Re: [PATCH 1/4] writeback: prep helpers for dirty-limit and writeback accounting
From: Jan Kara
Date: Wed Feb 11 2026 - 05:39:45 EST
On Wed 11-02-26 12:30:54, Kundan Kumar wrote:
> 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>
Looks sensible. Feel free to add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Honza
> ---
> 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
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR