From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>,
Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>,
dm-devel@redhat.com, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org,
nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, linux-s390@vger.kernel.org,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org
Subject: Re: futher decouple DAX from block devices
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 12:59:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <21ff4333-e567-2819-3ae0-6a2e83ec7ce6@sandeen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211018044054.1779424-1-hch@lst.de>
On 10/17/21 11:40 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> this series cleans up and simplifies the association between DAX and block
> devices in preparation of allowing to mount file systems directly on DAX
> devices without a detour through block devices.
Christoph, can I ask what the end game looks like, here? If dax is completely
decoupled from block devices, are there user-visible changes? If I want to
run fs-dax on a pmem device - what do I point mkfs at, if not a block device?
Thanks,
-Eric
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From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, dm-devel@redhat.com,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Subject: Re: futher decouple DAX from block devices
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 12:59:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <21ff4333-e567-2819-3ae0-6a2e83ec7ce6@sandeen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211018044054.1779424-1-hch@lst.de>
On 10/17/21 11:40 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> this series cleans up and simplifies the association between DAX and block
> devices in preparation of allowing to mount file systems directly on DAX
> devices without a detour through block devices.
Christoph, can I ask what the end game looks like, here? If dax is completely
decoupled from block devices, are there user-visible changes? If I want to
run fs-dax on a pmem device - what do I point mkfs at, if not a block device?
Thanks,
-Eric
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From: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@sandeen.net>
To: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: nvdimm@lists.linux.dev, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>,
linux-s390@vger.kernel.org, linux-erofs@lists.ozlabs.org,
virtualization@lists.linux-foundation.org,
linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org, dm-devel@redhat.com,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [dm-devel] futher decouple DAX from block devices
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2021 12:59:31 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <21ff4333-e567-2819-3ae0-6a2e83ec7ce6@sandeen.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20211018044054.1779424-1-hch@lst.de>
On 10/17/21 11:40 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> Hi Dan,
>
> this series cleans up and simplifies the association between DAX and block
> devices in preparation of allowing to mount file systems directly on DAX
> devices without a detour through block devices.
Christoph, can I ask what the end game looks like, here? If dax is completely
decoupled from block devices, are there user-visible changes? If I want to
run fs-dax on a pmem device - what do I point mkfs at, if not a block device?
Thanks,
-Eric
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Thread overview: 197+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2021-10-18 4:40 futher decouple DAX from block devices Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 01/11] dm: make the DAX support dependend on CONFIG_FS_DAX Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-27 20:53 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 20:53 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-27 20:53 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 20:53 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-01 16:12 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:12 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:12 ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:12 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 02/11] dax: remove CONFIG_DAX_DRIVER Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-27 20:54 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 20:54 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-27 20:54 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 20:54 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 03/11] dax: simplify the dax_device <-> gendisk association Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-27 22:03 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 22:03 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-27 22:03 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 22:03 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-29 4:57 ` Ira Weiny
2021-10-29 4:57 ` [dm-devel] " Ira Weiny
2021-10-29 4:57 ` Ira Weiny
2021-10-29 4:57 ` Ira Weiny
2021-11-01 16:28 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:28 ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:28 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:28 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 04/11] dax: remove the pgmap sanity checks in generic_fsdax_supported Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-27 23:02 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 23:02 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 23:02 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-27 23:02 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 05/11] dax: move the partition alignment check into fs_dax_get_by_bdev Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-27 23:07 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 23:07 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 23:07 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-27 23:07 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 06/11] xfs: factor out a xfs_setup_dax helper Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 16:43 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-10-18 16:43 ` [dm-devel] " Darrick J. Wong
2021-10-18 16:43 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-10-19 7:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-19 7:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-19 7:23 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-19 7:23 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-27 23:37 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 23:37 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-27 23:37 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 23:37 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 07/11] dax: remove dax_capable Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 12:25 ` Gao Xiang
2021-10-18 12:25 ` [dm-devel] " Gao Xiang
2021-10-18 12:25 ` Gao Xiang
2021-10-19 15:44 ` [dm-devel] " Darrick J. Wong
2021-10-19 15:44 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-10-19 15:44 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-10-28 0:20 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 0:20 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 0:20 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 0:20 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 0:16 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 0:16 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-28 0:16 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 0:16 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-01 16:17 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:17 ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:17 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:17 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 08/11] dm-linear: add a linear_dax_pgoff helper Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-28 1:32 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:32 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:32 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:32 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-01 16:18 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:18 ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:18 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:18 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 09/11] dm-log-writes: add a log_writes_dax_pgoff helper Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-28 1:36 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:36 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:36 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:36 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-01 16:19 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:19 ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:19 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:19 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 10/11] dm-stripe: add a stripe_dax_pgoff helper Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-28 1:41 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:41 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:41 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:41 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-01 16:21 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:21 ` [dm-devel] " Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:21 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-11-01 16:21 ` Mike Snitzer
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [PATCH 11/11] dax: move bdev_dax_pgoff to fs/dax.c Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-18 4:40 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-10-28 1:44 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:44 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:44 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 1:44 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 20:46 ` futher decouple DAX from block devices Dan Williams
2021-10-27 20:46 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-27 20:46 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-27 20:46 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-28 23:51 ` Stephen Rothwell
2021-10-28 23:51 ` [dm-devel] " Stephen Rothwell
2021-10-28 23:51 ` Stephen Rothwell
2021-10-28 23:51 ` Stephen Rothwell
2021-10-29 15:42 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-29 15:42 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-29 15:42 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-29 15:42 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-29 15:55 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-10-29 15:55 ` [dm-devel] " Darrick J. Wong
2021-10-29 15:55 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-10-29 16:16 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-29 16:16 ` Dan Williams
2021-10-29 16:16 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-10-29 16:16 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-03 17:59 ` Eric Sandeen [this message]
2021-11-03 17:59 ` [dm-devel] " Eric Sandeen
2021-11-03 17:59 ` Eric Sandeen
2021-11-04 8:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-04 8:17 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-04 8:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-04 8:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-04 17:34 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-11-04 17:34 ` [dm-devel] " Darrick J. Wong
2021-11-04 17:34 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-11-04 17:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-04 17:35 ` [dm-devel] " Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-04 17:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-04 17:35 ` Christoph Hellwig
2021-11-04 18:10 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-04 18:10 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-04 18:10 ` Dan Williams
2021-11-04 18:10 ` [dm-devel] " Dan Williams
2021-11-04 19:04 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-11-04 19:04 ` [dm-devel] " Darrick J. Wong
2021-11-04 19:04 ` Darrick J. Wong
2021-11-05 3:09 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-11-05 3:09 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-11-05 3:09 ` [dm-devel] " Theodore Ts'o
2021-11-05 3:09 ` Theodore Ts'o
2021-11-05 3:30 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-11-05 3:30 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-11-05 3:30 ` Matthew Wilcox
2021-11-05 3:30 ` [dm-devel] " Matthew Wilcox
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