nfsd: move most of nfsfh.h to fs/nfsd
[safe/jmp/linux-2.6] / fs / buffer.c
index 68b8fbd..6fa5302 100644 (file)
@@ -52,6 +52,7 @@ init_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, bh_end_io_t *handler, void *private)
        bh->b_end_io = handler;
        bh->b_private = private;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_buffer);
 
 static int sync_buffer(void *word)
 {
@@ -67,20 +68,20 @@ static int sync_buffer(void *word)
        return 0;
 }
 
-void fastcall __lock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
+void __lock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
        wait_on_bit_lock(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock, sync_buffer,
                                                        TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__lock_buffer);
 
-void fastcall unlock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
+void unlock_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
-       smp_mb__before_clear_bit();
-       clear_buffer_locked(bh);
+       clear_bit_unlock(BH_Lock, &bh->b_state);
        smp_mb__after_clear_bit();
        wake_up_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_buffer);
 
 /*
  * Block until a buffer comes unlocked.  This doesn't stop it
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ void __wait_on_buffer(struct buffer_head * bh)
 {
        wait_on_bit(&bh->b_state, BH_Lock, sync_buffer, TASK_UNINTERRUPTIBLE);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wait_on_buffer);
 
 static void
 __clear_page_buffers(struct page *page)
@@ -100,10 +102,18 @@ __clear_page_buffers(struct page *page)
        page_cache_release(page);
 }
 
+
+static int quiet_error(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+       if (!test_bit(BH_Quiet, &bh->b_state) && printk_ratelimit())
+               return 0;
+       return 1;
+}
+
+
 static void buffer_io_error(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
        char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
-
        printk(KERN_ERR "Buffer I/O error on device %s, logical block %Lu\n",
                        bdevname(bh->b_bdev, b),
                        (unsigned long long)bh->b_blocknr);
@@ -137,6 +147,7 @@ void end_buffer_read_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
        __end_buffer_read_notouch(bh, uptodate);
        put_bh(bh);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_read_sync);
 
 void end_buffer_write_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 {
@@ -145,7 +156,7 @@ void end_buffer_write_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
        if (uptodate) {
                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
        } else {
-               if (!buffer_eopnotsupp(bh) && printk_ratelimit()) {
+               if (!buffer_eopnotsupp(bh) && !quiet_error(bh)) {
                        buffer_io_error(bh);
                        printk(KERN_WARNING "lost page write due to "
                                        "I/O error on %s\n",
@@ -157,95 +168,7 @@ void end_buffer_write_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
        unlock_buffer(bh);
        put_bh(bh);
 }
-
-/*
- * Write out and wait upon all the dirty data associated with a block
- * device via its mapping.  Does not take the superblock lock.
- */
-int sync_blockdev(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-       int ret = 0;
-
-       if (bdev)
-               ret = filemap_write_and_wait(bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
-       return ret;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_blockdev);
-
-/*
- * Write out and wait upon all dirty data associated with this
- * device.   Filesystem data as well as the underlying block
- * device.  Takes the superblock lock.
- */
-int fsync_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-       struct super_block *sb = get_super(bdev);
-       if (sb) {
-               int res = fsync_super(sb);
-               drop_super(sb);
-               return res;
-       }
-       return sync_blockdev(bdev);
-}
-
-/**
- * freeze_bdev  --  lock a filesystem and force it into a consistent state
- * @bdev:      blockdevice to lock
- *
- * This takes the block device bd_mount_sem to make sure no new mounts
- * happen on bdev until thaw_bdev() is called.
- * If a superblock is found on this device, we take the s_umount semaphore
- * on it to make sure nobody unmounts until the snapshot creation is done.
- */
-struct super_block *freeze_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
-{
-       struct super_block *sb;
-
-       down(&bdev->bd_mount_sem);
-       sb = get_super(bdev);
-       if (sb && !(sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)) {
-               sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_WRITE;
-               smp_wmb();
-
-               __fsync_super(sb);
-
-               sb->s_frozen = SB_FREEZE_TRANS;
-               smp_wmb();
-
-               sync_blockdev(sb->s_bdev);
-
-               if (sb->s_op->write_super_lockfs)
-                       sb->s_op->write_super_lockfs(sb);
-       }
-
-       sync_blockdev(bdev);
-       return sb;      /* thaw_bdev releases s->s_umount and bd_mount_sem */
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(freeze_bdev);
-
-/**
- * thaw_bdev  -- unlock filesystem
- * @bdev:      blockdevice to unlock
- * @sb:                associated superblock
- *
- * Unlocks the filesystem and marks it writeable again after freeze_bdev().
- */
-void thaw_bdev(struct block_device *bdev, struct super_block *sb)
-{
-       if (sb) {
-               BUG_ON(sb->s_bdev != bdev);
-
-               if (sb->s_op->unlockfs)
-                       sb->s_op->unlockfs(sb);
-               sb->s_frozen = SB_UNFROZEN;
-               smp_wmb();
-               wake_up(&sb->s_wait_unfrozen);
-               drop_super(sb);
-       }
-
-       up(&bdev->bd_mount_sem);
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(thaw_bdev);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_write_sync);
 
 /*
  * Various filesystems appear to want __find_get_block to be non-blocking.
@@ -281,13 +204,13 @@ __find_get_block_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block)
        head = page_buffers(page);
        bh = head;
        do {
-               if (bh->b_blocknr == block) {
+               if (!buffer_mapped(bh))
+                       all_mapped = 0;
+               else if (bh->b_blocknr == block) {
                        ret = bh;
                        get_bh(bh);
                        goto out_unlock;
                }
-               if (!buffer_mapped(bh))
-                       all_mapped = 0;
                bh = bh->b_this_page;
        } while (bh != head);
 
@@ -354,22 +277,26 @@ void invalidate_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
        invalidate_bh_lrus();
        invalidate_mapping_pages(mapping, 0, -1);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_bdev);
 
 /*
- * Kick pdflush then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory.
+ * Kick the writeback threads then try to free up some ZONE_NORMAL memory.
  */
 static void free_more_memory(void)
 {
-       struct zone **zones;
-       pg_data_t *pgdat;
+       struct zone *zone;
+       int nid;
 
-       wakeup_pdflush(1024);
+       wakeup_flusher_threads(1024);
        yield();
 
-       for_each_online_pgdat(pgdat) {
-               zones = pgdat->node_zonelists[gfp_zone(GFP_NOFS)].zones;
-               if (*zones)
-                       try_to_free_pages(zones, 0, GFP_NOFS);
+       for_each_online_node(nid) {
+               (void)first_zones_zonelist(node_zonelist(nid, GFP_NOFS),
+                                               gfp_zone(GFP_NOFS), NULL,
+                                               &zone);
+               if (zone)
+                       try_to_free_pages(node_zonelist(nid, GFP_NOFS), 0,
+                                               GFP_NOFS, NULL);
        }
 }
 
