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SubjectRe: [PATCH 02/20] dax: Create a range version of dax_layout_busy_page()
On Wed, Mar 04, 2020 at 11:58:27AM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote:
>
> + /* If end == 0, all pages from start to till end of file */
> + if (!end) {
> + end_idx = ULONG_MAX;
> + len = 0;

I find this a bit odd to specify end == 0 for ULONG_MAX...

> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_layout_busy_page_range);
> +
> +/**
> + * dax_layout_busy_page - find first pinned page in @mapping
> + * @mapping: address space to scan for a page with ref count > 1
> + *
> + * DAX requires ZONE_DEVICE mapped pages. These pages are never
> + * 'onlined' to the page allocator so they are considered idle when
> + * page->count == 1. A filesystem uses this interface to determine if
> + * any page in the mapping is busy, i.e. for DMA, or other
> + * get_user_pages() usages.
> + *
> + * It is expected that the filesystem is holding locks to block the
> + * establishment of new mappings in this address_space. I.e. it expects
> + * to be able to run unmap_mapping_range() and subsequently not race
> + * mapping_mapped() becoming true.
> + */
> +struct page *dax_layout_busy_page(struct address_space *mapping)
> +{
> + return dax_layout_busy_page_range(mapping, 0, 0);

... other functions I have seen specify ULONG_MAX here. Which IMO makes this
call site more clear.

Ira

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