linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/6] dax,pmem: Add data recovery feature to pmem_copy_to/from

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Message-ID: <YXFO8uCgIDoIqTgC@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 21 Oct 2021 04:28:50 -0700
From:   Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>
To:     Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
Cc:     david@...morbit.com, djwong@...nel.org, dan.j.williams@...el.com,
        hch@...radead.org, vishal.l.verma@...el.com, dave.jiang@...el.com,
        agk@...hat.com, snitzer@...hat.com, dm-devel@...hat.com,
        ira.weiny@...el.com, willy@...radead.org, vgoyal@...hat.com,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/6] dax,pmem: Add data recovery feature to
 pmem_copy_to/from_iter()

> +	if (flags & DAXDEV_F_RECOVERY) {
> +		lead_off = (unsigned long)addr & ~PAGE_MASK;
> +		len = PFN_PHYS(PFN_UP(lead_off + bytes));
> +		if (is_bad_pmem(&pmem->bb, PFN_PHYS(pgoff) / 512, len)) {
> +			if (lead_off || !(PAGE_ALIGNED(bytes))) {
> +				dev_warn(dev, "Found poison, but addr(%p) and/or bytes(%#lx) not page aligned\n",
> +					addr, bytes);
> +				return (size_t) -EIO;
> +			}
> +			pmem_off = PFN_PHYS(pgoff) + pmem->data_offset;
> +			if (pmem_clear_poison(pmem, pmem_off, bytes) !=
> +					BLK_STS_OK)
> +				return (size_t) -EIO;
> +		}

Shouldn't this just go down in a separe ->clear_poison operation
to make the whole thing a little easier to follow?