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Subject: Re: Snapshot target and DAX-capable devices
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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2018 15:32:13 -0400
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Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> writes:

> Until we properly add DAX support to dm-snapshot I'm afraid we really do
> need to tolerate this "regression".  Since reality is the original
> support for snapshot of a DAX DM device never worked in a robust way.

Agreed.

-Jeff