Re: [PATCH v2 09/16] iomap: change 'count' to 'async_writeback'

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On Mon, Jun 16, 2025 at 5:52 AM Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jun 13, 2025 at 02:46:34PM -0700, Joanne Koong wrote:
> > Rename "count" to "async_writeback" to better reflect its function and
> > since it is used as a boolean, change its type from unsigned to bool.
>
> Not sure async_writeback is really the right name here, the way it is
> used is just that there is any writeback going on.  Which generally
> is asynchronous as otherwise performance would suck, but the important
> bit is that the responsibility for finishing the folio writeback shifted
> to the caller.

I like your name "wb_pending" a lot better.





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