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On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:29:59PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > OK naive question from me, how do we want an application to be able to
> > check if it is running on a DAX mapping?
> 
> The question from me is: Should application really care?

No, it should not.  DAX is an implementation detail thay may change
or go away at any time.
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On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:29:59PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > OK naive question from me, how do we want an application to be able to
> > check if it is running on a DAX mapping?
> 
> The question from me is: Should application really care?

No, it should not.  DAX is an implementation detail thay may change
or go away at any time.

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On Tue, Oct 02, 2018 at 04:29:59PM +0200, Jan Kara wrote:
> > OK naive question from me, how do we want an application to be able to
> > check if it is running on a DAX mapping?
> 
> The question from me is: Should application really care?

No, it should not.  DAX is an implementation detail thay may change
or go away at any time.