linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm: introduce __invalidate_mapping

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Message-ID: <4E07B6D6.8070203@redhat.com>
Date:	Sun, 26 Jun 2011 18:46:46 -0400
From:	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>
To:	Andrea Righi <andrea@...terlinux.com>
CC:	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Minchan Kim <minchan.kim@...il.com>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>,
	KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki <kamezawa.hiroyu@...fujitsu.com>,
	Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@...hat.com>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Jerry James <jamesjer@...terlinux.com>,
	Marcus Sorensen <marcus@...ehost.com>,
	Matt Heaton <matt@...ehost.com>,
	KOSAKI Motohiro <kosaki.motohiro@...fujitsu.com>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Shaohua Li <shaohua.li@...el.com>,
	Pádraig Brady <P@...igBrady.com>,
	linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm: introduce __invalidate_mapping_pages()

On 06/24/2011 09:49 AM, Andrea Righi wrote:

> diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
> index 3a29a61..90f3a97 100644
> --- a/mm/truncate.c
> +++ b/mm/truncate.c
> @@ -312,20 +312,27 @@ void truncate_inode_pages(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t lstart)
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(truncate_inode_pages);
>
>   /**
> - * invalidate_mapping_pages - Invalidate all the unlocked pages of one inode
> + * __invalidate_mapping_pages - Invalidate all the unlocked pages of one inode
>    * @mapping: the address_space which holds the pages to invalidate
>    * @start: the offset 'from' which to invalidate
>    * @end: the offset 'to' which to invalidate (inclusive)
> + * @force: always drop pages when true (otherwise, reduce cache eligibility)

I don't like the parameter name "force".

The parameter determines whether or not pages actually get
invalidated, so I'm guessing the parameter name should
reflect the function...

Maybe something like "invalidate"?

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