linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/12] Convert write_cache

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Message-ID: <ZKRgC13eMGc4DyPG@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 4 Jul 2023 19:08:11 +0100
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/12] Convert write_cache_pages() to an iterator

On Wed, Jun 28, 2023 at 09:03:10PM +0100, David Howells wrote:
> Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org> wrote:
> 
> > I'm looking at afs writeback now.
> 
> :-)
> 
> >  fs/iomap/buffered-io.c    |  14 +-
> >  include/linux/pagevec.h   |  18 +++
> >  include/linux/writeback.h |  22 ++-
> >  mm/page-writeback.c       | 310 +++++++++++++++++++++-----------------
> >  4 files changed, 216 insertions(+), 148 deletions(-)
> 
> Documentation/mm/writeback.rst too please.

$ ls Documentation/mm/w*
ls: cannot access 'Documentation/mm/w*': No such file or directory

$ git grep writeback Documentation/mm
Documentation/mm/multigen_lru.rst:do not require TLB flushes; clean pages do not require writeback.
Documentation/mm/page_migration.rst:2. Ensure that writeback is complete.
Documentation/mm/page_migration.rst:15. Queued up writeback on the new page is triggered.
Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst:``nr_writeback_throttled``
Documentation/mm/physical_memory.rst:  Number of pages written while reclaim is throttled waiting for writeback.

Or are you suggesting I write a new piece of kernel documentation?
If so, I respectfully decline.  I've updated the kernel-doc included
in Documentation/core-api/mm-api.rst and I think that's all I can
reasonably be asked to do.