@@ -392,7 +319,7 @@ static void end_buffer_async_read(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
        } else {
                clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-               if (printk_ratelimit())
+               if (!quiet_error(bh))
                        buffer_io_error(bh);
                SetPageError(page);
        }
@@ -439,7 +366,7 @@ still_busy:
  * Completion handler for block_write_full_page() - pages which are unlocked
  * during I/O, and which have PageWriteback cleared upon I/O completion.
  */
-static void end_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
+void end_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 {
        char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
        unsigned long flags;
@@ -453,7 +380,7 @@ static void end_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
        if (uptodate) {
                set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
        } else {
-               if (printk_ratelimit()) {
+               if (!quiet_error(bh)) {
                        buffer_io_error(bh);
                        printk(KERN_WARNING "lost page write due to "
                                        "I/O error on %s\n",
@@ -489,6 +416,7 @@ still_busy:
        local_irq_restore(flags);
        return;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_async_write);
 
 /*
  * If a page's buffers are under async readin (end_buffer_async_read
@@ -517,11 +445,17 @@ static void mark_buffer_async_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
        set_buffer_async_read(bh);
 }
 
-void mark_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh)
+static void mark_buffer_async_write_endio(struct buffer_head *bh,
+                                         bh_end_io_t *handler)
 {
-       bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_async_write;
+       bh->b_end_io = handler;
        set_buffer_async_write(bh);
 }
+
+void mark_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+       mark_buffer_async_write_endio(bh, end_buffer_async_write);
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_async_write);
 
 
@@ -577,7 +511,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_async_write);
 /*
  * The buffer's backing address_space's private_lock must be held
  */
-static inline void __remove_assoc_queue(struct buffer_head *bh)
+static void __remove_assoc_queue(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
        list_del_init(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
        WARN_ON(!bh->b_assoc_map);
@@ -626,9 +560,48 @@ repeat:
        return err;
 }
 
+static void do_thaw_all(struct work_struct *work)
+{
+       struct super_block *sb;
+       char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+
+       spin_lock(&sb_lock);
+restart:
+       list_for_each_entry(sb, &super_blocks, s_list) {
+               sb->s_count++;
+               spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+               down_read(&sb->s_umount);
+               while (sb->s_bdev && !thaw_bdev(sb->s_bdev, sb))
+                       printk(KERN_WARNING "Emergency Thaw on %s\n",
+                              bdevname(sb->s_bdev, b));
+               up_read(&sb->s_umount);
+               spin_lock(&sb_lock);
+               if (__put_super_and_need_restart(sb))
+                       goto restart;
+       }
+       spin_unlock(&sb_lock);
+       kfree(work);
+       printk(KERN_WARNING "Emergency Thaw complete\n");
+}
+
 /**
- * sync_mapping_buffers - write out and wait upon a mapping's "associated"
- *                        buffers
+ * emergency_thaw_all -- forcibly thaw every frozen filesystem
+ *
+ * Used for emergency unfreeze of all filesystems via SysRq
+ */
+void emergency_thaw_all(void)
+{
+       struct work_struct *work;
+
+       work = kmalloc(sizeof(*work), GFP_ATOMIC);
+       if (work) {
+               INIT_WORK(work, do_thaw_all);
+               schedule_work(work);
+       }
+}
+
+/**
+ * sync_mapping_buffers - write out & wait upon a mapping's "associated" buffers
  * @mapping: the mapping which wants those buffers written
  *
  * Starts I/O against the buffers at mapping->private_list, and waits upon
@@ -678,7 +651,7 @@ void mark_buffer_dirty_inode(struct buffer_head *bh, struct inode *inode)
        } else {
                BUG_ON(mapping->assoc_mapping != buffer_mapping);
        }
-       if (list_empty(&bh->b_assoc_buffers)) {
+       if (!bh->b_assoc_map) {
                spin_lock(&buffer_mapping->private_lock);
                list_move_tail(&bh->b_assoc_buffers,
                                &mapping->private_list);
@@ -695,30 +668,18 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_dirty_inode);
  * If warn is true, then emit a warning if the page is not uptodate and has
  * not been truncated.
  */
-static int __set_page_dirty(struct page *page,
+static void __set_page_dirty(struct page *page,
                struct address_space *mapping, int warn)
 {
-       if (unlikely(!mapping))
-               return !TestSetPageDirty(page);
-
-       if (TestSetPageDirty(page))
-               return 0;
-
-       write_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+       spin_lock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
        if (page->mapping) {    /* Race with truncate? */
                WARN_ON_ONCE(warn && !PageUptodate(page));
-
-               if (mapping_cap_account_dirty(mapping)) {
-                       __inc_zone_page_state(page, NR_FILE_DIRTY);
-                       task_io_account_write(PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
-               }
+               account_page_dirtied(page, mapping);
                radix_tree_tag_set(&mapping->page_tree,
                                page_index(page), PAGECACHE_TAG_DIRTY);
        }
-       write_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
+       spin_unlock_irq(&mapping->tree_lock);
        __mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);
-
-       return 1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -748,6 +709,7 @@ static int __set_page_dirty(struct page *page,
  */
 int __set_page_dirty_buffers(struct page *page)
 {
+       int newly_dirty;
        struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
 
        if (unlikely(!mapping))
@@ -763,9 +725,12 @@ int __set_page_dirty_buffers(struct page *page)
                        bh = bh->b_this_page;
                } while (bh != head);
        }
+       newly_dirty = !TestSetPageDirty(page);
        spin_unlock(&mapping->private_lock);
 
-       return __set_page_dirty(page, mapping, 1);
+       if (newly_dirty)
+               __set_page_dirty(page, mapping, 1);
+       return newly_dirty;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__set_page_dirty_buffers);
 
@@ -792,6 +757,7 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 {
        struct buffer_head *bh;
        struct list_head tmp;
+       struct address_space *mapping, *prev_mapping = NULL;
        int err = 0, err2;
 
        INIT_LIST_HEAD(&tmp);
@@ -799,9 +765,14 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
        spin_lock(lock);
        while (!list_empty(list)) {
                bh = BH_ENTRY(list->next);
+               mapping = bh->b_assoc_map;
                __remove_assoc_queue(bh);
+               /* Avoid race with mark_buffer_dirty_inode() which does
+                * a lockless check and we rely on seeing the dirty bit */
+               smp_mb();
                if (buffer_dirty(bh) || buffer_locked(bh)) {
                        list_add(&bh->b_assoc_buffers, &tmp);
+                       bh->b_assoc_map = mapping;
                        if (buffer_dirty(bh)) {
                                get_bh(bh);
                                spin_unlock(lock);
@@ -811,7 +782,18 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
                                 * contents - it is a noop if I/O is still in
                                 * flight on potentially older contents.
                                 */
-                               ll_rw_block(SWRITE, 1, &bh);
+                               ll_rw_block(SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG, 1, &bh);
+
+                               /*
+                                * Kick off IO for the previous mapping. Note
+                                * that we will not run the very last mapping,
+                                * wait_on_buffer() will do that for us
+                                * through sync_buffer().
+                                */
+                               if (prev_mapping && prev_mapping != mapping)
+                                       blk_run_address_space(prev_mapping);
+                               prev_mapping = mapping;
+
                                brelse(bh);
                                spin_lock(lock);
                        }
@@ -820,8 +802,17 @@ static int fsync_buffers_list(spinlock_t *lock, struct list_head *list)
 
        while (!list_empty(&tmp)) {
                bh = BH_ENTRY(tmp.prev);
-               list_del_init(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
                get_bh(bh);
+               mapping = bh->b_assoc_map;
+               __remove_assoc_queue(bh);
+               /* Avoid race with mark_buffer_dirty_inode() which does
+                * a lockless check and we rely on seeing the dirty bit */
+               smp_mb();
+               if (buffer_dirty(bh)) {
+                       list_add(&bh->b_assoc_buffers,
+                                &mapping->private_list);
+                       bh->b_assoc_map = mapping;
+               }
                spin_unlock(lock);
                wait_on_buffer(bh);
                if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
@@ -860,6 +851,7 @@ void invalidate_inode_buffers(struct inode *inode)
                spin_unlock(&buffer_mapping->private_lock);
        }
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_inode_buffers);
 
