linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 4/9] shmem: remove shmem_get_partial

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Message-ID: <20230118164358.GD7584@lst.de>
Date:   Wed, 18 Jan 2023 17:43:58 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>
Cc:     Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>,
        Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        cluster-devel@...hat.com, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/9] shmem: remove shmem_get_partial_folio

On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 08:57:05AM -0500, Brian Foster wrote:
> This all seems reasonable to me at a glance, FWIW, but I am a little
> curious why this wouldn't split up into two changes. I.e., switch this
> over to filemap_get_entry() to minimally remove the FGP_ENTRY dependency
> without a behavior change, then (perhaps after the next patch) introduce
> SGP_FIND in a separate patch. That makes it easier to review and
> potentially undo if it happens to pose a problem in the future. Hm?

The minimal change to filemap_get_entry would require to add the
lock, check mapping and retry loop and thus add a fair amount of
code.  So I looked for ways to avoid that and came up with this
version.  But if there is a strong preference to first open code
the logic and then later consolidate it I could do that.