linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] mm: Remove lru parameter from __pagevec_lru

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Message-ID: <20130517204452.GC15721@cmpxchg.org>
Date:	Fri, 17 May 2013 16:44:52 -0400
From:	Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
To:	Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
Cc:	Alexey Lyahkov <alexey.lyashkov@...il.com>,
	Andrew Perepechko <anserper@...ru>,
	Robin Dong <sanbai@...bao.com>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Hugh Dickins <hughd@...gle.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Bernd Schubert <bernd.schubert@...tmail.fm>,
	David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
	Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@...app.com>,
	Linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-ext4 <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Linux-mm <linux-mm@...ck.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] mm: Remove lru parameter from __pagevec_lru_add and
 remove parts of pagevec API

On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 10:48:06AM +0100, Mel Gorman wrote:
> Now that the LRU to add a page to is decided at LRU-add time, remove the
> misleading lru parameter from __pagevec_lru_add. A consequence of this is
> that the pagevec_lru_add_file, pagevec_lru_add_anon and similar helpers
> are misleading as the caller no longer has direct control over what LRU
> the page is added to. Unused helpers are removed by this patch and existing
> users of pagevec_lru_add_file() are converted to use lru_cache_add_file()
> directly and use the per-cpu pagevecs instead of creating their own pagevec.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman <mgorman@...e.de>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
> Reviewed-by: Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>

> @@ -452,8 +448,7 @@ int cachefiles_read_or_alloc_page(struct fscache_retrieval *op,
>  	if (block) {
>  		/* submit the apparently valid page to the backing fs to be
>  		 * read from disk */
> -		ret = cachefiles_read_backing_file_one(object, op, page,
> -						       &pagevec);
> +		ret = cachefiles_read_backing_file_one(object, op, page);

Also remove the declaration and pagevec_init a few lines up?  Minor
detail, though.

Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
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