 /*
  * Remove any clean buffers from the inode's buffer list.  This is called
@@ -1082,7 +1074,7 @@ grow_buffers(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
 
                printk(KERN_ERR "%s: requested out-of-range block %llu for "
                        "device %s\n",
-                       __FUNCTION__, (unsigned long long)block,
+                       __func__, (unsigned long long)block,
                        bdevname(bdev, b));
                return -EIO;
        }
@@ -1100,12 +1092,12 @@ static struct buffer_head *
 __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
 {
        /* Size must be multiple of hard sectorsize */
-       if (unlikely(size & (bdev_hardsect_size(bdev)-1) ||
+       if (unlikely(size & (bdev_logical_block_size(bdev)-1) ||
                        (size < 512 || size > PAGE_SIZE))) {
                printk(KERN_ERR "getblk(): invalid block size %d requested\n",
                                        size);
-               printk(KERN_ERR "hardsect size: %d\n",
-                                       bdev_hardsect_size(bdev));
+               printk(KERN_ERR "logical block size: %d\n",
+                                       bdev_logical_block_size(bdev));
 
                dump_stack();
                return NULL;
@@ -1162,12 +1154,32 @@ __getblk_slow(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block, int size)
  * mark_buffer_dirty() is atomic.  It takes bh->b_page->mapping->private_lock,
  * mapping->tree_lock and the global inode_lock.
  */
-void fastcall mark_buffer_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh)
+void mark_buffer_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
        WARN_ON_ONCE(!buffer_uptodate(bh));
-       if (!buffer_dirty(bh) && !test_set_buffer_dirty(bh))
-               __set_page_dirty(bh->b_page, page_mapping(bh->b_page), 0);
+
+       /*
+        * Very *carefully* optimize the it-is-already-dirty case.
+        *
+        * Don't let the final "is it dirty" escape to before we
+        * perhaps modified the buffer.
+        */
+       if (buffer_dirty(bh)) {
+               smp_mb();
+               if (buffer_dirty(bh))
+                       return;
+       }
+
+       if (!test_set_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
+               struct page *page = bh->b_page;
+               if (!TestSetPageDirty(page)) {
+                       struct address_space *mapping = page_mapping(page);
+                       if (mapping)
+                               __set_page_dirty(page, mapping, 0);
+               }
+       }
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_dirty);
 
 /*
  * Decrement a buffer_head's reference count.  If all buffers against a page
@@ -1182,9 +1194,9 @@ void __brelse(struct buffer_head * buf)
                put_bh(buf);
                return;
        }
-       printk(KERN_ERR "VFS: brelse: Trying to free free buffer\n");
-       WARN_ON(1);
+       WARN(1, KERN_ERR "VFS: brelse: Trying to free free buffer\n");
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__brelse);
 
 /*
  * bforget() is like brelse(), except it discards any
@@ -1193,7 +1205,7 @@ void __brelse(struct buffer_head * buf)
 void __bforget(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
        clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
-       if (!list_empty(&bh->b_assoc_buffers)) {
+       if (bh->b_assoc_map) {
                struct address_space *buffer_mapping = bh->b_page->mapping;
 
                spin_lock(&buffer_mapping->private_lock);
@@ -1203,6 +1215,7 @@ void __bforget(struct buffer_head *bh)
        }
        __brelse(bh);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bforget);
 
 static struct buffer_head *__bread_slow(struct buffer_head *bh)
 {
@@ -1432,8 +1445,9 @@ static void invalidate_bh_lru(void *arg)
        
 void invalidate_bh_lrus(void)
 {
-       on_each_cpu(invalidate_bh_lru, NULL, 1, 1);
+       on_each_cpu(invalidate_bh_lru, NULL, 1);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(invalidate_bh_lrus);
 
 void set_bh_page(struct buffer_head *bh,
                struct page *page, unsigned long offset)
@@ -1608,9 +1622,20 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(unmap_underlying_metadata);
  * locked buffer.   This only can happen if someone has written the buffer
  * directly, with submit_bh().  At the address_space level PageWriteback
  * prevents this contention from occurring.
+ *
+ * If block_write_full_page() is called with wbc->sync_mode ==
+ * WB_SYNC_ALL, the writes are posted using WRITE_SYNC_PLUG; this
+ * causes the writes to be flagged as synchronous writes, but the
+ * block device queue will NOT be unplugged, since usually many pages
+ * will be pushed to the out before the higher-level caller actually
+ * waits for the writes to be completed.  The various wait functions,
+ * such as wait_on_writeback_range() will ultimately call sync_page()
+ * which will ultimately call blk_run_backing_dev(), which will end up
+ * unplugging the device queue.
  */
 static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
-                       get_block_t *get_block, struct writeback_control *wbc)
+                       get_block_t *get_block, struct writeback_control *wbc,
+                       bh_end_io_t *handler)
 {
        int err;
        sector_t block;
@@ -1618,6 +1643,8 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
        struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
        const unsigned blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
        int nr_underway = 0;
+       int write_op = (wbc->sync_mode == WB_SYNC_ALL ?
+                       WRITE_SYNC_PLUG : WRITE);
 
        BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
 
@@ -1658,11 +1685,13 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
                         */
                        clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
                        set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-               } else if (!buffer_mapped(bh) && buffer_dirty(bh)) {
+               } else if ((!buffer_mapped(bh) || buffer_delay(bh)) &&
+                          buffer_dirty(bh)) {
                        WARN_ON(bh->b_size != blocksize);
                        err = get_block(inode, block, bh, 1);
                        if (err)
                                goto recover;
+                       clear_buffer_delay(bh);
                        if (buffer_new(bh)) {
                                /* blockdev mappings never come here */
                                clear_buffer_new(bh);
@@ -1680,18 +1709,18 @@ static int __block_write_full_page(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
                /*
                 * If it's a fully non-blocking write attempt and we cannot
                 * lock the buffer then redirty the page.  Note that this can
-                * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from pdflush and kswapd
-                * activity, but those code paths have their own higher-level
-                * throttling.
+                * potentially cause a busy-wait loop from writeback threads
+                * and kswapd activity, but those code paths have their own
+                * higher-level throttling.
                 */
                if (wbc->sync_mode != WB_SYNC_NONE || !wbc->nonblocking) {
                        lock_buffer(bh);
-               } else if (test_set_buffer_locked(bh)) {
+               } else if (!trylock_buffer(bh)) {
                        redirty_page_for_writepage(wbc, page);
                        continue;
                }
                if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
-                       mark_buffer_async_write(bh);
+                       mark_buffer_async_write_endio(bh, handler);
                } else {
                        unlock_buffer(bh);
                }
@@ -1707,7 +1736,7 @@ static 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(WRITE, bh);
+                       submit_bh(write_op, bh);
                        nr_underway++;
                }
                bh = next;
@@ -1728,7 +1757,6 @@ done:
                 * The page and buffer_heads can be released at any time from
                 * here on.
                 */
-               wbc->pages_skipped++;   /* We didn't write this page */
        }
        return err;
 
