WorkStruct: Separate delayable and non-delayable events.
[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / mm / filemap.c
index 368678c..7b84dc8 100644 (file)
@@ -9,11 +9,11 @@
  * most "normal" filesystems (but you don't /have/ to use this:
  * the NFS filesystem used to do this differently, for example)
  */
-#include <linux/config.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/compiler.h>
 #include <linux/fs.h>
+#include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <linux/aio.h>
 #include <linux/capability.h>
 #include <linux/kernel_stat.h>
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@
  */
 #include <linux/buffer_head.h> /* for generic_osync_inode */
 
-#include <asm/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/mman.h>
 
 static ssize_t
@@ -76,8 +75,8 @@ generic_file_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
  *  ->mmap_sem
  *    ->lock_page              (access_process_vm)
  *
- *  ->mmap_sem
- *    ->i_mutex                        (msync)
+ *  ->i_mutex                  (generic_file_buffered_write)
+ *    ->mmap_sem               (fault_in_pages_readable->do_page_fault)
  *
  *  ->i_mutex
  *    ->i_alloc_sem             (various)
@@ -120,7 +119,7 @@ void __remove_from_page_cache(struct page *page)
        radix_tree_delete(&mapping->page_tree, page->index);
        page->mapping = NULL;
        mapping->nrpages--;
-       pagecache_acct(-1);
+       __dec_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
 }
 
 void remove_from_page_cache(struct page *page)
@@ -449,7 +448,7 @@ int add_to_page_cache(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
                        page->mapping = mapping;
                        page->index = offset;
                        mapping->nrpages++;
-                       pagecache_acct(1);
+                       __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_PAGES);
                }
                write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
                radix_tree_preload_end();
@@ -468,26 +467,22 @@ int add_to_page_cache_lru(struct page *page, struct address_space *mapping,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_NUMA
-struct page *page_cache_alloc(struct address_space *x)
+struct page *__page_cache_alloc(gfp_t gfp)
 {
        if (cpuset_do_page_mem_spread()) {
                int n = cpuset_mem_spread_node();
-               return alloc_pages_node(n, mapping_gfp_mask(x), 0);
+               return alloc_pages_node(n, gfp, 0);
        }
-       return alloc_pages(mapping_gfp_mask(x), 0);
+       return alloc_pages(gfp, 0);
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_cache_alloc);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__page_cache_alloc);
+#endif
 
-struct page *page_cache_alloc_cold(struct address_space *x)
+static int __sleep_on_page_lock(void *word)
 {
-       if (cpuset_do_page_mem_spread()) {
-               int n = cpuset_mem_spread_node();
-               return alloc_pages_node(n, mapping_gfp_mask(x)|__GFP_COLD, 0);
-       }
-       return alloc_pages(mapping_gfp_mask(x)|__GFP_COLD, 0);
+       io_schedule();
+       return 0;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(page_cache_alloc_cold);
-#endif
 
 /*
  * In order to wait for pages to become available there must be
@@ -578,13 +573,24 @@ void fastcall __lock_page(struct page *page)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__lock_page);
 
+/*
+ * Variant of lock_page that does not require the caller to hold a reference
+ * on the page's mapping.
+ */
+void fastcall __lock_page_nosync(struct page *page)
+{
+       DEFINE_WAIT_BIT(wait, &page->flags, PG_locked);
+       __wait_on_bit_lock(page_waitqueue(page), &wait, __sleep_on_page_lock,
+                                                       TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
+}
+
 /**
  * find_get_page - find and get a page reference
  * @mapping: the address_space to search
  * @offset: the page index
  *
- * A rather lightweight function, finding and getting a reference to a
- * hashed page atomically.
+ * Is there a pagecache struct page at the given (mapping, offset) tuple?
+ * If yes, increment its refcount and return it; if no, return NULL.
  */
 struct page * find_get_page(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long offset)
 {
@@ -810,7 +816,6 @@ struct page *
 grab_cache_page_nowait(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long index)
 {
        struct page *page = find_get_page(mapping, index);
-       gfp_t gfp_mask;
 
        if (page) {
                if (!TestSetPageLocked(page))
@@ -818,9 +823,8 @@ grab_cache_page_nowait(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long index)
                page_cache_release(page);
                return NULL;
        }
-       gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_mask(mapping) & ~__GFP_FS;
-       page = alloc_pages(gfp_mask, 0);
-       if (page && add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, index, gfp_mask)) {
+       page = __page_cache_alloc(mapping_gfp_mask(mapping) & ~__GFP_FS);
+       if (page && add_to_page_cache_lru(page, mapping, index, GFP_KERNEL)) {
                page_cache_release(page);
                page = NULL;
        }
@@ -828,6 +832,30 @@ grab_cache_page_nowait(struct address_space *mapping, unsigned long index)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(grab_cache_page_nowait);
 
