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Date: Sat, 26 Aug 2017 09:33:58 +1000 From: Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com> To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: introduce per-inode DAX flag On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 08:40:32AM -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Fri, Aug 25, 2017 at 11:14:45AM -0400, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > > I don't know of anyone that actually uses the flag. If someone did > > > that would probably run into problems like changing that changing it > > > on a file that's currently mmaped would crash an burn badly. > > > > Crash and burn meaning the *kernel* will crash and burn? Or will data > > be damaged? > > > > Given that, maybe XFS should withdraw support for the DAX and hope no > > one is actually using it? > > Nah, -o dax works very well. It's just the flag instead of the -o dax > option or rather switching it on a mapped file will probably be very dangerous. In what way is it dangerous, Christoph? Changing to/form DAX is simply a case of syncing the data and then invalidating the existing mappings and letting the new faults go direct or through the page cache. The mapping invalidation requirements are no different to what we need to do to punch a hole in a mapped file... Cheers, Dave. -- Dave Chinner david@...morbit.com
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