Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 27 Jun 2011 09:05:41 +0200 | From | Andrea Righi <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/2] mm: introduce __invalidate_mapping_pages() |
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On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 06:46:46PM -0400, Rik van Riel wrote: > On 06/24/2011 09:49 AM, Andrea Righi wrote: > > >diff --git a/mm/truncate.c b/mm/truncate.c > >index 3a29a61..90f3a97 100644 > >--- a/mm/truncate.c > >+++ b/mm/truncate.c > >@@ -312,20 +312,27 @@ void truncate_inode_pages(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t lstart) > > EXPORT_SYMBOL(truncate_inode_pages); > > > > /** > >- * invalidate_mapping_pages - Invalidate all the unlocked pages of one inode > >+ * __invalidate_mapping_pages - Invalidate all the unlocked pages of one inode > > * @mapping: the address_space which holds the pages to invalidate > > * @start: the offset 'from' which to invalidate > > * @end: the offset 'to' which to invalidate (inclusive) > >+ * @force: always drop pages when true (otherwise, reduce cache eligibility) > > I don't like the parameter name "force".
Agreed.
> > The parameter determines whether or not pages actually get > invalidated, so I'm guessing the parameter name should > reflect the function... > > Maybe something like "invalidate"?
Sounds better.
-Andrea
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