+/*
+ * CD/DVDs are error prone. When a medium error occurs, the driver may fail
+ * a _large_ part of the i/o request. Imagine the worst scenario:
+ *
+ *      ---R__________________________________________B__________
+ *         ^ reading here                             ^ bad block(assume 4k)
+ *
+ * read(R) => miss => readahead(R...B) => media error => frustrating retries
+ * => failing the whole request => read(R) => read(R+1) =>
+ * readahead(R+1...B+1) => bang => read(R+2) => read(R+3) =>
+ * readahead(R+3...B+2) => bang => read(R+3) => read(R+4) =>
+ * readahead(R+4...B+3) => bang => read(R+4) => read(R+5) => ......
+ *
+ * It is going insane. Fix it by quickly scaling down the readahead size.
+ */
+static void shrink_readahead_size_eio(struct file *filp,
+                                       struct file_ra_state *ra)
+{
+       if (!ra->ra_pages)
+               return;
+
+       ra->ra_pages /= 4;
+}
+
 /**
  * do_generic_mapping_read - generic file read routine
  * @mapping:   address_space to be read
@@ -947,7 +975,7 @@ page_not_up_to_date:
                /* Get exclusive access to the page ... */
                lock_page(page);
 
-               /* Did it get unhashed before we got the lock? */
+               /* Did it get truncated before we got the lock? */
                if (!page->mapping) {
                        unlock_page(page);
                        page_cache_release(page);
@@ -985,6 +1013,7 @@ readpage:
                                }
                                unlock_page(page);
                                error = -EIO;
+                               shrink_readahead_size_eio(filp, &ra);
                                goto readpage_error;
                        }
                        unlock_page(page);
@@ -1098,23 +1127,24 @@ success:
 }
 
 /**
- * __generic_file_aio_read - generic filesystem read routine
+ * generic_file_aio_read - generic filesystem read routine
  * @iocb:      kernel I/O control block
  * @iov:       io vector request
  * @nr_segs:   number of segments in the iovec
- * @ppos:      current file position
+ * @pos:       current file position
  *
  * This is the "read()" routine for all filesystems
  * that can use the page cache directly.
  */
 ssize_t
-__generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
-               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
+generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
        struct file *filp = iocb->ki_filp;
        ssize_t retval;
        unsigned long seg;
        size_t count;
+       loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
 
        count = 0;
        for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) {
@@ -1138,7 +1168,7 @@ __generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 
        /* coalesce the iovecs and go direct-to-BIO for O_DIRECT */
        if (filp->f_flags & O_DIRECT) {
-               loff_t pos = *ppos, size;
+               loff_t size;
                struct address_space *mapping;
                struct inode *inode;
 
@@ -1156,8 +1186,10 @@ __generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                        if (retval > 0)
                                *ppos = pos + retval;
                }
-               file_accessed(filp);
-               goto out;
+               if (likely(retval != 0)) {
+                       file_accessed(filp);
+                       goto out;
+               }
        }
 
        retval = 0;
@@ -1182,33 +1214,8 @@ __generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 out:
        return retval;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__generic_file_aio_read);
-
-ssize_t
-generic_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t pos)
-{
-       struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = count };
-
-       BUG_ON(iocb->ki_pos != pos);
-       return __generic_file_aio_read(iocb, &local_iov, 1, &iocb->ki_pos);
-}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_read);
 
-ssize_t
-generic_file_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = buf, .iov_len = count };
-       struct kiocb kiocb;
-       ssize_t ret;
-
-       init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
-       ret = __generic_file_aio_read(&kiocb, &local_iov, 1, ppos);
-       if (-EIOCBQUEUED == ret)
-               ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_read);
-
 int file_send_actor(read_descriptor_t * desc, struct page *page, unsigned long offset, unsigned long size)
 {
        ssize_t written;
@@ -1389,7 +1396,7 @@ retry_find:
                 */
                if (!did_readaround) {
                        majmin = VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
-                       inc_page_state(pgmajfault);
+                       count_vm_event(PGMAJFAULT);
                }
                did_readaround = 1;
                ra_pages = max_sane_readahead(file->f_ra.ra_pages);
@@ -1430,7 +1437,7 @@ outside_data_content:
         * accessible..
         */
        if (area->vm_mm == current->mm)
-               return NULL;
+               return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
        /* Fall through to the non-read-ahead case */
 no_cached_page:
        /*
@@ -1455,12 +1462,12 @@ no_cached_page:
         */
        if (error == -ENOMEM)
                return NOPAGE_OOM;
-       return NULL;
+       return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
 
