linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 04/12] mm: add support for async page locking

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Message-ID: <152529a5-adb4-fd7b-52ac-967500c011c9@kernel.dk>
Date:   Tue, 26 May 2020 16:01:07 -0600
From:   Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
To:     Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Cc:     io-uring@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 04/12] mm: add support for async page locking

On 5/26/20 3:59 PM, Johannes Weiner wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 01:51:15PM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
>> Normally waiting for a page to become unlocked, or locking the page,
>> requires waiting for IO to complete. Add support for lock_page_async()
>> and wait_on_page_locked_async(), which are callback based instead. This
> 
> wait_on_page_locked_async() is actually in the next patch, requiring
> some back and forth to review. I wonder if this and the next patch
> could be merged to have the new API and callers introduced together?

I'm fine with that, if that is preferable. Don't feel strongly about
that at all, just tried to do it as piecemeal as possible to make
it easier to review.

-- 
Jens Axboe