From: Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca>
To: ira.weiny@intel.com
Cc: Ext4 Developers List <linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org>,
"Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@mit.edu>, Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Eric Biggers <ebiggers@kernel.org>,
Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>,
Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>,
Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>,
"Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@oracle.com>,
linux-fsdevel <linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Li Xi <lixi@ddn.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH V3 7/8] fs/ext4: Introduce DAX inode flag
Date: Wed, 20 May 2020 13:26:44 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <34ECB1DE-9F2F-4365-BBBC-DFACF703E7D4@dilger.ca> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200520055753.3733520-8-ira.weiny@intel.com>
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On May 19, 2020, at 11:57 PM, ira.weiny@intel.com wrote:
>
> From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
>
> Add a flag to preserve FS_XFLAG_DAX in the ext4 inode.
>
> Set the flag to be user visible and changeable. Set the flag to be
> inherited. Allow applications to change the flag at any time with the
> exception of if VERITY or ENCRYPT is set.
>
> Disallow setting VERITY or ENCRYPT if DAX is set.
>
> Finally, on regular files, flag the inode to not be cached to facilitate
> changing S_DAX on the next creation of the inode.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
>
> ---
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> index 6235440e4c39..467c30a789b6 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h
> @@ -415,13 +415,16 @@ struct flex_groups {
> #define EXT4_VERITY_FL 0x00100000 /* Verity protected inode */
> #define EXT4_EA_INODE_FL 0x00200000 /* Inode used for large EA */
> /* 0x00400000 was formerly EXT4_EOFBLOCKS_FL */
> +
> +#define EXT4_DAX_FL 0x01000000 /* Inode is DAX */
> +
> #define EXT4_INLINE_DATA_FL 0x10000000 /* Inode has inline data. */
> #define EXT4_PROJINHERIT_FL 0x20000000 /* Create with parents projid */
> #define EXT4_CASEFOLD_FL 0x40000000 /* Casefolded file */
> #define EXT4_RESERVED_FL 0x80000000 /* reserved for ext4 lib */
Hi Ira,
This flag value conflicts with the reserved flag in e2fsprogs for snapshots:
#define EXT4_SNAPFILE_FL 0x01000000 /* Inode is a snapshot */
Please change EXT4_DAX_FL and FS_DAX_FL to use 0x02000000, which is not used
for anything in either case.
Cheers, Andreas
> diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
> index 379a612f8f1d..7c5f6eb51e2d 100644
> --- a/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/uapi/linux/fs.h
> @@ -262,6 +262,7 @@ struct fsxattr {
> #define FS_EA_INODE_FL 0x00200000 /* Inode used for large EA */
> #define FS_EOFBLOCKS_FL 0x00400000 /* Reserved for ext4 */
> #define FS_NOCOW_FL 0x00800000 /* Do not cow file */
> +#define FS_DAX_FL 0x01000000 /* Inode is DAX */
> #define FS_INLINE_DATA_FL 0x10000000 /* Reserved for ext4 */
> #define FS_PROJINHERIT_FL 0x20000000 /* Create with parents projid */
> #define FS_CASEFOLD_FL 0x40000000 /* Folder is case insensitive */
> --
> 2.25.1
>
Cheers, Andreas
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-20 19:26 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 18+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-05-20 5:57 [PATCH V3 0/8] Enable ext4 support for per-file/directory DAX operations ira.weiny
2020-05-20 5:57 ` [PATCH V3 1/8] fs/ext4: Narrow scope of DAX check in setflags ira.weiny
2020-05-20 5:57 ` [PATCH V3 2/8] fs/ext4: Disallow verity if inode is DAX ira.weiny
2020-05-20 5:57 ` [PATCH V3 3/8] fs/ext4: Change EXT4_MOUNT_DAX to EXT4_MOUNT_DAX_ALWAYS ira.weiny
2020-05-20 5:57 ` [PATCH V3 4/8] fs/ext4: Update ext4_should_use_dax() ira.weiny
2020-05-20 13:37 ` Jan Kara
2020-05-20 19:40 ` Ira Weiny
2020-05-21 10:24 ` Jan Kara
2020-05-20 5:57 ` [PATCH V3 5/8] fs/ext4: Only change S_DAX on inode load ira.weiny
2020-05-20 5:57 ` [PATCH V3 6/8] fs/ext4: Make DAX mount option a tri-state ira.weiny
2020-05-20 5:57 ` [PATCH V3 7/8] fs/ext4: Introduce DAX inode flag ira.weiny
2020-05-20 14:11 ` Jan Kara
2020-05-20 18:34 ` Ira Weiny
2020-05-20 19:26 ` Andreas Dilger [this message]
2020-05-20 20:02 ` Ira Weiny
2020-05-20 20:55 ` Darrick J. Wong
2020-05-21 0:57 ` Andreas Dilger
2020-05-20 5:57 ` [PATCH V3 8/8] Documentation/dax: Update DAX enablement for ext4 ira.weiny
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