[PATCH 1/4] writeback: prep helpers for dirty-limit and writeback accounting

From: Kundan Kumar

Date: Wed Feb 11 2026 - 02:06:06 EST


Add helper APIs needed by filesystems to avoid poking into writeback
internals.

Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Kundan Kumar <kundan.kumar@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Anuj Gupta <anuj20.g@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
include/linux/backing-dev.h | 11 +++++++++++
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 0c8342747cab..4165ad3ddf00 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -78,6 +78,17 @@ static inline s64 wb_stat_sum(struct bdi_writeback *wb, enum wb_stat_item item)

extern void wb_writeout_inc(struct bdi_writeback *wb);

+static inline int bdi_wb_dirty_exceeded(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ return bdi->wb.dirty_exceeded;
+}
+
+static inline void bdi_wb_stat_mod(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
+ enum wb_stat_item item, s64 amount)
+{
+ wb_stat_mod(&bdi->wb, item, amount);
+}
+
/*
* maximal error of a stat counter.
*/
--
2.25.1