linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 04/16] mm: Add FGP

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Date:   Sat, 14 Nov 2020 11:00:53 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, hughd@...gle.com, hch@....de,
        hannes@...xchg.org, yang.shi@...ux.alibaba.com,
        dchinner@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 04/16] mm: Add FGP_ENTRY

On Thu, Nov 12, 2020 at 09:26:29PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> The functionality of find_lock_entry() and find_get_entry() can be
> provided by pagecache_get_pages(),

s/pagecache_get_pages/pagecache_get_page/

> which lets us delete find_lock_entry()
> and make find_get_entry() static.

I think this should mention that find_get_entry is now only used by
pagecache_get_page.  That answers the obvious questions of why we could
not switch all callers of find_get_entry to pagecache_get_page.

Otherwise looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>