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Re: [PATCH 0/7] re-enable DAX PMD support

From Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [PATCH 0/7] re-enable DAX PMD support
Date 2016-08-15 23:20 +0200
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Ross Zwisler
<ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 01:21:47PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Ross Zwisler
>> <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> > DAX PMDs have been disabled since Jan Kara introduced DAX radix tree based
>> > locking.  This series allows DAX PMDs to participate in the DAX radix tree
>> > based locking scheme so that they can be re-enabled.
>>
>> Looks good to me.
>>
>> > This series restores DAX PMD functionality back to what it was before it
>> > was disabled.  There is still a known issue between DAX PMDs and hole
>> > punch, which I am currently working on and which I plan to address with a
>> > separate series.
>>
>> Perhaps we should hold off on applying patch 6 and 7 until after the
>> hole-punch fix is ready?
>
> Sure, I'm cool with holding off on patch 7 (the Kconfig change) until after
> the hole punch fix is ready.
>
> I don't see a reason to hold off on patch 6, though?  It stands on it's own,
> implements the correct locking, and doesn't break anything.

Whoops, I just meant 7.

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[PATCH 0/7] re-enable DAX PMD support Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2016-08-15 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH 5/7] dax: lock based on slot instead of [mapping, index] Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2016-08-15 21:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 5/7] dax: lock based on slot instead of [mapping, index] Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2016-08-16 11:40 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 5/7] dax: lock based on slot instead of [mapping, index] Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2016-08-17 22:30 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 5/7] dax: lock based on slot instead of [mapping, index] Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2016-08-18 16:20 +0200
  [PATCH 2/7] ext4: tell DAX the size of allocation holes Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2016-08-15 21:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 2/7] ext4: tell DAX the size of allocation holes Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2016-08-16 11:20 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/7] re-enable DAX PMD support Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-08-15 22:30 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/7] re-enable DAX PMD support Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2016-08-15 23:20 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 0/7] re-enable DAX PMD support Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2016-08-15 23:20 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 0/7] re-enable DAX PMD support Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2016-08-17 18:30 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 0/7] re-enable DAX PMD support Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2016-08-17 19:30 +0200

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