From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/7] re-enable DAX PMD support
Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 14:14:14 -0700
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On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 2:11 PM, Ross Zwisler
<ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 01:21:47PM -0700, Dan Williams wrote:
>> On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 12:09 PM, Ross Zwisler
>> <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>> > DAX PMDs have been disabled since Jan Kara introduced DAX radix tree based
>> > locking.  This series allows DAX PMDs to participate in the DAX radix tree
>> > based locking scheme so that they can be re-enabled.
>>
>> Looks good to me.
>>
>> > This series restores DAX PMD functionality back to what it was before it
>> > was disabled.  There is still a known issue between DAX PMDs and hole
>> > punch, which I am currently working on and which I plan to address with a
>> > separate series.
>>
>> Perhaps we should hold off on applying patch 6 and 7 until after the
>> hole-punch fix is ready?
>
> Sure, I'm cool with holding off on patch 7 (the Kconfig change) until after
> the hole punch fix is ready.
>
> I don't see a reason to hold off on patch 6, though?  It stands on it's own,
> implements the correct locking, and doesn't break anything.

Whoops, I just meant 7.

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