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<title>kernel/fs/cifs/cache.c, branch linux-rolling-stable</title>
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<entry>
<title>cifs: Support fscache indexing rewrite</title>
<updated>2022-01-19T17:21:08Z</updated>
<author>
<name>David Howells</name>
<email>dhowells@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-17T15:56:59Z</published>
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Change the cifs filesystem to take account of the changes to fscache's
indexing rewrite and reenable caching in cifs.

The following changes have been made:

 (1) The fscache_netfs struct is no more, and there's no need to register
     the filesystem as a whole.

 (2) The session cookie is now an fscache_volume cookie, allocated with
     fscache_acquire_volume().  That takes three parameters: a string
     representing the "volume" in the index, a string naming the cache to
     use (or NULL) and a u64 that conveys coherency metadata for the
     volume.

     For cifs, I've made it render the volume name string as:

	"cifs,&lt;ipaddress&gt;,&lt;sharename&gt;"

     where the sharename has '/' characters replaced with ';'.

     This probably needs rethinking a bit as the total name could exceed
     the maximum filename component length.

     Further, the coherency data is currently just set to 0.  It needs
     something else doing with it - I wonder if it would suffice simply to
     sum the resource_id, vol_create_time and vol_serial_number or maybe
     hash them.

 (3) The fscache_cookie_def is no more and needed information is passed
     directly to fscache_acquire_cookie().  The cache no longer calls back
     into the filesystem, but rather metadata changes are indicated at
     other times.

     fscache_acquire_cookie() is passed the same keying and coherency
     information as before.

 (4) The functions to set/reset cookies are removed and
     fscache_use_cookie() and fscache_unuse_cookie() are used instead.

     fscache_use_cookie() is passed a flag to indicate if the cookie is
     opened for writing.  fscache_unuse_cookie() is passed updates for the
     metadata if we changed it (ie. if the file was opened for writing).

     These are called when the file is opened or closed.

 (5) cifs_setattr_*() are made to call fscache_resize() to change the size
     of the cache object.

 (6) The functions to read and write data are stubbed out pending a
     conversion to use netfslib.

Changes
=======
ver #8:
 - Abstract cache invalidation into a helper function.
 - Fix some checkpatch warnings[3].

ver #7:
 - Removed the accidentally added-back call to get the super cookie in
   cifs_root_iget().
 - Fixed the right call to cifs_fscache_get_super_cookie() to take account
   of the "-o fsc" mount flag.

ver #6:
 - Moved the change of gfpflags_allow_blocking() to current_is_kswapd() for
   cifs here.
 - Fixed one of the error paths in cifs_atomic_open() to jump around the
   call to use the cookie.
 - Fixed an additional successful return in the middle of cifs_open() to
   use the cookie on the way out.
 - Only get a volume cookie (and thus inode cookies) when "-o fsc" is
   supplied to mount.

ver #5:
 - Fixed a couple of bits of cookie handling[2]:
   - The cookie should be released in cifs_evict_inode(), not
     cifsFileInfo_put_final().  The cookie needs to persist beyond file
     closure so that writepages will be able to write to it.
   - fscache_use_cookie() needs to be called in cifs_atomic_open() as it is
     for cifs_open().

ver #4:
 - Fixed the use of sizeof with memset.
 - tcon-&gt;vol_create_time is __le64 so doesn't need cpu_to_le64().

ver #3:
 - Canonicalise the cifs coherency data to make the cache portable.
 - Set volume coherency data.

ver #2:
 - Use gfpflags_allow_blocking() rather than using flag directly.
 - Upgraded to -rc4 to allow for upstream changes[1].
 - fscache_acquire_volume() now returns errors.

Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Jeff Layton &lt;jlayton@kernel.org&gt;
cc: Steve French &lt;smfrench@gmail.com&gt;
cc: Shyam Prasad N &lt;nspmangalore@gmail.com&gt;
cc: linux-cifs@vger.kernel.org
cc: linux-cachefs@redhat.com
Link: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=23b55d673d7527b093cd97b7c217c82e70cd1af0 [1]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3419813.1641592362@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ [2]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAH2r5muTanw9pJqzAHd01d9A8keeChkzGsCEH6=0rHutVLAF-A@mail.gmail.com/ [3]
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163819671009.215744.11230627184193298714.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v1
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163906982979.143852.10672081929614953210.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v2
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/163967187187.1823006.247415138444991444.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v3
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/164021579335.640689.2681324337038770579.stgit@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v4
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/3462849.1641593783@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v5
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1318953.1642024578@warthog.procyon.org.uk/ # v6
Signed-off-by: Steve French &lt;stfrench@microsoft.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cifs: remove pathname for file from SPDX header</title>
<updated>2021-09-13T19:51:10Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Steve French</name>
<email>stfrench@microsoft.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-09-13T19:51:10Z</published>
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checkpatch complains about source files with filenames (e.g. in
these cases just below the SPDX header in comments at the top of
various files in fs/cifs). It also is helpful to change this now
so will be less confusing when the parent directory is renamed
e.g. from fs/cifs to fs/smb_client (or fs/smbfs)

