On 27.06.24 02:54, Alistair Popple wrote:
Currently to map a DAX page the DAX driver calls vmf_insert_pfn. This creates a special devmap PTE entry for the pfn but does not take a reference on the underlying struct page for the mapping. This is because DAX page refcounts are treated specially, as indicated by the presence of a devmap entry. To allow DAX page refcounts to be managed the same as normal page refcounts introduce dax_insert_pfn. This will take a reference on the underlying page much the same as vmf_insert_page, except it also permits upgrading an existing mapping to be writable if requested/possible.
We have this comparably nasty vmf_insert_mixed() that FS dax abused to insert into !VM_MIXED VMAs. Is that abuse now stopping and are there maybe ways to get rid of vmf_insert_mixed()?
-- Cheers, David / dhildenb
