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1/* 1/*
2 * linux/fs/nfs/write.c 2 * linux/fs/nfs/write.c
3 * 3 *
4 * Writing file data over NFS. 4 * Write file data over NFS.
5 *
6 * We do it like this: When a (user) process wishes to write data to an
7 * NFS file, a write request is allocated that contains the RPC task data
8 * plus some info on the page to be written, and added to the inode's
9 * write chain. If the process writes past the end of the page, an async
10 * RPC call to write the page is scheduled immediately; otherwise, the call
11 * is delayed for a few seconds.
12 *
13 * Just like readahead, no async I/O is performed if wsize < PAGE_SIZE.
14 *
15 * Write requests are kept on the inode's writeback list. Each entry in
16 * that list references the page (portion) to be written. When the
17 * cache timeout has expired, the RPC task is woken up, and tries to
18 * lock the page. As soon as it manages to do so, the request is moved
19 * from the writeback list to the writelock list.
20 *
21 * Note: we must make sure never to confuse the inode passed in the
22 * write_page request with the one in page->inode. As far as I understand
23 * it, these are different when doing a swap-out.
24 *
25 * To understand everything that goes on here and in the NFS read code,
26 * one should be aware that a page is locked in exactly one of the following
27 * cases:
28 *
29 * - A write request is in progress.
30 * - A user process is in generic_file_write/nfs_update_page
31 * - A user process is in generic_file_read
32 *
33 * Also note that because of the way pages are invalidated in
34 * nfs_revalidate_inode, the following assertions hold:
35 *
36 * - If a page is dirty, there will be no read requests (a page will
37 * not be re-read unless invalidated by nfs_revalidate_inode).
38 * - If the page is not uptodate, there will be no pending write
39 * requests, and no process will be in nfs_update_page.
40 *
41 * FIXME: Interaction with the vmscan routines is not optimal yet.
42 * Either vmscan must be made nfs-savvy, or we need a different page
43 * reclaim concept that supports something like FS-independent
44 * buffer_heads with a b_ops-> field.
45 * 5 *
46 * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de> 6 * Copyright (C) 1996, 1997, Olaf Kirch <okir@monad.swb.de>
47 */ 7 */