linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 4/7] fsdax: Replace mmap entry in case of CoW

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Message-ID: <20210208151623.GD12872@lst.de>
Date:   Mon, 8 Feb 2021 16:16:23 +0100
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
To:     Shiyang Ruan <ruansy.fnst@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        darrick.wong@...cle.com, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        willy@...radead.org, jack@...e.cz, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@....oracle.com,
        david@...morbit.com, hch@....de, rgoldwyn@...e.de,
        Goldwyn Rodrigues <rgoldwyn@...e.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/7] fsdax: Replace mmap entry in case of CoW

>  static void *dax_insert_entry(struct xa_state *xas,
>  		struct address_space *mapping, struct vm_fault *vmf,
> -		void *entry, pfn_t pfn, unsigned long flags, bool dirty)
> +		void *entry, pfn_t pfn, unsigned long flags, bool insert_flags)
>  {
>  	void *new_entry = dax_make_entry(pfn, flags);
> +	bool dirty = insert_flags & DAX_IF_DIRTY;
> +	bool cow = insert_flags & DAX_IF_COW;
>  
>  	if (dirty)
>  		__mark_inode_dirty(mapping->host, I_DIRTY_PAGES);

Can we just move the __mark_inode_dirty to the one caller that needs it
in a prep patch?