Re: [PATCH v8 3/6] libnvdimm: add dax_dev sync flag

This patch adds 'DAXDEV_SYNC' flag which is set for nd_region doing synchronous flush. This later is used to disable MAP_SYNC functionality for ext4 & xfs filesystem for devices don't support synchronous flush. Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta(a)redhat.com&gt; --- drivers/dax/bus.c | 2 +- drivers/dax/super.c | 13 ++++++++++++- drivers/md/dm.c | 3 ++- drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c | 5 ++++- drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c | 7 +++++++ include/linux/dax.h | 8 ++++++-- include/linux/libnvdimm.h | 1 + 7 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c index 043f0761e4a0..ee007b75d9fd 100644 --- a/drivers/md/dm.c +++ b/drivers/md/dm.c @@ -1969,7 +1969,8 @@ static struct mapped_device *alloc_dev(int minor) sprintf(md->disk->disk_name, "dm-%d", minor); if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX_DRIVER)) { - dax_dev = alloc_dax(md, md->disk->disk_name, &dm_dax_ops); + dax_dev = alloc_dax(md, md->disk->disk_name, &dm_dax_ops, + DAXDEV_F_SYNC);