linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] brd: Kill usage of page->index

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Date:   Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:27:33 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-block@...r.kernel.org, axboe@...nel.dk,
        alexander.h.duyck@...ux.intel.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] brd: Kill usage of page->index

On Wed, Oct 13, 2021 at 12:00:34PM -0400, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> As part of the struct page cleanups underway, we want to remove as much
> usage of page->mapping and page->index as possible, as frequently they
> are known from context.
> 
> In the brd code, we're never actually reading from page->index except in
> assertions, so references to it can be safely deleted.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...il.com>

More than that ... this is essentially asserting that the radix tree
code works, and we have a test suite to ensure that.

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>