Re: [PATCH 16/17] writeback: Remove a use of write_cache_pages() from do_writepages()

From: Jan Kara
Date: Thu Dec 21 2023 - 06:54:09 EST


On Mon 18-12-23 16:35:52, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Use the new for_each_writeback_folio() directly instead of indirecting
> through a callback.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> mm/page-writeback.c | 27 +++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
> index fbffd30a9cc93f..d3c2c78e0c67ce 100644
> --- a/mm/page-writeback.c
> +++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
> @@ -2564,13 +2564,21 @@ int write_cache_pages(struct address_space *mapping,
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_cache_pages);
>
> -static int writepage_cb(struct folio *folio, struct writeback_control *wbc,
> - void *data)
> +static int writeback_use_writepage(struct address_space *mapping,
> + struct writeback_control *wbc)
> {
> - struct address_space *mapping = data;
> - int ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(&folio->page, wbc);
> - mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
> - return ret;
> + struct blk_plug plug;
> + struct folio *folio;
> + int err;
> +
> + blk_start_plug(&plug);
> + for_each_writeback_folio(mapping, wbc, folio, err) {
> + err = mapping->a_ops->writepage(&folio->page, wbc);
> + mapping_set_error(mapping, err);
> + }
> + blk_finish_plug(&plug);
> +
> + return err;
> }
>
> int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
> @@ -2586,12 +2594,7 @@ int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
> if (mapping->a_ops->writepages) {
> ret = mapping->a_ops->writepages(mapping, wbc);
> } else if (mapping->a_ops->writepage) {
> - struct blk_plug plug;
> -
> - blk_start_plug(&plug);
> - ret = write_cache_pages(mapping, wbc, writepage_cb,
> - mapping);
> - blk_finish_plug(&plug);
> + ret = writeback_use_writepage(mapping, wbc);
> } else {
> /* deal with chardevs and other special files */
> ret = 0;
> --
> 2.39.2
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR