From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
dm-devel@redhat.com, Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>,
x86@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>,
viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>,
hch@lst.de
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 06/14] filesystem-dax: convert to dax_flush()
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 12:56:35 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20170614105635.GF21506@quack2.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <149703985873.20620.14408850278717601623.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com>
On Fri 09-06-17 13:24:18, Dan Williams wrote:
> Filesystem-DAX flushes caches whenever it writes to the address returned
> through dax_direct_access() and when writing back dirty radix entries.
> That flushing is only required in the pmem case, so the dax_flush()
> helper skips cache management work when the underlying driver does not
> specify a flush method.
>
> We still do all the dirty tracking since the radix entry will already be
> there for locking purposes. However, the work to clean the entry will be
> a nop for some dax drivers.
>
> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Looks good to me. You can add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Honza
> ---
> fs/dax.c | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index b459948de427..0933fc460ada 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -784,7 +784,7 @@ static int dax_writeback_one(struct block_device *bdev,
> }
>
> dax_mapping_entry_mkclean(mapping, index, pfn_t_to_pfn(pfn));
> - wb_cache_pmem(kaddr, size);
> + dax_flush(dax_dev, pgoff, kaddr, size);
> /*
> * After we have flushed the cache, we can clear the dirty tag. There
> * cannot be new dirty data in the pfn after the flush has completed as
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2017-06-14 10:56 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2017-06-09 20:23 [PATCH v3 00/14] pmem: stop abusing __copy_user_nocache(), and other reworks Dan Williams
2017-06-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v3 01/14] x86, uaccess: introduce copy_from_iter_flushcache for pmem / cache-bypass operations Dan Williams
2017-06-18 8:28 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-06-19 2:02 ` Dan Williams
2017-06-09 20:23 ` [PATCH v3 02/14] dm: add ->copy_from_iter() dax operation support Dan Williams
2017-06-15 0:46 ` Kani, Toshimitsu
2017-06-15 1:21 ` Kani, Toshimitsu
2017-06-18 8:37 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-06-19 2:04 ` Dan Williams
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 03/14] filesystem-dax: convert to dax_copy_from_iter() Dan Williams
2017-06-14 10:58 ` Jan Kara
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 04/14] dax, pmem: introduce an optional 'flush' dax_operation Dan Williams
2017-06-14 10:57 ` Jan Kara
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 05/14] dm: add ->flush() dax operation support Dan Williams
2017-06-15 1:44 ` Kani, Toshimitsu
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 06/14] filesystem-dax: convert to dax_flush() Dan Williams
2017-06-14 10:56 ` Jan Kara [this message]
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 07/14] x86, dax: replace clear_pmem() with open coded memset + dax_ops->flush Dan Williams
2017-06-14 10:55 ` Jan Kara
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 08/14] x86, dax, libnvdimm: move wb_cache_pmem() to libnvdimm Dan Williams
2017-06-12 0:29 ` [PATCH v4 " Dan Williams
2017-06-14 10:54 ` [PATCH v3 " Jan Kara
2017-06-14 16:49 ` Dan Williams
2017-06-15 8:11 ` Jan Kara
2017-06-18 8:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-06-19 2:06 ` Dan Williams
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 09/14] x86, libnvdimm, pmem: move arch_invalidate_pmem() " Dan Williams
2017-06-14 10:49 ` Jan Kara
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 10/14] pmem: remove global pmem api Dan Williams
2017-06-14 10:48 ` Jan Kara
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 11/14] libnvdimm, pmem: fix persistence warning Dan Williams
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 12/14] libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile ranges Dan Williams
2017-06-09 20:24 ` [PATCH v3 13/14] filesystem-dax: gate calls to dax_flush() on QUEUE_FLAG_WC Dan Williams
2017-06-14 10:46 ` Jan Kara
2017-06-14 16:49 ` Dan Williams
2017-06-14 23:11 ` [PATCH v4 13/14] libnvdimm, pmem: gate cache management on QUEUE_FLAG_WC in pmem_dax_flush() Dan Williams
2017-06-15 8:09 ` Jan Kara
2017-06-18 8:45 ` [PATCH v3 13/14] filesystem-dax: gate calls to dax_flush() on QUEUE_FLAG_WC Christoph Hellwig
2017-06-19 2:07 ` Dan Williams
2017-06-09 20:25 ` [PATCH v3 14/14] libnvdimm, pmem: disable dax flushing when pmem is fronting a volatile region Dan Williams
2017-06-09 23:21 ` Dan Williams
2017-06-10 17:54 ` [PATCH v4 " Dan Williams
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