linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 3/4] fs/buffer: add folio_create_empty

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Message-ID: <ZDlSGRCKLcwyqMgU@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:16:09 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@...sung.com>
Cc:     brauner@...nel.org, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mcgrof@...nel.org,
        gost.dev@...sung.com, hare@...e.de
Subject: Re: [RFC 3/4] fs/buffer: add folio_create_empty_buffers helper

On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 01:08:20PM +0200, Pankaj Raghav wrote:
> Folio version of create_empty_buffers(). This is required to convert
> create_page_buffers() to create_folio_buffers() later in the series.
> 
> It removes several calls to compound_head() as it works directly on folio
> compared to create_empty_buffers().

Again, I would create a create_empty_buffers() wrapper, but this time I
would put it in buffer.c.