 page_not_uptodate:
        if (!did_readaround) {
                majmin = VM_FAULT_MAJOR;
-               inc_page_state(pgmajfault);
+               count_vm_event(PGMAJFAULT);
        }
        lock_page(page);
 
@@ -1522,8 +1529,9 @@ page_not_uptodate:
         * Things didn't work out. Return zero to tell the
         * mm layer so, possibly freeing the page cache page first.
         */
+       shrink_readahead_size_eio(file, ra);
        page_cache_release(page);
-       return NULL;
+       return NOPAGE_SIGBUS;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_nopage);
 
@@ -1585,7 +1593,7 @@ no_cached_page:
 page_not_uptodate:
        lock_page(page);
 
-       /* Did it get unhashed while we waited for it? */
+       /* Did it get truncated while we waited for it? */
        if (!page->mapping) {
                unlock_page(page);
                goto err;
@@ -1864,11 +1872,10 @@ repeat:
  *     if suid or (sgid and xgrp)
  *             remove privs
  */
-int remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
+int should_remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
 {
        mode_t mode = dentry->d_inode->i_mode;
        int kill = 0;
-       int result = 0;
 
        /* suid always must be killed */
        if (unlikely(mode & S_ISUID))
@@ -1881,18 +1888,33 @@ int remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
        if (unlikely((mode & S_ISGID) && (mode & S_IXGRP)))
                kill |= ATTR_KILL_SGID;
 
-       if (unlikely(kill && !capable(CAP_FSETID))) {
-               struct iattr newattrs;
+       if (unlikely(kill && !capable(CAP_FSETID)))
+               return kill;
 
-               newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_FORCE | kill;
-               result = notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
-       }
-       return result;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+int __remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry, int kill)
+{
+       struct iattr newattrs;
+
+       newattrs.ia_valid = ATTR_FORCE | kill;
+       return notify_change(dentry, &newattrs);
+}
+
+int remove_suid(struct dentry *dentry)
+{
+       int kill = should_remove_suid(dentry);
+
+       if (unlikely(kill))
+               return __remove_suid(dentry, kill);
+
+       return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(remove_suid);
 
 size_t
-__filemap_copy_from_user_iovec(char *vaddr, 
+__filemap_copy_from_user_iovec_inatomic(char *vaddr,
                        const struct iovec *iov, size_t base, size_t bytes)
 {
        size_t copied = 0, left = 0;
@@ -1902,18 +1924,14 @@ __filemap_copy_from_user_iovec(char *vaddr,
                int copy = min(bytes, iov->iov_len - base);
 
                base = 0;
-               left = __copy_from_user_inatomic(vaddr, buf, copy);
+               left = __copy_from_user_inatomic_nocache(vaddr, buf, copy);
                copied += copy;
                bytes -= copy;
                vaddr += copy;
                iov++;
 
-               if (unlikely(left)) {
-                       /* zero the rest of the target like __copy_from_user */
-                       if (bytes)
-                               memset(vaddr, 0, bytes);
+               if (unlikely(left))
                        break;
-               }
        }
        return copied - left;
 }
@@ -1982,6 +2000,7 @@ inline int generic_write_checks(struct file *file, loff_t *pos, size_t *count, i
                if (unlikely(*pos + *count > inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes))
                        *count = inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes - *pos;
        } else {
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
                loff_t isize;
                if (bdev_read_only(I_BDEV(inode)))
                        return -EPERM;
@@ -1993,6 +2012,9 @@ inline int generic_write_checks(struct file *file, loff_t *pos, size_t *count, i
 
                if (*pos + *count > isize)
                        *count = isize - *pos;
+#else
+               return -EPERM;
+#endif
        }
        return 0;
 }
@@ -2045,7 +2067,7 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 {
        struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
        struct address_space * mapping = file->f_mapping;
-       struct address_space_operations *a_ops = mapping->a_ops;
+       const struct address_space_operations *a_ops = mapping->a_ops;
        struct inode    *inode = mapping->host;
        long            status = 0;
        struct page     *page;
@@ -2071,14 +2093,21 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
        do {
                unsigned long index;
                unsigned long offset;
-               unsigned long maxlen;
                size_t copied;
 
