[PATCH] Allow file systems to differentiate between data and meta reads

We can use this information for making more intelligent priority
decisions, and it will also be useful for blktrace.

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@suse.de>

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/bio.h b/include/linux/bio.h
index 76bdaeab6f62..711c321a7011 100644
--- a/include/linux/bio.h
+++ b/include/linux/bio.h
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ struct bio {
 #define BIO_RW_BARRIER  2
 #define BIO_RW_FAILFAST 3
 #define BIO_RW_SYNC     4
+#define BIO_RW_META     5
 
 /*
  * upper 16 bits of bi_rw define the io priority of this bio
@@ -178,6 +179,7 @@ struct bio {
 #define bio_sync(bio)           ((bio)->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW_SYNC))
 #define bio_failfast(bio)       ((bio)->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW_FAILFAST))
 #define bio_rw_ahead(bio)       ((bio)->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW_AHEAD))
+#define bio_rw_meta(bio)        ((bio)->bi_rw & (1 << BIO_RW_META))
 
 /*
  * will die