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dm: writecache: add DAX dependency

Message ID 20180528153834.2268557-1-arnd@arndb.de (mailing list archive)
State Rejected, archived
Delegated to: Mike Snitzer
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Arnd Bergmann May 28, 2018, 3:38 p.m. UTC
The new dm-writecache driver inconditionally uses the dax
subsystem, leading to link errors in some configurations:

drivers/md/dm-writecache.o: In function `writecache_ctr':
dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x1fdc): undefined reference to `dax_read_lock'
dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x2004): undefined reference to `dax_direct_access'
dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x21cc): undefined reference to `dax_read_unlock'

It seems wrong to require DAX in order to build the writecache
driver, but that at least avoids randconfig build errors.

Fixes: bb15b431d650 ("dm: add writecache target")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
---
 drivers/md/Kconfig | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

Comments

Dan Williams May 28, 2018, 6:18 p.m. UTC | #1
On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> The new dm-writecache driver inconditionally uses the dax
> subsystem, leading to link errors in some configurations:
>
> drivers/md/dm-writecache.o: In function `writecache_ctr':
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x1fdc): undefined reference to `dax_read_lock'
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x2004): undefined reference to `dax_direct_access'
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x21cc): undefined reference to `dax_read_unlock'
>
> It seems wrong to require DAX in order to build the writecache
> driver, but that at least avoids randconfig build errors.
>
> Fixes: bb15b431d650 ("dm: add writecache target")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
>  drivers/md/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> index 852c7ebe2902..f8ecf2da1edf 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> @@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ config DM_CACHE_SMQ
>  config DM_WRITECACHE
>         tristate "Writecache target"
>         depends on BLK_DEV_DM
> +       depends on DAX

This should probably be depends on DAX && DAX_DRIVER as we at least
need pmem or dcssblk enabled to provide a dax capable block device for
DM to claim.

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Mike Snitzer May 29, 2018, 1:06 p.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, May 28 2018 at  2:18pm -0400,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:

> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 8:38 AM, Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
> > The new dm-writecache driver inconditionally uses the dax
> > subsystem, leading to link errors in some configurations:
> >
> > drivers/md/dm-writecache.o: In function `writecache_ctr':
> > dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x1fdc): undefined reference to `dax_read_lock'
> > dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x2004): undefined reference to `dax_direct_access'
> > dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x21cc): undefined reference to `dax_read_unlock'
> >
> > It seems wrong to require DAX in order to build the writecache
> > driver, but that at least avoids randconfig build errors.
> >
> > Fixes: bb15b431d650 ("dm: add writecache target")
> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> > ---
> >  drivers/md/Kconfig | 1 +
> >  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> > index 852c7ebe2902..f8ecf2da1edf 100644
> > --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
> > +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> > @@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ config DM_CACHE_SMQ
> >  config DM_WRITECACHE
> >         tristate "Writecache target"
> >         depends on BLK_DEV_DM
> > +       depends on DAX
> 
> This should probably be depends on DAX && DAX_DRIVER as we at least
> need pmem or dcssblk enabled to provide a dax capable block device for
> DM to claim.

But dm-writecache is meant to be used for normal SSD even if PMEM isn't
available in the kernel.

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Ross Zwisler May 29, 2018, 3:17 p.m. UTC | #3
On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 05:38:10PM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> The new dm-writecache driver inconditionally uses the dax
			       unconditionally

> subsystem, leading to link errors in some configurations:
> 
> drivers/md/dm-writecache.o: In function `writecache_ctr':
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x1fdc): undefined reference to `dax_read_lock'
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x2004): undefined reference to `dax_direct_access'
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x21cc): undefined reference to `dax_read_unlock'
> 
> It seems wrong to require DAX in order to build the writecache
> driver, but that at least avoids randconfig build errors.
> 
> Fixes: bb15b431d650 ("dm: add writecache target")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
>  drivers/md/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> index 852c7ebe2902..f8ecf2da1edf 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> @@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ config DM_CACHE_SMQ
>  config DM_WRITECACHE
>  	tristate "Writecache target"
>  	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
> +	depends on DAX
>  	---help---
>  	   The writecache target caches writes on persistent memory or SSD.
>  	   It is intended for databases or other programs that need extremely

I think the right way to handle this is to instead wrap all the DAX code in
dm-writecache in "#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX_DRIVER)" blocks and provide stubs
for the non-DAX case.  This prevents you from having to pull in all the
generic DAX code unnecessarily.

In looking at the file I think this is just the persistent_memory_claim()
function.

I'll send out a patch once I've tested a bit.

