Re: [PATCH 2/2] statx: move STATX_ATTR_DAX attribute handling to filesystems

From: David Howells
Date: Tue Dec 01 2020 - 12:22:32 EST


Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> - if (IS_DAX(inode))
> - stat->attributes |= STATX_ATTR_DAX;
> -

This could probably be left in and not distributed amongst the filesytems
provided that any filesystem that might turn it on sets the bit in the
attributes_mask.

I'm presuming that the core doesn't turn it on without the filesystem buying
in.

David