Revert "block: use DAX for partition table reads"

commit d1a5f2b4d8a1 ("block: use DAX for partition table reads") was
part of a stalled effort to allow dax mappings of block devices. Since
then the device-dax mechanism has filled the role of dax-mapping static
device ranges.

Now that we are moving ->direct_access() from a block_device operation
to a dax_inode operation we would need block devices to map and carry
their own dax_inode reference.

Unless / until we decide to revive dax mapping of raw block devices
through the dax_inode scheme, there is no need to carry
read_dax_sector(). Its removal in turn allows for the removal of
bdev_direct_access() and should have been included in commit
223757016837 ("block_dev: remove DAX leftovers").

Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 20 deletions

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index de622d4282a6..b78a6947c4f5 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -101,26 +101,6 @@ static int dax_is_empty_entry(void *entry)
 	return (unsigned long)entry & RADIX_DAX_EMPTY;
 }
 
-struct page *read_dax_sector(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t n)
-{
-	struct page *page = alloc_pages(GFP_KERNEL, 0);
-	struct blk_dax_ctl dax = {
-		.size = PAGE_SIZE,
-		.sector = n & ~((((int) PAGE_SIZE) / 512) - 1),
-	};
-	long rc;
-
-	if (!page)
-		return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);
-
-	rc = dax_map_atomic(bdev, &dax);
-	if (rc < 0)
-		return ERR_PTR(rc);
-	memcpy_from_pmem(page_address(page), dax.addr, PAGE_SIZE);
-	dax_unmap_atomic(bdev, &dax);
-	return page;
-}
-
 /*
  * DAX radix tree locking
  */