linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/5] hugetlbfs: cleanup some comments in inode.c

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Date:   Fri, 22 Jul 2022 14:19:04 +0800
From:   Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
To:     Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@...cle.com>
CC:     <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, <songmuchun@...edance.com>,
        <linux-mm@...ck.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] hugetlbfs: cleanup some comments in inode.c

On 2022/7/22 7:23, Mike Kravetz wrote:
> On 07/21/22 21:16, Miaohe Lin wrote:
>> The function generic_file_buffered_read has been renamed to filemap_read
>> since commit 87fa0f3eb267 ("mm/filemap: rename generic_file_buffered_read
>> to filemap_read"). Update the corresponding comment. And duplicated taken
>> in hugetlbfs_fill_super is removed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@...wei.com>
>> ---
>>  fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c | 6 +++---
>>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
>> index aa7a5b8fc724..19fc62a9c2fe 100644
>> --- a/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
>> +++ b/fs/hugetlbfs/inode.c
>> @@ -313,8 +313,8 @@ hugetlbfs_read_actor(struct page *page, unsigned long offset,
>>  
>>  /*
>>   * Support for read() - Find the page attached to f_mapping and copy out the
>> - * data. Its *very* similar to generic_file_buffered_read(), we can't use that
>> - * since it has PAGE_SIZE assumptions.
>> + * data. Its *very* similar to filemap_read(), we can't use that since it has
>> + * PAGE_SIZE assumptions.
> 
> Since you are changing the comment, I would just say this provides
> functionality similar to filemap_read().  filemap_read is now operating
> on folios which may remove any PAGE_SIZE assumptions.  One day when
> hugetlb is converted to folios it may end up using filemap_read instead
> of hugetlbfs_read_actor.

Sounds reasonable.

> 

Do you mean changing the comment of hugetlbfs_read_iter like below ?

/*
 * Support for read() - Find the page attached to f_mapping and copy out the
 * data. This provides functionality similar to filemap_read().
 */
static ssize_t hugetlbfs_read_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *to)

Thanks.