Add buffer head related helper functions

Add buffer head related helper function bh_uptodate_or_lock and
bh_submit_read which can be used by file system
Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@linux.vnet.ibm.com>

fs/buffer.c

@@ -3213,6 +3213,50 @@ static int buffer_cpu_notify(struct notifier_block *self,
 	return NOTIFY_OK;
 }
 
+/**
+ * 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);
+
 void __init buffer_init(void)
 {
 	int nrpages;

include/linux/buffer_head.h

@@ -192,6 +192,8 @@ int sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
 int submit_bh(int, struct buffer_head *);
 void write_boundary_block(struct block_device *bdev,
 			sector_t bblock, unsigned blocksize);
+int bh_uptodate_or_lock(struct buffer_head *bh);
+int bh_submit_read(struct buffer_head *bh);
 
 extern int buffer_heads_over_limit;