Re: [PATCH v2 19/28] iomap: Convert __iomap_zero_iter to use a folio

From: Matthew Wilcox
Date: Wed Nov 17 2021 - 09:21:26 EST


On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 06:24:24PM -0800, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 04:05:42AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> > The zero iterator can work in folio-sized chunks instead of page-sized
> > chunks. This will save a lot of page cache lookups if the file is cached
> > in multi-page folios.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> hch's dax decoupling series notwithstanding,
>
> Though TBH I am kinda wondering how the two of you plan to resolve those
> kinds of differences -- I haven't looked at that series, though I think
> this one's been waiting in the wings for longer?

I haven't looked at that series either

> Heck, I wonder how Matthew plans to merge all this given that it touches
> mm, fs, block, and iomap...?

I'm planning on sending a pull request to Linus on Monday for the first
few patches in this series:
https://git.infradead.org/users/willy/pagecache.git/shortlog/refs/heads/for-next

Then I was hoping you'd take the block + fs/buffer + iomap pieces for
the next merge window.

> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks! Going through and collecting all these now ...