                offset = (pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE -1)); /* Within page */
                index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
                bytes = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
-               if (bytes > count)
-                       bytes = count;
+
+               /* Limit the size of the copy to the caller's write size */
+               bytes = min(bytes, count);
+
+               /*
+                * Limit the size of the copy to that of the current segment,
+                * because fault_in_pages_readable() doesn't know how to walk
+                * segments.
+                */
+               bytes = min(bytes, cur_iov->iov_len - iov_base);
 
                /*
                 * Bring in the user page that we will copy from _first_.
@@ -2086,10 +2115,7 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                 * same page as we're writing to, without it being marked
                 * up-to-date.
                 */
-               maxlen = cur_iov->iov_len - iov_base;
-               if (maxlen > bytes)
-                       maxlen = bytes;
-               fault_in_pages_readable(buf, maxlen);
+               fault_in_pages_readable(buf, bytes);
 
                page = __grab_cache_page(mapping,index,&cached_page,&lru_pvec);
                if (!page) {
@@ -2097,6 +2123,12 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                        break;
                }
 
+               if (unlikely(bytes == 0)) {
+                       status = 0;
+                       copied = 0;
+                       goto zero_length_segment;
+               }
+
                status = a_ops->prepare_write(file, page, offset, offset+bytes);
                if (unlikely(status)) {
                        loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
@@ -2126,7 +2158,8 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                        page_cache_release(page);
                        continue;
                }
-               if (likely(copied > 0)) {
+zero_length_segment:
+               if (likely(copied >= 0)) {
                        if (!status)
                                status = copied;
 
@@ -2244,8 +2277,11 @@ __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 
        /* coalesce the iovecs and go direct-to-BIO for O_DIRECT */
        if (unlikely(file->f_flags & O_DIRECT)) {
-               written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, iov,
-                               &nr_segs, pos, ppos, count, ocount);
+               loff_t endbyte;
+               ssize_t written_buffered;
+
+               written = generic_file_direct_write(iocb, iov, &nr_segs, pos,
+                                                       ppos, count, ocount);
                if (written < 0 || written == count)
                        goto out;
                /*
@@ -2254,30 +2290,66 @@ __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                 */
                pos += written;
                count -= written;
-       }
+               written_buffered = generic_file_buffered_write(iocb, iov,
+                                               nr_segs, pos, ppos, count,
+                                               written);
+               /*
+                * If generic_file_buffered_write() retuned a synchronous error
+                * then we want to return the number of bytes which were
+                * direct-written, or the error code if that was zero.  Note
+                * that this differs from normal direct-io semantics, which
+                * will return -EFOO even if some bytes were written.
+                */
+               if (written_buffered < 0) {
+                       err = written_buffered;
+                       goto out;
+               }
 
-       written = generic_file_buffered_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs,
-                       pos, ppos, count, written);
+               /*
+                * We need to ensure that the page cache pages are written to
+                * disk and invalidated to preserve the expected O_DIRECT
+                * semantics.
+                */
+               endbyte = pos + written_buffered - written - 1;
+               err = do_sync_file_range(file, pos, endbyte,
+                                        SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_BEFORE|
+                                        SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WRITE|
+                                        SYNC_FILE_RANGE_WAIT_AFTER);
+               if (err == 0) {
+                       written = written_buffered;
+                       invalidate_mapping_pages(mapping,
+                                                pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT,
+                                                endbyte >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT);
+               } else {
+                       /*
+                        * We don't know how much we wrote, so just return
+                        * the number of bytes which were direct-written
+                        */
+               }
+       } else {
+               written = generic_file_buffered_write(iocb, iov, nr_segs,
+                               pos, ppos, count, written);
+       }
 out:
        current->backing_dev_info = NULL;
        return written ? written : err;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_write_nolock);
 
-ssize_t
-generic_file_aio_write_nolock(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
-                               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
+ssize_t generic_file_aio_write_nolock(struct kiocb *iocb,
+               const struct iovec *iov, unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
        struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
        struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
        struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
        ssize_t ret;
-       loff_t pos = *ppos;
 
