[PATCH] libnvdimm/region: Update nvdimm_has_flush() to handle ND_REGION_ASYNC

In case a platform doesn't provide explicit flush-hints but provides an
explicit flush callback via ND_REGION_ASYNC region flag, then
nvdimm_has_flush() still returns '0' indicating that writes do not
require flushing. This happens on PPC64 with patch at [1] applied,
where 'deep_flush' of a region was denied even though an explicit
flush function was provided.

Fix this by adding a condition to nvdimm_has_flush() to test for the
ND_REGION_ASYNC flag on the region and see if a 'region->flush'
callback is assigned.

References:
[1] "powerpc/papr_scm: Implement support for H_SCM_FLUSH hcall"
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvdimm/161703936121.36.7260632399	582101498.stgit@e1fbed493c87

Reported-by: Shivaprasad G Bhat <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Vaibhav Jain <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c | 9 +++++++--
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
index ef23119db574..e05cc9f8a9fd 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/region_devs.c
@@ -1239,6 +1239,11 @@ int nvdimm_has_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 			|| !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_HAS_PMEM_API))
 		return -ENXIO;
 
+	/* Test if an explicit flush function is defined */
+	if (test_bit(ND_REGION_ASYNC, &nd_region->flags) && nd_region->flush)
+		return 1;
+
+	/* Test if any flush hints for the region are available */
 	for (i = 0; i < nd_region->ndr_mappings; i++) {
 		struct nd_mapping *nd_mapping = &nd_region->mapping[i];
 		struct nvdimm *nvdimm = nd_mapping->nvdimm;
@@ -1249,8 +1254,8 @@ int nvdimm_has_flush(struct nd_region *nd_region)
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * The platform defines dimm devices without hints, assume
-	 * platform persistence mechanism like ADR
+	 * The platform defines dimm devices without hints nor explicit flush,
+	 * assume platform persistence mechanism like ADR
 	 */
 	return 0;
 }
-- 
2.30.2
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