Re: [PATCH v4 2/2] mm/page_io: rename swap_iocb->pages to swap_iocb->bvecs
From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)
Date: Thu Apr 02 2026 - 03:22:53 EST
On 4/2/26 08:14, David Carlier wrote:
> swap_iocb->pages tracks the number of bvec entries (folios), not base
> pages. Rename it to bvecs to accurately reflect its purpose.
>
> Suggested-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: David Carlier <devnexen@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> mm/page_io.c | 30 +++++++++++++++---------------
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page_io.c b/mm/page_io.c
> index 1389cd57ca88..e524cb821d04 100644
> --- a/mm/page_io.c
> +++ b/mm/page_io.c
> @@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ static void bio_associate_blkg_from_page(struct bio *bio, struct folio *folio)
> struct swap_iocb {
> struct kiocb iocb;
> struct bio_vec bvec[SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX];
> - int pages;
> + int bvecs;
bvec (an array of bvecs) vs bvecs. Hm.
Wouldn't it be cleaner to have
struct bio_vec bvecs[SWAP_CLUSTER_MAX];
int nr_bvecs;
?
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Cheers,
David