On Wed 23-12-15 12:39:15, Ross Zwisler wrote: > Add support for tracking dirty DAX entries in the struct address_space > radix tree. This tree is already used for dirty page writeback, and it > already supports the use of exceptional (non struct page*) entries. > > In order to properly track dirty DAX pages we will insert new exceptional > entries into the radix tree that represent dirty DAX PTE or PMD pages. > These exceptional entries will also contain the writeback sectors for the > PTE or PMD faults that we can use at fsync/msync time. > > There are currently two types of exceptional entries (shmem and shadow) > that can be placed into the radix tree, and this adds a third. We rely on > the fact that only one type of exceptional entry can be found in a given > radix tree based on its usage. This happens for free with DAX vs shmem but > we explicitly prevent shadow entries from being added to radix trees for > DAX mappings. > > The only shadow entries that would be generated for DAX radix trees would > be to track zero page mappings that were created for holes. These pages > would receive minimal benefit from having shadow entries, and the choice > to have only one type of exceptional entry in a given radix tree makes the > logic simpler both in clear_exceptional_entry() and in the rest of DAX. > > Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> The patch looks good to me. You can add: Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Honza -- Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> SUSE Labs, CR -- 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>