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-rw-r--r--drivers/block/Kconfig13
-rw-r--r--drivers/block/brd.c14
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/block/Kconfig b/drivers/block/Kconfig
index 014a1cfc41c5..1b8094d4d7af 100644
--- a/drivers/block/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/block/Kconfig
@@ -393,14 +393,15 @@ config BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE
The default value is 4096 kilobytes. Only change this if you know
what you are doing.
-config BLK_DEV_XIP
- bool "Support XIP filesystems on RAM block device"
- depends on BLK_DEV_RAM
+config BLK_DEV_RAM_DAX
+ bool "Support Direct Access (DAX) to RAM block devices"
+ depends on BLK_DEV_RAM && FS_DAX
default n
help
- Support XIP filesystems (such as ext2 with XIP support on) on
- top of block ram device. This will slightly enlarge the kernel, and
- will prevent RAM block device backing store memory from being
+ Support filesystems using DAX to access RAM block devices. This
+ avoids double-buffering data in the page cache before copying it
+ to the block device. Answering Y will slightly enlarge the kernel,
+ and will prevent RAM block device backing store memory from being
allocated from highmem (only a problem for highmem systems).
config CDROM_PKTCDVD
diff --git a/drivers/block/brd.c b/drivers/block/brd.c
index c01b921b1b4a..64ab4951e9d6 100644
--- a/drivers/block/brd.c
+++ b/drivers/block/brd.c
@@ -97,13 +97,13 @@ static struct page *brd_insert_page(struct brd_device *brd, sector_t sector)
* Must use NOIO because we don't want to recurse back into the
* block or filesystem layers from page reclaim.
*
- * Cannot support XIP and highmem, because our ->direct_access
- * routine for XIP must return memory that is always addressable.
- * If XIP was reworked to use pfns and kmap throughout, this
+ * Cannot support DAX and highmem, because our ->direct_access
+ * routine for DAX must return memory that is always addressable.
+ * If DAX was reworked to use pfns and kmap throughout, this
* restriction might be able to be lifted.
*/
gfp_flags = GFP_NOIO | __GFP_ZERO;
-#ifndef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XIP
+#ifndef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_DAX
gfp_flags |= __GFP_HIGHMEM;
#endif
page = alloc_page(gfp_flags);
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ static int brd_rw_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
return err;
}
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XIP
+#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_DAX
static long brd_direct_access(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
void **kaddr, unsigned long *pfn, long size)
{
@@ -390,6 +390,8 @@ static long brd_direct_access(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
*/
return PAGE_SIZE;
}
+#else
+#define brd_direct_access NULL
#endif
static int brd_ioctl(struct block_device *bdev, fmode_t mode,
@@ -430,9 +432,7 @@ static const struct block_device_operations brd_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
.rw_page = brd_rw_page,
.ioctl = brd_ioctl,
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLK_DEV_XIP
.direct_access = brd_direct_access,
-#endif
};
/*