Re: [PATCH V7 5/9] fs/xfs: Create function xfs_inode_enable_dax()

From: Ira Weiny
Date: Tue Apr 14 2020 - 16:43:57 EST


On Tue, Apr 14, 2020 at 08:27:18AM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:40:42PM -0700, ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> > From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> >

[snip]

> > index 81f2f93caec0..37bd15b55878 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_iops.c
> > @@ -1244,12 +1244,11 @@ xfs_inode_supports_dax(
> > struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
> >
> > /* Only supported on non-reflinked files. */
> > - if (!S_ISREG(VFS_I(ip)->i_mode) || xfs_is_reflink_inode(ip))
> > + if (xfs_is_reflink_inode(ip))
> > return false;
> >
> > - /* DAX mount option or DAX iflag must be set. */
> > - if (!(mp->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX) &&
> > - !(ip->i_d.di_flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX))
> > + /* Only supported on regular files. */
> > + if (!S_ISREG(VFS_I(ip)->i_mode))
> > return false;
>
> To me it would make sense to check S_ISREG before reflink, as it seems
> more logical.

Done.

>
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
> > +static bool
> > +xfs_inode_enable_dax(
> > + struct xfs_inode *ip)
> > +{
> > + if (ip->i_mount->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_NODAX)
> > + return false;
> > + if (!xfs_inode_supports_dax(ip))
> > + return false;
> > + if (ip->i_mount->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX)
> > + return true;
> > + if (ip->i_d.di_flags2 & XFS_DIFLAG2_DAX)
> > + return true;
> > + return false;
> > +}
> > +#else /* !CONFIG_FS_DAX */
> > +static bool
> > +xfs_inode_enable_dax(
> > + struct xfs_inode *ip)
> > +{
> > + return false;
> > +}
> > +#endif /* CONFIG_FS_DAX */
>
> Just throw in a
>
> if (!IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_DAX))
> return false;
>
> as the first statement of the full version and avoid the stub entirely?

Sure, less code that way. Done.

Ira