Re: [PATCH v9 02/10] dax: Introduce holder for dax_device

[Christoph Hellwig]

On Wed, Jan 05, 2022 at 04:12:04PM -0800, Dan Williams wrote:
> We ended up with explicit callbacks after hch balked at a notifier
> call-chain, but I think we're back to that now. The partition mistake
> might be unfixable, but at least bdev_dax_pgoff() is dead. Notifier
> call chains have their own locking so, Ruan, this still does not need
> to touch dax_read_lock().

I think we have a few options here:

 (1) don't allow error notifications on partitions.  And error return from
     the holder registration with proper error handling in the file
     system would give us that
 (2) extent the holder mechanism to cover a range
 (3) bite the bullet and create a new stacked dax_device for each
     partition

I think (1) is the best option for now.  If people really do need
partitions we'll have to go for (3)