[PATCH V8 8/8] dax: export dax_dev_get()
From: John Groves
Date: Wed Mar 18 2026 - 21:32:59 EST
famfs needs to look up a dax_device by dev_t when resolving fmap
entries that reference character dax devices.
Reviewed-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Groves <john@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
drivers/dax/super.c | 3 ++-
include/linux/dax.h | 1 +
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index d4ab60c406bf..25cf99dd9360 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ static int dax_set(struct inode *inode, void *data)
return 0;
}
-static struct dax_device *dax_dev_get(dev_t devt)
+struct dax_device *dax_dev_get(dev_t devt)
{
struct dax_device *dax_dev;
struct inode *inode;
@@ -544,6 +544,7 @@ static struct dax_device *dax_dev_get(dev_t devt)
return dax_dev;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_dev_get);
struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private, const struct dax_operations *ops)
{
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index f14fa2147175..2c7aba26a9ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ struct dax_device *alloc_dax(void *private, const struct dax_operations *ops);
void *dax_holder(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
void put_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
void kill_dax(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
+struct dax_device *dax_dev_get(dev_t devt);
void dax_write_cache(struct dax_device *dax_dev, bool wc);
bool dax_write_cache_enabled(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
bool dax_synchronous(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
--
2.53.0