Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm: introduce __invalidate_mapping_pages()

[Rik van Riel]

On 06/24/2011 09:49 AM, Andrea Righi wrote:

> diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
> index 3a29a61..90f3a97 100644
> --- a/mm/truncate.c
> +++ b/mm/truncate.c
> @@ -312,20 +312,27 @@ void truncate_inode_pages(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t lstart)
>   EXPORT_SYMBOL(truncate_inode_pages);
>
>   /**
> - * invalidate_mapping_pages - Invalidate all the unlocked pages of one inode
> + * __invalidate_mapping_pages - Invalidate all the unlocked pages of one inode
>    * @mapping: the address_space which holds the pages to invalidate
>    * @start: the offset 'from' which to invalidate
>    * @end: the offset 'to' which to invalidate (inclusive)
> + * @force: always drop pages when true (otherwise, reduce cache eligibility)

I don't like the parameter name "force".

The parameter determines whether or not pages actually get
invalidated, so I'm guessing the parameter name should
reflect the function...

Maybe something like "invalidate"?

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