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([2001:4bc9:b00f:d376:7c33:9a50:ef33:f391]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id ffacd0b85a97d-48c71d2e2e9sm364931f8f.46.2026.10.06.09.03.51 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_128_GCM_SHA256 bits=128/128); Tue, 06 Oct 2026 09:03:52 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <0d3a8391-0de9-4b9f-b14a-9d4f33d2e7fd@linbit.com> Date: Tue, 6 Oct 2026 18:03:50 +0200 Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 06/20] drbd: add DAX/PMEM support for metadata access To: Jens Axboe Cc: Philipp Reisner , Lars Ellenberg , drbd-dev@lists.linux.dev, linux-block@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Dan Williams , Vishal Verma , Dave Jiang , Alison Schofield , nvdimm@lists.linux.dev References: <20261006154607.3936501-1-christoph.boehmwalder@linbit.com> <20261006154607.3936501-7-christoph.boehmwalder@linbit.com> Content-Language: en-US From: =?UTF-8?Q?Christoph_B=C3=B6hmwalder?= In-Reply-To: <20261006154607.3936501-7-christoph.boehmwalder@linbit.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit On 10/6/26 17:45, Christoph Böhmwalder wrote: > When DRBD's metadata device resides on persistent memory (PMEM/NVDIMM), > accessing it by reading and writing full blocks is unnecessarily > costly. > Add a DAX-based metadata path that directly maps the metadata region, > enabling byte-granular, IRQ-safe access without having to go through > the block layer. > > The PMEM path also introduces a more efficient activity log layout: > instead of writing journal transactions, the in-memory LRU-cache hash > table is stored directly in persistent memory and updated in-place. > Similarly, the resync bitmap is accessed directly from PMEM rather than > being loaded into and flushed from DRAM. > > This is compiled in only when CONFIG_DEV_DAX_PMEM is enabled. > > Co-developed-by: Philipp Reisner > Signed-off-by: Philipp Reisner > Signed-off-by: Christoph Böhmwalder > --- > drivers/block/drbd/Makefile | 1 + > drivers/block/drbd/drbd_dax_pmem.c | 172 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > drivers/block/drbd/drbd_dax_pmem.h | 43 ++++++++ > 3 files changed, 216 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_dax_pmem.c > create mode 100644 drivers/block/drbd/drbd_dax_pmem.h Sorry, the CCs for DAX got dropped, adding them now. Original link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-block/20261006154607.3936501-7-christoph.boehmwalder@linbit.com/