Re: [RFC PATCH] mm: Replace ->launder_folio() with flush and wait

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To: David Howells <dhowells@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] mm: Replace ->launder_folio() with flush and wait
From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2024 15:54:45 +0100
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Miklos Szeredi <miklos@xxxxxxxxxx>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Christian Brauner <brauner@xxxxxxxxxx>, Jeff Layton <jlayton@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx, linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, v9fs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-afs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, ceph-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-cifs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-nfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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On Thu, Mar 07, 2024 at 10:36:28AM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> There are some places that should perhaps be using kiocb_invalidate_pages()
> and kiocb_invalidate_post_direct_write() instead - assuming Christoph has no
> objection to the latter function being exported.

These are intended as helpers for direct I/O implementation, so I
very much expected them to eventually get exported.

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- Re: [RFC PATCH] mm: Replace ->launder_folio() with flush and wait
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- [RFC PATCH] mm: Replace ->launder_folio() with flush and wait
  - From: David Howells
- Re: [RFC PATCH] mm: Replace ->launder_folio() with flush and wait
  - From: David Howells

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