Re: [PATCH 2/3] mm: Provide address_space operation for filling pages for read

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On Wed, Jan 20, 2021 at 05:06:10PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote:
> Provide an address_space operation for filling pages needed for read
> into page cache. Filesystems can use this operation to seriealize
> page cache filling with e.g. hole punching properly.

Besides the impending rewrite of the area - having another indirection
here is just horrible for performance.  If we want locking in this area
it should be in core code and common for multiple file systems.



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