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[10/12] mkfs: allow setting dax flag on root directory

Message ID 155839426866.68606.8424427245250373556.stgit@magnolia (mailing list archive)
State Superseded
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Series xfsprogs-5.1: fix various problems | expand

Commit Message

Darrick J. Wong May 20, 2019, 11:17 p.m. UTC
From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>

Teach mkfs to set the DAX flag on the root directory so that all new
files can be created in dax mode.  This is a complement to removing the
mount option.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
---
 man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 |   11 +++++++++++
 mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c     |   11 +++++++++++
 2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

Comments

Eric Sandeen May 21, 2019, 7:19 p.m. UTC | #1
On 5/20/19 6:17 PM, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
> 
> Teach mkfs to set the DAX flag on the root directory so that all new
> files can be created in dax mode.  This is a complement to removing the
> mount option.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
> ---
>  man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 |   11 +++++++++++
>  mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c     |   11 +++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 22 insertions(+)

I'll tuck this away for 2024 when we decide what to do about dax.

-Eric

> 
> diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
> index 4b8c78c3..0137f164 100644
> --- a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
> +++ b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
> @@ -391,6 +391,17 @@ All inodes created by
>  will have this extent size hint applied.
>  The value must be provided in units of filesystem blocks.
>  Directories will pass on this hint to newly created children.
> +.TP
> +.BI dax= value
> +All inodes created by
> +.B mkfs.xfs
> +will have the DAX flag set.
> +This means that directories will pass the flag on to newly created files
> +and files will use the DAX IO paths when possible.
> +This value is either 1 to enable the use or 0 to disable.
> +By default,
> +.B mkfs.xfs
> +will not enable DAX mode.
>  .RE
>  .TP
>  .B \-f
> diff --git a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
> index 09106648..5b66074d 100644
> --- a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
> +++ b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
> @@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ enum {
>  	D_PROJINHERIT,
>  	D_EXTSZINHERIT,
>  	D_COWEXTSIZE,
> +	D_DAX,
>  	D_MAX_OPTS,
>  };
>  
> @@ -253,6 +254,7 @@ static struct opt_params dopts = {
>  		[D_PROJINHERIT] = "projinherit",
>  		[D_EXTSZINHERIT] = "extszinherit",
>  		[D_COWEXTSIZE] = "cowextsize",
> +		[D_DAX] = "dax",
>  	},
>  	.subopt_params = {
>  		{ .index = D_AGCOUNT,
> @@ -368,6 +370,12 @@ static struct opt_params dopts = {
>  		  .maxval = UINT_MAX,
>  		  .defaultval = SUBOPT_NEEDS_VAL,
>  		},
> +		{ .index = D_DAX,
> +		  .conflicts = { { NULL, LAST_CONFLICT } },
> +		  .minval = 0,
> +		  .maxval = 1,
> +		  .defaultval = 1,
> +		},
>  	},
>  };
>  
> @@ -1465,6 +1473,9 @@ data_opts_parser(
>  		cli->fsx.fsx_cowextsize = getnum(value, opts, subopt);
>  		cli->fsx.fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE;
>  		break;
> +	case D_DAX:
> +		cli->fsx.fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_DAX;
> +		break;
>  	default:
>  		return -EINVAL;
>  	}
>
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diff --git a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8 b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
index 4b8c78c3..0137f164 100644
--- a/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
+++ b/man/man8/mkfs.xfs.8
@@ -391,6 +391,17 @@  All inodes created by
 will have this extent size hint applied.
 The value must be provided in units of filesystem blocks.
 Directories will pass on this hint to newly created children.
+.TP
+.BI dax= value
+All inodes created by
+.B mkfs.xfs
+will have the DAX flag set.
+This means that directories will pass the flag on to newly created files
+and files will use the DAX IO paths when possible.
+This value is either 1 to enable the use or 0 to disable.
+By default,
+.B mkfs.xfs
+will not enable DAX mode.
 .RE
 .TP
 .B \-f
diff --git a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
index 09106648..5b66074d 100644
--- a/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
+++ b/mkfs/xfs_mkfs.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@  enum {
 	D_PROJINHERIT,
 	D_EXTSZINHERIT,
 	D_COWEXTSIZE,
+	D_DAX,
 	D_MAX_OPTS,
 };
 
@@ -253,6 +254,7 @@  static struct opt_params dopts = {
 		[D_PROJINHERIT] = "projinherit",
 		[D_EXTSZINHERIT] = "extszinherit",
 		[D_COWEXTSIZE] = "cowextsize",
+		[D_DAX] = "dax",
 	},
 	.subopt_params = {
 		{ .index = D_AGCOUNT,
@@ -368,6 +370,12 @@  static struct opt_params dopts = {
 		  .maxval = UINT_MAX,
 		  .defaultval = SUBOPT_NEEDS_VAL,
 		},
+		{ .index = D_DAX,
+		  .conflicts = { { NULL, LAST_CONFLICT } },
+		  .minval = 0,
+		  .maxval = 1,
+		  .defaultval = 1,
+		},
 	},
 };
 
@@ -1465,6 +1473,9 @@  data_opts_parser(
 		cli->fsx.fsx_cowextsize = getnum(value, opts, subopt);
 		cli->fsx.fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_COWEXTSIZE;
 		break;
+	case D_DAX:
+		cli->fsx.fsx_xflags |= FS_XFLAG_DAX;
+		break;
 	default:
 		return -EINVAL;
 	}