@@ -1742,9 +1770,10 @@ recover:
        bh = head;
        /* Recovery: lock and submit the mapped buffers */
        do {
-               if (buffer_mapped(bh) && buffer_dirty(bh)) {
+               if (buffer_mapped(bh) && buffer_dirty(bh) &&
+                   !buffer_delay(bh)) {
                        lock_buffer(bh);
-                       mark_buffer_async_write(bh);
+                       mark_buffer_async_write_endio(bh, handler);
                } else {
                        /*
                         * The buffer may have been set dirty during
@@ -1761,7 +1790,7 @@ recover:
                struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
                if (buffer_async_write(bh)) {
                        clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
-                       submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+                       submit_bh(write_op, bh);
                        nr_underway++;
                }
                bh = next;
@@ -1797,7 +1826,7 @@ void page_zero_new_buffers(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to)
                                        start = max(from, block_start);
                                        size = min(to, block_end) - start;
 
-                                       zero_user_page(page, start, size, KM_USER0);
+                                       zero_user(page, start, size);
                                        set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                                }
 
@@ -1860,19 +1889,10 @@ static int __block_prepare_write(struct inode *inode, struct page *page,
                                        mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
                                        continue;
                                }
-                               if (block_end > to || block_start < from) {
-                                       void *kaddr;
-
-                                       kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
-                                       if (block_end > to)
-                                               memset(kaddr+to, 0,
-                                                       block_end-to);
-                                       if (block_start < from)
-                                               memset(kaddr+block_start,
-                                                       0, from-block_start);
-                                       flush_dcache_page(page);
-                                       kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
-                               }
+                               if (block_end > to || block_start < from)
+                                       zero_user_segments(page,
+                                               to, block_end,
+                                               block_start, from);
                                continue;
                        }
                }
@@ -1963,7 +1983,7 @@ int block_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
        page = *pagep;
        if (page == NULL) {
                ownpage = 1;
-               page = __grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+               page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
                if (!page) {
                        status = -ENOMEM;
                        goto out;
@@ -1989,7 +2009,6 @@ int block_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
                        if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
                                vmtruncate(inode, inode->i_size);
                }
-               goto out;
        }
 
 out:
@@ -2038,6 +2057,7 @@ int generic_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
                        struct page *page, void *fsdata)
 {
        struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+       int i_size_changed = 0;
 
        copied = block_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len, copied, page, fsdata);
 
@@ -2050,17 +2070,72 @@ int generic_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
         */
        if (pos+copied > inode->i_size) {
                i_size_write(inode, pos+copied);
-               mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+               i_size_changed = 1;
        }
 
        unlock_page(page);
        page_cache_release(page);
 
+       /*
+        * Don't mark the inode dirty under page lock. First, it unnecessarily
+        * makes the holding time of page lock longer. Second, it forces lock
+        * ordering of page lock and transaction start for journaling
+        * filesystems.
+        */
+       if (i_size_changed)
+               mark_inode_dirty(inode);
+
        return copied;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_write_end);
 
 /*
+ * block_is_partially_uptodate checks whether buffers within a page are
+ * uptodate or not.
+ *
+ * Returns true if all buffers which correspond to a file portion
+ * we want to read are uptodate.
+ */
+int block_is_partially_uptodate(struct page *page, read_descriptor_t *desc,
+                                       unsigned long from)
+{
+       struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
+       unsigned block_start, block_end, blocksize;
+       unsigned to;
+       struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
+       int ret = 1;
+
+       if (!page_has_buffers(page))
+               return 0;
+
+       blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
+       to = min_t(unsigned, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - from, desc->count);
+       to = from + to;
+       if (from < blocksize && to > PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - blocksize)
+               return 0;
+
+       head = page_buffers(page);
+       bh = head;
+       block_start = 0;
+       do {
+               block_end = block_start + blocksize;
+               if (block_end > from && block_start < to) {
+                       if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+                               ret = 0;
+                               break;
+                       }
+                       if (block_end >= to)
+                               break;
+               }
+               block_start = block_end;
+               bh = bh->b_this_page;
+       } while (bh != head);
+
+       return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_is_partially_uptodate);
+
+/*
  * Generic "read page" function for block devices that have the normal
  * get_block functionality. This is most of the block device filesystems.
  * Reads the page asynchronously --- the unlock_buffer() and
@@ -2103,8 +2178,7 @@ int block_read_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block)
                                        SetPageError(page);
                        }
                        if (!buffer_mapped(bh)) {
-                               zero_user_page(page, i * blocksize, blocksize,
-                                               KM_USER0);
+                               zero_user(page, i * blocksize, blocksize);
                                if (!err)
                                        set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
                                continue;
@@ -2154,163 +2228,137 @@ int block_read_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block)
        }
        return 0;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_read_full_page);
 
 /* utility function for filesystems that need to do work on expanding
- * truncates.  Uses prepare/commit_write to allow the filesystem to
+ * truncates.  Uses filesystem pagecache writes to allow the filesystem to
  * deal with the hole.  
  */
-static int __generic_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t size,
-                                pgoff_t index, unsigned int offset)
+int generic_cont_expand_simple(struct inode *inode, loff_t size)
 {
        struct address_space *mapping = inode->i_mapping;
        struct page *page;
-       unsigned long limit;
+       void *fsdata;
        int err;
 
-       err = -EFBIG;
-        limit = current->signal->rlim[RLIMIT_FSIZE].rlim_cur;
-       if (limit != RLIM_INFINITY && size > (loff_t)limit) {
-               send_sig(SIGXFSZ, current, 0);
-               goto out;
-       }
-       if (size > inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes)
+       err = inode_newsize_ok(inode, size);
+       if (err)
                goto out;
 
-       err = -ENOMEM;
-       page = grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
-       if (!page)
-               goto out;
-       err = mapping->a_ops->prepare_write(NULL, page, offset, offset);
-       if (err) {
-               /*
-                * ->prepare_write() may have instantiated a few blocks
-                * outside i_size.  Trim these off again.
-                */
-               unlock_page(page);
-               page_cache_release(page);
-               vmtruncate(inode, inode->i_size);
+       err = pagecache_write_begin(NULL, mapping, size, 0,
+                               AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE|AOP_FLAG_CONT_EXPAND,
+                               &page, &fsdata);
+       if (err)
                goto out;
-       }
 
