linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 05/12] mm/filemap: use page_cache_sync

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Message-ID: <Z1gi1qUKFot43GzJ@infradead.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2024 03:15:34 -0800
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To: Jens Axboe <axboe@...nel.dk>
Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, hannes@...xchg.org,
	clm@...a.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, willy@...radead.org,
	kirill@...temov.name, bfoster@...hat.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 05/12] mm/filemap: use page_cache_sync_ra() to kick off
 read-ahead

On Tue, Dec 03, 2024 at 08:31:41AM -0700, Jens Axboe wrote:
> Rather than use the page_cache_sync_readahead() helper, define our own
> ractl and use page_cache_sync_ra() directly. In preparation for needing
> to modify ractl inside filemap_get_pages().
> 
> No functional changes in this patch.

Looks good:

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

FYI, I usually try to keep these pure cleanup patches that don't even
directly touch the series subject matter at the beginning to reduce
the cognitive load.