Re: [PATCH 08/12] writeback: Factor writeback_get_folio() out of write_cache_pages()

[Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>]

On Mon, Jun 26, 2023 at 09:34:17PM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > +	for (;;) {
> > +		folio = writeback_get_next(mapping, wbc);
> > +		if (!folio)
> > +			return NULL;
> > +		wbc->done_index = folio->index;
> > +
> > +		folio_lock(folio);
> > +		if (likely(should_writeback_folio(mapping, wbc, folio)))
> > +			break;
> > +		folio_unlock(folio);
> > +	}
> > +
> > +	trace_wbc_writepage(wbc, inode_to_bdi(mapping->host));
> > +	return folio;
> 
> Same minor nitpick, why not:
> 
> 
> 	while ((folio = writeback_get_next(mapping, wbc)) {
> 		wbc->done_index = folio->index;
> 
> 		folio_lock(folio);
> 		if (likely(should_writeback_folio(mapping, wbc, folio))) {
> 			trace_wbc_writepage(wbc, inode_to_bdi(mapping->host));
> 			break;
> 		}
> 		folio_unlock(folio);
> 	}
> 
> 	return folio;
> 
> ?

Because we end up having to call writeback_finish() somewhere, and it's
neater to do it here than in either writeback_get_next() or both callers
of writeback_get_folio().