On Thu, Feb 13, 2020 at 07:19:53PM -0800, John Hubbard wrote: > On 2/10/20 5:03 PM, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > > @@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ unsigned int __do_page_cache_readahead(struct address_space *mapping, > > unsigned long end_index; /* The last page we want to read */ > > LIST_HEAD(page_pool); > > int page_idx; > > > What about page_idx, too? It should also have the same data type as nr_pages, as long as > we're trying to be consistent on this point. > > Just want to ensure we're ready to handle those 2^33+ page readaheads... :) Nah, this is just a type used internally to the function. Getting the API right for the callers is the important part.