Re: [PATCH 5/5] brd: Kill usage of page->index

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Thu Oct 14 2021 - 11:10:14 EST


On 13.10.21 18:00, Kent Overstreet wrote:
> As part of the struct page cleanups underway, we want to remove as much
> usage of page->mapping and page->index as possible, as frequently they
> are known from context.
>
> In the brd code, we're never actually reading from page->index except in
> assertions, so references to it can be safely deleted.
>
> Signed-off-by: Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> drivers/block/brd.c | 4 ----
> 1 file changed, 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
> index 58ec167aa0..0a55aed832 100644
> --- a/drivers/block/brd.c
> +++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
> @@ -72,8 +72,6 @@ static struct page *brd_lookup_page(struct brd_device *brd, sector_t sector)
> page = radix_tree_lookup(&brd->brd_pages, idx);
> rcu_read_unlock();
>
> - BUG_ON(page && page->index != idx);
> -
> return page;
> }
>
> @@ -108,12 +106,10 @@ static struct page *brd_insert_page(struct brd_device *brd, sector_t sector)
>
> spin_lock(&brd->brd_lock);
> idx = sector >> PAGE_SECTORS_SHIFT;
> - page->index = idx;
> if (radix_tree_insert(&brd->brd_pages, idx, page)) {
> __free_page(page);
> page = radix_tree_lookup(&brd->brd_pages, idx);
> BUG_ON(!page);
> - BUG_ON(page->index != idx);
> } else {
> brd->brd_nr_pages++;
> }
>

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Thanks,

David / dhildenb