+/*
+ * Gathered writes: If another process is currently writing to the file,
+ * there's a high chance this is another nfsd (triggered by a bulk write
+ * from a client's biod). Rather than syncing the file with each write
+ * request, we sleep for 10 msec.
+ *
+ * I don't know if this roughly approximates C. Juszak's idea of
+ * gathered writes, but it's a nice and simple solution (IMHO), and it
+ * seems to work:-)
+ *
+ * Note: we do this only in the NFSv2 case, since v3 and higher have a
+ * better tool (separate unstable writes and commits) for solving this
+ * problem.
+ */
+static int wait_for_concurrent_writes(struct file *file)
+{
+ struct inode *inode = file->f_path.dentry->d_inode;
+ static ino_t last_ino;
+ static dev_t last_dev;
+ int err = 0;
+
+ if (atomic_read(&inode->i_writecount) > 1
+ || (last_ino == inode->i_ino && last_dev == inode->i_sb->s_dev)) {
+ dprintk("nfsd: write defer %d\n", task_pid_nr(current));
+ msleep(10);
+ dprintk("nfsd: write resume %d\n", task_pid_nr(current));
+ }
+
+ if (inode->i_state & I_DIRTY) {
+ dprintk("nfsd: write sync %d\n", task_pid_nr(current));
+ err = nfsd_sync(file);
+ }
+ last_ino = inode->i_ino;
+ last_dev = inode->i_sb->s_dev;
+ return err;
+}
+