linux-kernel - [PATCH 5/6] dm, dm-linear: Add dax_supported to dm

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Message-Id: <1465856497-19698-6-git-send-email-toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Date:	Mon, 13 Jun 2016 16:21:36 -0600
From:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
To:	agk@...hat.com, snitzer@...hat.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com
Cc:	ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
	axboe@...nel.dk, toshi.kani@....com, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
	dm-devel@...hat.com, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 5/6] dm, dm-linear: Add dax_supported to dm_target

Extend 'struct dm_target' to have dax_supported bit, which allows
dm-table to check if a dm-target supports DAX.

Change dm-linear to set this bit when its target physical device
supports DAX.

Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@...hat.com>
Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@...hat.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
---
 drivers/md/dm-linear.c        |    2 ++
 include/linux/device-mapper.h |    5 +++++
 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
index 49bd7d2..6fdbbc8 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-linear.c
@@ -59,6 +59,8 @@ static int linear_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned int argc, char **argv)
 	ti->num_flush_bios = 1;
 	ti->num_discard_bios = 1;
 	ti->num_write_same_bios = 1;
+	if (lc->dev->bdev->bd_disk->flags & GENHD_FL_DAX)
+		ti->dax_supported = 1;
 	ti->private = lc;
 	return 0;
 
diff --git a/include/linux/device-mapper.h b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
index 16e6c8c..9b72989 100644
--- a/include/linux/device-mapper.h
+++ b/include/linux/device-mapper.h
@@ -290,6 +290,11 @@ struct dm_target {
 	 * Set if this target does not return zeroes on discarded blocks.
 	 */
 	bool discard_zeroes_data_unsupported:1;
+
+	/*
+	 * Set if the target supports DAX (direct access).
+	 */
+	bool dax_supported:1;
 };
 
 /* Each target can link one of these into the table */