Re: [patch] dax: fix PMD faults on zero-length files

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On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 5:37 PM, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> PMD faults on a zero length file on a file system mounted with -o dax
> will not generate SIGBUS as expected.
>
>         fd = open(...O_TRUNC);
>         addr = mmap(NULL, 2*1024*1024, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_SHARED, fd, 0);
>         *addr = 'a';
>         <expect SIGBUS>
>
> The problem is this code in dax_iomap_pmd_fault:
>
>         max_pgoff = (i_size_read(inode) - 1) >> PAGE_SHIFT;
>
> If the inode size is zero, we end up with a max_pgoff that is way larger
> than 0.  :)  Fix it by using DIV_ROUND_UP, as is done elsewhere in the
> kernel.
>
> I tested this with some simple test code that ensured that SIGBUS was
> received where expected.
>

I assume this needs:

   Fixes: 642261ac995e ("dax: add struct iomap based DAX PMD support")
   Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

...otherwise looks good to me.



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