linux-kernel - Re: dax: Get rid of fs_dax_get_by

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Date:   Fri, 10 Jan 2020 04:31:27 -0800
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: dax: Get rid of fs_dax_get_by_host() helper

On Mon, Jan 06, 2020 at 01:11:17PM -0500, Vivek Goyal wrote:
> Looks like nobody is using fs_dax_get_by_host() except fs_dax_get_by_bdev()
> and it can easily use dax_get_by_host() instead.
> 
> IIUC, fs_dax_get_by_host() was only introduced so that one could compile
> with CONFIG_FS_DAX=n and CONFIG_DAX=m. fs_dax_get_by_bdev() achieves
> the same purpose and hence it looks like fs_dax_get_by_host() is not
> needed anymore.
>  
> Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>