+/**
+ * gfs2_check_blk_type - Check the type of a block
+ * @sdp: The superblock
+ * @no_addr: The block number to check
+ * @type: The block type we are looking for
+ *
+ * Returns: 0 if the block type matches the expected type
+ * -ESTALE if it doesn't match
+ * or -ve errno if something went wrong while checking
+ */
+
+int gfs2_check_blk_type(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, u64 no_addr, unsigned int type)
+{
+ struct gfs2_rgrpd *rgd;
+ struct gfs2_holder ri_gh, rgd_gh;
+ int error;
+
+ error = gfs2_rindex_hold(sdp, &ri_gh);
+ if (error)
+ goto fail;
+
+ error = -EINVAL;
+ rgd = gfs2_blk2rgrpd(sdp, no_addr);
+ if (!rgd)
+ goto fail_rindex;
+
+ error = gfs2_glock_nq_init(rgd->rd_gl, LM_ST_SHARED, 0, &rgd_gh);
+ if (error)
+ goto fail_rindex;
+
+ if (gfs2_get_block_type(rgd, no_addr) != type)
+ error = -ESTALE;
+
+ gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&rgd_gh);
+fail_rindex:
+ gfs2_glock_dq_uninit(&ri_gh);
+fail:
+ return error;
+}
+