Re: [PATCH] block: Add bvec_folio()

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 11:22:29PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 06:47:30PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> > How about:
> > 
> > /**
> >  * bvec_folio - Return the first folio referenced by this bvec
> >  * @bv: bvec to access
> >  *
> >  * bvecs can contain non-folio memory, so this should only be called by
> >  * the creator of the bvec; drivers have no business looking at the owner
> >  * of the memory.  It may not even be the right interface for the caller
> >  * to use as bvecs can span multiple folios.  You may be better off using
> >  * something like bio_for_each_folio_all() which iterates over all folios.
> >  */
> 
> Sounds good, although I'd captialize the first word in the sentence.
> (Not that anyone should follow my spelling advice in general)

I don't know how to capitalise bvec.  Is it Bvec?  BVec?

Fortunately my wife is an expert, and many years ago taught me that if
you have a difficult grammar problem, don't fix it, avoid it.

 * A bvec can contain non-folio memory, so this should only be called by