Re: [PATCH v8 7/9] dax: add dax holder helper for filesystems

2021-12-15 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Wed, Dec 15, 2021 at 10:21:00AM +0800, Shiyang Ruan wrote:
> 
> 
> 在 2021/12/14 23:47, Christoph Hellwig 写道:
> > On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 04:48:54PM +0800, Shiyang Ruan wrote:
> > > Add these helper functions, and export them for filesystem use.
> > 
> > What is the point of adding these wrappers vs just calling the
> > underlying functions?
> 
> I added them so that they can be called in a friendly way, even if
> CONFIG_DAX is off.  Otherwise, we need #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX) to wrap
> them where they are called.

No need for wrappers, you can stub out the underlying functions as well.



Re: [PATCH v8 7/9] dax: add dax holder helper for filesystems

2021-12-14 Thread Shiyang Ruan




在 2021/12/14 23:47, Christoph Hellwig 写道:

On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 04:48:54PM +0800, Shiyang Ruan wrote:

Add these helper functions, and export them for filesystem use.


What is the point of adding these wrappers vs just calling the
underlying functions?


I added them so that they can be called in a friendly way, even if 
CONFIG_DAX is off.  Otherwise, we need #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_DAX) to 
wrap them where they are called.



--
Thanks,
Ruan.





Re: [PATCH v8 7/9] dax: add dax holder helper for filesystems

2021-12-14 Thread Christoph Hellwig
On Thu, Dec 02, 2021 at 04:48:54PM +0800, Shiyang Ruan wrote:
> Add these helper functions, and export them for filesystem use.

What is the point of adding these wrappers vs just calling the
underlying functions?