On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 12:32 PM, Wilcox, Matthew R <[email protected]> wrote: > I liked the patch you were pushing to request the *page* containing the > requested bytes instead of the *block* containing the requested bytes. > > For the misaligned partition problem, I was thinking we should change the > direct_access API to return a phys_addr_t instead of a pfn. That way we can > return something that isn't actually page aligned, and DAX can take care of > making sure it doesn't overshoot the end.
If you go that route please make it __pfn_t + offset rather than phys_addr_t so we can communicate the PFN_DEV flag among others. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
