Re: [PATCH 21/43] CacheFiles: Be consistent about the use of mappingvs file->f_mapping in Ext3 [ver #46]

[Rik van Riel]

David Howells wrote:
> Change all the usages of file->f_mapping in ext3_*write_end() functions to use
> the mapping argument directly.  This has two consequences:
>
>  (*) Consistency.  Without this patch sometimes one is used and sometimes the
>      other is.
>
>  (*) A NULL file pointer can be passed.  This feature is then made use of by
>      the generic hook in the next patch, which is used by CacheFiles to write
>      pages to a file without setting up a file struct.
>
> Signed-off-by: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Steve Dickson <steved@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Trond Myklebust <Trond.Myklebust@xxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Rik van Riel <riel@xxxxxxxxxx>
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