Thread (72 messages) 72 messages, 2 authors, 2021-11-24

Re: [PATCH 23/29] xfs: use IOMAP_DAX to check for DAX mappings

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From: Dan Williams <hidden>
Date: 2021-11-24 02:49:28
Also in: dm-devel, linux-ext4, linux-fsdevel, linux-s390, linux-xfs, nvdimm

On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 12:34 AM Christoph Hellwig [off-list ref] wrote:
Use the explicit DAX flag instead of checking the inode flag in the
iomap code.
It's not immediately clear to me why this is a net benefit, are you
anticipating inode-less operations? With reflink and multi-inode
operations a single iomap flag seems insufficient, no?
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