Re: [PATCH v14 01/12] splice: Fix O_DIRECT file read splice to avoid reversion of ITER_PIPE

From: David Howells
Date: Wed Feb 15 2023 - 08:19:11 EST


Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > + pages = (void *)(bv + npages);
>
> I think this cast should be to struct page **… not void *.

Yeah. Doesn't change anything functionally, though, I think.

> > + /* Free any pages that didn't get touched at all. */
> > + reclaim /= PAGE_SIZE;
>
> Any reason not to keep reclaim in PAGE_SIZE units to start with?

Probably not, but I don't want to fiddle with that right now. I can send a
follow up patch for it.

David