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Re: [PATCH 02/10] fs: Introduce filemap_range_has_page()

From: Andrew Morton <hidden>
Date: 2017-06-15 18:25:34
Also in: linux-block, linux-fsdevel

On Thu, 15 Jun 2017 10:59:54 -0500 Goldwyn Rodrigues [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk ↗ jump to hunk
From: Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn-IBi9RG/b67k@public.gmane.org>

filemap_range_has_page() return true if the file's mapping has
a page within the range mentioned. This function will be used
to check if a write() call will cause a writeback of previous
writes.

...
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2517,6 +2517,8 @@ extern int filemap_fdatawait(struct address_space *);
 extern void filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *);
 extern int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
 				   loff_t lend);
+extern int filemap_range_has_page(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
+				  loff_t lend);
 extern int filemap_write_and_wait(struct address_space *mapping);
 extern int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
 				        loff_t lstart, loff_t lend);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 6f1be573a5e6..87aba7698584 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -376,6 +376,39 @@ int filemap_flush(struct address_space *mapping)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_flush);
 
+/**
+ * filemap_range_has_page - check if a page exists in range.
+ * @mapping:           address space structure to wait for
"to wait for" seems wrong.
+ * @start_byte:        offset in bytes where the range starts
+ * @end_byte:          offset in bytes where the range ends (inclusive)
+ *
+ * Find at least one page in the range supplied, usually used to check if
+ * direct writing in this range will trigger a writeback.
+ */
+int filemap_range_has_page(struct address_space *mapping,
+			   loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
Would a bool return type be better?
+{
+	pgoff_t index = start_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	pgoff_t end = end_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
+	struct pagevec pvec;
+	int ret;
+
+	if (end_byte < start_byte)
+		return 0;
+
+	if (mapping->nrpages == 0)
+		return 0;
+
+	pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
+	ret = pagevec_lookup(&pvec, mapping, index, 1);
+	if (!ret)
+		return 0;
+	ret = (pvec.pages[0]->index <= end);
+	pagevec_release(&pvec);
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_range_has_page);
+
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