Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arjan/linux-2.6-async

* git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arjan/linux-2.6-async:
  async: don't do the initcall stuff post boot
  bootchart: improve output based on Dave Jones' feedback
  async: make the final inode deletion an asynchronous event
  fastboot: Make libata initialization even more async
  fastboot: make the libata port scan asynchronous
  fastboot: make scsi probes asynchronous
  async: Asynchronous function calls to speed up kernel boot

2 files changed, 30 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/async.h b/include/linux/async.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c4ecacd0b327
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/async.h
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+/*
+ * async.h: Asynchronous function calls for boot performance
+ *
+ * (C) Copyright 2009 Intel Corporation
+ * Author: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com>
+ *
+ * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+ * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
+ * as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 2
+ * of the License.
+ */
+
+#include <linux/types.h>
+#include <linux/list.h>
+
+typedef u64 async_cookie_t;
+typedef void (async_func_ptr) (void *data, async_cookie_t cookie);
+
+extern async_cookie_t async_schedule(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data);
+extern async_cookie_t async_schedule_special(async_func_ptr *ptr, void *data, struct list_head *list);
+extern void async_synchronize_full(void);
+extern void async_synchronize_full_special(struct list_head *list);
+extern void async_synchronize_cookie(async_cookie_t cookie);
+extern void async_synchronize_cookie_special(async_cookie_t cookie, struct list_head *list);
+
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index d7eba77f666e..e38a64d71eff 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1184,6 +1184,11 @@ struct super_block {
          * generic_show_options()
          */
         char *s_options;
+
+        /*
+         * storage for asynchronous operations
+         */
+        struct list_head s_async_list;
 };
 
 extern struct timespec current_fs_time(struct super_block *sb);