x86, dax: replace clear_pmem() with open coded memset + dax_ops->flush
authorDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Mon, 29 May 2017 20:12:20 +0000 (13:12 -0700)
committerDan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Thu, 15 Jun 2017 21:35:24 +0000 (14:35 -0700)
commit81f558701ae8d5677635118751b1b4043094c7e9
tree6fc9fe36c0f0c073c13337e096cba143494bfbd0
parent6318770a7d43a4166b6a8e3cef62e4a019d3c95e
x86, dax: replace clear_pmem() with open coded memset + dax_ops->flush

The clear_pmem() helper simply combines a memset() plus a cache flush.
Now that the flush routine is optionally provided by the dax device
driver we can avoid unnecessary cache management on dax devices fronting
volatile memory.

With clear_pmem() gone we can follow on with a patch to make pmem cache
management completely defined within the pmem driver.

Cc: <x86@kernel.org>
Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <mawilcox@microsoft.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
arch/x86/include/asm/pmem.h
fs/dax.c
include/linux/pmem.h