mm: make generic_writepages() use plugging

This recovers a performance regression caused by the removal of the per-device plugging. Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <[email protected]>
kishon · Mar 17, 2011 · 9b6096a · 9b6096a
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diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -1039,11 +1039,17 @@ static int __writepage(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc,
 int generic_writepages(struct address_space *mapping,
 		       struct writeback_control *wbc)
 {
+	struct blk_plug plug;
+	int ret;
+
 	/* deal with chardevs and other special file */
 	if (!mapping->a_ops->writepage)
 		return 0;
 
-	return write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, __writepage, mapping);
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+	ret = write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, __writepage, mapping);
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(generic_writepages);