linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 03/23] filemap: Convert __filemap_fdatawait_range() to use filemap_get_folios

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Message-ID: <Y1bwYd7tz76/fb5n@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 24 Oct 2022 21:06:57 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     "Vishal Moola (Oracle)" <vishal.moola@...il.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-afs@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org,
        ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org, linux-cifs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net,
        cluster-devel@...hat.com, linux-nilfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 03/23] filemap: Convert __filemap_fdatawait_range() to
 use filemap_get_folios_tag()

On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 01:24:31PM -0700, Vishal Moola (Oracle) wrote:
> Converted function to use folios. This is in preparation for the removal
> of find_get_pages_range_tag().

Yes, it is, but this patch also has some nice advantages of its own:

 - Removes a call to wait_on_page_writeback(), which removes a call
   to compound_head()
 - Removes a call to ClearPageError(), which removes another call
   to compound_head()
 - Removes a call to pagevec_release(), which will eventually
   remove a third call to compound_head() (it doesn't today, but
   one day ...)

So you can definitely say that it removes 50 bytes of text and two
calls to compound_head().  And that way, this patch justifies its
existance by itself ;-)

> Signed-off-by: Vishal Moola (Oracle) <vishal.moola@...il.com>

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