Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > If a dax buffer from a device that does not map pages is passed to > read(2) or write(2) as a target for direct-I/O it triggers SIGBUS. If > gdb attempts to examine the contents of a dax buffer from a device that > does not map pages it triggers SIGBUS. If fork(2) is called on a process > with a dax mapping from a device that does not map pages it triggers > SIGBUS. 'struct page' is required otherwise several kernel code paths > break in surprising ways. Disable filesystem-dax on devices that do not > map pages. > [...] > @@ -123,6 +124,12 @@ int __bdev_dax_supported(struct super_block *sb, int blocksize) > return len < 0 ? len : -EIO; > } > > + if (!pfn_t_has_page(pfn)) { > + pr_err("VFS (%s): error: dax support not enabled\n", > + sb->s_id); Is the pr_err really necessary? At least one caller already prints a warning. It seems cleaner to me to let the caller determine whether it's worth printing anything. -Jeff -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@xxxxxxxxx. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/ . Don't email: <a href=mailto:"dont@xxxxxxxxx"> email@xxxxxxxxx </a>