Re: [PATCH v6] dax: introduce IS_DEVDAX() and IS_FSDAX()

[Darrick J. Wong]

On Fri, Mar 02, 2018 at 11:06:36AM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> The current IS_DAX() helper that checks if a file is in DAX mode serves
> two purposes. It is a control flow branch condition for DAX vs
> non-DAX paths and it is a mechanism to perform dead code elimination. The
> dead code elimination is required in the CONFIG_FS_DAX=n case since
> there are symbols in fs/dax.c that will be elided. While the
> dead code elimination can be addressed with nop stubs for the fs/dax.c
> symbols that does not address the need for a DAX control flow helper
> where fs/dax.c symbols are not involved.
> 
> Moreover, the control flow changes, in some cases, need to be cognizant
> of whether the DAX file is a typical file or a Device-DAX special file.
> Introduce IS_DEVDAX() and IS_FSDAX() to simultaneously address the
> file-type control flow and dead-code elimination use cases. IS_DAX()
> will be deleted after all sites are converted to use the file-type
> specific helper.
> 
> Note, this change is also a pre-requisite for fixing the definition of
> the S_DAX inode flag in the CONFIG_FS_DAX=n + CONFIG_DEV_DAX=y case.
> The flag needs to be defined, non-zero, if either DAX facility is
> enabled.
> 
> Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Alexander Viro <viro@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-xfs@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Fixes: dee410792419 ("/dev/dax, core: file operations and dax-mmap")
> Reported-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes since v5:
> * add comments to clarify the S_ISCHR() checks (Darrick)

Looks ok,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>

--D

> 
>  include/linux/fs.h |   24 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 24 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 79c413985305..751975b8b29b 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -1909,6 +1909,30 @@ static inline bool sb_rdonly(const struct super_block *sb) { return sb->s_flags
>  #define IS_WHITEOUT(inode)	(S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode) && \
>  				 (inode)->i_rdev == WHITEOUT_DEV)
>  
> +static inline bool IS_DEVDAX(struct inode *inode)
> +{
> +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DEV_DAX))
> +		return false;
> +	if ((inode->i_flags & S_DAX) == 0)
> +		return false;
> +	/* regular files with S_DAX are filesystem-dax instances */
> +	if (!S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode))
> +		return false;
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
> +static inline bool IS_FSDAX(struct inode *inode)
> +{
> +	if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_DAX))
> +		return false;
> +	if ((inode->i_flags & S_DAX) == 0)
> +		return false;
> +	/* character devices with S_DAX are device-dax instances */
> +	if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode))
> +		return false;
> +	return true;
> +}
> +
>  static inline bool HAS_UNMAPPED_ID(struct inode *inode)
>  {
>  	return !uid_valid(inode->i_uid) || !gid_valid(inode->i_gid);
> 
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