linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v10 01/33] mm: Introduce struct folio

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Message-ID: <c556276b-e45f-1f45-1c2a-6c2fda0c4f27@suse.cz>
Date:   Fri, 14 May 2021 12:34:58 +0200
From:   Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
To:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v10 01/33] mm: Introduce struct folio

On 5/11/21 11:47 PM, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> A struct folio is a new abstraction to replace the venerable struct page.
> A function which takes a struct folio argument declares that it will
> operate on the entire (possibly compound) page, not just PAGE_SIZE bytes.
> In return, the caller guarantees that the pointer it is passing does
> not point to a tail page.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>

Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>