Reviewed-by: Ronnie Sahlberg &lt;lsahlber@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steve French &lt;stfrench@microsoft.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cifs: use SPDX-Licence-Identifier</title>
<updated>2021-06-21T02:28:17Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Steve French</name>
<email>stfrench@microsoft.com</email>
</author>
<published>2021-06-18T05:31:49Z</published>
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Add SPDX license identifier and replace license boilerplate.
Corrects various checkpatch errors with the older format for
noting the LGPL license.

Signed-off-by: Steve French &lt;stfrench@microsoft.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>cifs: Make extract_sharename function public</title>
<updated>2020-12-14T15:16:22Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Samuel Cabrero</name>
<email>scabrero@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2020-11-30T18:02:48Z</published>
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Move the function to misc.c

Signed-off-by: Samuel Cabrero &lt;scabrero@suse.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Aurelien Aptel &lt;aaptel@suse.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steve French &lt;stfrench@microsoft.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>smb3: extend fscache mount volume coherency check</title>
<updated>2020-06-06T16:16:25Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Steve French</name>
<email>stfrench@microsoft.com</email>
</author>
<published>2020-06-05T22:19:46Z</published>
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It is better to check volume id and creation time, not just
the root inode number to verify if the volume has changed
when remounting.

Reviewed-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steve French &lt;stfrench@microsoft.com&gt;
</content>
</entry>
<entry>
<title>cifs: use 64-bit timestamps for fscache</title>
<updated>2018-08-07T19:15:41Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Arnd Bergmann</name>
<email>arnd@arndb.de</email>
</author>
<published>2018-06-19T15:27:59Z</published>
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In the fscache, we just need the timestamps as cookies to check for
changes, so we don't really care about the overflow, but it's better
to stop using the deprecated timespec so we don't have to go through
explicit conversion functions.

To avoid comparing uninitialized padding values that are copied
while assigning the timespec values, this rearranges the members of
cifs_fscache_inode_auxdata to avoid padding, and assigns them
individually.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann &lt;arnd@arndb.de&gt;
Reviewed-by: Paulo Alcantara &lt;palcantara@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Steve French &lt;stfrench@microsoft.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>vfs: change inode times to use struct timespec64</title>
<updated>2018-06-05T23:57:31Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Deepa Dinamani</name>
<email>deepa.kernel@gmail.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-05-09T02:36:02Z</published>
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struct timespec is not y2038 safe. Transition vfs to use
y2038 safe struct timespec64 instead.

The change was made with the help of the following cocinelle
script. This catches about 80% of the changes.
All the header file and logic changes are included in the
first 5 rules. The rest are trivial substitutions.
I avoid changing any of the function signatures or any other
filesystem specific data structures to keep the patch simple
for review.

The script can be a little shorter by combining different cases.
But, this version was sufficient for my usecase.

virtual patch

@ depends on patch @
identifier now;
@@
- struct timespec
+ struct timespec64
  current_time ( ... )
  {
- struct timespec now = current_kernel_time();
+ struct timespec64 now = current_kernel_time64();
  ...
- return timespec_trunc(
+ return timespec64_trunc(
  ... );
  }

@ depends on patch @
identifier xtime;
@@
 struct \( iattr \| inode \| kstat \) {
 ...
-       struct timespec xtime;
+       struct timespec64 xtime;
 ...
 }

@ depends on patch @
identifier t;
@@
 struct inode_operations {
 ...
int (*update_time) (...,
-       struct timespec t,
+       struct timespec64 t,
...);
 ...
 }

@ depends on patch @
identifier t;
identifier fn_update_time =~ "update_time$";
@@
 fn_update_time (...,
- struct timespec *t,
+ struct timespec64 *t,
 ...) { ... }

