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The "Device DAX" core enables dax mappings of performance / feature differentiated memory. An open mapping or file handle keeps the backing struct device live, but new mappings are only possible while the device is enabled. Faults are handled under rcu_read_lock to synchronize with the enabled state of the device. Similar to the filesystem-dax case the backing memory may optionally have struct page entries. However, unlike fs-dax there is no support for private mappings, or mappings that are not backed by media (see use of zero-page in fs-dax). Mappings are always guaranteed to match the alignment of the dax_region. If the dax_region is configured to have a 2MB alignment, all mappings are guaranteed to be backed by a pmd entry. Contrast this determinism with the fs-dax case where pmd mappings are opportunistic. If userspace attempts to force a misaligned mapping, the driver will fail the mmap attempt. See dax_dev_check_vma() for other scenarios that are rejected, like MAP_PRIVATE mappings. Cc: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.de> Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com> Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Cc: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@linux.intel.com> Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> Acked-by: "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@linux.vnet.ibm.com> Reviewed-by: Johannes Thumshirn <jthumshirn@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
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menuconfig DEV_DAX
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tristate "DAX: direct access to differentiated memory"
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default m if NVDIMM_DAX
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depends on TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
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help
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Support raw access to differentiated (persistence, bandwidth,
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latency...) memory via an mmap(2) capable character
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device. Platform firmware or a device driver may identify a
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platform memory resource that is differentiated from the
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baseline memory pool. Mappings of a /dev/daxX.Y device impose
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restrictions that make the mapping behavior deterministic.
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if DEV_DAX
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config DEV_DAX_PMEM
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tristate "PMEM DAX: direct access to persistent memory"
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depends on NVDIMM_DAX
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default DEV_DAX
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help
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Support raw access to persistent memory. Note that this
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driver consumes memory ranges allocated and exported by the
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libnvdimm sub-system.
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Say Y if unsure
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endif
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