-       ret = __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(iocb, iov, nr_segs, ppos);
+       BUG_ON(iocb->ki_pos != pos);
+
+       ret = __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(iocb, iov, nr_segs,
+                       &iocb->ki_pos);
 
        if (ret > 0 && ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
-               int err;
+               ssize_t err;
 
                err = sync_page_range_nolock(inode, mapping, pos, ret);
                if (err < 0)
@@ -2285,51 +2357,21 @@ generic_file_aio_write_nolock(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
        }
        return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_write_nolock);
 
-static ssize_t
-__generic_file_write_nolock(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-                               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct kiocb kiocb;
-       ssize_t ret;
-
-       init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
-       ret = __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(&kiocb, iov, nr_segs, ppos);
-       if (ret == -EIOCBQUEUED)
-               ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
-       return ret;
-}
-
-ssize_t
-generic_file_write_nolock(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-                               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct kiocb kiocb;
-       ssize_t ret;
-
-       init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, file);
-       ret = generic_file_aio_write_nolock(&kiocb, iov, nr_segs, ppos);
-       if (-EIOCBQUEUED == ret)
-               ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_write_nolock);
-
-ssize_t generic_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const char __user *buf,
-                              size_t count, loff_t pos)
+ssize_t generic_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
+               unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t pos)
 {
        struct file *file = iocb->ki_filp;
        struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
        struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
        ssize_t ret;
-       struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = (void __user *)buf,
-                                       .iov_len = count };
 
        BUG_ON(iocb->ki_pos != pos);
 
        mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-       ret = __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(iocb, &local_iov, 1,
-                                               &iocb->ki_pos);
+       ret = __generic_file_aio_write_nolock(iocb, iov, nr_segs,
+                       &iocb->ki_pos);
        mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
 
        if (ret > 0 && ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
@@ -2343,66 +2385,6 @@ ssize_t generic_file_aio_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const char __user *buf,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_aio_write);
 
-ssize_t generic_file_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
-                          size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
-       struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-       ssize_t ret;
-       struct iovec local_iov = { .iov_base = (void __user *)buf,
-                                       .iov_len = count };
-
-       mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-       ret = __generic_file_write_nolock(file, &local_iov, 1, ppos);
-       mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-       if (ret > 0 && ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
-               ssize_t err;
-
-               err = sync_page_range(inode, mapping, *ppos - ret, ret);
-               if (err < 0)
-                       ret = err;
-       }
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_write);
-
-ssize_t generic_file_readv(struct file *filp, const struct iovec *iov,
-                       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct kiocb kiocb;
-       ssize_t ret;
-
-       init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
-       ret = __generic_file_aio_read(&kiocb, iov, nr_segs, ppos);
-       if (-EIOCBQUEUED == ret)
-               ret = wait_on_sync_kiocb(&kiocb);
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_readv);
-
-ssize_t generic_file_writev(struct file *file, const struct iovec *iov,
-                       unsigned long nr_segs, loff_t *ppos)
-{
-       struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
-       struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-       ssize_t ret;
-
-       mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
-       ret = __generic_file_write_nolock(file, iov, nr_segs, ppos);
-       mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex);
-
-       if (ret > 0 && ((file->f_flags & O_SYNC) || IS_SYNC(inode))) {
-               int err;
-
-               err = sync_page_range(inode, mapping, *ppos - ret, ret);
-               if (err < 0)
-                       ret = err;
-       }
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_file_writev);
-
 /*
  * Called under i_mutex for writes to S_ISREG files.   Returns -EIO if something
  * went wrong during pagecache shootdown.
@@ -2442,3 +2424,33 @@ generic_file_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
        }
        return retval;
 }
+
+/**
+ * try_to_release_page() - release old fs-specific metadata on a page
+ *
+ * @page: the page which the kernel is trying to free
+ * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags (and I/O mode)
+ *
+ * The address_space is to try to release any data against the page
+ * (presumably at page->private).  If the release was successful, return `1'.
+ * Otherwise return zero.
+ *
+ * The @gfp_mask argument specifies whether I/O may be performed to release
+ * this page (__GFP_IO), and whether the call may block (__GFP_WAIT).
+ *
+ * NOTE: @gfp_mask may go away, and this function may become non-blocking.
+ */
+int try_to_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+       struct address_space * const mapping = page->mapping;
+
+       BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+       if (PageWriteback(page))
+               return 0;
+
+       if (mapping && mapping->a_ops->releasepage)
+               return mapping->a_ops->releasepage(page, gfp_mask);
+       return try_to_free_buffers(page);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_release_page);