- Ross

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Mike Snitzer May 29, 2018, 6:08 p.m. UTC | #4
On Tue, May 29 2018 at  1:52pm -0400,
Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote:

> As reported by Arnd (https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/28/1697), dm-writecache
> will fail with link errors in configs where DAX isn't present:
> 
> drivers/md/dm-writecache.o: In function `writecache_ctr':
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x1fdc): undefined reference to `dax_read_lock'
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x2004): undefined reference to `dax_direct_access'
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x21cc): undefined reference to `dax_read_unlock'
> 
> Fix this by following the lead of the other DM modules and wrapping calls
> to the generic DAX code in #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX_DRIVER) blocks.
> 
> We also expand the failure case for the 'p' (persistent memory) flag so
> that fails on both architectures that don't support persistent memory and
> on kernels that don't have DAX support configured.  This prevents us from
> ever hitting the BUG() in the persistent_memory_claim() stub.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

Thanks, I've picked this up.

Mike

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Dan Williams May 29, 2018, 6:40 p.m. UTC | #5
On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> wrote:
> On Tue, May 29 2018 at  1:52pm -0400,
> Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote:
>
>> As reported by Arnd (https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/28/1697), dm-writecache
>> will fail with link errors in configs where DAX isn't present:
>>
>> drivers/md/dm-writecache.o: In function `writecache_ctr':
>> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x1fdc): undefined reference to `dax_read_lock'
>> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x2004): undefined reference to `dax_direct_access'
>> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x21cc): undefined reference to `dax_read_unlock'
>>
>> Fix this by following the lead of the other DM modules and wrapping calls
>> to the generic DAX code in #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX_DRIVER) blocks.
>>
>> We also expand the failure case for the 'p' (persistent memory) flag so
>> that fails on both architectures that don't support persistent memory and
>> on kernels that don't have DAX support configured.  This prevents us from
>> ever hitting the BUG() in the persistent_memory_claim() stub.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
>> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>
> Thanks, I've picked this up.

...I assume you're also going to let the 'pmem api' discussion resolve
before this all goes upstream?

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Mike Snitzer May 29, 2018, 7:57 p.m. UTC | #6
On Tue, May 29 2018 at  2:40pm -0400,
Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> wrote:

> On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 11:08 AM, Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com> wrote:
> > On Tue, May 29 2018 at  1:52pm -0400,
> > Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> >
> >> As reported by Arnd (https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/5/28/1697), dm-writecache
> >> will fail with link errors in configs where DAX isn't present:
> >>
> >> drivers/md/dm-writecache.o: In function `writecache_ctr':
> >> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x1fdc): undefined reference to `dax_read_lock'
> >> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x2004): undefined reference to `dax_direct_access'
> >> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x21cc): undefined reference to `dax_read_unlock'
> >>
> >> Fix this by following the lead of the other DM modules and wrapping calls
> >> to the generic DAX code in #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX_DRIVER) blocks.
> >>
> >> We also expand the failure case for the 'p' (persistent memory) flag so
> >> that fails on both architectures that don't support persistent memory and
> >> on kernels that don't have DAX support configured.  This prevents us from
> >> ever hitting the BUG() in the persistent_memory_claim() stub.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
> >> Reported-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> >
> > Thanks, I've picked this up.
> 
> ...I assume you're also going to let the 'pmem api' discussion resolve
> before this all goes upstream?

Yeah, I'm going to pivot back to that and put time to it shortly.  If
dm-writecache has to wait another cycle (so 4.19 inclusion), while
unfortunate, it wouldn't be the end of the world.

I look forward to your continued help, thanks.
Mike

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Mikulas Patocka May 30, 2018, 12:21 p.m. UTC | #7
On Mon, 28 May 2018, Arnd Bergmann wrote:

> The new dm-writecache driver inconditionally uses the dax
> subsystem, leading to link errors in some configurations:
> 
> drivers/md/dm-writecache.o: In function `writecache_ctr':
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x1fdc): undefined reference to `dax_read_lock'
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x2004): undefined reference to `dax_direct_access'
> dm-writecache.c:(.text+0x21cc): undefined reference to `dax_read_unlock'
> 
> It seems wrong to require DAX in order to build the writecache
> driver, but that at least avoids randconfig build errors.
> 
> Fixes: bb15b431d650 ("dm: add writecache target")
> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> ---
>  drivers/md/Kconfig | 1 +
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> index 852c7ebe2902..f8ecf2da1edf 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
> +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
> @@ -338,6 +338,7 @@ config DM_CACHE_SMQ
>  config DM_WRITECACHE
>  	tristate "Writecache target"
>  	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
> +	depends on DAX
>  	---help---
>  	   The writecache target caches writes on persistent memory or SSD.
>  	   It is intended for databases or other programs that need extremely
> -- 
> 2.9.0

dm-writecache may be used without DAX in SSD-only mode.

So, I'd fix this by changing the code in dm-writecache.c to

#if !defined(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API) || !defined(CONFIG_DAX)
#define DM_WRITECACHE_ONLY_SSD
#endif

Mikulas

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diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig
index 852c7ebe2902..f8ecf2da1edf 100644
--- a/drivers/md/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig
@@ -338,6 +338,7 @@  config DM_CACHE_SMQ
 config DM_WRITECACHE
 	tristate "Writecache target"
 	depends on BLK_DEV_DM
+	depends on DAX
 	---help---
 	   The writecache target caches writes on persistent memory or SSD.
 	   It is intended for databases or other programs that need extremely