Re: [PATCH v2 08/23] ceph: Convert ceph_writepages_start() to use filemap_get_folios_tag()

From: Luís Henriques
Date: Tue Oct 04 2022 - 06:51:33 EST


On Tue, Oct 04, 2022 at 05:49:28AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Tue, 2022-10-04 at 10:07 +0100, Luís Henriques wrote:
> > Hi Jeff,
> >
> > (Trimming down the CC list)
> >
> > On Fri, Sep 30, 2022 at 12:25:15PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > >
> > > We have some work in progress to add write helpers to netfslib. Once we
> > > get those in place, we plan to convert ceph to use them. At that point
> > > ceph_writepages just goes away.
> >
> > Sorry for hijacking this thread, but I was wondering if there was
> > something I could help here. I haven't seen any netfs patches for this
> > lately, but I may have been looking at the wrong places. I guess these
> > are still the bits that are holding the ceph fscrypt from progressing, so,
> > again, I'd be happy to at least help with the testing.
> >
>
> Work is somewhat stalled at the moment. David was on holiday for a while
> and I've had other priorities. I would like to see this wrapped up soon
> too however.

OK, awesome. I just took this chance to make sure I didn't miss any netfs
update while I was also on vacations. I'll keep watching, thanks a lot
for the update, Jeff!

Cheers,
--
Luís