@ depends on patch @
identifier t;
@@
lease_get_mtime( ... ,
- struct timespec *t
+ struct timespec64 *t
  ) { ... }

@te depends on patch forall@
identifier ts;
local idexpression struct inode *inode_node;
identifier i_xtime =~ "^i_[acm]time$";
identifier ia_xtime =~ "^ia_[acm]time$";
identifier fn_update_time =~ "update_time$";
identifier fn;
expression e, E3;
local idexpression struct inode *node1;
local idexpression struct inode *node2;
local idexpression struct iattr *attr1;
local idexpression struct iattr *attr2;
local idexpression struct iattr attr;
identifier i_xtime1 =~ "^i_[acm]time$";
identifier i_xtime2 =~ "^i_[acm]time$";
identifier ia_xtime1 =~ "^ia_[acm]time$";
identifier ia_xtime2 =~ "^ia_[acm]time$";
@@
(
(
- struct timespec ts;
+ struct timespec64 ts;
|
- struct timespec ts = current_time(inode_node);
+ struct timespec64 ts = current_time(inode_node);
)

&lt;+... when != ts
(
- timespec_equal(&amp;inode_node-&gt;i_xtime, &amp;ts)
+ timespec64_equal(&amp;inode_node-&gt;i_xtime, &amp;ts)
|
- timespec_equal(&amp;ts, &amp;inode_node-&gt;i_xtime)
+ timespec64_equal(&amp;ts, &amp;inode_node-&gt;i_xtime)
|
- timespec_compare(&amp;inode_node-&gt;i_xtime, &amp;ts)
+ timespec64_compare(&amp;inode_node-&gt;i_xtime, &amp;ts)
|
- timespec_compare(&amp;ts, &amp;inode_node-&gt;i_xtime)
+ timespec64_compare(&amp;ts, &amp;inode_node-&gt;i_xtime)
|
ts = current_time(e)
|
fn_update_time(..., &amp;ts,...)
|
inode_node-&gt;i_xtime = ts
|
node1-&gt;i_xtime = ts
|
ts = inode_node-&gt;i_xtime
|
&lt;+... attr1-&gt;ia_xtime ...+&gt; = ts
|
ts = attr1-&gt;ia_xtime
|
ts.tv_sec
|
ts.tv_nsec
|
btrfs_set_stack_timespec_sec(..., ts.tv_sec)
|
btrfs_set_stack_timespec_nsec(..., ts.tv_nsec)
|
- ts = timespec64_to_timespec(
+ ts =
...
-)
|
- ts = ktime_to_timespec(
+ ts = ktime_to_timespec64(
...)
|
- ts = E3
+ ts = timespec_to_timespec64(E3)
|
- ktime_get_real_ts(&amp;ts)
+ ktime_get_real_ts64(&amp;ts)
|
fn(...,
- ts
+ timespec64_to_timespec(ts)
,...)
)
...+&gt;
(
&lt;... when != ts
- return ts;
+ return timespec64_to_timespec(ts);
...&gt;
)
|
- timespec_equal(&amp;node1-&gt;i_xtime1, &amp;node2-&gt;i_xtime2)
+ timespec64_equal(&amp;node1-&gt;i_xtime2, &amp;node2-&gt;i_xtime2)
|
- timespec_equal(&amp;node1-&gt;i_xtime1, &amp;attr2-&gt;ia_xtime2)
+ timespec64_equal(&amp;node1-&gt;i_xtime2, &amp;attr2-&gt;ia_xtime2)
|
- timespec_compare(&amp;node1-&gt;i_xtime1, &amp;node2-&gt;i_xtime2)
+ timespec64_compare(&amp;node1-&gt;i_xtime1, &amp;node2-&gt;i_xtime2)
|
node1-&gt;i_xtime1 =
- timespec_trunc(attr1-&gt;ia_xtime1,
+ timespec64_trunc(attr1-&gt;ia_xtime1,
...)
|
- attr1-&gt;ia_xtime1 = timespec_trunc(attr2-&gt;ia_xtime2,
+ attr1-&gt;ia_xtime1 =  timespec64_trunc(attr2-&gt;ia_xtime2,
...)
|
- ktime_get_real_ts(&amp;attr1-&gt;ia_xtime1)
+ ktime_get_real_ts64(&amp;attr1-&gt;ia_xtime1)
|
- ktime_get_real_ts(&amp;attr.ia_xtime1)
+ ktime_get_real_ts64(&amp;attr.ia_xtime1)
)

