linux-kernel - [PATCH 3/8 linux-next] libnvdimm, namespace: move persistence warning

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Date:   Fri,  2 Dec 2016 20:20:36 +0100
From:   Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
To:     Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc:     linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        fabf@...net.be
Subject: [PATCH 3/8 linux-next] libnvdimm, namespace: move persistence warning

There's no need to warn on persistence yet as some validity tests
are on the way.

Signed-off-by: Fabian Frederick <fabf@...net.be>
---
 drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 822a712..204912c 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -266,9 +266,6 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 	dev_set_drvdata(dev, pmem);
 	pmem->phys_addr = res->start;
 	pmem->size = resource_size(res);
-	if (nvdimm_has_flush(nd_region) < 0)
-		dev_warn(dev, "unable to guarantee persistence of writes due to unknown flushing capability of the memory region\n");
-
 	if (!devm_request_mem_region(dev, res->start, resource_size(res),
 				dev_name(dev))) {
 		dev_warn(dev, "could not reserve region %pR\n", res);
@@ -279,6 +276,9 @@ static int pmem_attach_disk(struct device *dev,
 	if (!q)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
+	if (nvdimm_has_flush(nd_region) < 0)
+		dev_warn(dev, "unable to guarantee persistence of writes due to unknown flushing capability of the memory region\n");
+
 	pmem->pfn_flags = PFN_DEV;
 	if (is_nd_pfn(dev)) {
 		addr = devm_memremap_pages(dev, &pfn_res, &q->q_usage_counter,
-- 
2.7.4