On Thu, Jan 13, 2022 at 11:10:57AM +0800, JeffleXu wrote: > Hi David, > > What would you think about this cleanup? We need this in prep for the > following fscache-based on-demand reading feature. It would be great if > it could be cherry picked in advance. > > I also simplify the commit message as suggested by Gao Xiang. I could > resend a v2 patch with the updated commit message if you'd like. > > netfs: add inode parameter to netfs_alloc_read_request() > > Make the @file parameter optional, and derive inode from the @folio > parameter instead. > > @file parameter can't be removed completely, since it also works as > the private data of ops->init_rreq(). > > Signed-off-by: Jeffle Xu <jefflexu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Hi, IMHO, How about the following message: netfs: make @file optional in netfs_alloc_read_request() Make the @file parameter optional, and derive inode from the @folio parameter instead in order to support file system internal requests. @file parameter can't be removed completely, since it also works as the private data of ops->init_rreq(). Thanks, Gao Xiang
