Re: [PATCH v2 31/46] mm/writeback: Add folio_clear_dirty_for_io()

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Thu Jun 24 2021 - 16:09:44 EST


On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 11:43:20AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 01:15:36PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> > Transform clear_page_dirty_for_io() into folio_clear_dirty_for_io()
> > and add a compatibility wrapper. Also move the declaration to pagemap.h
> > as this is page cache functionality that doesn't need to be used by the
> > rest of the kernel.
> >
> > Increases the size of the kernel by 79 bytes. While we remove a few
> > calls to compound_head(), we add a call to folio_nr_pages() to get the
> > stats correct.
>
> ... for the eventual support of multi-page folios.

Added.