@ depends on patch @
struct inode *node;
struct iattr *attr;
identifier fn;
identifier i_xtime =~ "^i_[acm]time$";
identifier ia_xtime =~ "^ia_[acm]time$";
expression e;
@@
(
- fn(node-&gt;i_xtime);
+ fn(timespec64_to_timespec(node-&gt;i_xtime));
|
 fn(...,
- node-&gt;i_xtime);
+ timespec64_to_timespec(node-&gt;i_xtime));
|
- e = fn(attr-&gt;ia_xtime);
+ e = fn(timespec64_to_timespec(attr-&gt;ia_xtime));
)

@ depends on patch forall @
struct inode *node;
struct iattr *attr;
identifier i_xtime =~ "^i_[acm]time$";
identifier ia_xtime =~ "^ia_[acm]time$";
identifier fn;
@@
{
+ struct timespec ts;
&lt;+...
(
+ ts = timespec64_to_timespec(node-&gt;i_xtime);
fn (...,
- &amp;node-&gt;i_xtime,
+ &amp;ts,
...);
|
+ ts = timespec64_to_timespec(attr-&gt;ia_xtime);
fn (...,
- &amp;attr-&gt;ia_xtime,
+ &amp;ts,
...);
)
...+&gt;
}

@ depends on patch forall @
struct inode *node;
struct iattr *attr;
struct kstat *stat;
identifier ia_xtime =~ "^ia_[acm]time$";
identifier i_xtime =~ "^i_[acm]time$";
identifier xtime =~ "^[acm]time$";
identifier fn, ret;
@@
{
+ struct timespec ts;
&lt;+...
(
+ ts = timespec64_to_timespec(node-&gt;i_xtime);
ret = fn (...,
- &amp;node-&gt;i_xtime,
+ &amp;ts,
...);
|
+ ts = timespec64_to_timespec(node-&gt;i_xtime);
ret = fn (...,
- &amp;node-&gt;i_xtime);
+ &amp;ts);
|
+ ts = timespec64_to_timespec(attr-&gt;ia_xtime);
ret = fn (...,
- &amp;attr-&gt;ia_xtime,
+ &amp;ts,
...);
|
+ ts = timespec64_to_timespec(attr-&gt;ia_xtime);
ret = fn (...,
- &amp;attr-&gt;ia_xtime);
+ &amp;ts);
|
+ ts = timespec64_to_timespec(stat-&gt;xtime);
ret = fn (...,
- &amp;stat-&gt;xtime);
+ &amp;ts);
)
...+&gt;
}

@ depends on patch @
struct inode *node;
struct inode *node2;
identifier i_xtime1 =~ "^i_[acm]time$";
identifier i_xtime2 =~ "^i_[acm]time$";
identifier i_xtime3 =~ "^i_[acm]time$";
struct iattr *attrp;
struct iattr *attrp2;
struct iattr attr ;
identifier ia_xtime1 =~ "^ia_[acm]time$";
identifier ia_xtime2 =~ "^ia_[acm]time$";
struct kstat *stat;
struct kstat stat1;
struct timespec64 ts;
identifier xtime =~ "^[acmb]time$";
expression e;
@@
(
( node-&gt;i_xtime2 \| attrp-&gt;ia_xtime2 \| attr.ia_xtime2 \) = node-&gt;i_xtime1  ;
|
 node-&gt;i_xtime2 = \( node2-&gt;i_xtime1 \| timespec64_trunc(...) \);
|
 node-&gt;i_xtime2 = node-&gt;i_xtime1 = node-&gt;i_xtime3 = \(ts \| current_time(...) \);
|
 node-&gt;i_xtime1 = node-&gt;i_xtime3 = \(ts \| current_time(...) \);
|
 stat-&gt;xtime = node2-&gt;i_xtime1;
|
 stat1.xtime = node2-&gt;i_xtime1;
|
( node-&gt;i_xtime2 \| attrp-&gt;ia_xtime2 \) = attrp-&gt;ia_xtime1  ;
|
( attrp-&gt;ia_xtime1 \| attr.ia_xtime1 \) = attrp2-&gt;ia_xtime2;
|
- e = node-&gt;i_xtime1;
+ e = timespec64_to_timespec( node-&gt;i_xtime1 );
|
- e = attrp-&gt;ia_xtime1;
+ e = timespec64_to_timespec( attrp-&gt;ia_xtime1 );
|
node-&gt;i_xtime1 = current_time(...);
|
 node-&gt;i_xtime2 = node-&gt;i_xtime1 = node-&gt;i_xtime3 =
- e;
+ timespec_to_timespec64(e);
|
 node-&gt;i_xtime1 = node-&gt;i_xtime3 =
- e;
+ timespec_to_timespec64(e);
|
- node-&gt;i_xtime1 = e;
+ node-&gt;i_xtime1 = timespec_to_timespec64(e);
)

