Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] dax: fallback from pmd to pte on error

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Subject	Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] dax: fallback from pmd to pte on error
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On Fri 06-05-16 15:53:07, Vishal Verma wrote:
> From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
> 
> In preparation for consulting a badblocks list in pmem_direct_access(),
> teach dax_pmd_fault() to fallback rather than fail immediately upon
> encountering an error.  The thought being that reducing the span of the
> dax request may avoid the error region.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

The patch looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>

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[PATCH v5 1/5] dax: fallback from pmd to pte on error Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> - 2016-05-07 00:00 +0200
  Re: [PATCH v5 1/5] dax: fallback from pmd to pte on error Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2016-05-10 16:20 +0200

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