Re: dm stripe: add DAX support

From: Kani, Toshimitsu
Date: Wed Jul 13 2016 - 11:39:07 EST


On Tue, 2016-07-12 at 22:01 -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 12 2016 atÂÂ6:22pm -0400,
> Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > On Fri, 2016-06-24 at 14:29 -0400, Mike Snitzer wrote:
> > > Â
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> Thanks for putting this summary together.ÂÂUnfortunately none of the DM
> changes can be queued for 4.8 until Jens takes the 2 block core patches:
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9196021/
> https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/9196019/
>
> Not sure what the hold up and/or issue is with them.ÂÂBut I've asked
> twice (and implicilty a 3rd time here).ÂÂHopefully they land in time for
> 4.8.

Hi Jens,

Can you take the two patches above? ÂThese patches add QUEUE_FLAG_DAX and its
sysfs show func. ÂThey allow device-mapper to set dax-capability based on its
configuration, and also allow user applications to check dax-capability via
sysfs.

Thanks,
-ToshiÂ