Re: [PATCH 08/12] writeback: Factor writeback_get_folio() out of write_cache_pages()

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Jun 27 2023 - 00:34:26 EST


> + for (;;) {
> + folio = writeback_get_next(mapping, wbc);
> + if (!folio)
> + return NULL;
> + wbc->done_index = folio->index;
> +
> + folio_lock(folio);
> + if (likely(should_writeback_folio(mapping, wbc, folio)))
> + break;
> + folio_unlock(folio);
> + }
> +
> + trace_wbc_writepage(wbc, inode_to_bdi(mapping->host));
> + return folio;

Same minor nitpick, why not:


while ((folio = writeback_get_next(mapping, wbc)) {
wbc->done_index = folio->index;

folio_lock(folio);
if (likely(should_writeback_folio(mapping, wbc, folio))) {
trace_wbc_writepage(wbc, inode_to_bdi(mapping->host));
break;
}
folio_unlock(folio);
}

return folio;

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