linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 09/18] dax: Remove zeroing from dax

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Message-ID: <20160429185608.GD5888@linux.intel.com>
Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2016 12:56:08 -0600
From:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Cc:	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-mm@...ck.org, Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 09/18] dax: Remove zeroing from dax_io()

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 11:35:32PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> All the filesystems are now zeroing blocks themselves for DAX IO to avoid
> races between dax_io() and dax_fault(). Remove the zeroing code from
> dax_io() and add warning to catch the case when somebody unexpectedly
> returns new or unwritten buffer.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
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