linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] block: use DAX for partition table reads

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Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 2016 10:46:09 -0700
From:	Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	<linux-block@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	<linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>, Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>,
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@...hat.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
	<linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] block: use DAX for partition table reads

On 01/29/2016 08:18 AM, Dan Williams wrote:
> +unsigned char *read_dev_sector(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t n, Sector *p)
> +{
>   	struct page *page;
>
> -	page = read_mapping_page(mapping, (pgoff_t)(n >> (PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT-9)),
> -				 NULL);
> +	/* don't populate page cache for dax capable devices */
> +	if (IS_DAX(bdev->bd_inode))
> +		page = read_dax_sector(bdev, n);
> +	else
> +		page = read_pagecache_sector(bdev, n);
> +

Fall back to non-dax, if dax fails?

> +struct page *read_dax_sector(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t n)
> +{
> +	struct page *page = __page_cache_alloc(GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_COLD);

Why isn't that just alloc_pages()?

-- 
Jens Axboe