-       err = mapping->a_ops->commit_write(NULL, page, offset, offset);
+       err = pagecache_write_end(NULL, mapping, size, 0, 0, page, fsdata);
+       BUG_ON(err > 0);
 
-       unlock_page(page);
-       page_cache_release(page);
-       if (err > 0)
-               err = 0;
 out:
        return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_cont_expand_simple);
 
-int generic_cont_expand(struct inode *inode, loff_t size)
+static int cont_expand_zero(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+                           loff_t pos, loff_t *bytes)
 {
-       pgoff_t index;
-       unsigned int offset;
+       struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
+       unsigned blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
+       struct page *page;
+       void *fsdata;
+       pgoff_t index, curidx;
+       loff_t curpos;
+       unsigned zerofrom, offset, len;
+       int err = 0;
 
-       offset = (size & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1)); /* Within page */
+       index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+       offset = pos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
 
-       /* ugh.  in prepare/commit_write, if from==to==start of block, we
-       ** skip the prepare.  make sure we never send an offset for the start
-       ** of a block
-       */
-       if ((offset & (inode->i_sb->s_blocksize - 1)) == 0) {
-               /* caller must handle this extra byte. */
-               offset++;
-       }
-       index = size >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+       while (index > (curidx = (curpos = *bytes)>>PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)) {
+               zerofrom = curpos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+               if (zerofrom & (blocksize-1)) {
+                       *bytes |= (blocksize-1);
+                       (*bytes)++;
+               }
+               len = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - zerofrom;
 
-       return __generic_cont_expand(inode, size, index, offset);
-}
+               err = pagecache_write_begin(file, mapping, curpos, len,
+                                               AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE,
+                                               &page, &fsdata);
+               if (err)
+                       goto out;
+               zero_user(page, zerofrom, len);
+               err = pagecache_write_end(file, mapping, curpos, len, len,
+                                               page, fsdata);
+               if (err < 0)
+                       goto out;
+               BUG_ON(err != len);
+               err = 0;
 
-int generic_cont_expand_simple(struct inode *inode, loff_t size)
-{
-       loff_t pos = size - 1;
-       pgoff_t index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
-       unsigned int offset = (pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1)) + 1;
+               balance_dirty_pages_ratelimited(mapping);
+       }
 
-       /* prepare/commit_write can handle even if from==to==start of block. */
-       return __generic_cont_expand(inode, size, index, offset);
+       /* page covers the boundary, find the boundary offset */
+       if (index == curidx) {
+               zerofrom = curpos & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+               /* if we will expand the thing last block will be filled */
+               if (offset <= zerofrom) {
+                       goto out;
+               }
+               if (zerofrom & (blocksize-1)) {
+                       *bytes |= (blocksize-1);
+                       (*bytes)++;
+               }
+               len = offset - zerofrom;
+
+               err = pagecache_write_begin(file, mapping, curpos, len,
+                                               AOP_FLAG_UNINTERRUPTIBLE,
+                                               &page, &fsdata);
+               if (err)
+                       goto out;
+               zero_user(page, zerofrom, len);
+               err = pagecache_write_end(file, mapping, curpos, len, len,
+                                               page, fsdata);
+               if (err < 0)
+                       goto out;
+               BUG_ON(err != len);
+               err = 0;
+       }
+out:
+       return err;
 }
 
 /*
  * For moronic filesystems that do not allow holes in file.
  * We may have to extend the file.
  */
-
-int cont_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned offset,
-               unsigned to, get_block_t *get_block, loff_t *bytes)
+int cont_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+                       loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+                       struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
+                       get_block_t *get_block, loff_t *bytes)
 {
-       struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
        struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-       struct page *new_page;
-       pgoff_t pgpos;
-       long status;
-       unsigned zerofrom;
        unsigned blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
+       unsigned zerofrom;
+       int err;
 
-       while(page->index > (pgpos = *bytes>>PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT)) {
-               status = -ENOMEM;
-               new_page = grab_cache_page(mapping, pgpos);
-               if (!new_page)
-                       goto out;
-               /* we might sleep */
-               if (*bytes>>PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT != pgpos) {
-                       unlock_page(new_page);
-                       page_cache_release(new_page);
-                       continue;
-               }
-               zerofrom = *bytes & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
-               if (zerofrom & (blocksize-1)) {
-                       *bytes |= (blocksize-1);
-                       (*bytes)++;
-               }
-               status = __block_prepare_write(inode, new_page, zerofrom,
-                                               PAGE_CACHE_SIZE, get_block);
-               if (status)
-                       goto out_unmap;
-               zero_user_page(new_page, zerofrom, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - zerofrom,
-                               KM_USER0);
-               generic_commit_write(NULL, new_page, zerofrom, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
-               unlock_page(new_page);
-               page_cache_release(new_page);
-       }
-
-       if (page->index < pgpos) {
-               /* completely inside the area */
-               zerofrom = offset;
-       } else {
-               /* page covers the boundary, find the boundary offset */
-               zerofrom = *bytes & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
-
-               /* if we will expand the thing last block will be filled */
-               if (to > zerofrom && (zerofrom & (blocksize-1))) {
-                       *bytes |= (blocksize-1);
-                       (*bytes)++;
-               }
+       err = cont_expand_zero(file, mapping, pos, bytes);
+       if (err)
+               goto out;
 
-               /* starting below the boundary? Nothing to zero out */
-               if (offset <= zerofrom)
-                       zerofrom = offset;
-       }
-       status = __block_prepare_write(inode, page, zerofrom, to, get_block);
-       if (status)
-               goto out1;
-       if (zerofrom < offset) {
-               zero_user_page(page, zerofrom, offset - zerofrom, KM_USER0);
-               __block_commit_write(inode, page, zerofrom, offset);
+       zerofrom = *bytes & ~PAGE_CACHE_MASK;
+       if (pos+len > *bytes && zerofrom & (blocksize-1)) {
+               *bytes |= (blocksize-1);
+               (*bytes)++;
        }
-       return 0;
-out1:
-       ClearPageUptodate(page);
-       return status;
 
-out_unmap:
-       ClearPageUptodate(new_page);
-       unlock_page(new_page);
-       page_cache_release(new_page);
+       *pagep = NULL;
+       err = block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len,
+                               flags, pagep, fsdata, get_block);
 out:
-       return status;
+       return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(cont_write_begin);
 
 int block_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
                        get_block_t *get_block)
@@ -2321,6 +2369,7 @@ int block_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
                ClearPageUptodate(page);
        return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_prepare_write);
 
 int block_commit_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to)
 {
@@ -2328,23 +2377,7 @@ int block_commit_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to)
        __block_commit_write(inode,page,from,to);
        return 0;
 }
-
-int generic_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
-               unsigned from, unsigned to)
-{
-       struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
-       loff_t pos = ((loff_t)page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + to;
-       __block_commit_write(inode,page,from,to);
-       /*
-        * No need to use i_size_read() here, the i_size
-        * cannot change under us because we hold i_mutex.
-        */
-       if (pos > inode->i_size) {
-               i_size_write(inode, pos);
-               mark_inode_dirty(inode);
-       }
-       return 0;
-}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_commit_write);
 
