Re: [PATCH 01/19] buffer_head: Remove b_page

From: Jan Kara

Date: Mon Aug 03 2026 - 13:25:24 EST


On Sat 01-08-26 18:00:45, Chao Shi wrote:
> From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> All users except bh_offset() have been converted to use b_folio instead.
> Convert bh_offset() and remove b_page.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Shi <coshi036@xxxxxxxxx>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza

> ---
> include/linux/buffer_head.h | 7 ++-----
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
> index fd2c7115c054..699970b4bbf2 100644
> --- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
> +++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
> @@ -59,10 +59,7 @@ struct address_space;
> struct buffer_head {
> unsigned long b_state; /* buffer state bitmap (see above) */
> struct buffer_head *b_this_page;/* circular list of page's buffers */
> - union {
> - struct page *b_page; /* the page this bh is mapped to */
> - struct folio *b_folio; /* the folio this bh is mapped to */
> - };
> + struct folio *b_folio; /* the folio this bh is mapped to */
>
> sector_t b_blocknr; /* start block number */
> size_t b_size; /* size of mapping */
> @@ -172,7 +169,7 @@ static __always_inline int buffer_uptodate(const struct buffer_head *bh)
>
> static inline unsigned long bh_offset(const struct buffer_head *bh)
> {
> - return (unsigned long)(bh)->b_data & (page_size(bh->b_page) - 1);
> + return (unsigned long)(bh)->b_data & (folio_size(bh->b_folio) - 1);
> }
>
> /* If we *know* page->private refers to buffer_heads */
> --
> 2.43.0
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR