+/**
+ * bh_uptodate_or_lock: Test whether the buffer is uptodate
+ * @bh: struct buffer_head
+ *
+ * Return true if the buffer is up-to-date and false,
+ * with the buffer locked, if not.
+ */
+int bh_uptodate_or_lock(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+ if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+ lock_buffer(bh);
+ if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
+ return 0;
+ unlock_buffer(bh);
+ }
+ return 1;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bh_uptodate_or_lock);
+
+/**
+ * bh_submit_read: Submit a locked buffer for reading
+ * @bh: struct buffer_head
+ *
+ * Returns zero on success and -EIO on error.
+ */
+int bh_submit_read(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+ BUG_ON(!buffer_locked(bh));
+
+ if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+ unlock_buffer(bh);
+ return 0;
+ }
+
+ get_bh(bh);
+ bh->b_end_io = end_buffer_read_sync;
+ submit_bh(READ, bh);
+ wait_on_buffer(bh);
+ if (buffer_uptodate(bh))
+ return 0;
+ return -EIO;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(bh_submit_read);
+
+static void
+init_buffer_head(struct kmem_cache *cachep, void *data)
+{
+ struct buffer_head *bh = data;
+
+ memset(bh, 0, sizeof(*bh));
+ INIT_LIST_HEAD(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
+}
+