Re: [PATCH] buffer: remove useless comment and WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM, reason.

From: Zhiqiang Liu
Date: Fri Apr 17 2020 - 21:01:29 EST


friendly ping...

On 2020/4/14 23:09, Jan Kara wrote:
> On Mon 13-04-20 13:12:10, Zhiqiang Liu wrote:
>> From: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> free_more_memory func has been completely removed in commit bc48f001de12
>> ("buffer: eliminate the need to call free_more_memory() in __getblk_slow()")
>>
>> So comment and `WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM` reason about free_more_memory
>> are no longer needed.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Zhiqiang Liu <liuzhiqiang26@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks. The patch looks good to me. You can add:
>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
>
> Honza
>
>> ---
>> fs/buffer.c | 2 +-
>> include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h | 1 -
>> include/trace/events/writeback.h | 1 -
>> 3 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
>> index b8d28370cfd7..07ab0405f3f5 100644
>> --- a/fs/buffer.c
>> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
>> @@ -973,7 +973,7 @@ grow_dev_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t block,
>> struct page *page;
>> struct buffer_head *bh;
>> sector_t end_block;
>> - int ret = 0; /* Will call free_more_memory() */
>> + int ret = 0;
>> gfp_t gfp_mask;
>>
>> gfp_mask = mapping_gfp_constraint(inode->i_mapping, ~__GFP_FS) | gfp;
>> diff --git a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
>> index 4fc87dee005a..ee577a83cfe6 100644
>> --- a/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
>> +++ b/include/linux/backing-dev-defs.h
>> @@ -54,7 +54,6 @@ enum wb_reason {
>> WB_REASON_SYNC,
>> WB_REASON_PERIODIC,
>> WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER,
>> - WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM,
>> WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE,
>> /*
>> * There is no bdi forker thread any more and works are done
>> diff --git a/include/trace/events/writeback.h b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
>> index d94def25e4dc..85a33bea76f1 100644
>> --- a/include/trace/events/writeback.h
>> +++ b/include/trace/events/writeback.h
>> @@ -36,7 +36,6 @@
>> EM( WB_REASON_SYNC, "sync") \
>> EM( WB_REASON_PERIODIC, "periodic") \
>> EM( WB_REASON_LAPTOP_TIMER, "laptop_timer") \
>> - EM( WB_REASON_FREE_MORE_MEM, "free_more_memory") \
>> EM( WB_REASON_FS_FREE_SPACE, "fs_free_space") \
>> EMe(WB_REASON_FORKER_THREAD, "forker_thread")
>>
>> --
>> 2.19.1
>>
>>