linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] erofs: use absolute position in xattr iterator

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Date:   Mon, 12 Jun 2023 22:15:40 +0800
From:   Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>
To:     Jingbo Xu <jefflexu@...ux.alibaba.com>, xiang@...nel.org,
        chao@...nel.org, huyue2@...lpad.com, linux-erofs@...ts.ozlabs.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 1/5] erofs: use absolute position in xattr iterator



On 2023/6/12 20:37, Jingbo Xu wrote:
> Replace blkaddr/ofs with pos in 'struct erofs_xattr_iter'.
> 
> After erofs_bread() is introduced to replace raw page cache APIs for
> metadata I/Os handling, xattr_iter_fixup() is no longer needed anymore.
> 
> In addition, it is also unnecessary to check if the iterated position is
> span over the block boundary as absolute offset is used instead of
> blkaddr + offset pairs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jingbo Xu <jefflexu@...ux.alibaba.com>

Reviewed-by: Gao Xiang <hsiangkao@...ux.alibaba.com>

Thanks,
Gao Xiang