linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v11 18/33] mm/filemap: Add folio

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Date:   Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:13:31 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v11 18/33] mm/filemap: Add folio_unlock()

Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org> wrote:

> Convert unlock_page() to call folio_unlock().  By using a folio we
> avoid a call to compound_head().  This shortens the function from 39
> bytes to 25 and removes 4 instructions on x86-64.  Because we still
> have unlock_page(), it's a net increase of 16 bytes of text for the
> kernel as a whole, but any path that uses folio_unlock() will execute
> 4 fewer instructions.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> Acked-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
> Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>

Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>