kernel/linux.git/drivers/nvdimm/dax_devs.c, branch linux-4.16.y

Merge branch 'for-4.13/dax' into libnvdimm-for-next

2017-07-03T23:54:58+00:00

libnvdimm, nfit: enable support for volatile ranges

2017-06-27T23:44:13+00:00

Allow volatile nfit ranges to participate in all the same infrastructure provided for persistent memory regions. A resulting resulting namespace device will still be called "pmem", but the parent region type will be "nd_volatile". This is in preparation for disabling the dax ->flush() operation in the pmem driver when it is hosted on a volatile range. Cc: Jan Kara Cc: Jeff Moyer Cc: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Matthew Wilcox Cc: Ross Zwisler Signed-off-by: Dan Williams

libnvdimm, label: add address abstraction identifiers

2017-06-15T21:31:40+00:00

Starting with v1.2 labels, 'address abstractions' can be hinted via an address abstraction id that implies an info-block format. The standard address abstraction in the specification is the v2 format of the Block-Translation-Table (BTT). Support for that is saved for a later patch, for now we add support for the Linux supported address abstractions BTT (v1), PFN, and DAX. The new 'holder_class' attribute for namespace devices is added for tooling to specify the 'abstraction_guid' to store in the namespace label. For v1.1 labels this field is undefined and any setting of 'holder_class' away from the default 'none' value will only have effect until the driver is unloaded. Setting 'holder_class' requires that whatever device tries to claim the namespace must be of the specified class. Cc: Vishal Verma Signed-off-by: Dan Williams

libnvdimm: fix nvdimm_bus_lock() vs device_lock() ordering

2017-05-01T15:29:37+00:00

A debug patch to turn the standard device_lock() into something that lockdep can analyze yielded the following: ====================================================== [ INFO: possible circular locking dependency detected ] 4.11.0-rc4+ #106 Tainted: G O ------------------------------------------------------- lt-libndctl/1898 is trying to acquire lock: (&dev->nvdimm_mutex/3){+.+.+.}, at: [] nd_attach_ndns+0x178/0x1b0 [libnvdimm] but task is already holding lock: (&nvdimm_bus->reconfig_mutex){+.+.+.}, at: [] nvdimm_bus_lock+0x21/0x30 [libnvdimm] which lock already depends on the new lock. the existing dependency chain (in reverse order) is: -> #1 (&nvdimm_bus->reconfig_mutex){+.+.+.}: lock_acquire+0xf6/0x1f0 __mutex_lock+0x88/0x980 mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x20 nvdimm_bus_lock+0x21/0x30 [libnvdimm] nvdimm_namespace_capacity+0x1b/0x40 [libnvdimm] nvdimm_namespace_common_probe+0x230/0x510 [libnvdimm] nd_pmem_probe+0x14/0x180 [nd_pmem] nvdimm_bus_probe+0xa9/0x260 [libnvdimm] -> #0 (&dev->nvdimm_mutex/3){+.+.+.}: __lock_acquire+0x1107/0x1280 lock_acquire+0xf6/0x1f0 __mutex_lock+0x88/0x980 mutex_lock_nested+0x1b/0x20 nd_attach_ndns+0x178/0x1b0 [libnvdimm] nd_namespace_store+0x308/0x3c0 [libnvdimm] namespace_store+0x87/0x220 [libnvdimm] In this case '&dev->nvdimm_mutex/3' mirrors '&dev->mutex'. Fix this by replacing the use of device_lock() with nvdimm_bus_lock() to protect nd_{attach,detach}_ndns() operations. Cc: Fixes: 8c2f7e8658df ("libnvdimm: infrastructure for btt devices") Reported-by: Yi Zhang Signed-off-by: Dan Williams

libnvdimm, dax: autodetect support

2016-05-21T05:02:57+00:00

For autodetecting a previously established dax configuration we need the info block to indicate block-device vs device-dax mode, and we need to have the default namespace probe hand-off the configuration to the dax_pmem driver. Signed-off-by: Dan Williams

libnvdimm, dax: introduce device-dax infrastructure

2016-05-09T22:35:42+00:00

Device DAX is the device-centric analogue of Filesystem DAX (CONFIG_FS_DAX). It allows persistent memory ranges to be allocated and mapped without need of an intervening file system. This initial infrastructure arranges for a libnvdimm pfn-device to be represented as a different device-type so that it can be attached to a driver other than the pmem driver. Signed-off-by: Dan Williams