[PATCH V7 06/19] dax: Add dax_set_ops() for setting dax_operations at bind time

John Groves
2026-01-18T22:32:04Z

From: John Groves <John@Groves.net>

Add a new dax_set_ops() function that allows drivers to set the
dax_operations after the dax_device has been allocated. This is needed
for fsdev_dax where the operations need to be set during probe and
cleared during unbind.

The fsdev driver uses devm_add_action_or_reset() for cleanup consistency,
avoiding the complexity of mixing devm-managed resources with manual
cleanup in a remove() callback. This ensures cleanup happens automatically
in the correct reverse order when the device is unbound.

Signed-off-by: John Groves <john@groves.net>
---
drivers/dax/fsdev.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++
drivers/dax/super.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
include/linux/dax.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 54 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dax/fsdev.c b/drivers/dax/fsdev.c
index 5d17ad39227f..4949aa41dcf4 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/fsdev.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/fsdev.c
@@ -119,6 +119,13 @@ static void fsdev_kill(void *dev_dax)
kill_dev_dax(dev_dax);
}

+static void fsdev_clear_ops(void *data)
+{
+ struct dev_dax *dev_dax = data;
+
+ dax_set_ops(dev_dax->dax_dev, NULL);
+}
+
/*
* Page map operations for FS-DAX mode
* Similar to fsdax_pagemap_ops in drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -301,6 +308,15 @@ static int fsdev_dax_probe(struct dev_dax *dev_dax)
if (rc)
return rc;

+ /* Set the dax operations for fs-dax access path */
+ rc = dax_set_ops(dax_dev, &dev_dax_ops);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
+
+ rc = devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, fsdev_clear_ops, dev_dax);
+ if (rc)
+ return rc;
+
run_dax(dax_dev);
return devm_add_action_or_reset(dev, fsdev_kill, dev_dax);
}
diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index c00b9dff4a06..ba0b4cd18a77 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -157,6 +157,9 @@ long dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, long nr_pages,
if (!dax_alive(dax_dev))
return -ENXIO;

+ if (!dax_dev->ops)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
if (nr_pages < 0)
return -EINVAL;

@@ -207,6 +210,10 @@ int dax_zero_page_range(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,

if (!dax_alive(dax_dev))
return -ENXIO;
+
+ if (!dax_dev->ops)
+ return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+
/*
* There are no callers that want to zero more than one page as of now.
* Once users are there, this check can be removed after the
@@ -223,7 +230,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_zero_page_range);
size_t dax_recovery_write(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *iter)
{
- if (!dax_dev->ops->recovery_write)
+ if (!dax_dev->ops || !dax_dev->ops->recovery_write)
return 0;
return dax_dev->ops->recovery_write(dax_dev, pgoff, addr, bytes, iter);
}
@@ -307,6 +314,35 @@ void set_dax_nomc(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(set_dax_nomc);

+/**
+ * dax_set_ops - set the dax_operations for a dax_device
+ * @dax_dev: the dax_device to configure
+ * @ops: the operations to set (may be NULL to clear)
+ *
+ * This allows drivers to set the dax_operations after the dax_device
+ * has been allocated. This is needed when the device is created before
+ * the driver that needs specific ops is bound (e.g., fsdev_dax binding
+ * to a dev_dax created by hmem).
+ *
+ * When setting non-NULL ops, fails if ops are already set (returns -EBUSY).
+ * When clearing ops (NULL), always succeeds.
+ *
+ * Return: 0 on success, -EBUSY if ops already set
+ */
+int dax_set_ops(struct dax_device *dax_dev, const struct dax_operations *ops)
+{
+ if (ops) {
+ /* Setting ops: fail if already set */
+ if (cmpxchg(&dax_dev->ops, NULL, ops) != NULL)
+ return -EBUSY;
+ } else {
+ /* Clearing ops: always allowed */
+ dax_dev->ops = NULL;
+ }
+ return 0;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_set_ops);
+
bool dax_alive(struct dax_device *dax_dev)
{
lockdep_assert_held(&dax_srcu);
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index fe1315135fdd..5aaaca135737 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -247,6 +247,7 @@ static inline void dax_break_layout_final(struct inode *inode)

bool dax_alive(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
void *dax_get_private(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
+int dax_set_ops(struct dax_device *dax_dev, const struct dax_operations *ops);
long dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, long nr_pages,
enum dax_access_mode mode, void **kaddr, unsigned long *pfn);
size_t dax_copy_from_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, void *addr,
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