Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm: introduce __invalidate_mapping_pages()

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On 06/24/2011 09:49 AM, Andrea Righi wrote:

diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c
index 3a29a61..90f3a97 100644
--- a/mm/truncate.c
+++ b/mm/truncate.c
@@ -312,20 +312,27 @@ void truncate_inode_pages(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t lstart)
  EXPORT_SYMBOL(truncate_inode_pages);

  /**
- * invalidate_mapping_pages - Invalidate all the unlocked pages of one inode
+ * __invalidate_mapping_pages - Invalidate all the unlocked pages of one inode
   * @mapping: the address_space which holds the pages to invalidate
   * @start: the offset 'from' which to invalidate
   * @end: the offset 'to' which to invalidate (inclusive)
+ * @force: always drop pages when true (otherwise, reduce cache eligibility)

I don't like the parameter name "force".

The parameter determines whether or not pages actually get
invalidated, so I'm guessing the parameter name should
reflect the function...

Maybe something like "invalidate"?

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