[dm-devel] [PATCH v2 1/3] block: add QUEUE_FLAG_DAX for devices to advertise their DAX support

[Dan Williams]

On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 11:05 AM, Yigal Korman <yigal at plexistor.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Jun 23, 2016 at 8:36 PM, Kani, Toshimitsu <toshi.kani at hpe.com> wrote:
>> 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>
>
> Great, Thanks!
> I'll follow the thread to see if it goes through or needs to be resubmitted.
>
>>
>> I have one minor comment below.
>
> My reply below as well.
>
>>
>>> [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);
>
> Oh, sure, of course you're right. thanks.
>
> Subject: [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>
> Acked-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani at hpe.com>

Great!

Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams at intel.com>