linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v14 025/138] mm/writeback: Add folio_wait

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Date:   Tue, 10 Aug 2021 16:37:08 +0100
From:   David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
To:     "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     dhowells@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill.shutemov@...ux.intel.com>,
        Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>,
        William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v14 025/138] mm/writeback: Add folio_wait_writeback()

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

> wait_on_page_writeback_killable() only has one caller, so convert it to
> call folio_wait_writeback_killable().  For the wait_on_page_writeback()
> callers, add a compatibility wrapper around folio_wait_writeback().
> 
> Turning PageWriteback() into folio_test_writeback() eliminates a call
> to compound_head() which saves 8 bytes and 15 bytes in the two
> functions.  Unfortunately, that is more than offset by adding the
> wait_on_page_writeback compatibility wrapper for a net increase in text
> of 7 bytes.
> 
> 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>
> Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>
> Reviewed-by: William Kucharski <william.kucharski@...cle.com>

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