 /*
  * block_page_mkwrite() is not allowed to change the file size as it gets
@@ -2362,20 +2395,22 @@ int generic_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
  * unlock the page.
  */
 int
-block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
+block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
                   get_block_t get_block)
 {
+       struct page *page = vmf->page;
        struct inode *inode = vma->vm_file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
        unsigned long end;
        loff_t size;
-       int ret = -EINVAL;
+       int ret = VM_FAULT_NOPAGE; /* make the VM retry the fault */
 
        lock_page(page);
        size = i_size_read(inode);
        if ((page->mapping != inode->i_mapping) ||
            (page_offset(page) > size)) {
                /* page got truncated out from underneath us */
-               goto out_unlock;
+               unlock_page(page);
+               goto out;
        }
 
        /* page is wholly or partially inside EOF */
@@ -2388,13 +2423,22 @@ block_page_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct page *page,
        if (!ret)
                ret = block_commit_write(page, 0, end);
 
-out_unlock:
-       unlock_page(page);
+       if (unlikely(ret)) {
+               unlock_page(page);
+               if (ret == -ENOMEM)
+                       ret = VM_FAULT_OOM;
+               else /* -ENOSPC, -EIO, etc */
+                       ret = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
+       } else
+               ret = VM_FAULT_LOCKED;
+
+out:
        return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_page_mkwrite);
 
 /*
- * nobh_prepare_write()'s prereads are special: the buffer_heads are freed
+ * nobh_write_begin()'s prereads are special: the buffer_heads are freed
  * immediately, while under the page lock.  So it needs a special end_io
  * handler which does not touch the bh after unlocking it.
  */
@@ -2404,26 +2448,69 @@ static void end_buffer_read_nobh(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
 }
 
 /*
+ * Attach the singly-linked list of buffers created by nobh_write_begin, to
+ * the page (converting it to circular linked list and taking care of page
+ * dirty races).
+ */
+static void attach_nobh_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head *head)
+{
+       struct buffer_head *bh;
+
+       BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+
+       spin_lock(&page->mapping->private_lock);
+       bh = head;
+       do {
+               if (PageDirty(page))
+                       set_buffer_dirty(bh);
+               if (!bh->b_this_page)
+                       bh->b_this_page = head;
+               bh = bh->b_this_page;
+       } while (bh != head);
+       attach_page_buffers(page, head);
+       spin_unlock(&page->mapping->private_lock);
+}
+
+/*
  * On entry, the page is fully not uptodate.
  * On exit the page is fully uptodate in the areas outside (from,to)
  */
-int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
+int nobh_write_begin(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+                       loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned flags,
+                       struct page **pagep, void **fsdata,
                        get_block_t *get_block)
 {
-       struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
+       struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
        const unsigned blkbits = inode->i_blkbits;
        const unsigned blocksize = 1 << blkbits;
        struct buffer_head *head, *bh;
+       struct page *page;
+       pgoff_t index;
+       unsigned from, to;
        unsigned block_in_page;
        unsigned block_start, block_end;
        sector_t block_in_file;
-       char *kaddr;
        int nr_reads = 0;
        int ret = 0;
        int is_mapped_to_disk = 1;
 
-       if (page_has_buffers(page))
-               return block_prepare_write(page, from, to, get_block);
+       index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
+       from = pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - 1);
+       to = from + len;
+
+       page = grab_cache_page_write_begin(mapping, index, flags);
+       if (!page)
+               return -ENOMEM;
+       *pagep = page;
+       *fsdata = NULL;
+
+       if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
+               unlock_page(page);
+               page_cache_release(page);
+               *pagep = NULL;
+               return block_write_begin(file, mapping, pos, len, flags, pagep,
+                                       fsdata, get_block);
+       }
 
        if (PageMappedToDisk(page))
                return 0;
@@ -2438,8 +2525,10 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
         * than the circular one we're used to.
         */
        head = alloc_page_buffers(page, blocksize, 0);
-       if (!head)
-               return -ENOMEM;
+       if (!head) {
+               ret = -ENOMEM;
+               goto out_release;
+       }
 
        block_in_file = (sector_t)page->index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - blkbits);
 
@@ -2471,13 +2560,8 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
                        continue;
                }
                if (buffer_new(bh) || !buffer_mapped(bh)) {
-                       kaddr = kmap_atomic(page, KM_USER0);
-                       if (block_start < from)
-                               memset(kaddr+block_start, 0, from-block_start);
-                       if (block_end > to)
-                               memset(kaddr + to, 0, block_end - to);
-                       flush_dcache_page(page);
-                       kunmap_atomic(kaddr, KM_USER0);
+                       zero_user_segments(page, block_start, from,
+                                                       to, block_end);
                        continue;
                }
                if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
@@ -2508,15 +2592,12 @@ int nobh_prepare_write(struct page *page, unsigned from, unsigned to,
        if (is_mapped_to_disk)
                SetPageMappedToDisk(page);
 
-       do {
-               bh = head;
-               head = head->b_this_page;
-               free_buffer_head(bh);
-       } while (head);
+       *fsdata = head; /* to be released by nobh_write_end */
 
        return 0;
 
 failed:
+       BUG_ON(!ret);
        /*
         * Error recovery is a bit difficult. We need to zero out blocks that
         * were newly allocated, and dirty them to ensure they get written out.
@@ -2524,64 +2605,55 @@ failed:
         * the handling of potential IO errors during writeout would be hard
         * (could try doing synchronous writeout, but what if that fails too?)
         */
-       spin_lock(&page->mapping->private_lock);
-       bh = head;
-       block_start = 0;
-       do {
-               if (PageUptodate(page))
-                       set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-               if (PageDirty(page))
-                       set_buffer_dirty(bh);
+       attach_nobh_buffers(page, head);
+       page_zero_new_buffers(page, from, to);
 
-               block_end = block_start+blocksize;
-               if (block_end <= from)
-                       goto next;
-               if (block_start >= to)
-                       goto next;
+out_release:
+       unlock_page(page);
+       page_cache_release(page);
+       *pagep = NULL;
 
-               if (buffer_new(bh)) {
-                       clear_buffer_new(bh);
-                       if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
-                               zero_user_page(page, block_start, bh->b_size, KM_USER0);
-                               set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
-                       }
-                       mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
-               }
-next:
-               block_start = block_end;
-               if (!bh->b_this_page)
-                       bh->b_this_page = head;
-               bh = bh->b_this_page;
-       } while (bh != head);
-       attach_page_buffers(page, head);
-       spin_unlock(&page->mapping->private_lock);
+       if (pos + len > inode->i_size)
+               vmtruncate(inode, inode->i_size);
 
        return ret;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_prepare_write);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_write_begin);
 
-/*
- * Make sure any changes to nobh_commit_write() are reflected in
- * nobh_truncate_page(), since it doesn't call commit_write().
- */
-int nobh_commit_write(struct file *file, struct page *page,
-               unsigned from, unsigned to)
+int nobh_write_end(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping,
+                       loff_t pos, unsigned len, unsigned copied,
+                       struct page *page, void *fsdata)
 {
        struct inode *inode = page->mapping->host;
-       loff_t pos = ((loff_t)page->index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT) + to;
+       struct buffer_head *head = fsdata;
+       struct buffer_head *bh;
+       BUG_ON(fsdata != NULL && page_has_buffers(page));
 
