Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block:
  writeback: simplify the write back thread queue
  writeback: split writeback_inodes_wb
  writeback: remove writeback_inodes_wbc
  fs-writeback: fix kernel-doc warnings
  splice: check f_mode for seekable file
  splice: direct_splice_actor() should not use pos in sd

fs/afs/write.c

@@ -680,7 +680,6 @@ int afs_writeback_all(struct afs_vnode *vnode)
 {
 	struct address_space *mapping = vnode->vfs_inode.i_mapping;
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
-		.bdi		= mapping->backing_dev_info,
 		.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_ALL,
 		.nr_to_write	= LONG_MAX,
 		.range_cyclic	= 1,

fs/btrfs/extent_io.c

@@ -2594,7 +2594,6 @@ int extent_write_full_page(struct extent_io_tree *tree, struct page *page,
 		.sync_io = wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL,
 	};
 	struct writeback_control wbc_writepages = {
-		.bdi		= wbc->bdi,
 		.sync_mode	= wbc->sync_mode,
 		.older_than_this = NULL,
 		.nr_to_write	= 64,
@@ -2628,7 +2627,6 @@ int extent_write_locked_range(struct extent_io_tree *tree, struct inode *inode,
 		.sync_io = mode == WB_SYNC_ALL,
 	};
 	struct writeback_control wbc_writepages = {
-		.bdi		= inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info,
 		.sync_mode	= mode,
 		.older_than_this = NULL,
 		.nr_to_write	= nr_pages * 2,

fs/splice.c

@@ -1282,7 +1282,8 @@ static int direct_splice_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe,
 {
 	struct file *file = sd->u.file;
 
-	return do_splice_from(pipe, file, &sd->pos, sd->total_len, sd->flags);
+	return do_splice_from(pipe, file, &file->f_pos, sd->total_len,
+			      sd->flags);
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1371,8 +1372,7 @@ static long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
 		if (off_in)
 			return -ESPIPE;
 		if (off_out) {
-			if (!out->f_op || !out->f_op->llseek ||
-			    out->f_op->llseek == no_llseek)
+			if (!(out->f_mode & FMODE_PWRITE))
 				return -EINVAL;
 			if (copy_from_user(&offset, off_out, sizeof(loff_t)))
 				return -EFAULT;
@@ -1392,8 +1392,7 @@ static long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
 		if (off_out)
 			return -ESPIPE;
 		if (off_in) {
-			if (!in->f_op || !in->f_op->llseek ||
-			    in->f_op->llseek == no_llseek)
+			if (!(in->f_mode & FMODE_PREAD))
 				return -EINVAL;
 			if (copy_from_user(&offset, off_in, sizeof(loff_t)))
 				return -EFAULT;

include/linux/backing-dev.h

@@ -82,8 +82,6 @@ struct backing_dev_info {
 	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 */
-	unsigned long wb_mask;	  /* bitmask of registered tasks */
-	unsigned int wb_cnt;	  /* number of registered tasks */
 
 	struct list_head work_list;
 

include/linux/writeback.h

@@ -27,10 +27,6 @@ enum writeback_sync_modes {
  * 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 */
-	struct super_block *sb;		/* if !NULL, only write inodes from
-					   this super_block */
 	enum writeback_sync_modes sync_mode;
 	unsigned long *older_than_this;	/* If !NULL, only write back inodes
 					   older than this */
@@ -66,7 +62,8 @@ int inode_wait(void *);
 void writeback_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
 int writeback_inodes_sb_if_idle(struct super_block *);
 void sync_inodes_sb(struct super_block *);
-void writeback_inodes_wbc(struct writeback_control *wbc);
+void writeback_inodes_wb(struct bdi_writeback *wb,
+		struct writeback_control *wbc);
 long wb_do_writeback(struct bdi_writeback *wb, int force_wait);
 void wakeup_flusher_threads(long nr_pages);
 

mm/backing-dev.c

@@ -104,15 +104,13 @@ static int bdi_debug_stats_show(struct seq_file *m, void *v)
 		   "b_more_io:        %8lu\n"
 		   "bdi_list:         %8u\n"
 		   "state:            %8lx\n"
-		   "wb_mask:          %8lx\n"
-		   "wb_list:          %8u\n"
-		   "wb_cnt:           %8u\n",
+		   "wb_list:          %8u\n",
 		   (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_WRITEBACK)),
 		   (unsigned long) K(bdi_stat(bdi, BDI_RECLAIMABLE)),
 		   K(bdi_thresh), K(dirty_thresh),
 		   K(background_thresh), nr_wb, nr_dirty, nr_io, nr_more_io,
-		   !list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list), bdi->state, bdi->wb_mask,
-		   !list_empty(&bdi->wb_list), bdi->wb_cnt);
+		   !list_empty(&bdi->bdi_list), bdi->state,
+		   !list_empty(&bdi->wb_list));
 #undef K
 
 	return 0;
@@ -340,14 +338,13 @@ int bdi_has_dirty_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 static void bdi_flush_io(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 {
 	struct writeback_control wbc = {
-		.bdi			= bdi,
 		.sync_mode		= WB_SYNC_NONE,
 		.older_than_this	= NULL,
 		.range_cyclic		= 1,
 		.nr_to_write		= 1024,
 	};
 
-	writeback_inodes_wbc(&wbc);
+	writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, &wbc);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -675,12 +672,6 @@ int bdi_init(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
 
 	bdi_wb_init(&bdi->wb, bdi);
 
-	/*
-	 * Just one thread support for now, hard code mask and count
-	 */
-	bdi->wb_mask = 1;
-	bdi->wb_cnt = 1;
-
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_BDI_STAT_ITEMS; i++) {
 		err = percpu_counter_init(&bdi->bdi_stat[i], 0);
 		if (err)

mm/page-writeback.c

@@ -495,7 +495,6 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 
 	for (;;) {
 		struct writeback_control wbc = {
-			.bdi		= bdi,
 			.sync_mode	= WB_SYNC_NONE,
 			.older_than_this = NULL,
 			.nr_to_write	= write_chunk,
@@ -537,7 +536,7 @@ static void balance_dirty_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		 * up.
 		 */
 		if (bdi_nr_reclaimable > bdi_thresh) {
-			writeback_inodes_wbc(&wbc);
+			writeback_inodes_wb(&bdi->wb, &wbc);
 			pages_written += write_chunk - wbc.nr_to_write;
 			get_dirty_limits(&background_thresh, &dirty_thresh,
 				       &bdi_thresh, bdi);