linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] fb_defio: Remove custom address_space

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Date:   Wed, 10 Mar 2021 17:54:47 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, linux-fbdev@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Ian Campbell <ijc@...lion.org.uk>,
        Jaya Kumar <jayakumar.lkml@...il.com>,
        Jani Nikula <jani.nikula@...el.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] fb_defio: Remove custom address_space_operations

On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 01:51:28PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> There's no need to give the page an address_space.  Leaving the
> page->mapping as NULL will cause the VM to handle set_page_dirty()
> the same way that it's set now, and that was the only reason to
> set the address_space in the first place.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>


Looks good:

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