linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v3 11/18] ext4: Tell the VFS that readpage was synchronous

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Date:   Sun, 18 Oct 2020 10:24:46 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 11/18] ext4: Tell the VFS that readpage was synchronous

On Fri, Oct 16, 2020 at 05:04:36PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> The ext4 inline data readpage implementation was already synchronous,
> so use AOP_UPDATED_PAGE to avoid cycling the page lock.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>

Acked-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>