linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v6 14/19] ext4: Convert from readpages to readahead

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Message-ID: <20200219031626.GC10776@dread.disaster.area>
Date:   Wed, 19 Feb 2020 14:16:26 +1100
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, cluster-devel@...hat.com,
        ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 14/19] ext4: Convert from readpages to readahead

On Mon, Feb 17, 2020 at 10:46:05AM -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
> 
> Use the new readahead operation in ext4
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>

There's nothing I can see in this that would cause that list
corruption I saw with ext4.

I'll re-introduce the patch and see if it falls over again.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com