Re: futher decouple DAX from block devices

From
Eric Sandeen <hidden>
Date
2021-11-03 17:59:36
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dm-devel, linux-fsdevel, linux-s390, linux-xfs, nvdimm
Reply to
Christoph Hellwig, 2021-10-18
On 10/17/21 11:40 PM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
Hi Dan,

this series cleans up and simplifies the association between DAX and block
devices in preparation of allowing to mount file systems directly on DAX
devices without a detour through block devices.
Christoph, can I ask what the end game looks like, here? If dax is completely
decoupled from block devices, are there user-visible changes? If I want to
run fs-dax on a pmem device - what do I point mkfs at, if not a block device?

Thanks,
-Eric
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