+       if (unlikely(copied < len) && head)
+               attach_nobh_buffers(page, head);
        if (page_has_buffers(page))
-               return generic_commit_write(file, page, from, to);
+               return generic_write_end(file, mapping, pos, len,
+                                       copied, page, fsdata);
 
        SetPageUptodate(page);
        set_page_dirty(page);
-       if (pos > inode->i_size) {
-               i_size_write(inode, pos);
+       if (pos+copied > inode->i_size) {
+               i_size_write(inode, pos+copied);
                mark_inode_dirty(inode);
        }
-       return 0;
+
+       unlock_page(page);
+       page_cache_release(page);
+
+       while (head) {
+               bh = head;
+               head = head->b_this_page;
+               free_buffer_head(bh);
+       }
+
+       return copied;
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_commit_write);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_write_end);
 
 /*
  * nobh_writepage() - based on block_full_write_page() except
@@ -2625,53 +2697,91 @@ int nobh_writepage(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block,
         * the  page size, the remaining memory is zeroed when mapped, and
         * writes to that region are not written out to the file."
         */
-       zero_user_page(page, offset, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset, KM_USER0);
+       zero_user_segment(page, offset, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
 out:
        ret = mpage_writepage(page, get_block, wbc);
        if (ret == -EAGAIN)
-               ret = __block_write_full_page(inode, page, get_block, wbc);
+               ret = __block_write_full_page(inode, page, get_block, wbc,
+                                             end_buffer_async_write);
        return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_writepage);
 
-/*
- * This function assumes that ->prepare_write() uses nobh_prepare_write().
- */
-int nobh_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t from)
+int nobh_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
+                       loff_t from, get_block_t *get_block)
 {
-       struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
-       unsigned blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
        pgoff_t index = from >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
        unsigned offset = from & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1);
-       unsigned to;
+       unsigned blocksize;
+       sector_t iblock;
+       unsigned length, pos;
+       struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
        struct page *page;
-       const struct address_space_operations *a_ops = mapping->a_ops;
-       int ret = 0;
+       struct buffer_head map_bh;
+       int err;
 
-       if ((offset & (blocksize - 1)) == 0)
-               goto out;
+       blocksize = 1 << inode->i_blkbits;
+       length = offset & (blocksize - 1);
+
+       /* Block boundary? Nothing to do */
+       if (!length)
+               return 0;
+
+       length = blocksize - length;
+       iblock = (sector_t)index << (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT - inode->i_blkbits);
 
-       ret = -ENOMEM;
        page = grab_cache_page(mapping, index);
+       err = -ENOMEM;
        if (!page)
                goto out;
 
-       to = (offset + blocksize) & ~(blocksize - 1);
-       ret = a_ops->prepare_write(NULL, page, offset, to);
-       if (ret == 0) {
-               zero_user_page(page, offset, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset,
-                               KM_USER0);
-               /*
-                * It would be more correct to call aops->commit_write()
-                * here, but this is more efficient.
-                */
-               SetPageUptodate(page);
-               set_page_dirty(page);
+       if (page_has_buffers(page)) {
+has_buffers:
+               unlock_page(page);
+               page_cache_release(page);
+               return block_truncate_page(mapping, from, get_block);
+       }
+
+       /* Find the buffer that contains "offset" */
+       pos = blocksize;
+       while (offset >= pos) {
+               iblock++;
+               pos += blocksize;
+       }
+
+       map_bh.b_size = blocksize;
+       map_bh.b_state = 0;
+       err = get_block(inode, iblock, &map_bh, 0);
+       if (err)
+               goto unlock;
+       /* unmapped? It's a hole - nothing to do */
+       if (!buffer_mapped(&map_bh))
+               goto unlock;
+
+       /* Ok, it's mapped. Make sure it's up-to-date */
+       if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+               err = mapping->a_ops->readpage(NULL, page);
+               if (err) {
+                       page_cache_release(page);
+                       goto out;
+               }
+               lock_page(page);
+               if (!PageUptodate(page)) {
+                       err = -EIO;
+                       goto unlock;
+               }
+               if (page_has_buffers(page))
+                       goto has_buffers;
        }
+       zero_user(page, offset, length);
+       set_page_dirty(page);
+       err = 0;
+
+unlock:
        unlock_page(page);
        page_cache_release(page);
 out:
-       return ret;
+       return err;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(nobh_truncate_page);
 
@@ -2739,7 +2849,7 @@ int block_truncate_page(struct address_space *mapping,
                        goto unlock;
        }
 
-       zero_user_page(page, offset, length, KM_USER0);
+       zero_user(page, offset, length);
        mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
        err = 0;
 
@@ -2749,12 +2859,14 @@ unlock:
 out:
        return err;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_truncate_page);
 
 /*
  * The generic ->writepage function for buffer-backed address_spaces
+ * this form passes in the end_io handler used to finish the IO.
  */
-int block_write_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block,
-                       struct writeback_control *wbc)
+int block_write_full_page_endio(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block,
+                       struct writeback_control *wbc, bh_end_io_t *handler)
 {
        struct inode * const inode = page->mapping->host;
        loff_t i_size = i_size_read(inode);
@@ -2763,7 +2875,8 @@ int block_write_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block,
 
        /* Is the page fully inside i_size? */
        if (page->index < end_index)
-               return __block_write_full_page(inode, page, get_block, wbc);
+               return __block_write_full_page(inode, page, get_block, wbc,
+                                              handler);
 
        /* Is the page fully outside i_size? (truncate in progress) */
        offset = i_size & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE-1);
@@ -2785,9 +2898,21 @@ int block_write_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block,
         * the  page size, the remaining memory is zeroed when mapped, and
         * writes to that region are not written out to the file."
         */
-       zero_user_page(page, offset, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset, KM_USER0);
-       return __block_write_full_page(inode, page, get_block, wbc);
+       zero_user_segment(page, offset, PAGE_CACHE_SIZE);
+       return __block_write_full_page(inode, page, get_block, wbc, handler);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_write_full_page_endio);
+
+/*
+ * The generic ->writepage function for buffer-backed address_spaces
+ */
+int block_write_full_page(struct page *page, get_block_t *get_block,
+                       struct writeback_control *wbc)
+{
+       return block_write_full_page_endio(page, get_block, wbc,
+                                          end_buffer_async_write);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_write_full_page);
 
 sector_t generic_block_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block,
                            get_block_t *get_block)
@@ -2800,6 +2925,7 @@ sector_t generic_block_bmap(struct address_space *mapping, sector_t block,
        get_block(inode, block, &tmp, 0);
        return tmp.b_blocknr;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_block_bmap);
 
 static void end_bio_bh_io_sync(struct bio *bio, int err)
 {
@@ -2810,6 +2936,9 @@ static void end_bio_bh_io_sync(struct bio *bio, int err)
                set_bit(BH_Eopnotsupp, &bh->b_state);
        }
 
