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From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
	linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org,
	Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>,
	linux-xfs <linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 11/18] fs, dax: introduce DEFINE_FSDAX_AOPS
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:05:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180103160503.GM4911@quack2.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPcyv4ibKYi_zE=V2W_aLghtr3LiC30A2ffFq-aPQCrikwgy2w@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue 02-01-18 12:21:28, Dan Williams wrote:
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_set_page_dirty);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_direct_IO);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_writepage);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_readpage);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_readpages);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_write_begin);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_write_end);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_invalidatepage);
> >
> > Exporting all these symbols to modules isn't exactly free.  Are you sure it
> > doesn't make more sense to put tests for dax in the existing aops?
> >
> 
> I'd rather have just one global fs_dax_aops instance that all
> filesystems could reference, but ->writepages() is fundamentally an
> address_space_operation. Until we can rework that I'd prefer the
> overhead of the extra exports than sprinkling more IS_DAX checks
> around.

Just for record I agree with what Dave said about this patch. Generic
address_space_operations are not how aops are commonly defined by
filesystems. Just create one structure for each fs as Dave suggested.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR
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From: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
To: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>,
	linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org, linux-xfs <linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org>,
	Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>,
	linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>,
	Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 11/18] fs, dax: introduce DEFINE_FSDAX_AOPS
Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2018 17:05:03 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20180103160503.GM4911@quack2.suse.cz> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPcyv4ibKYi_zE=V2W_aLghtr3LiC30A2ffFq-aPQCrikwgy2w@mail.gmail.com>

On Tue 02-01-18 12:21:28, Dan Williams wrote:
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_set_page_dirty);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_direct_IO);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_writepage);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_readpage);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_readpages);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_write_begin);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_write_end);
> >> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(dax_invalidatepage);
> >
> > Exporting all these symbols to modules isn't exactly free.  Are you sure it
> > doesn't make more sense to put tests for dax in the existing aops?
> >
> 
> I'd rather have just one global fs_dax_aops instance that all
> filesystems could reference, but ->writepages() is fundamentally an
> address_space_operation. Until we can rework that I'd prefer the
> overhead of the extra exports than sprinkling more IS_DAX checks
> around.

Just for record I agree with what Dave said about this patch. Generic
address_space_operations are not how aops are commonly defined by
filesystems. Just create one structure for each fs as Dave suggested.

