From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> The DAX flag only applies to files and directories, so don't let it get set for other types of files. Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/inode.c | 8 ++++++++ 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/inode.c b/fs/inode.c index 670d5408d022..f08711b34341 100644 --- a/fs/inode.c +++ b/fs/inode.c @@ -2259,6 +2259,14 @@ int vfs_ioc_fssetxattr_check(struct inode *inode, const struct fsxattr *old_fa, !S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)) return -EINVAL; + /* + * It is only valid to set the DAX flag on regular files and + * directories on filesystems. + */ + if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) && + !(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))) + return -EINVAL; + /* Extent size hints of zero turn off the flags. */ if (fa->fsx_extsize == 0) fa->fsx_xflags &= ~(FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE | FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);
