linux-kernel - Re: [RFC 4/4] fs/buffer: convert create_page_buffers to create_folio

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Date:   Fri, 14 Apr 2023 14:21:28 +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 4/4] fs/buffer: convert create_page_buffers to
 create_folio_buffers

On Fri, Apr 14, 2023 at 01:08:21PM +0200, Pankaj Raghav wrote:
> fs/buffer do not support large folios as there are many assumptions on
> the folio size to be the host page size. This conversion is one step
> towards removing that assumption. Also this conversion will reduce calls
> to compound_head() if create_folio_buffers() calls
> folio_create_empty_buffers().

I'd call this folio_create_buffers(), but other than that, looks good.