Re: [PATCH v2 24/46] mm/writeback: Add __folio_end_writeback()

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Mon Jun 28 2021 - 02:35:46 EST


On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 07:20:12PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > While this looks good, I think the whole abstraction is wrong. I think
> > test_clear_page_writeback should just be merged into it's only caller.
>
> I'm not opposed to doing that, but something else has to get
> un-static'ed in order to make that happen.
>
> folio_end_writeback (exported, filemap.c)
> -> folio_wake (static, filemap.c)
> -> folio_wake_bit (static, filemap.c)
> -> __folio_end_writeback (non-static, page-writeback.c)
> -> __wb_writeout_add (static, page-writeback.c)
>
> I'm not sure there's an obviously better split than where it is right
> now.

Ok, let's ignore that whole mess for now. There is plenty bigger fish to
fry.