linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v5 2/7] dax: introduce dax device flag DAXDEV

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Date:   Wed, 2 Feb 2022 05:23:05 -0800
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 v5 2/7] dax: introduce dax device flag DAXDEV_RECOVERY

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 02:31:45PM -0700, Jane Chu wrote:
> +int dax_prep_recovery(struct dax_device *dax_dev, void **kaddr)
> +{
> +	if (dax_recovery_capable(dax_dev)) {
> +		set_bit(DAXDEV_RECOVERY, (unsigned long *)kaddr);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +	return -EINVAL;

Setting a random bit on a passed in memory address looks a little
dangerous to me.

Also I'd return early for the EINVAL case to make the flow a little
more clear.