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

[Ross Zwisler]

On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 01:21:47PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
> 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?

Sure, I'm cool with holding off on patch 7 (the Kconfig change) until after
the hole punch fix is ready.

I don't see a reason to hold off on patch 6, though?  It stands on it's own,
implements the correct locking, and doesn't break anything.