linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH 5/7] dax, iomap: Add support for synchronous faults

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Message-ID: <20170801105608.GD6742@infradead.org>
Date:   Tue, 1 Aug 2017 03:56:08 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/7] dax, iomap: Add support for synchronous faults

On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 04:42:45PM -0600, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> I wonder if we should name this flag something a little stronger and more
> specific to its usage with respect to DAX and sync faults?  Maybe
> "VM_FAULT_NEEDDSYNC" for consistency with the iomap flag?

Agreed.