Signed-off-by: Deepa Dinamani &lt;deepa.kernel@gmail.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;anton@tuxera.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;balbi@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;bfields@fieldses.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;darrick.wong@oracle.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;dsterba@suse.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;dwmw2@infradead.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;hch@lst.de&gt;
Cc: &lt;hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp&gt;
Cc: &lt;hubcap@omnibond.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;jack@suse.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;jaegeuk@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;jaharkes@cs.cmu.edu&gt;
Cc: &lt;jslaby@suse.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;keescook@chromium.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;mark@fasheh.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;miklos@szeredi.hu&gt;
Cc: &lt;nico@linaro.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;reiserfs-devel@vger.kernel.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;richard@nod.at&gt;
Cc: &lt;sage@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;sfrench@samba.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;swhiteho@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;tj@kernel.org&gt;
Cc: &lt;trond.myklebust@primarydata.com&gt;
Cc: &lt;tytso@mit.edu&gt;
Cc: &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>fscache: Pass object size in rather than calling back for it</title>
<updated>2018-04-06T13:05:14Z</updated>
<author>
<name>David Howells</name>
<email>dhowells@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2018-04-04T12:41:28Z</published>
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Pass the object size in to fscache_acquire_cookie() and
fscache_write_page() rather than the netfs providing a callback by which it
can be received.  This makes it easier to update the size of the object
when a new page is written that extends the object.

The current object size is also passed by fscache to the check_aux
function, obviating the need to store it in the aux data.

Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Anna Schumaker &lt;anna.schumaker@netapp.com&gt;
Tested-by: Steve Dickson &lt;steved@redhat.com&gt;
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<title>fscache: Attach the index key and aux data to the cookie</title>
<updated>2018-04-04T12:41:28Z</updated>
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<name>David Howells</name>
<email>dhowells@redhat.com</email>
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<published>2018-04-04T12:41:28Z</published>
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Attach copies of the index key and auxiliary data to the fscache cookie so
that:

 (1) The callbacks to the netfs for this stuff can be eliminated.  This
     can simplify things in the cache as the information is still
     available, even after the cache has relinquished the cookie.

 (2) Simplifies the locking requirements of accessing the information as we
     don't have to worry about the netfs object going away on us.

 (3) The cache can do lazy updating of the coherency information on disk.
     As long as the cache is flushed before reboot/poweroff, there's no
     need to update the coherency info on disk every time it changes.

 (4) Cookies can be hashed or put in a tree as the index key is easily
     available.  This allows:

     (a) Checks for duplicate cookies can be made at the top fscache layer
     	 rather than down in the bowels of the cache backend.

     (b) Caching can be added to a netfs object that has a cookie if the
     	 cache is brought online after the netfs object is allocated.

A certain amount of space is made in the cookie for inline copies of the
data, but if it won't fit there, extra memory will be allocated for it.

The downside of this is that live cache operation requires more memory.

Signed-off-by: David Howells &lt;dhowells@redhat.com&gt;
Acked-by: Anna Schumaker &lt;anna.schumaker@netapp.com&gt;
Tested-by: Steve Dickson &lt;steved@redhat.com&gt;
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<title>fscache: remove unused -&gt;now_uncached callback</title>
<updated>2017-09-07T00:27:26Z</updated>
<author>
<name>Jan Kara</name>
<email>jack@suse.cz</email>
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<published>2017-09-06T23:21:15Z</published>
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Patch series "Ranged pagevec lookup", v2.

In this series I make pagevec_lookup() update the index (to be
consistent with pagevec_lookup_tag() and also as a preparation for
ranged lookups), provide ranged variant of pagevec_lookup() and use it
in places where it makes sense.  This not only removes some common code
but is also a measurable performance win for some use cases (see patch
4/10) where radix tree is sparse and searching &amp; grabing of a page after
the end of the range has measurable overhead.

This patch (of 10):

The callback doesn't ever get called.  Remove it.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170726114704.7626-2-jack@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara &lt;jack@suse.cz&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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