From: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>, linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk, hch@infradead.org, riel@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH 0/6] Add persistent memory driver Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:12:54 -0600 [thread overview] Message-ID: <1426540380-24503-1-git-send-email-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> (raw) PMEM is a modified version of the Block RAM Driver, BRD. The major difference is that BRD allocates its backing store pages from the page cache, whereas PMEM uses reserved memory that has been ioremapped. One benefit of this approach is that there is a direct mapping between filesystem block numbers and virtual addresses. In PMEM, filesystem blocks N, N+1, N+2, etc. will all be adjacent in the virtual memory space. This property allows us to set up PMD mappings (2 MiB) for DAX. This patch set is builds upon the work that Matthew Wilcox has been doing for DAX, which has been merged into the v4.0 kernel series. For more information on PMEM and for some instructions on how to use it, please check out PMEM's github tree: https://github.com/01org/prd Cc: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Cc: axboe@kernel.dk Cc: hch@infradead.org Cc: riel@redhat.com Boaz Harrosh (1): pmem: Let each device manage private memory region Ross Zwisler (5): pmem: Initial version of persistent memory driver pmem: Add support for getgeo() pmem: Add support for rw_page() pmem: Add support for direct_access() pmem: Clean up includes MAINTAINERS | 6 + drivers/block/Kconfig | 41 +++++ drivers/block/Makefile | 1 + drivers/block/pmem.c | 401 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 449 insertions(+) create mode 100644 drivers/block/pmem.c -- 1.9.3
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From: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>, linux-nvdimm@ml01.01.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, axboe@kernel.dk, hch@infradead.org, riel@redhat.com Subject: [PATCH 0/6] Add persistent memory driver Date: Mon, 16 Mar 2015 15:12:54 -0600 [thread overview] Message-ID: <1426540380-24503-1-git-send-email-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> (raw) PMEM is a modified version of the Block RAM Driver, BRD. The major difference is that BRD allocates its backing store pages from the page cache, whereas PMEM uses reserved memory that has been ioremapped. One benefit of this approach is that there is a direct mapping between filesystem block numbers and virtual addresses. In PMEM, filesystem blocks N, N+1, N+2, etc. will all be adjacent in the virtual memory space. This property allows us to set up PMD mappings (2 MiB) for DAX. This patch set is builds upon the work that Matthew Wilcox has been doing for DAX, which has been merged into the v4.0 kernel series. For more information on PMEM and for some instructions on how to use it, please check out PMEM's github tree: https://github.com/01org/prd Cc: linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org Cc: linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org Cc: axboe@kernel.dk Cc: hch@infradead.org Cc: riel@redhat.com Boaz Harrosh (1): pmem: Let each device manage private memory region Ross Zwisler (5): pmem: Initial version of persistent memory driver pmem: Add support for getgeo() pmem: Add support for rw_page() pmem: Add support for direct_access() pmem: Clean up includes MAINTAINERS | 6 + drivers/block/Kconfig | 41 +++++ drivers/block/Makefile | 1 + drivers/block/pmem.c | 401 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 4 files changed, 449 insertions(+) create mode 100644 drivers/block/pmem.c -- 1.9.3
next reply other threads:[~2015-03-16 21:12 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2015-03-16 21:12 Ross Zwisler [this message] 2015-03-16 21:12 ` [PATCH 0/6] Add persistent memory driver Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:12 ` [PATCH 1/6] pmem: Initial version of " Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:12 ` Ross Zwisler 2015-03-17 18:53 ` Paul Bolle 2015-03-17 18:53 ` Paul Bolle 2015-03-16 21:12 ` [PATCH 2/6] pmem: Add support for getgeo() Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:12 ` Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:12 ` [PATCH 3/6] pmem: Add support for rw_page() Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:12 ` Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:12 ` [PATCH 4/6] pmem: Add support for direct_access() Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:12 ` Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:12 ` [PATCH 5/6] pmem: Clean up includes Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:12 ` Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:13 ` [PATCH 6/6] pmem: Let each device manage private memory region Ross Zwisler 2015-03-16 21:13 ` Ross Zwisler 2015-03-18 10:57 ` Boaz Harrosh 2015-03-18 10:57 ` Boaz Harrosh 2015-03-18 11:08 ` [Linux-nvdimm] [PATCH 0/6] Add persistent memory driver Boaz Harrosh 2015-03-18 11:08 ` Boaz Harrosh
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