linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v19 01/15] splice: Clean up direct_splice

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Message-ID: <c1006976-8166-ca52-33db-d2eda8d8792e@redhat.com>
Date:   Wed, 15 Mar 2023 19:58:21 +0100
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>,
        Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc:     Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>,
        Logan Gunthorpe <logang@...tatee.com>,
        Hillf Danton <hdanton@...a.com>,
        Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v19 01/15] splice: Clean up direct_splice_read() a bit

On 15.03.23 17:35, David Howells wrote:
> Do a couple of cleanups to direct_splice_read():
> 
>   (1) Cast to struct page **, not void *.
> 
>   (2) Simplify the calculation of the number of pages to keep/reclaim in
>       direct_splice_read().
> 
> Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
> cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
> cc: Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>
> cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> cc: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> cc: linux-block@...r.kernel.org
> cc: linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
> ---

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Thanks,

David / dhildenb