linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/4] fs/buffer: convert create_page_buffers to folio_create

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Message-ID: <ZD1LqyAms0y6ZW+2@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Mon, 17 Apr 2023 14:37:47 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@...sung.com>
Cc:     viro@...iv.linux.org.uk, brauner@...nel.org,
        akpm@...ux-foundation.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        mcgrof@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, hare@...e.de,
        gost.dev@...sung.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/4] fs/buffer: convert create_page_buffers to
 folio_create_buffers

On Mon, Apr 17, 2023 at 02:36:18PM +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 folio_create_buffers() calls
> folio_create_empty_buffers().
> 
> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@...sung.com>

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