pmem is byte addressable, and indeed byte-aligned DIO works on a DAX file. So, teach XFS_IOC_DIOINFO to return the correct alignment information if IS_DAX(inode). Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxx> --- diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c index 6ecdbb3..35eae7d 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c @@ -1919,12 +1919,21 @@ xfs_file_ioctl( } case XFS_IOC_DIOINFO: { struct dioattr da; - xfs_buftarg_t *target = - XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip) ? - mp->m_rtdev_targp : mp->m_ddev_targp; - da.d_mem = da.d_miniosz = target->bt_logical_sectorsize; - da.d_maxiosz = INT_MAX & ~(da.d_miniosz - 1); + if (IS_DAX(inode)) { + /* pmem is byte addressable */ + da.d_mem = 1; + da.d_miniosz = 1; + da.d_maxiosz = INT_MAX; + } else { + xfs_buftarg_t *target = + XFS_IS_REALTIME_INODE(ip) ? + mp->m_rtdev_targp : mp->m_ddev_targp; + + da.d_mem = target->bt_logical_sectorsize; + da.d_miniosz = target->bt_logical_sectorsize; + da.d_maxiosz = INT_MAX & ~(da.d_miniosz - 1); + } if (copy_to_user(arg, &da, sizeof(da))) return -EFAULT;