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

From: Shiyang Ruan
Date: Tue Dec 14 2021 - 21:21:10 EST




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.


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Thanks,
Ruan.