fs: add sync_inode_metadata
Add a new helper to write out the inode using the writeback code,
that is including the correct dirty bit and list manipulation. A few
of filesystems already opencode this, and a lot of others should be
using it instead of using write_inode_now which also writes out the
data.
Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
diff --git a/fs/exofs/file.c b/fs/exofs/file.c
index 68cb23e..b905c79 100644
--- a/fs/exofs/file.c
+++ b/fs/exofs/file.c
@@ -46,10 +46,6 @@
{
int ret;
struct inode *inode = filp->f_mapping->host;
- struct writeback_control wbc = {
- .sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
- .nr_to_write = 0, /* metadata-only; caller takes care of data */
- };
struct super_block *sb;
if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY))
@@ -57,7 +53,7 @@
if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
return 0;
- ret = sync_inode(inode, &wbc);
+ ret = sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
/* This is a good place to write the sb */
/* TODO: Sechedule an sb-sync on create */