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Date: Fri, 29 Apr 2022 12:05:16 +1000 From: "NeilBrown" <neilb@...e.de> To: "Andrew Morton" <akpm@...ux-foundation.org> Cc: "Geert Uytterhoeven" <geert+renesas@...der.be>, "Christoph Hellwig" <hch@....de>, "Miaohe Lin" <linmiaohe@...wei.com>, linux-nfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] NFS: rename nfs_direct_IO and use as ->swap_rw On Fri, 29 Apr 2022, Andrew Morton wrote: > On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 10:43:34 +1000 NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de> wrote: > > > The nfs_direct_IO() exists to support SWAP IO, but hasn't worked for a > > while. We now need a ->swap_rw function which behaves slightly > > differently, returning zero for success rather than a byte count. > > > > So modify nfs_direct_IO accordingly, rename it, and use it as the > > ->swap_rw function. > > > > This one I insertion sorted into the series after > mm-introduce-swap_rw-and-use-it-for-reads-from-swp_fs_ops-swap-space.patch. > I can later fold this patch into that one of you think that's a better > presentation? > I'm happy for the patches to remain separate - though adjacent is good. If they were to be merged we'd need to fix up the commit message. At least delete: Future patches will restore swap-over-NFS functionality. Thanks, NeilBrown
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