[dm-devel] [PATCH v2 0/6] kaddr and pfn can be NULL to ->direct_access()

[Ross Zwisler]

On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 12:28:43AM +0800, Huaisheng Ye wrote:
> From: Huaisheng Ye <yehs1 at lenovo.com>
> 
> Changes since v1 [1]:
> * Involve the previous patches for pfn can be NULL.
> * Reword the patch descriptions according to Christian's comment.
> * According to Ross's suggestion, replace local pointer dummy_addr
>   with NULL within md/dm-writecache for direct_access.
> 
> [1]: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/7/24/199
> 
> Some functions within fs/dax, dax/super and md/dm-writecache don't
> need to get local pointer kaddr or variable pfn from direct_access.
> Assigning NULL to kaddr or pfn to ->direct_access() is more
> straightforward and simple than offering a useless local pointer or
> variable.
> 
> So all ->direct_access() need to check the validity of pointer kaddr
> and pfn for NULL assignment. If either of them is equal to NULL, that
> is to say callers may have no need for kaddr or pfn, so this series of
> patch are prepared for allowing them to pass in NULL instead of having
> to pass in a local pointer or variable that they then just throw away.

Looks good.  For the series:

Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler at linux.intel.com>