On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 02:39:33PM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote: > diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c > index 304c712..90a8670 100644 > --- a/fs/ext4/super.c > +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c > @@ -3421,6 +3421,12 @@ static int ext4_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) > "error: unsupported blocksize for dax"); > goto failed_mount; > } > + if (sb->s_bdev->bd_part->start_sect % (PAGE_SIZE / 512) || > + sb->s_bdev->bd_part->nr_sects % (PAGE_SIZE / 512)) { > + ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, > + "error: unaligned partition for dax"); > + goto failed_mount; > + } > if (!sb->s_bdev->bd_disk->fops->direct_access) { > ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, > "error: device does not support dax"); Factor your new checks and the ->direct_access into a new helper. It should take the block device as file systems might have multiple underlying devices. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html