We can't just take locking one level up, as we need differnet locking for different kinds of I/O. I think you probably want an IOCB_DAX flag to check IS_DAX once and then stick to it, similar to what we do for direct I/O. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>