[dm-devel] [PATCH v2 1/3] block: add QUEUE_FLAG_DAX for devices to advertise their DAX support
Kani, Toshimitsu
toshi.kani at hpe.com
Thu Jun 23 17:36:29 UTC 2016
On Thu, 2016-06-23 at 19:31 +0300, Yigal Korman wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 2:54 AM, Toshi Kani <toshi.kani at hpe.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Currently, presence of direct_access() in block_device_operations
> > indicates support of DAX on its block device. Because
> > block_device_operations is instantiated with 'const', this DAX
> > capablity may not be enabled conditinally.
> >
> > In preparation for supporting DAX to device-mapper devices, add
> > QUEUE_FLAG_DAX to request_queue flags to advertise their DAX
> > support. This will allow to set the DAX capability based on how
> > mapped device is composed.
>
> Hi Toshi,
> This patch is very helpful!
> I think QUEUE_FLAG_DAX can also help with identifying dax devices in
> userspace.
> Perhaps you'd be willing to squash the patch below with this one or
> add it to your submission?
Hi Yigal,
Good idea. Mike can probably take it into his tree, but I will include it
into the series if I needed to submit v3.
Acked-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani at hpe.com>
I have one minor comment below.
> [PATCH] block: expose QUEUE_FLAG_DAX in sysfs
>
> There's currently no way to identify DAX enabled devices in userspace.
>
> Signed-off-by: Yigal Korman <yigal at plexistor.com>
> ---
> block/blk-sysfs.c | 15 +++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/block/blk-sysfs.c b/block/blk-sysfs.c
> index 9920596..d55126d 100644
> --- a/block/blk-sysfs.c
> +++ b/block/blk-sysfs.c
> @@ -379,6 +379,15 @@ static ssize_t queue_wc_store(struct
> request_queue *q, const char *page,
> return count;
> }
>
> +static ssize_t queue_dax_show(struct request_queue *q, char *page)
> +{
> + int bit;
> +
> + bit = test_bit(QUEUE_FLAG_DAX, &q->queue_flags);
> +
> + return queue_var_show(bit, page);
This can be:
return queue_var_show(blk_queue_dax(q), page);
Thanks,
-Toshi
> +}
> +
> static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_requests_entry = {
> .attr = {.name = "nr_requests", .mode = S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR },
> .show = queue_requests_show,
> @@ -516,6 +525,11 @@ static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_wc_entry = {
> .store = queue_wc_store,
> };
>
> +static struct queue_sysfs_entry queue_dax_entry = {
> + .attr = {.name = "dax", .mode = S_IRUGO },
> + .show = queue_dax_show,
> +};
> +
> static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
> &queue_requests_entry.attr,
> &queue_ra_entry.attr,
> @@ -542,6 +556,7 @@ static struct attribute *default_attrs[] = {
> &queue_random_entry.attr,
> &queue_poll_entry.attr,
> &queue_wc_entry.attr,
> + &queue_dax_entry.attr,
> NULL,
> };
>
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