[PATCH v3 01/18] dax: Modify bdev_dax_pgoff() to handle NULL bdev

From: Vivek Goyal
Date: Wed Aug 19 2020 - 18:21:17 EST


virtiofs does not have a block device but it has dax device.
Modify bdev_dax_pgoff() to be able to handle that.

If there is no bdev, that means dax offset is 0. (It can't be a partition
block device starting at an offset in dax device).

This is little hackish. There have been discussions about getting rid
of dax not supporting partitions.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20200107125159.GA15745@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

IMHO, this path can easily break exisitng users. For example
ioctl(BLKPG_ADD_PARTITION) will start breaking on block devices
supporting DAX. Also, I personally find it very useful to be able to
partition dax devices and still be able to use DAX.

Alternatively, I tried to store offset into dax device information in iomap
interface, but that got NACKed.

https://lore.kernel.org/linux-fsdevel/20200217133117.GB20444@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

I can't think of a good path to solve this issue properly. So to make
progress, it seems this patch is least bad option for now and I hope
we can take it.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vivek Goyal <vgoyal@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Vishal L Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: "Weiny, Ira" <ira.weiny@xxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxx
---
drivers/dax/super.c | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index c82cbcb64202..505165752d8f 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_read_unlock);
int bdev_dax_pgoff(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector, size_t size,
pgoff_t *pgoff)
{
- phys_addr_t phys_off = (get_start_sect(bdev) + sector) * 512;
+ sector_t start_sect = bdev ? get_start_sect(bdev) : 0;
+ phys_addr_t phys_off = (start_sect + sector) * 512;

if (pgoff)
*pgoff = PHYS_PFN(phys_off);
--
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