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

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