Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault

From	Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault
Date	2015-09-30 05:30 +0200
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On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 08:04:21PM -0600, Ross Zwisler wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 12:44:58PM +1000, Dave Chinner wrote:
> <>
> > Already testing a kernel with those reverted. My current DAX patch
> > stack is (bottom is first commit in stack):
> > 
> > f672ae4 xfs: add ->pfn_mkwrite support for DAX
> > 6855c23 xfs: remove DAX complete_unwritten callback
> > e074bdf Revert "dax: fix race between simultaneous faults"
> > 8ba0157 Revert "mm: take i_mmap_lock in unmap_mapping_range() for DAX"
> > a2ce6a5 xfs: DAX does not use IO completion callbacks
> > 246c52a xfs: update size during allocation for DAX
> > 9d10e7b xfs: Don't use unwritten extents for DAX
> > eaef807 xfs: factor out sector mapping.
> > e7f2d50 xfs: introduce per-inode DAX enablement
> 
> Dave, would you be willing to share these patches with me, even if they are
> just RFC?  I'm working through how to add equivalent support in both ext2 and
> ext4, and a conceptual example in XFS would be really helpful.

When I have code that works properly and isn't fundamentally broken,
I'll post it. Hopefully within the next day.

> Eric and Jan, if you guys have any spare cycles to help with the ext2/ext4
> bits, I certainly wouldn't say no.  :)

ext2 already does the block zeroing in allocation, so it only needs
locking help...

Cheers,

Dave.
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Dave Chinner
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[PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2015-09-23 22:50 +0200
  Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-24 05:00 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Boaz Harrosh <boaz@plexistor.com> - 2015-09-24 11:10 +0200
    Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2015-09-24 18:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-25 05:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2015-09-25 20:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-26 01:40 +0200
        Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2015-09-26 05:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-28 03:00 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-28 12:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2015-09-28 14:20 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-28 23:40 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2015-09-29 01:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-29 04:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2015-09-29 05:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-29 06:20 +0200
            Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2015-09-29 00:50 +0200
              Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-29 04:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-30 04:00 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2015-09-30 04:10 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2015-09-30 05:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH] dax: fix deadlock in __dax_fault Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2015-10-02 15:00 +0200

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