From: "Kani, Toshi" <toshi.kani@hpe.com> To: "ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com" <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>, "snitzer@redhat.com" <snitzer@redhat.com> Cc: "dm-devel@redhat.com" <dm-devel@redhat.com>, "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, "linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org" <linux-nvdimm@lists.01.org>, "linux-xfs@vger.kernel.orgw" <linux-xfs@vger.kernel.orgw>, "linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org> Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 5/7] dm: remove DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED dm_queue_mode Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2018 23:49:18 +0000 [thread overview] Message-ID: <1528156065.14039.113.camel@hpe.com> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20180604232416.GB10666@linux.intel.com> On Mon, 2018-06-04 at 17:24 -0600, Ross Zwisler wrote: > On Fri, Jun 01, 2018 at 06:04:43PM -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote: > > On Tue, May 29 2018 at 3:51pm -0400, > > Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote: : > > For example, the following transition will currently fail: > > > > dm-linear: [fsdax pmem][fsdax pmem] => [fsdax pmem][fsdax raw] > > DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED > > > > but these will both succeed: > > > > dm-linear: [fsdax pmem][brd ramdisk] => [fsdax pmem][fsdax raw] > > DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED > > > > dm-linear: [fsdax pmem][fsdax raw] => [fsdax pmem][fsdax pmem] > > DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED > > So we allow 2 of the 3 transitions, but the reason that we disallow the third > isn't fully clear to me. I need to refresh my memory for the code, but here is the intent. https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/22/1000 https://lkml.org/lkml/2016/6/22/999 > > > dm-linear: [fsdax pmem][fsdax raw] => [fsdax pmem][fsdax pmem] > > > DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED > > > > > > This seems arbitrary, as really the choice on whether to use DAX happens at > > > filesystem mount time. There's no guarantee that the in the first case > > > (double fsdax pmem) we were using the dax mount option with our file > > > system. > > > > > > Instead, get rid of DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED and all the special casing around > > > it, and instead make the request queue's QUEUE_FLAG_DAX be our one source > > > of truth. If this is set, we can use DAX, and if not, not. We keep this > > > up to date in table_load() as the table changes. As with regular block > > > devices the filesystem will then know at mount time whether DAX is a > > > supported mount option or not. > > > > If you don't think you need this specialization that is fine.. but DM > > devices supporting suspending (as part of table reloads) so is there any > > risk that there will be inflight IO (say if someone did 'dmsetup suspend > > --noflush').. and then upon reload the device type changed out from > > under us.. anyway, I don't have all the PMEM DAX stuff paged back into > > my head yet. > > > > But this just seems like we really shouldn't be allowing the > > transition from what was DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED back to DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED > > I admit I don't fully understand all the ways that DM supports suspending and > resuming devices. Is there actually a case where we can change out the DM > devices while I/O is running, and somehow end up trying to issue a DAX I/O to > a device that doesn't support DAX? > > Toshi, do you have a test case that shows this somehow? No, I did not test suspend/resume since HPE servers do not support it. Thanks, -Toshi
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-06-04 23:49 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 42+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2018-05-29 19:50 [PATCH v2 0/7] Fix DM DAX handling Ross Zwisler 2018-05-29 19:51 ` [PATCH v2 1/7] fs: allow per-device dax status checking for filesystems Ross Zwisler 2018-05-29 19:51 ` [PATCH v2 2/7] dax: change bdev_dax_supported() to support boolean returns Ross Zwisler 2018-05-29 21:25 ` Darrick J. Wong 2018-05-29 22:01 ` Ross Zwisler 2018-05-31 19:13 ` Darrick J. Wong 2018-05-31 20:34 ` Ross Zwisler 2018-05-31 20:35 ` Dan Williams 2018-05-31 20:41 ` Ross Zwisler 2018-05-31 20:52 ` Mike Snitzer 2018-05-31 22:26 ` [dm-devel] " Darrick J. Wong 2018-06-01 20:59 ` Ross Zwisler 2018-06-01 1:26 ` Dave Chinner 2018-06-01 1:57 ` Dan Williams 2018-06-01 2:24 ` Dave Chinner 2018-06-01 4:02 ` Dan Williams 2018-06-03 22:20 ` Dave Chinner 2018-06-04 0:25 ` Dave Chinner 2018-06-04 1:48 ` Dan Williams 2018-06-04 23:40 ` Dan Williams 2018-06-05 0:33 ` Mike Snitzer 2018-06-05 5:55 ` Dave Chinner 2018-06-05 3:32 ` Dan Williams 2018-05-29 19:51 ` [PATCH v2 3/7] dm: fix test for DAX device support Ross Zwisler 2018-06-01 20:19 ` Mike Snitzer 2018-06-01 20:46 ` Mike Snitzer 2018-06-01 21:11 ` Ross Zwisler 2018-06-01 21:16 ` Dan Williams 2018-05-29 19:51 ` [PATCH v2 4/7] dm: prevent DAX mounts if not supported Ross Zwisler 2018-06-01 21:55 ` Mike Snitzer 2018-06-04 23:15 ` Ross Zwisler 2018-06-20 15:17 ` Mike Snitzer 2018-06-25 19:20 ` Ross Zwisler 2018-05-29 19:51 ` [PATCH v2 5/7] dm: remove DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED dm_queue_mode Ross Zwisler 2018-06-01 22:04 ` Mike Snitzer 2018-06-04 23:24 ` Ross Zwisler 2018-06-04 23:49 ` Kani, Toshi [this message] 2018-06-05 0:46 ` Mike Snitzer 2018-06-06 17:24 ` Ross Zwisler 2018-06-06 22:29 ` Mike Snitzer 2018-05-29 19:51 ` [PATCH v2 6/7] dm-snap: remove unnecessary direct_access() stub Ross Zwisler 2018-05-29 19:51 ` [PATCH v2 7/7] dm-error: " Ross Zwisler
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