[dm-devel] [PATCH 2/6] dax: prepare dax_direct_access() API with DAXDEV_F_RECOVERY flag

[Jane Chu]

On 10/21/2021 4:20 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 2021 at 06:10:55PM -0600, Jane Chu wrote:
>> @@ -156,8 +156,8 @@ bool generic_fsdax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
>>   	}
>>   
>>   	id = dax_read_lock();
>> -	len = dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff, 1, &kaddr, &pfn);
>> -	len2 = dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff_end, 1, &end_kaddr, &end_pfn);
>> +	len = dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff, 1, &kaddr, &pfn, 0);
>> +	len2 = dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff_end, 1, &end_kaddr, &end_pfn, 0);
> 
> FYI, I have a series killing this code.  But either way please avoid
> these overly long lines.
> 
>>   long dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, long nr_pages,
>> -		void **kaddr, pfn_t *pfn)
>> +		void **kaddr, pfn_t *pfn, unsigned long flags)
> 
> API design: I'd usually expect flags before output paramters.
> 

Thanks for the heads up.
Sure, will break long lines and move 'flags' ahead of output parameters.

thanks,
jane