Use dax_is_supported() to validate whether the architecture has virtually aliased data caches at mount time. Print an error and disable DAX if dax=always is requested as a mount option on an architecture which does not support DAX. This is relevant for architectures which require a dynamic check to validate whether they have virtually aliased data caches. Fixes: d92576f1167c ("dax: does not work correctly with virtual aliasing caches") Signed-off-by: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-arch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: nvdimm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-cxl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --- fs/ext2/super.c | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/fs/ext2/super.c b/fs/ext2/super.c index 01f9addc8b1f..30ff57d47ed4 100644 --- a/fs/ext2/super.c +++ b/fs/ext2/super.c @@ -955,7 +955,11 @@ static int ext2_fill_super(struct super_block *sb, void *data, int silent) blocksize = BLOCK_SIZE << le32_to_cpu(sbi->s_es->s_log_block_size); if (test_opt(sb, DAX)) { - if (!sbi->s_daxdev) { + if (!dax_is_supported()) { + ext2_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, + "DAX unsupported by architecture. Turning off DAX."); + clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DAX); + } else if (!sbi->s_daxdev) { ext2_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "DAX unsupported by block device. Turning off DAX."); clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DAX); -- 2.39.2