The rw_page() interface doesn't provide a clear performance benefit for
PMEM and has had a nonzero maintenance burden, so remove it.
Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwis...@linux.intel.com>
Suggested-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.willi...@intel.com>
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <h...@infradead.org>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <wi...@infradead.org>
---
drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c | 21 ---------------------
1 file changed, 21 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index f7099ada..f23c82d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -182,26 +182,6 @@ static blk_qc_t pmem_make_request(struct request_queue *q,
struct bio *bio)
return BLK_QC_T_NONE;
}
-static int pmem_rw_page(struct block_device *bdev, sector_t sector,
- struct page *page, bool is_write)
-{
- struct pmem_device *pmem = bdev->bd_queue->queuedata;
- blk_status_t rc;
-
- rc = pmem_do_bvec(pmem, page, PAGE_SIZE, 0, is_write, sector);
-
- /*
- * The ->rw_page interface is subtle and tricky. The core
- * retries on any error, so we can only invoke page_endio() in
- * the successful completion case. Otherwise, we'll see crashes
- * caused by double completion.
- */
- if (rc == 0)
- page_endio(page, is_write, 0);
-
- return blk_status_to_errno(rc);
-}
-
/* see "strong" declaration in tools/testing/nvdimm/pmem-dax.c */
__weak long __pmem_direct_access(struct pmem_device *pmem, pgoff_t pgoff,
long nr_pages, void **kaddr, pfn_t *pfn)
@@ -225,7 +205,6 @@ __weak long __pmem_direct_access(struct pmem_device *pmem,
pgoff_t pgoff,
static const struct block_device_operations pmem_fops = {
.owner = THIS_MODULE,
- .rw_page = pmem_rw_page,
.revalidate_disk = nvdimm_revalidate_disk,
};
--
2.9.4
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