linux011文件系统中缓冲区管理函数分析

extern int end;
struct buffer_head * start_buffer = (struct buffer_head *) &end;
struct buffer_head * hash_table[NR_HASH];
static struct buffer_head * free_list;
static struct task_struct * buffer_wait = NULL;
int NR_BUFFERS = 0;

/*这就是让任务等代的函数。参考sleep函数*/
static inline void wait_on_buffer(struct buffer_head * bh)
{
	cli();
	while (bh->b_lock)
		sleep_on(&bh->b_wait);
	sti();
}

/*先把所有的inode写入到缓冲区中，之后再调用磁盘写函数ll_rw_block写入到磁盘中*/
int sys_sync(void)
{
	int i;
	struct buffer_head * bh;

	sync_inodes();		/* write out inodes into buffers */
	bh = start_buffer;
	for (i=0 ; i<NR_BUFFERS ; i++,bh++) {
		wait_on_buffer(bh);
		if (bh->b_dirt)
			ll_rw_block(WRITE,bh);
	}
	return 0;
}

/*把某个设备的缓冲区写入到磁盘中*/
static int sync_dev(int dev)
{
	int i;
	struct buffer_head * bh;

	bh = start_buffer;
	for (i=0 ; i<NR_BUFFERS ; i++,bh++) {
		if (bh->b_dev != dev)
			continue;
		wait