linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 4/5] ext4: add ext4_should_use

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Date:   Mon, 11 Sep 2017 23:05:25 -0600
From:   Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:     "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
        Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 4/5] ext4: add ext4_should_use_dax()

This helper, in the spirit of ext4_should_dioread_nolock() et al., replaces
the complex conditional in ext4_set_inode_flags().

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c | 19 ++++++++++++++++---
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
index 3207333..525dd63 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
@@ -4577,6 +4577,21 @@ int ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_iloc *iloc)
 		!ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_XATTR));
 }
 
+static bool ext4_should_use_dax(struct inode *inode)
+{
+	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, DAX))
+		return false;
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
+		return false;
+	if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
+		return false;
+	if (ext4_has_inline_data(inode))
+		return false;
+	if (ext4_encrypted_inode(inode))
+		return false;
+	return true;
+}
+
 void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
 {
 	unsigned int flags = EXT4_I(inode)->i_flags;
@@ -4592,9 +4607,7 @@ void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
 		new_fl |= S_NOATIME;
 	if (flags & EXT4_DIRSYNC_FL)
 		new_fl |= S_DIRSYNC;
-	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DAX) && S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) &&
-	    !ext4_should_journal_data(inode) && !ext4_has_inline_data(inode) &&
-	    !ext4_encrypted_inode(inode))
+	if (ext4_should_use_dax(inode))
 		new_fl |= S_DAX;
 	inode_set_flags(inode, new_fl,
 			S_SYNC|S_APPEND|S_IMMUTABLE|S_NOATIME|S_DIRSYNC|S_DAX);
-- 
2.9.5