linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 19/28] iomap: Convert __iomap_zero

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Date:   Wed, 17 Nov 2021 14:20:00 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 19/28] iomap: Convert __iomap_zero_iter to use a folio

On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 06:24:24PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 04:05:42AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> > The zero iterator can work in folio-sized chunks instead of page-sized
> > chunks.  This will save a lot of page cache lookups if the file is cached
> > in multi-page folios.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@...radead.org>
> 
> hch's dax decoupling series notwithstanding,
> 
> Though TBH I am kinda wondering how the two of you plan to resolve those
> kinds of differences -- I haven't looked at that series, though I think
> this one's been waiting in the wings for longer?

I haven't looked at that series either

> Heck, I wonder how Matthew plans to merge all this given that it touches
> mm, fs, block, and iomap...?

I'm planning on sending a pull request to Linus on Monday for the first
few patches in this series:
https://git.infradead.org/users/willy/pagecache.git/shortlog/refs/heads/for-next

Then I was hoping you'd take the block + fs/buffer + iomap pieces for
the next merge window.

> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@...nel.org>

Thanks!  Going through and collecting all these now ...