[dm-devel] [PATCH] dm: writecache: add DAX dependency

Arnd Bergmann arnd at arndb.de
Mon May 28 15:38:10 UTC 2018


The new dm-writecache driver inconditionally uses the dax
subsystem, leading to link errors in some configurations:

drivers/md/dm-writecache.o: In function `writecache_ctr':
dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x1fdc): undefined reference to `dax_read_lock'
dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x2004): undefined reference to `dax_direct_access'
dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x21cc): undefined reference to `dax_read_unlock'

It seems wrong to require DAX in order to build the writecache
driver, but that at least avoids randconfig build errors.

Fixes: bb15b431d650 ("dm: add writecache target")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd at arndb.de>
---
 drivers/md/Kconfig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index 852c7ebe2902..f8ecf2da1edf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ config DM_CACHE_SMQ
 config DM_WRITECACHE
 	tristate "Writecache target"
 	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
+	depends on DAX
 	---help---
 	   The writecache target caches writes on persistent memory or SSD.
 	   It is intended for databases or other programs that need extremely
-- 
2.9.0




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