Setting the DAX flag on the directory of a file system that is not on a DAX capable device makes as little sense as setting it on a regular file on the same file system. Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> --- fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c index 9ea51664932e..d1d0929aa462 100644 --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c @@ -1309,8 +1309,7 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_dax_invalidate( if (fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) { if (!(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))) return -EINVAL; - if (S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && - !bdev_dax_supported(xfs_find_bdev_for_inode(VFS_I(ip)), + if (!bdev_dax_supported(xfs_find_bdev_for_inode(VFS_I(ip)), sb->s_blocksize)) return -EINVAL; } -- 2.20.1