From 470b7aba48541808c943a077f6629fcb57bf739a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alex Elsayed Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2018 18:02:11 -0800 Subject: Todo: add DAX to wishlist --- Todo.mdwn | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) (limited to 'Todo.mdwn') diff --git a/Todo.mdwn b/Todo.mdwn index 3c7db30..51065c5 100644 --- a/Todo.mdwn +++ b/Todo.mdwn @@ -145,6 +145,10 @@ * Support the [`i_version` inode attribute][iversion], useful for NFSv4, backup tools, indexers, and other things that want to have a counter that updates whenever something changes about a file. + * Support DAX, to allow using NVM devices directly and reduce page-cache + pressure + * Caveat: May need careful thinking if the kernel assumes it can write + directly if DAX is supported; getting checksums invalidated would suck. [AESSIV]: https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5297 [secdel]: https://lwn.net/Articles/462437/ -- cgit v1.2.3