linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v3 01/23] pagemap: Add filemap_grab

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Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2022 20:38:08 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        cluster-devel@...hat.com, linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 01/23] pagemap: Add filemap_grab_folio()

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 01:24:29PM -0700, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> Add function filemap_grab_folio() to grab a folio from the page cache.
> This function is meant to serve as a folio replacement for
> grab_cache_page, and is used to facilitate the removal of
> find_get_pages_range_tag().

I'm still not loving the name, but it does have historical precedent
and I can't think of a better one.

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>