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

  reply	other threads:[~2018-01-03 16:00 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 136+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-12-24  0:56 [PATCH v4 00/18] dax: fix dma vs truncate/hole-punch Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56 ` Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56 ` Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 01/18] mm, dax: introduce pfn_t_special() Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-04  8:16   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:16     ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 02/18] ext4: auto disable dax instead of failing mount Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-03 14:20   ` Jan Kara
2018-01-03 14:20     ` Jan Kara
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 03/18] ext2: " Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-03 14:21   ` Jan Kara
2018-01-03 14:21     ` Jan Kara
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 04/18] dax: require 'struct page' by default for filesystem dax Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-03 15:29   ` Jan Kara
2018-01-03 15:29     ` Jan Kara
2018-01-04  8:16   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:16     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-08 11:58   ` Gerald Schaefer
2018-01-08 11:58     ` Gerald Schaefer
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 05/18] dax: stop using VM_MIXEDMAP for dax Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-03 15:27   ` Jan Kara
2018-01-03 15:27     ` Jan Kara
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 06/18] dax: stop using VM_HUGEPAGE " Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 07/18] dax: store pfns in the radix Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2017-12-27  0:17   ` Ross Zwisler
2017-12-27  0:17     ` Ross Zwisler
2018-01-02 20:15     ` Dan Williams
2018-01-02 20:15       ` Dan Williams
2018-01-03 15:39   ` Jan Kara
2018-01-03 15:39     ` Jan Kara
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 08/18] tools/testing/nvdimm: add 'bio_delay' mechanism Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2017-12-27 18:08   ` Ross Zwisler
2017-12-27 18:08     ` Ross Zwisler
2018-01-02 20:35     ` Dan Williams
2018-01-02 20:35       ` Dan Williams
2018-01-02 21:44   ` Dave Chinner
2018-01-02 21:44     ` Dave Chinner
2018-01-02 21:51     ` Dan Williams
2018-01-02 21:51       ` Dan Williams
2018-01-03 15:46       ` Jan Kara
2018-01-03 15:46         ` Jan Kara
2018-01-03 20:37         ` Jeff Moyer
2018-01-03 20:37           ` Jeff Moyer
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 09/18] mm, dax: enable filesystems to trigger dev_pagemap ->page_free callbacks Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-04  8:20   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:20     ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 10/18] mm, dev_pagemap: introduce CONFIG_DEV_PAGEMAP_OPS Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-04  8:25   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:25     ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-12-24  0:56 ` [PATCH v4 11/18] fs, dax: introduce DEFINE_FSDAX_AOPS Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:56   ` Dan Williams
2017-12-27  5:29   ` Matthew Wilcox
2017-12-27  5:29     ` Matthew Wilcox
2018-01-02 20:21     ` Dan Williams
2018-01-02 20:21       ` Dan Williams
2018-01-03 16:05       ` Jan Kara [this message]
2018-01-03 16:05         ` Jan Kara
2018-01-04  8:27         ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:27           ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-02 21:41   ` Dave Chinner
2018-01-02 21:41     ` Dave Chinner
2017-12-24  0:57 ` [PATCH v4 12/18] xfs: use DEFINE_FSDAX_AOPS Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:57   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-02 21:15   ` Darrick J. Wong
2018-01-02 21:15     ` Darrick J. Wong
2018-01-02 21:40     ` Dan Williams
2018-01-02 21:40       ` Dan Williams
2018-01-03 16:09       ` Jan Kara
2018-01-03 16:09         ` Jan Kara
2018-01-04  8:28   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:28     ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-12-24  0:57 ` [PATCH v4 13/18] ext4: " Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:57   ` Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:57   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-04  8:29   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:29     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:29     ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-12-24  0:57 ` [PATCH v4 14/18] ext2: " Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:57   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-04  8:29   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:29     ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-12-24  0:57 ` [PATCH v4 15/18] mm, fs, dax: use page->mapping to warn if dma collides with truncate Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:57   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-04  8:30   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:30     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  9:39   ` Jan Kara
2018-01-04  9:39     ` Jan Kara
2017-12-24  0:57 ` [PATCH v4 16/18] wait_bit: introduce {wait_on,wake_up}_atomic_one Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:57   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-04  8:30   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:30     ` Christoph Hellwig
2017-12-24  0:57 ` [PATCH v4 17/18] mm, fs, dax: dax_flush_dma, handle dma vs block-map-change collisions Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:57   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-04  8:31   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:31     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04 11:12   ` Jan Kara
2018-01-04 11:12     ` Jan Kara
2018-01-07 21:58     ` Dan Williams
2018-01-07 21:58       ` Dan Williams
2018-01-08 13:50       ` Jan Kara
2018-01-08 13:50         ` Jan Kara
2018-03-08 17:02         ` Dan Williams
2018-03-08 17:02           ` Dan Williams
2018-03-09 12:56           ` Jan Kara
2018-03-09 12:56             ` Jan Kara
2018-03-09 16:15             ` Dan Williams
2018-03-09 16:15               ` Dan Williams
2018-03-09 17:26               ` Dan Williams
2018-03-09 17:26                 ` Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:57 ` [PATCH v4 18/18] xfs, dax: wire up dax_flush_dma support via a new xfs_sync_dma helper Dan Williams
2017-12-24  0:57   ` Dan Williams
2018-01-02 21:07   ` Darrick J. Wong
2018-01-02 21:07     ` Darrick J. Wong
2018-01-02 23:00   ` Dave Chinner
2018-01-02 23:00     ` Dave Chinner
2018-01-03  2:21     ` Dan Williams
2018-01-03  2:21       ` Dan Williams
2018-01-03  7:51       ` Dave Chinner
2018-01-03  7:51         ` Dave Chinner
2018-01-04  8:34         ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:34           ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:33     ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:33       ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:17 ` [PATCH v4 00/18] dax: fix dma vs truncate/hole-punch Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:17   ` Christoph Hellwig
2018-01-04  8:17   ` Christoph Hellwig

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