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-rw-r--r--mm/page-writeback.c13
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 789b6adbef3..94c6d8988ab 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ static void background_writeout(unsigned long _min_pages);
static struct prop_descriptor vm_completions;
static struct prop_descriptor vm_dirties;
-static unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void);
-
/*
* couple the period to the dirty_ratio:
*
@@ -347,7 +345,13 @@ static unsigned long highmem_dirtyable_memory(unsigned long total)
#endif
}
-static unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
+/**
+ * determine_dirtyable_memory - amount of memory that may be used
+ *
+ * Returns the numebr of pages that can currently be freed and used
+ * by the kernel for direct mappings.
+ */
+unsigned long determine_dirtyable_memory(void)
{
unsigned long x;
@@ -956,6 +960,9 @@ retry:
}
if (wbc->range_cyclic || (range_whole && wbc->nr_to_write > 0))
mapping->writeback_index = index;
+
+ if (wbc->range_cont)
+ wbc->range_start = index << PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_cache_pages);