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Dave Jiang
f42003917b mm, dax: change pmd_fault() to take only vmf parameter
pmd_fault() and related functions really only need the vmf parameter since
the additional parameters are all included in the vmf struct.  Remove the
additional parameter and simplify pmd_fault() and friends.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1484085142-2297-8-git-send-email-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-02-22 16:41:26 -08:00
Dave Jiang
d8a849e1bc mm, dax: make pmd_fault() and friends be the same as fault()
Instead of passing in multiple parameters in the pmd_fault() handler,
a vmf can be passed in just like a fault() handler. This will simplify
code and remove the need for the actual pmd fault handlers to allocate a
vmf. Related functions are also modified to do the same.

[dave.jiang@intel.com: fix issue with xfs_tests stall when DAX option is off]
  Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/148469861071.195597.3619476895250028518.stgit@djiang5-desk3.ch.intel.com
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1484085142-2297-7-git-send-email-ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Cc: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Cc: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-02-22 16:41:26 -08:00
Linus Torvalds
3be134e515 libnvdimm for 4.10
* Dynamic label support: To date namespace label support has been
 limited to disambiguating cases where PMEM (direct load/store) and BLK
 (mmio aperture) accessed-capacity alias on the same DIMM. Since 4.9 added
 support for multiple namespaces per PMEM-region there is value to
 support namespace labels even in the non-aliasing case. The presence of
 a valid namespace index block force-enables label support when the
 kernel would otherwise rely on region boundaries, and permits the region
 to be sub-divided.
 
 * Handle media errors in namespace metadata: Complement the error
 handling for media errors in namespace data areas with support for
 clearing errors on writes, and downgrading potential machine-check
 exceptions to simple i/o errors on read.
 
 * Device-DAX region attributes: Add 'align', 'id', and 'size' as
 attributes for device-dax regions. In particular this enables userspace
 tooling to generically size memory mapping and i/o operations. Prevent
 userspace from growing assumptions / dependencies about the parent
 device topology for a dax region. A libnvdimm namespace may not always
 be the parent device of a dax region.
 
 * Various cleanups and small fixes.
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Merge tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm

Pull libnvdimm updates from Dan Williams:
 "The libnvdimm pull request is relatively small this time around due to
  some development topics being deferred to 4.11.

  As for this pull request the bulk of it has been in -next for several
  releases leading to one late fix being added (commit 868f036fee
  ("libnvdimm: fix mishandled nvdimm_clear_poison() return value")). It
  has received a build success notification from the 0day-kbuild robot
  and passes the latest libnvdimm unit tests.

  Summary:

   - Dynamic label support: To date namespace label support has been
     limited to disambiguating cases where PMEM (direct load/store) and
     BLK (mmio aperture) accessed-capacity alias on the same DIMM. Since
     4.9 added support for multiple namespaces per PMEM-region there is
     value to support namespace labels even in the non-aliasing case.
     The presence of a valid namespace index block force-enables label
     support when the kernel would otherwise rely on region boundaries,
     and permits the region to be sub-divided.

   - Handle media errors in namespace metadata: Complement the error
     handling for media errors in namespace data areas with support for
     clearing errors on writes, and downgrading potential machine-check
     exceptions to simple i/o errors on read.

   - Device-DAX region attributes: Add 'align', 'id', and 'size' as
     attributes for device-dax regions. In particular this enables
     userspace tooling to generically size memory mapping and i/o
     operations. Prevent userspace from growing assumptions /
     dependencies about the parent device topology for a dax region. A
     libnvdimm namespace may not always be the parent device of a dax
     region.

