Re: [PATCH v4 23/31] nfs: simplify swap

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Fri Nov 23 2012 - 03:21:52 EST


On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 04:41:03PM -0600, Dave Kleikamp wrote:
> swap_writepage can now call nfs's write_iter f_op, eliminating the need to
> implement for the special-case direct_IO a_op. There is no longer a need to
> pass the uio flag through the direct write path.

This should also kill off the nasty REQ_KERNEL flag.

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