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dax: add fsdev.c driver for fs-dax on character dax

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The new fsdev driver provides pages/folios initialized compatibly with
fsdax - normal rather than devdax-style refcounting, and starting out
with order-0 folios.

When fsdev binds to a daxdev, it is usually (always?) switching from the
devdax mode (device.c), which pre-initializes compound folios according
to its alignment. Fsdev uses fsdev_clear_folio_state() to switch the
folios into a fsdax-compatible state.

A side effect of this is that raw mmap doesn't (can't?) work on an fsdev
dax instance. Accordingly, The fsdev driver does not provide raw mmap -
devices must be put in 'devdax' mode (drivers/dax/device.c) to get raw
mmap capability.

In this commit is just the framework, which remaps pages/folios compatibly
with fsdax.

Enabling dax changes:

- bus.h: add DAXDRV_FSDEV_TYPE driver type
- bus.c: allow DAXDRV_FSDEV_TYPE drivers to bind to daxdevs
- dax.h: prototype inode_dax(), which fsdev needs

Suggested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Gregory Price <gourry@gourry.net>
Reviewed-by: Jonathan Cameron <jonathan.cameron@huawei.com>
Signed-off-by: John Groves <john@groves.net>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/0100019d311cf904-419e9526-bdaf-4daa-97f1-5060b31a5c9f-000000@email.amazonses.com
Signed-off-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
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John Groves 2026-03-27 21:04:35 +00:00 • committed by Ira Weiny
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