Re: [PATCHv3 15/41] filemap: handle huge pages in do_generic_file_read()

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On Mon, Nov 07, 2016 at 02:07:36PM +0300, Kirill A. Shutemov wrote:
> Just to clarify: is it show-stopper or we can live with buffer_head list
> for now?

I'm not Jan, but I will NAK anything that looks like the current THP
series.  It's a great prototype, but it also shows up all the area
that we need to fix first, and the buffer_head chain is one of them.

> Hm. Okay, I'll try to check what I can do to make it more maintainable.
> My worry is that it will make the patchset even bigger...

So start splitting out parts that are useful on their own, or spent
time on fixing fundamental underlying issues that will make it smaller
as a side effect.  That's how everyone else does kernel development.
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