Commit 089eed29b4021f8b68ec3d1746a1f9b9c4f04783

Authored by Linus Torvalds

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block

* 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-2.6-block:
  writeback: always use sb->s_bdi for writeback purposes

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72 72 static inline struct backing_dev_info *inode_to_bdi(struct inode *inode)
73 73 {
74 74 struct super_block *sb = inode->i_sb;
75   - struct backing_dev_info *bdi = inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
76 75  
77   - /*
78   - * For inodes on standard filesystems, we use superblock's bdi. For
79   - * inodes on virtual filesystems, we want to use inode mapping's bdi
80   - * because they can possibly point to something useful (think about
81   - * block_dev filesystem).
82   - */
83   - if (sb->s_bdi && sb->s_bdi != &noop_backing_dev_info) {
84   - /* Some device inodes could play dirty tricks. Catch them... */
85   - WARN(bdi != sb->s_bdi && bdi_cap_writeback_dirty(bdi),
86   - "Dirtiable inode bdi %s != sb bdi %s\n",
87   - bdi->name, sb->s_bdi->name);
88   - return sb->s_bdi;
89   - }
90   - return bdi;
  76 + if (strcmp(sb->s_type->name, "bdev") == 0)
  77 + return inode->i_mapping->backing_dev_info;
  78 +
  79 + return sb->s_bdi;
91 80 }
92 81  
93 82 static void bdi_queue_work(struct backing_dev_info *bdi,