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diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 45a0303b2aeb..de0c789104c2 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2194,6 +2194,21 @@ static inline void mark_inode_dirty_sync(struct inode *inode)
__mark_inode_dirty(inode, I_DIRTY_SYNC);
}
+/*
+ * Returns true if the given inode itself only has dirty timestamps (its pages
+ * may still be dirty) and isn't currently being allocated or freed.
+ * Filesystems should call this if when writing an inode when lazytime is
+ * enabled, they want to opportunistically write the timestamps of other inodes
+ * located very nearby on-disk, e.g. in the same inode block. This returns true
+ * if the given inode is in need of such an opportunistic update. Requires
+ * i_lock, or at least later re-checking under i_lock.
+ */
+static inline bool inode_is_dirtytime_only(struct inode *inode)
+{
+ return (inode->i_state & (I_DIRTY_TIME | I_NEW |
+ I_FREEING | I_WILL_FREE)) == I_DIRTY_TIME;
+}
+
extern void inc_nlink(struct inode *inode);
extern void drop_nlink(struct inode *inode);
extern void clear_nlink(struct inode *inode);