linux/drivers/s390/block/Kconfig
Dan Williams 569d0365f5 dax: require 'struct page' by default for filesystem dax
If a dax buffer from a device that does not map pages is passed to
read(2) or write(2) as a target for direct-I/O it triggers SIGBUS. If
gdb attempts to examine the contents of a dax buffer from a device that
does not map pages it triggers SIGBUS. If fork(2) is called on a process
with a dax mapping from a device that does not map pages it triggers
SIGBUS. 'struct page' is required otherwise several kernel code paths
break in surprising ways. Disable filesystem-dax on devices that do not
map pages.

In addition to needing pfn_to_page() to be valid we also require devmap
pages.  We need this to detect dax pages in the get_user_pages_fast()
path and so that we can stop managing the VM_MIXEDMAP flag. For DAX
drivers that have not supported get_user_pages() to date we allow them
to opt-in to supporting DAX with the CONFIG_FS_DAX_LIMITED configuration
option which requires ->direct_access() to return pfn_t_special() pfns.
This leaves DAX support in brd disabled and scheduled for removal.

Note that when the initial dax support was being merged a few years back
there was concern that struct page was unsuitable for use with next
generation persistent memory devices. The theoretical concern was that
struct page access, being such a hotly used data structure in the
kernel, would lead to media wear out. While that was a reasonable
conservative starting position it has not held true in practice. We have
long since committed to using devm_memremap_pages() to support higher
order kernel functionality that needs get_user_pages() and
pfn_to_page().


Cc: Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@redhat.com>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Reviewed-by: Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@de.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
2018-01-19 16:50:53 -08:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
comment "S/390 block device drivers"
depends on S390 && BLOCK
config BLK_DEV_XPRAM
def_tristate m
prompt "XPRAM disk support"
depends on S390 && BLOCK
help
Select this option if you want to use your expanded storage on S/390
or zSeries as a disk. This is useful as a _fast_ swap device if you
want to access more than 2G of memory when running in 31 bit mode.
This option is also available as a module which will be called
xpram. If unsure, say "N".
config DCSSBLK
def_tristate m
select DAX
select FS_DAX_LIMITED
prompt "DCSSBLK support"
depends on S390 && BLOCK
help
Support for dcss block device
config DASD
def_tristate y
prompt "Support for DASD devices"
depends on CCW && BLOCK
select IOSCHED_DEADLINE
help
Enable this option if you want to access DASDs directly utilizing
S/390s channel subsystem commands. This is necessary for running
natively on a single image or an LPAR.
config DASD_PROFILE
def_bool y
prompt "Profiling support for dasd devices"
depends on DASD
help
Enable this option if you want to see profiling information
in /proc/dasd/statistics.
config DASD_ECKD
def_tristate y
prompt "Support for ECKD Disks"
depends on DASD
help
ECKD devices are the most commonly used devices. You should enable
this option unless you are very sure to have no ECKD device.
config DASD_FBA
def_tristate y
prompt "Support for FBA Disks"
depends on DASD
help
Select this option to be able to access FBA devices. It is safe to
say "Y".
config DASD_DIAG
def_tristate y
prompt "Support for DIAG access to Disks"
depends on DASD
help
Select this option if you want to use Diagnose250 command to access
Disks under VM. If you are not running under VM or unsure what it is,
say "N".
config DASD_EER
def_bool y
prompt "Extended error reporting (EER)"
depends on DASD
help
This driver provides a character device interface to the
DASD extended error reporting. This is only needed if you want to
use applications written for the EER facility.
config SCM_BLOCK
def_tristate m
prompt "Support for Storage Class Memory"
depends on S390 && BLOCK && EADM_SCH && SCM_BUS
help
Block device driver for Storage Class Memory (SCM). This driver
provides a block device interface for each available SCM increment.
To compile this driver as a module, choose M here: the
module will be called scm_block.