* @nr_to_write: how many dirty pages to write-back
*
* This function shrinks UBIFS liability by means of writing back some amount
- * of dirty inodes and their pages. Returns the amount of pages which were
- * written back. The returned value does not include dirty inodes which were
- * synchronized.
+ * of dirty inodes and their pages.
*
* Note, this function synchronizes even VFS inodes which are locked
* (@i_mutex) by the caller of the budgeting function, because write-back does
* not touch @i_mutex.
*/
-static int shrink_liability(struct ubifs_info *c, int nr_to_write)
+static void shrink_liability(struct ubifs_info *c, int nr_to_write)
{
- int nr_written;
-
- nr_written = writeback_inodes_sb(c->vfs_sb);
- if (!nr_written) {
- /*
- * Re-try again but wait on pages/inodes which are being
- * written-back concurrently (e.g., by pdflush).
- */
- nr_written = sync_inodes_sb(c->vfs_sb);
- }
-
- dbg_budg("%d pages were written back", nr_written);
- return nr_written;
+ writeback_inodes_sb(c->vfs_sb);
}
/**
* ubifs_get_free_space - return amount of free space.
* @c: UBIFS file-system description object
*
- * This function calculates and retuns amount of free space to report to
+ * This function calculates and returns amount of free space to report to
* user-space.
*/
long long ubifs_get_free_space(struct ubifs_info *c)