On Thu, Aug 27, 2020 at 01:59:41PM +0100, Matthew Wilcox wrote: > On Wed, Aug 26, 2020 at 10:20:02AM -0400, Johannes Weiner wrote: > > The refactor makes sense to me, but the name is confusing. We're not > > looking for a swap page, we're primarily looking for a file page in > > the page cache mapping that's handed in. Only in the special case > > where it's a shmem mapping and there is a swap entry do we consult the > > auxiliary swap cache. > > > > How about find_get_page_or_swapcache()? find_get_page_shmemswap()? > > Maybe you have a better idea. It's a fairly specialized operation that > > isn't widely used, so a longer name isn't a bad thing IMO. > > Got it. find_get_incore_page(). I was going to go with inmem, but that > it matches mincore sold me on it. > > /** > * find_get_incore_page - Find and get a page from the page or swap caches. > * @mapping: The address_space to search. > * @index: The page cache index. > * > * This differs from find_get_page() in that it will also look for the > * page in the swap cache. > * > * Return: The found page or %NULL. > */
Nice work, that's perfect. > I was focusing too much on what the function did, not why it was doing it. Me too.
