linux-ext4 - Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH v7 12/24] mm: Add page_cache_readahead

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Message-ID: <20200224215324.GA16051@infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 24 Feb 2020 13:53:24 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, cluster-devel@...hat.com,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [Cluster-devel] [PATCH v7 12/24] mm: Add
 page_cache_readahead_unbounded

On Wed, Feb 19, 2020 at 01:00:51PM -0800, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
> 
> ext4 and f2fs have duplicated the guts of the readahead code so
> they can read past i_size.  Instead, separate out the guts of the
> readahead code so they can call it directly.

I don't like this, but then I like the horrible open coded versions
even less..  Can you add a do not use for new code comment to the
function as well?

Otherwise looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>