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SubjectRe: [PATCH v8 10/22] Replace the XIP page fault handler with the DAX page fault handler
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 03:47:58PM -0400, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> Instead of calling aops->get_xip_mem from the fault handler, the
> filesystem passes a get_block_t that is used to find the appropriate
> blocks.
>
> Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <matthew.r.wilcox@intel.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
> ---
> fs/dax.c | 221 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> fs/ext2/file.c | 35 ++++++++-
> include/linux/fs.h | 4 +-
> mm/filemap_xip.c | 206 -------------------------------------------------
> 4 files changed, 257 insertions(+), 209 deletions(-)
>
...

> +/**
> + * dax_fault - handle a page fault on a DAX file
> + * @vma: The virtual memory area where the fault occurred
> + * @vmf: The description of the fault
> + * @get_block: The filesystem method used to translate file offsets to blocks
> + *
> + * When a page fault occurs, filesystems may call this helper in their
> + * fault handler for DAX files.
> + */
> +int dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
> + get_block_t get_block)
> +{
> + int result;
> + struct super_block *sb = file_inode(vma->vm_file)->i_sb;
> +
> + if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE) {

Nobody seems calls sb_start_pagefault() in fault handler.
Do you mean FAULT_FLAG_MKWRITE?

> + sb_start_pagefault(sb);
> + file_update_time(vma->vm_file);
> + }
> + result = do_dax_fault(vma, vmf, get_block);
> + if (vmf->flags & FAULT_FLAG_WRITE)
> + sb_end_pagefault(sb);
> +
> + return result;
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_fault);
> +
> +/**
> + * dax_mkwrite - convert a read-only page to read-write in a DAX file
> + * @vma: The virtual memory area where the fault occurred
> + * @vmf: The description of the fault
> + * @get_block: The filesystem method used to translate file offsets to blocks
> + *
> + * DAX handles reads of holes by adding pages full of zeroes into the
> + * mapping. If the page is subsequenty written to, we have to allocate
> + * the page on media and free the page that was in the cache.
> + */
> +int dax_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf,
> + get_block_t get_block)
> +{
> + return dax_fault(vma, vmf, get_block);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_mkwrite);

I don't think we want to introduce new exported symbol just for dummy
wrapper. Just use ".page_mkwrite = foo_fault,". perf and selinux do
this.
Or add #define into header file if you want better readability.

--
Kirill A. Shutemov


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