On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 04:01:29PM +0100, Jan Kara wrote: > On Thu 21-01-16 10:46:02, Ross Zwisler wrote: > > Several of the subtleties and assumptions of the DAX fsync/msync > > implementation are not immediately obvious, so document them with comments. > > > > Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Reported-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > > Thanks, the comments really help! Just two nits below, otherwise feel free > to add: > > Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> > > > --- > > fs/dax.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > 1 file changed, 30 insertions(+) > > > > diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c > > index d589113..55ae394 100644 > > --- a/fs/dax.c > > +++ b/fs/dax.c > > @@ -350,6 +350,13 @@ static int dax_radix_entry(struct address_space *mapping, pgoff_t index, > > > > if (!pmd_entry || type == RADIX_DAX_PMD) > > goto dirty; > > + > > + /* > > + * We only insert dirty PMD entries into the radix tree. This > > + * means we don't need to worry about removing a dirty PTE > > + * entry and inserting a clean PMD entry, thus reducing the > > + * range we would flush with a follow-up fsync/msync call. > > + */ > > May be acompany this with: > > WARN_ON(pmd_entry && !dirty); > > somewhere in dax_radix_entry()? Sure, I'll add one. > > radix_tree_delete(&mapping->page_tree, index); > > mapping->nrexceptional--; > > } > > @@ -912,6 +919,21 @@ int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address, > > } > > dax_unmap_atomic(bdev, &dax); > > > > + /* > > + * For PTE faults we insert a radix tree entry for reads, and > > + * leave it clean. Then on the first write we dirty the radix > > + * tree entry via the dax_pnf_mkwrite() path. This sequence > ^^^ pfn Thanks, will fix. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
