This patch introduces 'daxdev_mapping_supported' helper which checks if 'MAP_SYNC' is supported with filesystem mapping. It also checks if corresponding dax_device is synchronous. Virtio pmem device is asynchronous and does not not support VM_SYNC. Suggested-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@xxxxxxxxxx> --- include/linux/dax.h | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 23 insertions(+) diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h index b896706a5ee9..4a2a60ffec86 100644 --- a/include/linux/dax.h +++ b/include/linux/dax.h @@ -38,6 +38,24 @@ void kill_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev); void dax_write_cache(struct dax_device *dax_dev, bool wc); bool dax_write_cache_enabled(struct dax_device *dax_dev); bool dax_synchronous(struct dax_device *dax_dev); + +/* + * Callers check if synchronous mapping is enabled for DAX file + * and attached dax device is also synchronous. + * + * dax_synchronous function verifies if dax device is synchronous. + * Currently, only virtio pmem device supports asynchronous device + * flush. + */ +static inline bool daxdev_mapping_supported(struct vm_area_struct *vma, + struct dax_device *dax_dev) +{ + if (!(vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC)) + return true; + if (!IS_DAX(file_inode(vma->vm_file))) + return false; + return dax_synchronous(dax_dev); +} #else static inline struct dax_device *dax_get_by_host(const char *host) { @@ -69,6 +87,11 @@ static inline bool dax_synchronous(struct dax_device *dax_dev) { return true; } +static inline bool daxdev_mapping_supported(struct vm_area_struct *vma, + struct dax_device *dax_dev) +{ + return true; +} #endif struct writeback_control; -- 2.20.1