernel/wait.c
+++ b/kernel/wait.c
@@ -29,6 +29,24 @@ void add_wait_queue(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_wait_queue);
 
+/**
+ * add_wait_queue_tail - Add a waiter to the back of a waitqueue
+ * @q: the wait queue to append the waiter to
+ * @wait: the waiter to be queued
+ *
+ * Add a waiter to the back of a waitqueue so that it gets woken up last.
+ */
+void add_wait_queue_tail(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	wait->flags &= ~WQ_FLAG_EXCLUSIVE;
+	spin_lock_irqsave(&q->lock, flags);
+	__add_wait_queue_tail(q, wait);
+	spin_unlock_irqrestore(&q->lock, flags);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(add_wait_queue_tail);
+
 void add_wait_queue_exclusive(wait_queue_head_t *q, wait_queue_t *wait)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 636adf2..9a0c803 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -586,7 +586,7 @@ void end_page_writeback(struct page *page)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_page_writeback);
 
 /**
- * end_page_own - Clear PG_owner_priv_2 and wake up any waiters
+ * end_page_owner_priv_2 - Clear PG_owner_priv_2 and wake up any waiters
  * @page: the page
  *
  * Clear PG_owner_priv_2 and wake up any processes waiting for that event.

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