linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] block: Add bdev_supports

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Date:	Mon, 09 May 2016 12:12:45 -0600
From:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
To:	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:	Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, david <david@...morbit.com>,
	Al Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>, Jens Axboe <axboe@...com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
	Boaz Harrosh <boaz@...xistor.com>,
	Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	micah.parrish@....com,
	"linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
	"linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 2/5] block: Add bdev_supports_dax() for dax mount
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On Sun, 2016-05-08 at 12:14 -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> On Thu, May 5, 2016 at 5:29 PM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com> wrote:
 :
> > +int bdev_supports_dax(struct super_block *sb, int blocksize)
> > +{
> > +       struct blk_dax_ctl dax = {
> > +               .sector = 0,
> > +               .size = PAGE_SIZE,
> > +       };
> > +       int err;
> > +
> > +       if (blocksize != PAGE_SIZE) {
> > +               vfs_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "error: unsupported blocksize for
> > dax");
> > +               return -EINVAL;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       err = bdev_direct_access(sb->s_bdev, &dax);
> > +       if (err < 0) {
> > +               switch (err) {
> > +               case -EOPNOTSUPP:
> > +                       vfs_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
> > +                               "error: device does not support dax");
> > +                       break;
> > +               case -EINVAL:
> > +                       vfs_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
> > +                               "error: unaligned partition for dax");
> > +                       break;
> > +               default:
> > +                       vfs_msg(sb, KERN_ERR,
> > +                               "error: dax access failed (%d)", err);
> > +               }
> > +               return err;
> > +       }
> > +
> > +       return 0;
> > +}
> > +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(bdev_supports_dax);
>
> This patch should replace blkdev_dax_capable(), or just reuse that
> existing routine, or am I missing something?

Good question.  bdev_supports_dax() is a helper function tailored for the
filesystem's mount -o dax case.  While blkdev_dax_capable() is similar, it
does not need error messages like "device does not support dax" since it
implicitly enables dax when capable.  So, I think we can keep
blkdev_dax_capable(), but change it to call bdev_direct_access() so that
actual check is performed in a single place.

Thanks,
-Toshi