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

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Date:   Thu, 16 Jan 2020 10:09:22 -0800
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-nvdimm <linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org>
Subject: Re: dax: Get rid of fs_dax_get_by_host() helper

On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 6:54 AM Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> 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>
>
> Hi Dan,
>
> Ping for this patch. How does it look to you. If you don't have concerns,
> can you please take it in your tree.

Yes, looks good and applied.