in region_devs.c [62:122]
int nd_region_activate(struct nd_region *nd_region)
{
int i, j, num_flush = 0;
struct nd_region_data *ndrd;
struct device *dev = &nd_region->dev;
size_t flush_data_size = sizeof(void *);
nvdimm_bus_lock(&nd_region->dev);
for (i = 0; i < nd_region->ndr_mappings; i++) {
struct nd_mapping *nd_mapping = &nd_region->mapping[i];
struct nvdimm *nvdimm = nd_mapping->nvdimm;
if (test_bit(NDD_SECURITY_OVERWRITE, &nvdimm->flags)) {
nvdimm_bus_unlock(&nd_region->dev);
return -EBUSY;
}
/* at least one null hint slot per-dimm for the "no-hint" case */
flush_data_size += sizeof(void *);
num_flush = min_not_zero(num_flush, nvdimm->num_flush);
if (!nvdimm->num_flush)
continue;
flush_data_size += nvdimm->num_flush * sizeof(void *);
}
nvdimm_bus_unlock(&nd_region->dev);
ndrd = devm_kzalloc(dev, sizeof(*ndrd) + flush_data_size, GFP_KERNEL);
if (!ndrd)
return -ENOMEM;
dev_set_drvdata(dev, ndrd);
if (!num_flush)
return 0;
ndrd->hints_shift = ilog2(num_flush);
for (i = 0; i < nd_region->ndr_mappings; i++) {
struct nd_mapping *nd_mapping = &nd_region->mapping[i];
struct nvdimm *nvdimm = nd_mapping->nvdimm;
int rc = nvdimm_map_flush(&nd_region->dev, nvdimm, i, ndrd);
if (rc)
return rc;
}
/*
* Clear out entries that are duplicates. This should prevent the
* extra flushings.
*/
for (i = 0; i < nd_region->ndr_mappings - 1; i++) {
/* ignore if NULL already */
if (!ndrd_get_flush_wpq(ndrd, i, 0))
continue;
for (j = i + 1; j < nd_region->ndr_mappings; j++)
if (ndrd_get_flush_wpq(ndrd, i, 0) ==
ndrd_get_flush_wpq(ndrd, j, 0))
ndrd_set_flush_wpq(ndrd, j, 0, NULL);
}
return 0;
}