linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/2] Convert NFS from readpages to readahead

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Message-ID: <a9384b776cc3ef23fc937f70a9cc4ca9be8d89e0.camel@hammerspace.com>
Date:   Mon, 7 Feb 2022 19:47:08 +0000
From:   Trond Myklebust <trondmy@...merspace.com>
To:     "linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org" <linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        "willy@...radead.org" <willy@...radead.org>,
        "anna.schumaker@...app.com" <anna.schumaker@...app.com>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "dhowells@...hat.com" <dhowells@...hat.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] Convert NFS from readpages to readahead

On Mon, 2022-02-07 at 16:18 +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 31, 2022 at 02:39:17PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > On Sat, Jan 22, 2022 at 08:54:52PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)
> > wrote:
> > > NFS is one of the last two users of the deprecated ->readpages
> > > aop.
> > > This conversion looks straightforward, but I have only compile-
> > > tested
> > > it.
> > 
> > These patches still apply to -rc2.
> 
> And they still apply to rc3.
> 
> I'm just going to send them to Linus as part of the general fs-folio
> work I'm doing during the next merge window.  If anybody would like
> to
> test them, I'm happy to stick a Tested-by on them.

Unless there is a strong external dependency, I'd prefer to send them
through the NFS tree, both for testing purposes, and in case we need to
make changes.

I already have them applied to my 'testing' branch, but I can't move
that into linux-next until Anna's pull request against -rc3 comes
through.

-- 
Trond Myklebust
Linux NFS client maintainer, Hammerspace
trond.myklebust@...merspace.com