+       if (unlikely (test_bit(BIO_QUIET,&bio->bi_flags)))
+               set_bit(BH_Quiet, &bh->b_state);
+
        bh->b_end_io(bh, test_bit(BIO_UPTODATE, &bio->bi_flags));
        bio_put(bio);
 }
@@ -2822,15 +2951,20 @@ int submit_bh(int rw, struct buffer_head * bh)
        BUG_ON(!buffer_locked(bh));
        BUG_ON(!buffer_mapped(bh));
        BUG_ON(!bh->b_end_io);
+       BUG_ON(buffer_delay(bh));
+       BUG_ON(buffer_unwritten(bh));
 
-       if (buffer_ordered(bh) && (rw == WRITE))
-               rw = WRITE_BARRIER;
+       /*
+        * Mask in barrier bit for a write (could be either a WRITE or a
+        * WRITE_SYNC
+        */
+       if (buffer_ordered(bh) && (rw & WRITE))
+               rw |= WRITE_BARRIER;
 
        /*
-        * Only clear out a write error when rewriting, should this
-        * include WRITE_SYNC as well?
+        * Only clear out a write error when rewriting
         */
-       if (test_set_buffer_req(bh) && (rw == WRITE || rw == WRITE_BARRIER))
+       if (test_set_buffer_req(bh) && (rw & WRITE))
                clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
 
        /*
@@ -2861,6 +2995,7 @@ int submit_bh(int rw, struct buffer_head * bh)
        bio_put(bio);
        return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
 
 /**
  * ll_rw_block: low-level access to block devices (DEPRECATED)
@@ -2895,16 +3030,20 @@ void ll_rw_block(int rw, int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[])
        for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
                struct buffer_head *bh = bhs[i];
 
-               if (rw == SWRITE)
+               if (rw == SWRITE || rw == SWRITE_SYNC || rw == SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG)
                        lock_buffer(bh);
-               else if (test_set_buffer_locked(bh))
+               else if (!trylock_buffer(bh))
                        continue;
 
-               if (rw == WRITE || rw == SWRITE) {
+               if (rw == WRITE || rw == SWRITE || rw == SWRITE_SYNC ||
+                   rw == SWRITE_SYNC_PLUG) {
                        if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
                                bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
                                get_bh(bh);
-                               submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+                               if (rw == SWRITE_SYNC)
+                                       submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
+                               else
+                                       submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
                                continue;
                        }
                } else {
@@ -2918,6 +3057,7 @@ void ll_rw_block(int rw, int nr, struct buffer_head *bhs[])
                unlock_buffer(bh);
        }
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(ll_rw_block);
 
 /*
  * For a data-integrity writeout, we need to wait upon any in-progress I/O
@@ -2933,7 +3073,7 @@ int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
        if (test_clear_buffer_dirty(bh)) {
                get_bh(bh);
                bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_write_sync;
-               ret = submit_bh(WRITE, bh);
+               ret = submit_bh(WRITE_SYNC, bh);
                wait_on_buffer(bh);
                if (buffer_eopnotsupp(bh)) {
                        clear_buffer_eopnotsupp(bh);
@@ -2946,6 +3086,7 @@ int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh)
        }
        return ret;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_dirty_buffer);
 
 /*
  * try_to_free_buffers() checks if all the buffers on this particular page
@@ -2991,7 +3132,7 @@ drop_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head **buffers_to_free)
        do {
                struct buffer_head *next = bh->b_this_page;
 
-               if (!list_empty(&bh->b_assoc_buffers))
+               if (bh->b_assoc_map)
                        __remove_assoc_queue(bh);
                bh = next;
        } while (bh != head);
@@ -3060,15 +3201,16 @@ void block_sync_page(struct page *page)
        if (mapping)
                blk_run_backing_dev(mapping->backing_dev_info, page);
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_sync_page);
 
 /*
  * There are no bdflush tunables left.  But distributions are
  * still running obsolete flush daemons, so we terminate them here.
  *
  * Use of bdflush() is deprecated and will be removed in a future kernel.
- * The `pdflush' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call.
+ * The `flush-X' kernel threads fully replace bdflush daemons and this call.
  */
-asmlinkage long sys_bdflush(int func, long data)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(bdflush, int, func, long, data)
 {
        static int msg_count;
 
@@ -3123,7 +3265,7 @@ static void recalc_bh_state(void)
        
 struct buffer_head *alloc_buffer_head(gfp_t gfp_flags)
 {
-       struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_zalloc(bh_cachep, gfp_flags);
+       struct buffer_head *ret = kmem_cache_alloc(bh_cachep, gfp_flags);
        if (ret) {
                INIT_LIST_HEAD(&ret->b_assoc_buffers);
                get_cpu_var(bh_accounting).nr++;
@@ -3166,12 +3308,68 @@ static int buffer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
        return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
+/**
+ * bh_uptodate_or_lock - Test whether the buffer is uptodate
+ * @bh: struct buffer_head
+ *
+ * Return true if the buffer is up-to-date and false,
+ * with the buffer locked, if not.
+ */
+int bh_uptodate_or_lock(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+       if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+               lock_buffer(bh);
+               if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
+                       return 0;
+               unlock_buffer(bh);
+       }
+       return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bh_uptodate_or_lock);
+
+/**
+ * bh_submit_read - Submit a locked buffer for reading
+ * @bh: struct buffer_head
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success and -EIO on error.
+ */
+int bh_submit_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+       BUG_ON(!buffer_locked(bh));
+
+       if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+               unlock_buffer(bh);
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       get_bh(bh);
+       bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
+       submit_bh(READ, bh);
+       wait_on_buffer(bh);
+       if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
+               return 0;
+       return -EIO;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bh_submit_read);
+
+static void
+init_buffer_head(void *data)
+{
+       struct buffer_head *bh = data;
+
+       memset(bh, 0, sizeof(*bh));
+       INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
+}
+
 void __init buffer_init(void)
 {
        int nrpages;
 
-       bh_cachep = KMEM_CACHE(buffer_head,
-                       SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|SLAB_MEM_SPREAD);
+       bh_cachep = kmem_cache_create("buffer_head",
+                       sizeof(struct buffer_head), 0,
+                               (SLAB_RECLAIM_ACCOUNT|SLAB_PANIC|
+                               SLAB_MEM_SPREAD),
+                               init_buffer_head);
 
        /*
         * Limit the bh occupancy to 10% of ZONE_NORMAL
@@ -3180,30 +3378,3 @@ void __init buffer_init(void)
        max_buffer_heads = nrpages * (PAGE_SIZE / sizeof(struct buffer_head));
        hotcpu_notifier(buffer_cpu_notify, 0);
 }
-
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__bforget);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__brelse);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__wait_on_buffer);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_commit_write);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_prepare_write);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_page_mkwrite);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_read_full_page);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_sync_page);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_truncate_page);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(block_write_full_page);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(cont_prepare_write);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_read_sync);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(end_buffer_write_sync);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(file_fsync);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(fsync_bdev);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_block_bmap);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_commit_write);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_cont_expand);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_cont_expand_simple);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(init_buffer);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(invalidate_bdev);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(ll_rw_block);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_dirty);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(submit_bh);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(sync_dirty_buffer);
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(unlock_buffer);