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diff --git a/fs/mpage.c b/fs/mpage.c
index 3923facf94e..32c7c8fcfce 100644
--- a/fs/mpage.c
+++ b/fs/mpage.c
@@ -160,52 +160,6 @@ map_buffer_to_page(struct page *page, struct buffer_head *bh, int page_block)
} while (page_bh != head);
}
-/**
- * mpage_readpages - populate an address space with some pages, and
- * start reads against them.
- *
- * @mapping: the address_space
- * @pages: The address of a list_head which contains the target pages. These
- * pages have their ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised.
- *
- * The page at @pages->prev has the lowest file offset, and reads should be
- * issued in @pages->prev to @pages->next order.
- *
- * @nr_pages: The number of pages at *@pages
- * @get_block: The filesystem's block mapper function.
- *
- * This function walks the pages and the blocks within each page, building and
- * emitting large BIOs.
- *
- * If anything unusual happens, such as:
- *
- * - encountering a page which has buffers
- * - encountering a page which has a non-hole after a hole
- * - encountering a page with non-contiguous blocks
- *
- * then this code just gives up and calls the buffer_head-based read function.
- * It does handle a page which has holes at the end - that is a common case:
- * the end-of-file on blocksize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE setups.
- *
- * BH_Boundary explanation:
- *
- * There is a problem. The mpage read code assembles several pages, gets all
- * their disk mappings, and then submits them all. That's fine, but obtaining
- * the disk mappings may require I/O. Reads of indirect blocks, for example.
- *
- * So an mpage read of the first 16 blocks of an ext2 file will cause I/O to be
- * submitted in the following order:
- * 12 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16
- * because the indirect block has to be read to get the mappings of blocks
- * 13,14,15,16. Obviously, this impacts performance.
- *
- * So what we do it to allow the filesystem's get_block() function to set
- * BH_Boundary when it maps block 11. BH_Boundary says: mapping of the block
- * after this one will require I/O against a block which is probably close to
- * this one. So you should push what I/O you have currently accumulated.
- *
- * This all causes the disk requests to be issued in the correct order.
- */
static struct bio *
do_mpage_readpage(struct bio *bio, struct page *page, unsigned nr_pages,
sector_t *last_block_in_bio, get_block_t get_block)
@@ -320,6 +274,52 @@ confused:
goto out;
}
+/**
+ * mpage_readpages - populate an address space with some pages, and
+ * start reads against them.
+ *
+ * @mapping: the address_space
+ * @pages: The address of a list_head which contains the target pages. These
+ * pages have their ->index populated and are otherwise uninitialised.
+ *
+ * The page at @pages->prev has the lowest file offset, and reads should be
+ * issued in @pages->prev to @pages->next order.
+ *
+ * @nr_pages: The number of pages at *@pages
+ * @get_block: The filesystem's block mapper function.
+ *
+ * This function walks the pages and the blocks within each page, building and
+ * emitting large BIOs.
+ *
+ * If anything unusual happens, such as:
+ *
+ * - encountering a page which has buffers
+ * - encountering a page which has a non-hole after a hole
+ * - encountering a page with non-contiguous blocks
+ *
+ * then this code just gives up and calls the buffer_head-based read function.
+ * It does handle a page which has holes at the end - that is a common case:
+ * the end-of-file on blocksize < PAGE_CACHE_SIZE setups.
+ *
+ * BH_Boundary explanation:
+ *
+ * There is a problem. The mpage read code assembles several pages, gets all
+ * their disk mappings, and then submits them all. That's fine, but obtaining
+ * the disk mappings may require I/O. Reads of indirect blocks, for example.
+ *
+ * So an mpage read of the first 16 blocks of an ext2 file will cause I/O to be
+ * submitted in the following order:
+ * 12 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 13 14 15 16
+ * because the indirect block has to be read to get the mappings of blocks
+ * 13,14,15,16. Obviously, this impacts performance.
+ *
+ * So what we do it to allow the filesystem's get_block() function to set
+ * BH_Boundary when it maps block 11. BH_Boundary says: mapping of the block
+ * after this one will require I/O against a block which is probably close to
+ * this one. So you should push what I/O you have currently accumulated.
+ *
+ * This all causes the disk requests to be issued in the correct order.
+ */
int
mpage_readpages(struct address_space *mapping, struct list_head *pages,
unsigned nr_pages, get_block_t get_block)