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SubjectRe: [PATCH V7 9/9] Documentation/dax: Update Usage section
On Tue 14-04-20 12:48:48, Ira Weiny wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 10:12:22PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 9:38 PM Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 09:19:12AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 10:40:46PM -0700, ira.weiny@intel.com wrote:
> > > > > From: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > Update the Usage section to reflect the new individual dax selection
> > > > > functionality.
> > > >
> > > > Yum. :)
> > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
> > > > >
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Changes from V6:
> > > > > Update to allow setting FS_XFLAG_DAX any time.
> > > > > Update with list of behaviors from Darrick
> > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200409165927.GD6741@magnolia/
> > > > >
> > > > > Changes from V5:
> > > > > Update to reflect the agreed upon semantics
> > > > > https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20200405061945.GA94792@iweiny-DESK2.sc.intel.com/
> > > > > ---
> > > > > Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt | 166 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> > > > > 1 file changed, 163 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
> > > > > index 679729442fd2..af14c1b330a9 100644
> > > > > --- a/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
> > > > > +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/dax.txt
> > > > > @@ -17,11 +17,171 @@ For file mappings, the storage device is mapped directly into userspace.
> > > > > Usage
> > > > > -----
> > > > >
> > > > > -If you have a block device which supports DAX, you can make a filesystem
> > > > > +If you have a block device which supports DAX, you can make a file system
> > > > > on it as usual. The DAX code currently only supports files with a block
> > > > > size equal to your kernel's PAGE_SIZE, so you may need to specify a block
> > > > > -size when creating the filesystem. When mounting it, use the "-o dax"
> > > > > -option on the command line or add 'dax' to the options in /etc/fstab.
> > > > > +size when creating the file system.
> > > > > +
> > > > > +Currently 2 filesystems support DAX, ext4 and xfs. Enabling DAX on them is
> > > > > +different at this time.
> > > >
> > > > I thought ext2 supports DAX?
> > >
> > > Not that I know of? Does it?
> >
> > Yes. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but in retrospect...
>
> Ah ok... Is there an objection to leaving ext2 as a global mount option?
> Updating the doc is easy enough.

I'm fine with that. I wouldn't really bother with per-inode DAX flag for
ext2.

Honza
--
Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
SUSE Labs, CR

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