Re: [PATCH V7 3/9] fs/stat: Define DAX statx attribute

From: Christoph Hellwig
Date: Tue Apr 14 2020 - 02:23:21 EST


On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:40:40PM -0700, ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> STATX_ATTR_DAX
>
> The file is in the DAX (cpu direct access) state. DAX state
> attempts to minimize software cache effects for both I/O and
> memory mappings of this file. It requires a file system which
> has been configured to support DAX.

Can we remove the misleading DAX name? Something like
STATX_ATTR_DIRECT_LOAD_STORE?