Re: [PATCH 5/9] fs/ext4: Update ext4_should_use_dax()

[Jan Kara]

On Tue 12-05-20 22:43:20, ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> S_DAX should only be enabled when the underlying block device supports
> dax.
> 
> Change ext4_should_use_dax() to check for device support prior to the
> over riding mount option.
> 
> While we are at it change the function to ext4_should_enable_dax() as
> this better reflects the ask as well as matches xfs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>

The patch looks good to me. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

								Honza


> 
> ---
> Changes from RFC
> 	Change function name to 'should enable'
> 	Clean up bool conversion
> 	Reorder this for better bisect-ability
> ---
>  fs/ext4/inode.c | 14 +++++++++-----
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/inode.c b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index a10ff12194db..d3a4c2ed7a1c 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -4398,10 +4398,8 @@ int ext4_get_inode_loc(struct inode *inode, struct ext4_iloc *iloc)
>  		!ext4_test_inode_state(inode, EXT4_STATE_XATTR));
>  }
>  
> -static bool ext4_should_use_dax(struct inode *inode)
> +static bool ext4_should_enable_dax(struct inode *inode)
>  {
> -	if (!test_opt(inode->i_sb, DAX_ALWAYS))
> -		return false;
>  	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode))
>  		return false;
>  	if (ext4_should_journal_data(inode))
> @@ -4412,7 +4410,13 @@ static bool ext4_should_use_dax(struct inode *inode)
>  		return false;
>  	if (ext4_test_inode_flag(inode, EXT4_INODE_VERITY))
>  		return false;
> -	return true;
> +	if (!bdev_dax_supported(inode->i_sb->s_bdev,
> +				inode->i_sb->s_blocksize))
> +		return false;
> +	if (test_opt(inode->i_sb, DAX_ALWAYS))
> +		return true;
> +
> +	return false;
>  }
>  
>  void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
> @@ -4430,7 +4434,7 @@ void ext4_set_inode_flags(struct inode *inode)
>  		new_fl |= S_NOATIME;
>  	if (flags & EXT4_DIRSYNC_FL)
>  		new_fl |= S_DIRSYNC;
> -	if (ext4_should_use_dax(inode))
> +	if (ext4_should_enable_dax(inode))
>  		new_fl |= S_DAX;
>  	if (flags & EXT4_ENCRYPT_FL)
>  		new_fl |= S_ENCRYPTED;
> -- 
> 2.25.1
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR