Re: [PATCH 0/7] re-enable DAX PMD support

From: Dan Williams
Date: Mon Aug 15 2016 - 16:21:53 EST


On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Ross Zwisler
<ross.zwisler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> DAX PMDs have been disabled since Jan Kara introduced DAX radix tree based
> locking. This series allows DAX PMDs to participate in the DAX radix tree
> based locking scheme so that they can be re-enabled.

Looks good to me.

> This series restores DAX PMD functionality back to what it was before it
> was disabled. There is still a known issue between DAX PMDs and hole
> punch, which I am currently working on and which I plan to address with a
> separate series.

Perhaps we should hold off on applying patch 6 and 7 until after the
hole-punch fix is ready?