Re: [PATCH 5/8] xfs: add DAX file operations support

[Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com>]

On 03/24/2015 12:51 PM, Dave Chinner wrote:
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> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> index 94713c2..8017175 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> @@ -385,7 +385,11 @@ xfs_file_splice_read(
>  
>  	trace_xfs_file_splice_read(ip, count, *ppos, ioflags);
>  
> -	ret = generic_file_splice_read(infilp, ppos, pipe, count, flags);
> +	/* for dax, we need to avoid the page cache */
> +	if (IS_DAX(VFS_I(ip)))
> +		ret = default_file_splice_read(infilp, ppos, pipe, count, flags);
> +	else
> +		ret = generic_file_splice_read(infilp, ppos, pipe, count, flags);

Dave hi

Linus has accepted this patch:
  [be64f884be] dax: unify ext2/4_{dax,}_file_operations

Which adds the same exact if(IS_DAX)) to generic_file_splice_read for use
by ext2/4. (It made things easier for both ext2/4)

But also this code is just fine of course

Thanks
Boaz

>  	if (ret > 0)
>  		XFS_STATS_ADD(xs_read_bytes, ret);
>  
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