linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/8] mm/writeback: fix wb_do

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Date:	Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:38:45 +0800
From:	Zhang Yanfei <zhangyanfei@...fujitsu.com>
To:	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.cz>
CC:	"Kirill A. Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
	Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Rientjes <rientjes@...gle.com>,
	Fengguang Wu <fengguang.wu@...el.com>,
	Rik van Riel <riel@...hat.com>,
	Andrew Shewmaker <agshew@...il.com>,
	Jiri Kosina <jkosina@...e.cz>,
	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@...il.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
	Tejun Heo <tj@...nel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/8] mm/writeback: fix wb_do_writeback exported unsafely

On 06/14/2013 05:31 PM, Michal Hocko wrote:
> On Fri 14-06-13 12:29:52, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
>> Michal Hocko wrote:
>>> On Fri 14-06-13 15:30:34, Wanpeng Li wrote:
>>>> There is just one caller in fs-writeback.c call wb_do_writeback and
>>>> current codes unnecessary export it in header file, this patch fix
>>>> it by changing wb_do_writeback to static function.
>>>
>>> So what?
>>>
>>> Besides that git grep wb_do_writeback tells that 
>>> mm/backing-dev.c:                       wb_do_writeback(me, 0);
>>>
>>> Have you tested this at all?
>>
>> Commit 839a8e8 removes that.
> 
> OK, I didn't check the most up-to-date tree. Sorry about this confusion.
> I do not object to cleanups like this but it should be clear they are
> cleanups. "fix wb_do_writeback exported unsafely" sounds like a fix
> rather than a cleanup

Agreed.

> 
>>>> Signed-off-by: Wanpeng Li <liwanp@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
>>
>> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
>>
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Thanks.
Zhang Yanfei
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