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authorDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>2017-10-23 10:24:45 -0700
committerDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>2017-11-14 16:49:06 -0800
commit7a862fbbdec665190c5ef298c0c6ec9f3915cf45 (patch)
tree78f3f86aa6545576fbcfb4188169f484865b0fed /drivers/dax/super.c
parent66a86cc10945648cf506ef314b98deeb7af06419 (diff)
downloadlinux-7a862fbbdec665190c5ef298c0c6ec9f3915cf45.tar.gz
brd: remove dax support
DAX support in brd is awkward because its backing page frames are
distinct from the ones provided by pmem, dcssblk, or axonram. We need
pfn_t_devmap() entries to fully support DAX, and the limited DAX support
for pfn_t_special() page frames is not interesting for brd when pmem is
already a superset of brd.  Lastly, brd is the only dax capable driver
that may sleep in its ->direct_access() implementation. So it causes a
global burden with no net gain of kernel functionality.

For all these reasons, remove DAX support.

Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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