The patch titled Subject: buffer: add get_nth_bh() has been added to the -mm mm-unstable branch. Its filename is buffer-add-get_nth_bh.patch This patch will shortly appear at https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/25-new.git/tree/patches/buffer-add-get_nth_bh.patch This patch will later appear in the mm-unstable branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/process/submit-checklist.rst when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next via the mm-everything branch at git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/akpm/mm and is updated there every 2-3 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: "Matthew Wilcox (Oracle)" <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: buffer: add get_nth_bh() Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2023 21:10:52 +0100 Extract this useful helper from nilfs_page_get_nth_block() Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231016201114.1928083-6-willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Ryusuke Konishi <konishi.ryusuke@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Pankaj Raghav <p.raghav@xxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/nilfs2/page.h | 7 +------ include/linux/buffer_head.h | 22 ++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) --- a/fs/nilfs2/page.h~buffer-add-get_nth_bh +++ a/fs/nilfs2/page.h @@ -55,12 +55,7 @@ unsigned long nilfs_find_uncommitted_ext static inline struct buffer_head * nilfs_page_get_nth_block(struct page *page, unsigned int count) { - struct buffer_head *bh = page_buffers(page); - - while (count-- > 0) - bh = bh->b_this_page; - get_bh(bh); - return bh; + return get_nth_bh(page_buffers(page), count); } #endif /* _NILFS_PAGE_H */ --- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h~buffer-add-get_nth_bh +++ a/include/linux/buffer_head.h @@ -457,6 +457,28 @@ __bread(struct block_device *bdev, secto return __bread_gfp(bdev, block, size, __GFP_MOVABLE); } +/** + * get_nth_bh - Get a reference on the n'th buffer after this one. + * @bh: The buffer to start counting from. + * @count: How many buffers to skip. + * + * This is primarily useful for finding the nth buffer in a folio; in + * that case you pass the head buffer and the byte offset in the folio + * divided by the block size. It can be used for other purposes, but + * it will wrap at the end of the folio rather than returning NULL or + * proceeding to the next folio for you. + * + * Return: The requested buffer with an elevated refcount. + */ +static inline __must_check +struct buffer_head *get_nth_bh(struct buffer_head *bh, unsigned int count) +{ + while (count--) + bh = bh->b_this_page; + get_bh(bh); + return bh; +} + bool block_dirty_folio(struct address_space *mapping, struct folio *folio); #ifdef CONFIG_BUFFER_HEAD _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-make-lock_folio_maybe_drop_mmap-vma-lock-aware.patch mm-call-wp_page_copy-under-the-vma-lock.patch mm-handle-shared-faults-under-the-vma-lock.patch mm-handle-cow-faults-under-the-vma-lock.patch mm-handle-read-faults-under-the-vma-lock.patch mm-handle-write-faults-to-ro-pages-under-the-vma-lock.patch iomap-hold-state_lock-over-call-to-ifs_set_range_uptodate.patch iomap-protect-read_bytes_pending-with-the-state_lock.patch mm-add-folio_end_read.patch ext4-use-folio_end_read.patch buffer-use-folio_end_read.patch iomap-use-folio_end_read.patch bitops-add-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch alpha-implement-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch m68k-implement-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch mips-implement-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch powerpc-implement-arch_xor_unlock_is_negative_byte-on-32-bit.patch riscv-implement-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch s390-implement-arch_xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch mm-delete-checks-for-xor_unlock_is_negative_byte.patch mm-add-folio_xor_flags_has_waiters.patch mm-make-__end_folio_writeback-return-void.patch mm-use-folio_xor_flags_has_waiters-in-folio_end_writeback.patch filemap-remove-use-of-wait-bookmarks.patch sched-remove-wait-bookmarks.patch buffer-return-bool-from-grow_dev_folio.patch buffer-make-folio_create_empty_buffers-return-a-buffer_head.patch mpage-convert-map_buffer_to_folio-to-folio_create_empty_buffers.patch ext4-convert-to-folio_create_empty_buffers.patch buffer-add-get_nth_bh.patch gfs2-convert-inode-unstuffing-to-use-a-folio.patch gfs2-convert-gfs2_getbuf-to-folios.patch gfs2-convert-gfs2_getjdatabuf-to-use-a-folio.patch gfs2-convert-gfs2_write_buf_to_page-to-use-a-folio.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_mdt_freeze_buffer-to-use-a-folio.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_grab_buffer-to-use-a-folio.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_copy_page-to-nilfs_copy_folio.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_mdt_forget_block-to-use-a-folio.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_mdt_get_frozen_buffer-to-use-a-folio.patch nilfs2-remove-nilfs_page_get_nth_block.patch nilfs2-convert-nilfs_lookup_dirty_data_buffers-to-use-folio_create_empty_buffers.patch ntfs-convert-ntfs_read_block-to-use-a-folio.patch ntfs-convert-ntfs_writepage-to-use-a-folio.patch ntfs-convert-ntfs_prepare_pages_for_non_resident_write-to-folios.patch ntfs3-convert-ntfs_zero_range-to-use-a-folio.patch ocfs2-convert-ocfs2_map_page_blocks-to-use-a-folio.patch reiserfs-convert-writepage-to-use-a-folio.patch ufs-add-ufs_get_locked_folio-and-ufs_put_locked_folio.patch ufs-use-ufs_get_locked_folio-in-ufs_alloc_lastblock.patch ufs-convert-ufs_change_blocknr-to-use-folios.patch ufs-remove-ufs_get_locked_page.patch buffer-remove-folio_create_empty_buffers.patch