The patch titled
Subject: brd: rename XIP to DAX
has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
brd-rename-xip-to-dax.patch
This patch should soon appear at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/brd-rename-xip-to-dax.patch
and later at
http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/brd-rename-xip-to-dax.patch
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From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: brd: rename XIP to DAX
Since this is relating to FS_XIP, not KERNEL_XIP, it should be called
DAX instead of XIP.
Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Andreas Dilger <andreas.dilger@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Boaz Harrosh <boaz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/block/Kconfig | 13 +++++++------
drivers/block/brd.c | 14 +++++++-------
2 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 13 deletions(-)
diff -puN drivers/block/Kconfig~brd-rename-xip-to-dax drivers/block/Kconfig
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig~brd-rename-xip-to-dax
+++ a/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -393,14 +393,15 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE
The default value is 4096 kilobytes. Only change this if you know
what you are doing.
-config BLK_DEV_XIP
- bool "Support XIP filesystems on RAM block device"
- depends on BLK_DEV_RAM
+config BLK_DEV_RAM_DAX
+ bool "Support Direct Access (DAX) to RAM block devices"
+ depends on BLK_DEV_RAM && FS_DAX
default n
help
- Support XIP filesystems (such as ext2 with XIP support on) on
- top of block ram device. This will slightly enlarge the kernel, and
- will prevent RAM block device backing store memory from being
+ Support filesystems using DAX to access RAM block devices. This
+ avoids double-buffering data in the page cache before copying it
+ to the block device. Answering Y will slightly enlarge the kernel,
+ and will prevent RAM block device backing store memory from being
allocated from highmem (only a problem for highmem systems).
config CDROM_PKTCDVD
diff -puN drivers/block/brd.c~brd-rename-xip-to-dax drivers/block/brd.c
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c~brd-rename-xip-to-dax
+++ a/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ static struct page *brd_insert_page(stru
* Must use NOIO because we don't want to recurse back into the
* block or filesystem layers from page reclaim.
*
- * Cannot support XIP and highmem, because our ->direct_access
- * routine for XIP must return memory that is always addressable.
- * If XIP was reworked to use pfns and kmap throughout, this
+ * Cannot support DAX and highmem, because our ->direct_access
+ * routine for DAX must return memory that is always addressable.
+ * If DAX was reworked to use pfns and kmap throughout, this
* restriction might be able to be lifted.
*/
gfp_flags = GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO;
-#ifndef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XIP
+#ifndef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_DAX
gfp_flags |= __GFP_HIGHMEM;
#endif
page = alloc_page(gfp_flags);
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static int brd_rw_page(struct block_devi
return err;
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XIP
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_DAX
static long brd_direct_access(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
void **kaddr, unsigned long *pfn, long size)
{
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ static long brd_direct_access(struct blo
*/
return PAGE_SIZE;
}
+#else
+#define brd_direct_access NULL
#endif
static int brd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
@@ -430,9 +432,7 @@ static const struct block_device_operati
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.rw_page = brd_rw_page,
.ioctl = brd_ioctl,
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XIP
.direct_access = brd_direct_access,
-#endif
};
/*
_
Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
dax-replace-xip-documentation-with-dax-documentation.patch
brd-rename-xip-to-dax.patch
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