No description
  • C 96.8%
  • Assembly 0.9%
  • Rust 0.7%
  • Shell 0.6%
  • Python 0.5%
  • Other 0.3%
Find a file
Dan Williams 60ef1f64d3 dax: Introduce alloc_dev_dax_id()
[ Upstream commit 70aab281e1 ]

The reference counting of dax_region objects is needlessly complicated,
has lead to confusion [1], and has hidden a bug [2]. Towards cleaning up
that mess introduce alloc_dev_dax_id() to minimize the holding of a
dax_region reference to only what dev_dax_release() needs, the
dax_region->ida.

Part of the reason for the mess was the design to dereference a
dax_region in all cases in free_dev_dax_id() even if the id was
statically assigned by the upper level dax_region driver. Remove the
need to call "is_static(dax_region)" by tracking whether the id is
dynamic directly in the dev_dax instance itself.

With that flag the dax_region pinning and release per dev_dax instance
can move to alloc_dev_dax_id() and free_dev_dax_id() respectively.

A follow-on cleanup address the unnecessary references in the dax_region
setup and drivers.

Fixes: 0f3da14a4f ("device-dax: introduce 'seed' devices")
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/20221203095858.612027-1-liuyongqiang13@huawei.com [1]
Link: http://lore.kernel.org/r/3cf0890b-4eb0-e70e-cd9c-2ecc3d496263@hpe.com [2]
Reported-by: Yongqiang Liu <liuyongqiang13@huawei.com>
Reported-by: Paul Cassella <cassella@hpe.com>
Reported-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/168577284563.1672036.13493034988900989554.stgit@dwillia2-xfh.jf.intel.com
Reviewed-by: Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
History 2023-07-19 16:36:20 +02:00
arch
block
certs
crypto
Documentation
drivers
fs
include
init
io_uring
ipc
kernel
lib
LICENSES
mm
net
rust
samples
scripts
security
sound
tools
usr
virt
.clang-format
.cocciconfig
.get_maintainer.ignore
.gitattributes
.gitignore
.mailmap
.rustfmt.toml
COPYING
CREDITS
Kbuild
Kconfig
MAINTAINERS
Makefile
README

Linux kernel
============

There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.

In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``.  The formatted documentation can also be read online at:

    https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/

There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.

Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.