linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCHv6 09/37] filemap: allocate huge page in pagecache_get

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Message-ID: <20170209215904.GX2267@bombadil.infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 9 Feb 2017 13:59:04 -0800
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     "Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
Cc:     Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
        Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCHv6 09/37] filemap: allocate huge page in
 pagecache_get_page(), if allowed

On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 02:57:51PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Write path allocate pages using pagecache_get_page(). We should be able
> to allocate huge pages there, if it's allowed. As usually, fallback to
> small pages, if failed.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@...rosoft.com>