On Tue, Jun 28 2016 at 3:37pm -0400, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> wrote: > Allow table type DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED to extend with > DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED since DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED > supports bio-based requests. > > Signed-off-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> > Cc: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Alasdair Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> > --- > drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c | 11 ++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c > index b59e3459..0f32791 100644 > --- a/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-ioctl.c > @@ -1267,6 +1267,15 @@ static int populate_table(struct dm_table *table, > return dm_table_complete(table); > } > > +static bool is_valid_type(unsigned cur, unsigned new) > +{ > + if (cur == new || > + (cur == DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED && new == DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED)) > + return true; > + > + return false; > +} > + > static int table_load(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size) > { > int r; > @@ -1309,7 +1318,7 @@ static int table_load(struct dm_ioctl *param, size_t param_size) > DMWARN("unable to set up device queue for new table."); > goto err_unlock_md_type; > } > - } else if (dm_get_md_type(md) != dm_table_get_type(t)) { > + } else if (!is_valid_type(dm_get_md_type(md), dm_table_get_type(t))) { > DMWARN("can't change device type after initial table load."); > r = -EINVAL; > goto err_unlock_md_type; > You said in the 0th header: "Patch 1 solves an error when lvremove is made to a snapshot device." I'm not seeing why this patch 1 fixes anything specific to snapshot device removal (but I can see why patch 2 makes snapshot creation "work"). I'll apply your 2nd patch and see if I can see what you mean. I actually see this error, without either of your 2 proposed patches applied, when I try to create a snapshot of a DAX capable LV: # lvcreate -s -n snap -L 100M pmem/lv device-mapper: reload ioctl on (253:7) failed: Invalid argument Failed to lock logical volume pmem/lv. Aborting. Manual intervention required. Jun 28 15:57:28 rhel-storage-02 kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: can't change device type after initial table load. -- dm-devel mailing list dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/dm-devel