[PATCH v2 1/4] writeback: prep helpers for dirty-limit and writeback accounting

From: Kundan Kumar

Date: Fri Feb 13 2026 - 00:51:51 EST


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

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx>
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 | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev.h b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
index 0c8342747cab..5b7d12b40d5e 100644
--- a/include/linux/backing-dev.h
+++ b/include/linux/backing-dev.h
@@ -136,6 +136,19 @@ static inline bool mapping_can_writeback(struct address_space *mapping)
return inode_to_bdi(mapping->host)->capabilities & BDI_CAP_WRITEBACK;
}

+/* Must not be used by file systems that support cgroup writeback */
+static inline int bdi_wb_dirty_exceeded(struct backing_dev_info *bdi)
+{
+ return bdi->wb.dirty_exceeded;
+}
+
+/* Must not be used by file systems that support cgroup writeback */
+static inline void bdi_wb_stat_mod(struct inode *inode, enum wb_stat_item item,
+ s64 amount)
+{
+ wb_stat_mod(&inode_to_bdi(inode)->wb, item, amount);
+}
+
#ifdef CONFIG_CGROUP_WRITEBACK

struct bdi_writeback *wb_get_lookup(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,
--
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