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From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
To: John Groves <john@jagalactic.com>, John Groves <John@groves.net>,
	"Miklos Szeredi" <miklos@szeredi.hu>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
	"Bernd Schubert" <bschubert@ddn.com>,
	Alison Schofield <alison.schofield@intel.com>
Cc: John Groves <jgroves@micron.com>,
	John Groves <jgroves@fastmail.com>,
	Jonathan Corbet <corbet@lwn.net>,
	Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>,
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	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>, "Jan Kara" <jack@suse.cz>,
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	John Groves <john@groves.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V7 05/19] dax: Add dax_operations for use by fs-dax on fsdev dax
Date: Sat, 14 Feb 2026 10:10:15 -0600	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <69909e6740f2c_14e0b410047@iweiny-mobl.notmuch> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <0100019bd33c798b-b40d52e8-b393-4a54-9cc2-f30ee62b566f-000000@email.amazonses.com>

John Groves wrote:
> From: John Groves <John@Groves.net>
> 
> fsdev: Add dax_operations for use by famfs
> 
> - These methods are based on pmem_dax_ops from drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
> - fsdev_dax_direct_access() returns the hpa, pfn and kva. The kva was
>   newly stored as dev_dax->virt_addr by dev_dax_probe().
> - The hpa/pfn are used for mmap (dax_iomap_fault()), and the kva is used
>   for read/write (dax_iomap_rw())

I thought this driver did not support mmap?

> - fsdev_dax_recovery_write() and dev_dax_zero_page_range() have not been
>   tested yet. I'm looking for suggestions as to how to test those.
> - dax-private.h: add dev_dax->cached_size, which fsdev needs to
>   remember. The dev_dax size cannot change while a driver is bound
>   (dev_dax_resize returns -EBUSY if dev->driver is set). Caching the size
>   at probe time allows fsdev's direct_access path can use it without
>   acquiring dax_dev_rwsem (which isn't exported anyway).
> 

None of the above explains exactly why this code is needed.  Rather it
just explains what it does.

I'm not 100% clear on why this is needed in the driver and why this is not
a layering violation which is going to bite us later?

