Re: [RFC][PATCH] page->mapping clarification [1/3] base functions

[KAMEZAWA Hiroyuki]

On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 13:48:28 +0200
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Followings are moved 
> >  * page_mapping()       ... returns swapper_space or address_space a page is on.
> > 			    (from mm.h)
> >  * page_index()         ... returns position of a page in its inode
> > 			    (from mm.h)
> >  * remove_mapping()     ... a safe routine to remove page->mapping from page.
> > 			    (from swap.h)
> 
> I have two other functions that might want integration with this scheme:
> 
>   page_file_mapping()     ... returns backing address space
>   page_file_index()       ... returns the index therein
> 
> They are identical to page_mapping_cache() and page_index() for
> page cache pages, but they also work on swap cache pages.
> 
> That is, for swapcache pages they return:
> 
> page_file_mapping:
>   page_swap_info(page)->swap_file->f_mapping
> 
> page_file_index:
>   swp_offset((swp_offset_t)page_private(page))
> 
> When a filesystem uses these functions instead of page->mapping and
> page->index, it allows passing swap cache pages into the regular
> filesystem read/write paths.
> 
Oh,
> This is useful for things like swap over NFS, where swap is backed by a
> swapfile on a 'regular' filesystem.
> 
Okay, I'll try to add them in the next set.

Thanks,
-Kame
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