On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 08:23:06AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:40:40PM -0700, ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote: > > STATX_ATTR_DAX > > > > The file is in the DAX (cpu direct access) state. DAX state > > attempts to minimize software cache effects for both I/O and > > memory mappings of this file. It requires a file system which > > has been configured to support DAX. > > Can we remove the misleading DAX name? Something like > STATX_ATTR_DIRECT_LOAD_STORE? This is easy enough to change but... Honestly I feel like this ship has already sailed. We have so much out there which uses the term "DAX". Is it really better to introduce a new terminology for the same thing? Ira