Ira

> Signed-off-by: John Groves <john@groves.net>
> ---
>  drivers/dax/dax-private.h |  1 +
>  drivers/dax/fsdev.c       | 85 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 86 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/dax/dax-private.h b/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
> index 4ae4d829d3ee..092f4ae024ea 100644
> --- a/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
> +++ b/drivers/dax/dax-private.h
> @@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ struct dev_dax {
>  	struct dax_region *region;
>  	struct dax_device *dax_dev;
>  	void *virt_addr;
> +	u64 cached_size;
>  	unsigned int align;
>  	int target_node;
>  	bool dyn_id;
> diff --git a/drivers/dax/fsdev.c b/drivers/dax/fsdev.c
> index 72f78f606e06..5d17ad39227f 100644
> --- a/drivers/dax/fsdev.c
> +++ b/drivers/dax/fsdev.c
> @@ -28,6 +28,86 @@
>   * - No mmap support - all access is through fs-dax/iomap
>   */
>  
> +static void fsdev_write_dax(void *pmem_addr, struct page *page,
> +		unsigned int off, unsigned int len)
> +{
> +	while (len) {
> +		void *mem = kmap_local_page(page);
> +		unsigned int chunk = min_t(unsigned int, len, PAGE_SIZE - off);
> +
> +		memcpy_flushcache(pmem_addr, mem + off, chunk);
> +		kunmap_local(mem);
> +		len -= chunk;
> +		off = 0;
> +		page++;
> +		pmem_addr += chunk;
> +	}
> +}
> +
> +static long __fsdev_dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
> +			long nr_pages, enum dax_access_mode mode, void **kaddr,
> +			unsigned long *pfn)
> +{
> +	struct dev_dax *dev_dax = dax_get_private(dax_dev);
> +	size_t size = nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
> +	size_t offset = pgoff << PAGE_SHIFT;
> +	void *virt_addr = dev_dax->virt_addr + offset;
> +	phys_addr_t phys;
> +	unsigned long local_pfn;
> +
> +	WARN_ON(!dev_dax->virt_addr);
> +
> +	phys = dax_pgoff_to_phys(dev_dax, pgoff, nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT);
> +	if (phys == -1) {
> +		dev_dbg(&dev_dax->dev,
> +			"pgoff (%#lx) out of range\n", pgoff);
> +		return -ERANGE;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (kaddr)
> +		*kaddr = virt_addr;
> +
> +	local_pfn = PHYS_PFN(phys);
> +	if (pfn)
> +		*pfn = local_pfn;
> +
> +	/*
> +	 * Use cached_size which was computed at probe time. The size cannot
> +	 * change while the driver is bound (resize returns -EBUSY).
> +	 */
> +	return PHYS_PFN(min(size, dev_dax->cached_size - offset));
> +}
> +
> +static int fsdev_dax_zero_page_range(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
> +			pgoff_t pgoff, size_t nr_pages)
> +{
> +	void *kaddr;
> +
> +	WARN_ONCE(nr_pages > 1, "%s: nr_pages > 1\n", __func__);
> +	__fsdev_dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff, 1, DAX_ACCESS, &kaddr, NULL);
> +	fsdev_write_dax(kaddr, ZERO_PAGE(0), 0, PAGE_SIZE);
> +	return 0;
> +}
> +
> +static long fsdev_dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
> +		  pgoff_t pgoff, long nr_pages, enum dax_access_mode mode,
> +		  void **kaddr, unsigned long *pfn)
> +{
> +	return __fsdev_dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff, nr_pages, mode,
> +					 kaddr, pfn);
> +}
> +
> +static size_t fsdev_dax_recovery_write(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
> +		void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
> +{
> +	return _copy_from_iter_flushcache(addr, bytes, i);
> +}
> +
> +static const struct dax_operations dev_dax_ops = {
> +	.direct_access = fsdev_dax_direct_access,
> +	.zero_page_range = fsdev_dax_zero_page_range,
> +	.recovery_write = fsdev_dax_recovery_write,
> +};
>  
>  static void fsdev_cdev_del(void *cdev)
>  {
> @@ -163,6 +243,11 @@ static int fsdev_dax_probe(struct dev_dax *dev_dax)
>  		}
>  	}
>  
> +	/* Cache size now; it cannot change while driver is bound */
> +	dev_dax->cached_size = 0;
> +	for (i = 0; i < dev_dax->nr_range; i++)
> +		dev_dax->cached_size += range_len(&dev_dax->ranges[i].range);
> +
>  	/*
>  	 * FS-DAX compatible mode: Use MEMORY_DEVICE_FS_DAX type and
>  	 * do NOT set vmemmap_shift. This leaves folios at order-0,
> -- 
> 2.52.0
> 
> 
> 

