Messages in this thread | | | From | Dan Williams <> | Date | Tue, 26 Jun 2018 11:52:49 -0700 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v3 1/3] pmem: only set QUEUE_FLAG_DAX for fsdax mode |
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On Tue, Jun 26, 2018 at 10:59 AM, Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote: > QUEUE_FLAG_DAX is an indication that a given block device supports > filesystem DAX and should not be set for PMEM namespaces which are in "raw" > or "sector" modes. These namespaces lack struct page and are prevented > from participating in filesystem DAX. > > Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> > Suggested-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Why is this cc: stable? What is the user visible impact of this change especially given the requirement to validate QUEUE_FLAG_DAX with bdev_dax_supported()? Patch looks good, but it's just a cosmetic fixup afaics.
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