Re: [PATCH V6 2/2] mm: shmem: implement POSIX_FADV_[WILL|DONT]NEED for shmem

From: Charan Teja Kalla
Date: Mon Feb 06 2023 - 23:46:51 EST


Thanks Matthew!!

On 2/6/2023 9:48 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> +static int shmem_fadvise_willneed(struct address_space *mapping,
>> + pgoff_t start, pgoff_t long end)
>> +{
>> + struct page *page;
>> + pgoff_t index;
>> +
>> + xa_for_each_range(&mapping->i_pages, index, page, start, end) {
>> + if (!xa_is_value(page))
>> + continue;
>> + page = shmem_read_mapping_page(mapping, index);
>> + if (!IS_ERR(page))
>> + put_page(page);
>> + }
>> +
>> + return 0;
>> +}
> Hm, that's a gap in the shmem folio API. Patches imminent.
I will change this piece of code to folios based on your recent set of
patches. Will wait for more reviews before update.

Thanks,
Charan