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-02-14 16:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 73+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <20260118222911.92214-1-john@jagalactic.com>
2026-01-18 22:29 ` [PATCH BUNDLE v7] famfs: Fabric-Attached Memory File System John Groves
2026-01-18 22:30   ` [PATCH V7 00/19] famfs: port into fuse John Groves
2026-01-18 22:31     ` [PATCH V7 01/19] dax: move dax_pgoff_to_phys from [drivers/dax/] device.c to bus.c John Groves
2026-02-11 14:23       ` Ira Weiny
2026-02-18 23:00       ` Dave Jiang
2026-01-18 22:31     ` [PATCH V7 02/19] dax: Factor out dax_folio_reset_order() helper John Groves
2026-02-13 21:24       ` Ira Weiny
2026-02-18 23:04       ` Dave Jiang
2026-02-24  3:00       ` Ackerley Tng
2026-03-02 15:06         ` John Groves
2026-03-09  6:27           ` Ackerley Tng
2026-01-18 22:31     ` [PATCH V7 03/19] dax: add fsdev.c driver for fs-dax on character dax John Groves
2026-02-13 21:05       ` Ira Weiny
2026-02-17 17:56         ` John Groves
2026-03-19 15:11           ` Jonathan Cameron
2026-01-18 22:31     ` [PATCH V7 04/19] dax: Save the kva from memremap John Groves
2026-02-13 21:23       ` Ira Weiny
2026-02-18 23:33       ` Dave Jiang
2026-01-18 22:31     ` [PATCH V7 05/19] dax: Add dax_operations for use by fs-dax on fsdev dax John Groves
2026-02-13 21:23       ` Ira Weiny
2026-02-18  0:38         ` John Groves
2026-02-14 16:10       ` Ira Weiny [this message]
2026-02-18  0:49         ` John Groves
2026-01-18 22:32     ` [PATCH V7 06/19] dax: Add dax_set_ops() for setting dax_operations at bind time John Groves
2026-02-19 15:41       ` Dave Jiang
2026-01-18 22:32     ` [PATCH V7 07/19] dax: Add fs_dax_get() func to prepare dax for fs-dax usage John Groves
2026-02-19 16:07       ` Dave Jiang
2026-02-26 23:20         ` John Groves
2026-01-18 22:32     ` [PATCH V7 08/19] dax: export dax_dev_get() John Groves
2026-02-19 16:18       ` Dave Jiang
2026-01-18 22:32     ` [PATCH V7 09/19] famfs_fuse: magic.h: Add famfs magic numbers John Groves
2026-02-19 16:21       ` Dave Jiang
2026-01-18 22:32     ` [PATCH V7 10/19] famfs_fuse: Update macro s/FUSE_IS_DAX/FUSE_IS_VIRTIO_DAX/ John Groves
2026-02-19 16:33       ` Dave Jiang
2026-01-18 22:32     ` [PATCH V7 11/19] famfs_fuse: Basic fuse kernel ABI enablement for famfs John Groves
2026-02-19 16:57       ` Dave Jiang
2026-01-18 22:33     ` [PATCH V7 12/19] famfs_fuse: Plumb the GET_FMAP message/response John Groves
2026-02-19 17:12       ` Dave Jiang
2026-02-26  0:24         ` John Groves
2026-01-18 22:33     ` [PATCH V7 13/19] famfs_fuse: Create files with famfs fmaps John Groves
2026-02-19 18:31       ` Dave Jiang
2026-02-25 21:30         ` John Groves
2026-01-18 22:33     ` [PATCH V7 14/19] famfs_fuse: GET_DAXDEV message and daxdev_table John Groves
2026-02-19 18:51       ` Dave Jiang
2026-02-25 23:51         ` John Groves
2026-01-18 22:33     ` [PATCH V7 15/19] famfs_fuse: Plumb dax iomap and fuse read/write/mmap John Groves
2026-01-18 22:33     ` [PATCH V7 16/19] famfs_fuse: Add holder_operations for dax notify_failure() John Groves
2026-01-18 22:33     ` [PATCH V7 17/19] famfs_fuse: Add DAX address_space_operations with noop_dirty_folio John Groves
2026-01-30 23:13       ` Joanne Koong
2026-01-18 22:34     ` [PATCH V7 18/19] famfs_fuse: Add famfs fmap metadata documentation John Groves
2026-02-19 20:22       ` Dave Jiang
2026-01-18 22:34     ` [PATCH V7 19/19] famfs_fuse: Add documentation John Groves
2026-02-19 21:39       ` Dave Jiang
2026-02-26  0:29         ` John Groves
2026-01-18 22:34   ` [PATCH V7 0/3] libfuse: add basic famfs support to libfuse John Groves
2026-01-18 22:35     ` [PATCH V7 1/3] fuse_kernel.h: bring up to baseline 6.19 John Groves
2026-01-30 22:53       ` Joanne Koong
2026-01-31  0:41         ` Darrick J. Wong
2026-01-31  1:18           ` Joanne Koong
2026-01-18 22:35     ` [PATCH V7 2/3] fuse_kernel.h: add famfs DAX fmap protocol definitions John Groves
2026-01-18 22:35     ` [PATCH V7 3/3] fuse: add famfs DAX fmap support John Groves
2026-01-18 22:36   ` [PATCH V4 0/2] ndctl: Add daxctl support for the new "famfs" mode of devdax John Groves
2026-01-18 22:36     ` [PATCH V4 1/2] daxctl: Add support for famfs mode John Groves
2026-02-19 21:47       ` Dave Jiang
2026-02-27  2:00       ` Alison Schofield
2026-01-18 22:36     ` [PATCH V4 2/2] Add test/daxctl-famfs.sh to test famfs mode transitions: John Groves
2026-02-19 22:02       ` Dave Jiang
2026-01-20 17:01     ` [PATCH V4 0/2] ndctl: Add daxctl support for the new "famfs" mode of devdax Alireza Sanaee
2026-01-20 17:05       ` John Groves
2026-02-09 23:13     ` Alison Schofield
2026-02-11 14:31       ` John Groves
2026-01-20  9:12   ` [PATCH BUNDLE v7] famfs: Fabric-Attached Memory File System Alireza Sanaee
2026-01-20 15:13     ` John Groves

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