Re: [PATCH] fs: Turn page_offset() into a wrapper around folio_pos()

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On Fri, 21 Feb 2025 20:39:29 +0000, Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) wrote:
> This is far less efficient for the lagging filesystems which still
> use page_offset(), but it removes an access to page->index.  It also
> fixes a bug -- if any filesystem passed a tail page to page_offset(),
> it would return garbage which might result in the filesystem choosing
> to not writeback a dirty page.  There probably aren't any examples
> of this, but I can't be certain.
> 
> [...]

Applied to the vfs-6.15.misc branch of the vfs/vfs.git tree.
Patches in the vfs-6.15.misc branch should appear in linux-next soon.

Please report any outstanding bugs that were missed during review in a
new review to the original patch series allowing us to drop it.

It's encouraged to provide Acked-bys and Reviewed-bys even though the
patch has now been applied. If possible patch trailers will be updated.

Note that commit hashes shown below are subject to change due to rebase,
trailer updates or similar. If in doubt, please check the listed branch.

tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/vfs/vfs.git
branch: vfs-6.15.misc

[1/1] fs: Turn page_offset() into a wrapper around folio_pos()
      https://git.kernel.org/vfs/vfs/c/12851bd921d4




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