Re: [PATCH v6 2/7] dax: support dirty DAX entries in radix tree

[Jan Kara]

On Wed 23-12-15 12:39:15, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> Add support for tracking dirty DAX entries in the struct address_space
> radix tree.  This tree is already used for dirty page writeback, and it
> already supports the use of exceptional (non struct page*) entries.
> 
> In order to properly track dirty DAX pages we will insert new exceptional
> entries into the radix tree that represent dirty DAX PTE or PMD pages.
> These exceptional entries will also contain the writeback sectors for the
> PTE or PMD faults that we can use at fsync/msync time.
> 
> There are currently two types of exceptional entries (shmem and shadow)
> that can be placed into the radix tree, and this adds a third.  We rely on
> the fact that only one type of exceptional entry can be found in a given
> radix tree based on its usage.  This happens for free with DAX vs shmem but
> we explicitly prevent shadow entries from being added to radix trees for
> DAX mappings.
> 
> The only shadow entries that would be generated for DAX radix trees would
> be to track zero page mappings that were created for holes.  These pages
> would receive minimal benefit from having shadow entries, and the choice
> to have only one type of exceptional entry in a given radix tree makes the
> logic simpler both in clear_exceptional_entry() and in the rest of DAX.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

The patch looks good to me. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/