[PATCH 0/2] mm: document read_pages and simplify usage

Frederick Mayle posted 2 patches 1 month ago
mm/readahead.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
[PATCH 0/2] mm: document read_pages and simplify usage
Posted by Frederick Mayle 1 month ago
Add a kerneldoc for read_pages() to formalize an invariant and then use
it to simplify the callers in page_cache_ra_unbounded().

Frederick Mayle (2):
  mm/readahead: add kerneldoc for read_pages
  mm/readahead: simplify page_cache_ra_unbounded loop counter reset

 mm/readahead.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)


base-commit: 972c53e0ec3abfc6f5fe2cb503640710fb23cf95
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2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog
Re: [PATCH 0/2] mm: document read_pages and simplify usage
Posted by Frederick Mayle 1 month ago
This is a combined v2 of the following patches. Sorry that I didn't send it as
such.


https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260508015402.735441-1-fmayle@google.com/
https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260501011908.3630802-1-fmayle@google.com/



On Tue, May 12, 2026 at 1:32 PM Frederick Mayle <fmayle@google.com> wrote:
>
> Add a kerneldoc for read_pages() to formalize an invariant and then use
> it to simplify the callers in page_cache_ra_unbounded().
>
> Frederick Mayle (2):
>   mm/readahead: add kerneldoc for read_pages
>   mm/readahead: simplify page_cache_ra_unbounded loop counter reset
>
>  mm/readahead.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
>  1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
>
> base-commit: 972c53e0ec3abfc6f5fe2cb503640710fb23cf95
> --
> 2.54.0.563.g4f69b47b94-goog
>