fs: add support for buffered writeback to pass down write hints

Reviewed-by: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
Reviewed-by: Martin K. Petersen <martin.petersen@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>

fs/buffer.c

@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
 
 static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list);
 static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			 struct writeback_control *wbc);
+			 enum rw_hint hint, struct writeback_control *wbc);
 
 #define BH_ENTRY(list) list_entry((list), struct buffer_head, b_assoc_buffers)
 
@@ -1829,7 +1829,8 @@ int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 	do {
 		struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
 		if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
-			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh, wbc);
+			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh,
+					inode->i_write_hint, wbc);
 			nr_underway++;
 		}
 		bh = next;
@@ -1883,7 +1884,8 @@ int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
 		struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
 		if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
 			clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
-			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh, wbc);
+			submit_bh_wbc(REQ_OP_WRITE, write_flags, bh,
+					inode->i_write_hint, wbc);
 			nr_underway++;
 		}
 		bh = next;
@@ -3091,7 +3093,7 @@ void guard_bio_eod(int op, struct bio *bio)
 }
 
 static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
-			 struct writeback_control *wbc)
+			 enum rw_hint write_hint, struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
 	struct bio *bio;
 
@@ -3120,6 +3122,7 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
 
 	bio->bi_iter.bi_sector = bh->b_blocknr * (bh->b_size >> 9);
 	bio->bi_bdev = bh->b_bdev;
+	bio->bi_write_hint = write_hint;
 
 	bio_add_page(bio, bh->b_page, bh->b_size, bh_offset(bh));
 	BUG_ON(bio->bi_iter.bi_size != bh->b_size);
@@ -3142,7 +3145,7 @@ static int submit_bh_wbc(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh,
 
 int submit_bh(int op, int op_flags, struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-	return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, NULL);
+	return submit_bh_wbc(op, op_flags, bh, 0, NULL);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
 

fs/mpage.c

@@ -615,6 +615,7 @@ static int __mpage_writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 			goto confused;
 
 		wbc_init_bio(wbc, bio);
+		bio->bi_write_hint = inode->i_write_hint;
 	}
 
 	/*