   - Various cleanups and small fixes"

* tag 'libnvdimm-for-4.10' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nvdimm/nvdimm:
  dax: add region 'id', 'size', and 'align' attributes
  libnvdimm: fix mishandled nvdimm_clear_poison() return value
  libnvdimm: replace mutex_is_locked() warnings with lockdep_assert_held
  libnvdimm, pfn: fix align attribute
  libnvdimm, e820: use module_platform_driver
  libnvdimm, namespace: use octal for permissions
  libnvdimm, namespace: avoid multiple sector calculations
  libnvdimm: remove else after return in nsio_rw_bytes()
  libnvdimm, namespace: fix the type of name variable
  libnvdimm: use consistent naming for request_mem_region()
  nvdimm: use the right length of "pmem"
  libnvdimm: check and clear poison before writing to pmem
  tools/testing/nvdimm: dynamic label support
  libnvdimm: allow a platform to force enable label support
  libnvdimm: use generic iostat interfaces
2016-12-18 15:49:10 -08:00
Dan Williams
c44ef859ce Merge branch 'for-4.10/libnvdimm' into libnvdimm-for-next 2016-12-17 15:08:10 -08:00
Dan Williams
d7fe1a67f6 dax: add region 'id', 'size', and 'align' attributes
While this information is available by looking at the nvdimm parent
device that may not always be the case when/if we add support for other
memory regions. Tooling should not depend on walking a given ancestor
topology that is not guaranteed by the device's class. For example, a
device-dax instance will always have a dax_region parent, but it may not
always have a libnvdimm "dax" device as a grandparent.

Reported-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-12-17 14:50:04 -08:00
Jan Kara
1a29d85eb0 mm: use vmf->address instead of of vmf->virtual_address
Every single user of vmf->virtual_address typed that entry to unsigned
long before doing anything with it so the type of virtual_address does
not really provide us any additional safety.  Just use masked
vmf->address which already has the appropriate type.

Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1479460644-25076-3-git-send-email-jack@suse.cz
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Acked-by: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-12-14 16:04:09 -08:00
Dan Williams
325896ffdf device-dax: fix private mapping restriction, permit read-only
Hugh notes in response to commit 4cb19355ea "device-dax: fail all
private mapping attempts":

  "I think that is more restrictive than you intended: haven't tried, but I
  believe it rejects a PROT_READ, MAP_SHARED, O_RDONLY fd mmap, leaving no
  way to mmap /dev/dax without write permission to it."

Indeed it does restrict read-only mappings, switch to checking
VM_MAYSHARE, not VM_SHARED.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Pawel Lebioda <pawel.lebioda@intel.com>
Fixes: 4cb19355ea ("device-dax: fail all private mapping attempts")
Reported-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-12-06 17:42:37 -08:00
Dan Williams
450c6633e8 libnvdimm: use consistent naming for request_mem_region()
Here is an example /proc/iomem listing for a system with 2 namespaces,
one in "sector" mode and one in "memory" mode:

  1fc000000-2fbffffff : Persistent Memory (legacy)
    1fc000000-2fbffffff : namespace1.0
  340000000-34fffffff : Persistent Memory
    340000000-34fffffff : btt0.1

Here is the corresponding ndctl listing:

  # ndctl list
  [
    {
      "dev":"namespace1.0",
      "mode":"memory",
      "size":4294967296,
      "blockdev":"pmem1"
    },
    {
      "dev":"namespace0.0",
      "mode":"sector",
      "size":267091968,
      "uuid":"f7594f86-badb-4592-875f-ded577da2eaf",
      "sector_size":4096,
      "blockdev":"pmem0s"
    }
  ]

Notice that the ndctl listing is purely in terms of namespace devices,
while the iomem listing leaks the internal "btt0.1" implementation
detail. Given that ndctl requires the namespace device name to change
the mode, for example:

  # ndctl create-namespace --reconfig=namespace0.0 --mode=raw --force

...use the namespace name in the iomem listing to keep the claiming
device name consistent across different mode settings.

Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-11-28 11:15:18 -08:00
Dan Williams
4cb19355ea device-dax: fail all private mapping attempts
The device-dax implementation originally tried to be tricky and allow
private read-only mappings, but in the process allowed writable
MAP_PRIVATE + MAP_NORESERVE mappings.  For simplicity and predictability
just fail all private mapping attempts since device-dax memory is
statically allocated and will never support overcommit.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Fixes: dee4107924 ("/dev/dax, core: file operations and dax-mmap")
Reported-by: Pawel Lebioda <pawel.lebioda@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-11-16 09:00:38 -08:00
Dan Williams
6a84fb4b4e device-dax: check devm_nsio_enable() return value
If the dax_pmem driver is passed a resource that is already busy the
driver probe attempt should fail with a message like the following:

  dax_pmem dax0.1: could not reserve region [mem 0x100000000-0x11fffffff]

However, if we do not catch the error we crash for the obvious reason of
accessing memory that is not mapped.

 BUG: unable to handle kernel paging request at ffffc90020001000
 IP: [<ffffffff81496712>] __memcpy+0x12/0x20
 [..]
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff815c4960>] ? nsio_rw_bytes+0x60/0x180
  [<ffffffff815c6045>] nd_pfn_validate+0x75/0x320
  [<ffffffff815c63a9>] nvdimm_setup_pfn+0xb9/0x5d0
  [<ffffffff815c48ef>] ? devm_nsio_enable+0xff/0x110
  [<ffffffff815cb699>] dax_pmem_probe+0x59/0x260

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: ab68f26221 ("/dev/dax, pmem: direct access to persistent memory")
Reported-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-10-28 14:35:25 -07:00
Dan Williams
52e73eb287 device-dax: fix percpu_ref_exit ordering
We need to wait until the percpu_ref is released before exit. Otherwise,
we sometimes lose the race and trigger this new warning that was added
in v4.9 (commit a67823c1ed "percpu-refcount: init ->confirm_switch
member properly"):

 WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 3629 at lib/percpu-refcount.c:107 percpu_ref_exit+0x51/0x60
 [..]
 Call Trace:
  [<ffffffff814bf093>] dump_stack+0x85/0xc2
  [<ffffffff810b15db>] __warn+0xcb/0xf0
  [<ffffffff810b170d>] warn_slowpath_null+0x1d/0x20
  [<ffffffff814d70c1>] percpu_ref_exit+0x51/0x60
  [<ffffffffa005706a>] dax_pmem_percpu_exit+0x1a/0x50 [dax_pmem]
  [<ffffffff81615f1f>] devm_action_release+0xf/0x20

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: ab68f26221 ("/dev/dax, pmem: direct access to persistent memory")
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-10-27 17:04:05 -07:00
Arnd Bergmann
867dfe3421 nvdimm: make CONFIG_NVDIMM_DAX 'bool'
A bugfix just tried to address a randconfig build problem and introduced
a variant of the same problem: with CONFIG_LIBNVDIMM=y and
CONFIG_NVDIMM_DAX=m, the nvdimm module now fails to link:

drivers/nvdimm/built-in.o: In function `to_nd_device_type':
bus.c:(.text+0x1b5d): undefined reference to `is_nd_dax'
drivers/nvdimm/built-in.o: In function `nd_region_notify_driver_action.constprop.2':
region_devs.c:(.text+0x6b6c): undefined reference to `is_nd_dax'
region_devs.c:(.text+0x6b8c): undefined reference to `to_nd_dax'
drivers/nvdimm/built-in.o: In function `nd_region_probe':
region.c:(.text+0x70f3): undefined reference to `nd_dax_create'
drivers/nvdimm/built-in.o: In function `mode_show':
namespace_devs.c:(.text+0xa196): undefined reference to `is_nd_dax'
drivers/nvdimm/built-in.o: In function `nvdimm_namespace_common_probe':
(.text+0xa55f): undefined reference to `is_nd_dax'
drivers/nvdimm/built-in.o: In function `nvdimm_namespace_common_probe':
(.text+0xa56e): undefined reference to `to_nd_dax'

This reverts the earlier fix, making NVDIMM_DAX a 'bool' option again
as it should be (it gets linked into the libnvdimm module). To fix
the original problem, I'm adding a dependency on LIBNVDIMM to
DEV_DAX_PMEM, which ensures we can't have that one built-in if the
rest is a module.

Fixes: 4e65e9381c ("/dev/dax: fix Kconfig dependency build breakage")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-10-27 16:16:21 -07:00
Dan Williams
e476f94482 Merge branch 'for-4.9/dax' into libnvdimm-for-next 2016-10-07 16:46:30 -07:00
Arnd Bergmann
bc0a0fe94f dax: use correct dev_t value
The dev_t variable in devm_create_dax_dev() is used before it's
first set:

drivers/dax/dax.c: In function 'devm_create_dax_dev':
drivers/dax/dax.c:205:39: error: 'dev_t' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
  inode = iget5_locked(dax_superblock, hash_32(devt + DAXFS_MAGIC, 31),
                                       ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
drivers/dax/dax.c:688:8: note: 'dev_t' was declared here

This reorders the code to how it looks correct to me.

Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Fixes: 3bc52c45ba ("dax: define a unified inode/address_space for device-dax mappings")
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-10-07 16:46:00 -07:00
Dan Williams
d76911ee93 dax: convert devm_create_dax_dev to PTR_ERR
For sub-division support we need access to the dax_dev created by
devm_create_dax_dev().

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-10-07 16:45:59 -07:00
Dan Williams
4c3cb6e9a9 dax: fix mapping size check
pgoff_to_phys() validates that both the starting address and the length
of the mapping against the resource list.  We need to check for a
mapping size of PMD_SIZE not PAGE_SIZE in the pmd fault path.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-09-03 10:40:57 -07:00
Dan Williams
d0e5845561 dax: fix device-dax region base
The data offset for a dax region needs to account for a reservation in
the resource range.  Otherwise, device-dax is allowing mappings directly
into the memmap or device-info-block area with crash signatures like the
following:

 BUG: unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000008
 IP: get_zone_device_page+0x11/0x30
 Call Trace:
   follow_devmap_pmd+0x298/0x2c0
   follow_page_mask+0x275/0x530
   __get_user_pages+0xe3/0x750
   __gfn_to_pfn_memslot+0x1b2/0x450 [kvm]
   tdp_page_fault+0x130/0x280 [kvm]
   kvm_mmu_page_fault+0x5f/0xf0 [kvm]
   handle_ept_violation+0x94/0x180 [kvm_intel]
   vmx_handle_exit+0x1d3/0x1440 [kvm_intel]
   kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run+0x81d/0x16a0 [kvm]
   kvm_vcpu_ioctl+0x33c/0x620 [kvm]
   do_vfs_ioctl+0xa2/0x5d0
   SyS_ioctl+0x79/0x90
   entry_SYSCALL_64_fastpath+0x1a/0xa4

Fixes: ab68f26221 ("/dev/dax, pmem: direct access to persistent memory")
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/147205536732.1606.8994275381938837346.stgit@dwillia2-desk3.amr.corp.intel.com
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Reported-by: Abhilash Kumar Mulumudi <m.abhilash-kumar@hpe.com>
Reported-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Tested-by: Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@hpe.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2016-08-26 17:39:35 -07:00
Dan Williams
9d2d01a031 dax: check resource alignment at dax region/device create
All the extents of a dax-device must match the alignment of the region.
Otherwise, we are unable to guarantee fault semantics of a given page
size.  The region must be self-consistent itself as well.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-08-23 22:58:52 -07:00
Dan Williams
9dc1e4927b dax: unmap/truncate on device shutdown
Invalidate all mappings of a device-dax instance when the device is
unregistered.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-08-23 22:58:51 -07:00
Dan Williams
3bc52c45ba dax: define a unified inode/address_space for device-dax mappings
In support of enabling resize / truncate of device-dax instances, define
a pseudo-fs to provide a unified inode/address space for vm operations.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-08-23 22:58:51 -07:00
Dan Williams
ba09c01d2f dax: convert to the cdev api
A goal of the device-DAX interface is to be able to support many
exclusive allocations (partitions) of performance / feature
differentiated memory.  This count may exceed the default minors limit
of 256.

As a result of switching to an embedded cdev the inode-to-dax_dev
conversion is simplified, as well as reference counting which can switch
to the cdev kobject lifetime.

Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-08-23 22:58:51 -07:00
Dan Williams
ebd84d724c dax: embed a struct device in dax_dev
The kref in dax_dev can be made redundant if the final put_device() on
the device associated with the dax_dev frees the dax_dev.  This can be
accomplished by embedding a struct device in struct dax_dev, open coding
device_create() and specifying a custom release method.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-08-23 22:58:51 -07:00
Dan Williams
af69f51e50 dax: rename fops from dax_dev_ to dax_
Shorten the prefix of the file operations to distinguish them from
operations on the struct device associated with the dax_dev.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-08-23 22:58:51 -07:00
Dan Williams
043a925502 dax: reorder dax_fops function definitions
In order to convert devm_create_dax_dev() to use cdev, it will need
access to dax_fops. Move dax_fops and related function definitions
before devm_create_dax_dev().

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-08-23 22:58:50 -07:00
Dan Williams
ccdb07f629 dax: cleanup needlessly global symbol warnings
drivers/dax/dax.c:75:6: warning: symbol 'dax_region_put' was not declared.
drivers/dax/dax.c:95:19: warning: symbol 'alloc_dax_region' was not declared.
drivers/dax/dax.c:173:5: warning: symbol 'devm_create_dax_dev' was not declared.
drivers/dax/pmem.c:27:17: warning: symbol 'to_dax_pmem' was not declared.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-08-23 22:58:50 -07:00
Sajjan, Vikas C
d1c8e0c521 dax: use devm_add_action_or_reset()
If devm_add_action() fails, we are explicitly calling the cleanup to free
the resources allocated. Use the helper devm_add_action_or_reset()
and return directly in case of error, since the cleanup function
has been already called by the helper if there was any error.

Reported-by: Sudip Mukherjee <sudipm.mukherjee@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Vikas C Sajjan <vikas.cha.sajjan@hpe.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-07-06 15:14:48 -07:00
Dan Williams
dee4107924 /dev/dax, core: file operations and dax-mmap
The "Device DAX" core enables dax mappings of performance / feature
differentiated memory.  An open mapping or file handle keeps the backing
struct device live, but new mappings are only possible while the device
is enabled.   Faults are handled under rcu_read_lock to synchronize
with the enabled state of the device.

Similar to the filesystem-dax case the backing memory may optionally
have struct page entries.  However, unlike fs-dax there is no support
for private mappings, or mappings that are not backed by media (see
use of zero-page in fs-dax).

Mappings are always guaranteed to match the alignment of the dax_region.
If the dax_region is configured to have a 2MB alignment, all mappings
are guaranteed to be backed by a pmd entry.  Contrast this determinism
with the fs-dax case where pmd mappings are opportunistic.  If userspace
attempts to force a misaligned mapping, the driver will fail the mmap
attempt.  See dax_dev_check_vma() for other scenarios that are rejected,
like MAP_PRIVATE mappings.

Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-05-20 22:02:55 -07:00
Dan Williams
ab68f26221 /dev/dax, pmem: direct access to persistent memory
Device DAX is the device-centric analogue of Filesystem DAX
(CONFIG_FS_DAX).  It allows memory ranges to be allocated and mapped
without need of an intervening file system.  Device DAX is strict,
precise and predictable.  Specifically this interface:

1/ Guarantees fault granularity with respect to a given page size (pte,
pmd, or pud) set at configuration time.

2/ Enforces deterministic behavior by being strict about what fault
scenarios are supported.

For example, by forcing MADV_DONTFORK semantics and omitting MAP_PRIVATE
support device-dax guarantees that a mapping always behaves/performs the
same once established.  It is the "what you see is what you get" access
mechanism to differentiated memory vs filesystem DAX which has
filesystem specific implementation semantics.

Persistent memory is the first target, but the mechanism is also
targeted for exclusive allocations of performance differentiated memory
ranges.

This commit is limited to the base device driver infrastructure to
associate a dax device with pmem range.

Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2016-05-20 22:02:53 -07:00