bdi: introduce BDI_CAP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO
As discussed at https://lkml.kernel.org/r/<20170728165604.10455-1-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> someday we will remove rw_page(). If so, we need something to detect such super-fast storage on which synchronous IO operations like the current rw_page are always a win. Introduces BDI_CAP_SYNCHRONOUS_IO to indicate such devices. With it, we could use various optimization techniques. Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1505886205-9671-3-git-send-email-minchan@kernel.org Signed-off-by:Minchan Kim <minchan@kernel.org> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> Cc: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com> Cc: Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@gmail.com> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Sergey Senozhatsky <sergey.senozhatsky@gmail.com> Cc: Huang Ying <ying.huang@intel.com> Signed-off-by:
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by:
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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