linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/15] mm: allow read-ahead with IOCB

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Date:   Wed, 24 Jun 2020 14:38:14 +1000
From:   Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
To:     Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc:     io-uring@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/15] mm: allow read-ahead with IOCB_NOWAIT set

On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 08:43:45AM -0600, Jens Axboe wrote:
> The read-ahead shouldn't block, so allow it to be done even if
> IOCB_NOWAIT is set in the kiocb.
> 
> Acked-by: Johannes Weiner <hannes@...xchg.org>
> Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>

BTW, Jens, in case nobody had mentioned it, the Reply-To field for
the patches in this patchset is screwed up:

| Reply-To: Add@...r.kernel.org, support@...r.kernel.org, for@...r.kernel.org,
|         async@...r.kernel.org, buffered@...r.kernel.org,
| 	        reads@...r.kernel.org

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@...morbit.com