Re: [PATCH v3 4/6] folio: Add a function to get the host inode for a folio

Matthew Wilcox
2021-11-03T13:21:48Z

On Tue, Nov 02, 2021 at 08:30:46AM +0000, David Howells wrote:
> Add a convenience function, folio_inode() that will get the host inode from
> a folio's mapping.

I'm not opposed, but it only saves two characters, so I'm not entirely
sure it justifies its existance. On the other hand, folio_inode() is
clear about what it does.

> + * For folios which are in the page cache, return the inode that is hosting
> + * this folio belongs to.

This looks like an editing mistake. Either you meant
'return the inode that hosts this folio' or
'return the inode this folio belongs to'
(and i prefer the second).

With that grammo fixed,

Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox (Oracle) <willy@infradead.org>