Merge branch 'block' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block

* 'block' of git://brick.kernel.dk/data/git/linux-2.6-block: (67 commits)
  [PATCH] blk_queue_start_tag() shared map race fix
  [PATCH] Update axboe@suse.de email address
  [PATCH] fix creating zero sized bio mempools in low memory system
  [PATCH] CONFIG_BLOCK: blk_congestion_wait() fix
  [PATCH] CONFIG_BLOCK internal.h cleanups
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Make USB storage depend on SCSI rather than selecting it [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Make it possible to disable the block layer [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Remove no-longer necessary linux/buffer_head.h inclusions [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Remove no-longer necessary linux/mpage.h inclusions [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Move the msdos device ioctl compat stuff to the msdos driver [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Move the Ext3 device ioctl compat stuff to the Ext3 driver [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Move the Ext2 device ioctl compat stuff to the Ext2 driver [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Move the ReiserFS device ioctl compat stuff to the ReiserFS driver [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Move common FS-specific ioctls to linux/fs.h [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Move the loop device ioctl compat stuff to the loop driver [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Move __invalidate_device() to block_dev.c [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Dissociate generic_writepages() from mpage stuff [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Remove dependence on existence of blockdev_superblock [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Move extern declarations out of fs/*.c into header files [try #6]
  [PATCH] BLOCK: Don't call block_sync_page() from AFS [try #6]
  ...

1 files changed, 34 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 3277f3b23524..c4fe97f5ace0 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2020,6 +2020,7 @@ inline int generic_write_checks(struct file *file, loff_t *pos, size_t *count, i
                 if (unlikely(*pos + *count > inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes))
                         *count = inode->i_sb->s_maxbytes - *pos;
         } else {
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
                 loff_t isize;
                 if (bdev_read_only(I_BDEV(inode)))
                         return -EPERM;
@@ -2031,6 +2032,9 @@ inline int generic_write_checks(struct file *file, loff_t *pos, size_t *count, i
 
                 if (*pos + *count > isize)
                         *count = isize - *pos;
+#else
+                return -EPERM;
+#endif
         }
         return 0;
 }
@@ -2491,3 +2495,33 @@ generic_file_direct_IO(int rw, struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
         }
         return retval;
 }
+
+/**
+ * try_to_release_page() - release old fs-specific metadata on a page
+ *
+ * @page: the page which the kernel is trying to free
+ * @gfp_mask: memory allocation flags (and I/O mode)
+ *
+ * The address_space is to try to release any data against the page
+ * (presumably at page->private).  If the release was successful, return `1'.
+ * Otherwise return zero.
+ *
+ * The @gfp_mask argument specifies whether I/O may be performed to release
+ * this page (__GFP_IO), and whether the call may block (__GFP_WAIT).
+ *
+ * NOTE: @gfp_mask may go away, and this function may become non-blocking.
+ */
+int try_to_release_page(struct page *page, gfp_t gfp_mask)
+{
+        struct address_space * const mapping = page->mapping;
+
+        BUG_ON(!PageLocked(page));
+        if (PageWriteback(page))
+                return 0;
+
+        if (mapping && mapping->a_ops->releasepage)
+                return mapping->a_ops->releasepage(page, gfp_mask);
+        return try_to_free_buffers(page);
+}
+
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(try_to_release_page);