linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 01/20] dax: Modify bdev_dax

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Date:   Fri,  7 Aug 2020 15:55:07 -0400
From:   Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
To:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        virtio-fs@...hat.com
Cc:     vgoyal@...hat.com, miklos@...redi.hu, stefanha@...hat.com,
        dgilbert@...hat.com, Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 01/20] dax: Modify bdev_dax_pgoff() to handle NULL bdev

virtiofs does not have a block device but it has dax device.
Modify bdev_dax_pgoff() to be able to handle that.

If there is no bdev, that means dax offset is 0. (It can't be a partition
block device starting at an offset in dax device).

This is little hackish. There have been discussions about getting rid
of dax not supporting partitions.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20200107125159.GA15745@infradead.org/

IMHO, this path can easily break exisitng users. For example
ioctl(BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION) will start breaking on block devices
supporting DAX. Also, I personally find it very useful to be able to
partition dax devices and still be able to use DAX.

Alternatively, I tried to store offset into dax device information in iomap
interface, but that got NACKed.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20200217133117.GB20444@infradead.org/

I can't think of a good path to solve this issue properly. So to make
progress, it seems this patch is least bad option for now and I hope
we can take it.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@...hat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
Cc: linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
---
 drivers/dax/super.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index 8e32345be0f7..c4bec437e88b 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_read_unlock);
 int bdev_dax_pgoff(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, size_t size,
 		pgoff_t *pgoff)
 {
-	phys_addr_t phys_off = (get_start_sect(bdev) + sector) * 512;
+	sector_t start_sect = bdev ? get_start_sect(bdev) : 0;
+	phys_addr_t phys_off = (start_sect + sector) * 512;

 	if (pgoff)
 		*pgoff = PHYS_PFN(phys_off);
-- 
2.25.4