The patch titled Subject: ext4: use ext4_get_block_write() for DAX has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ext4-use-ext4_get_block_write-for-dax.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ext4-use-ext4_get_block_write-for-dax.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ext4-use-ext4_get_block_write-for-dax.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ext4: use ext4_get_block_write() for DAX DAX relies on the get_block function either zeroing newly allocated blocks before they're findable by subsequent calls to get_block, or marking newly allocated blocks as unwritten. ext4_get_block() cannot create unwritten extents, but ext4_get_block_write() can. Signed-off-by: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Andy Rudoff <andy.rudoff@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/file.c | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ext4/file.c~ext4-use-ext4_get_block_write-for-dax fs/ext4/file.c --- a/fs/ext4/file.c~ext4-use-ext4_get_block_write-for-dax +++ a/fs/ext4/file.c @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ out: static void ext4_end_io_unwritten(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate) { struct inode *inode = bh->b_assoc_map->host; - /* XXX: breaks on 32-bit > 16GB. Is that even supported? */ + /* XXX: breaks on 32-bit > 16TB. Is that even supported? */ loff_t offset = (loff_t)(uintptr_t)bh->b_private << inode->i_blkbits; int err; if (!uptodate) @@ -207,8 +207,7 @@ static void ext4_end_io_unwritten(struct static int ext4_dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf) { - return dax_fault(vma, vmf, ext4_get_block, ext4_end_io_unwritten); - /* Is this the right get_block? */ + return dax_fault(vma, vmf, ext4_get_block_write, ext4_end_io_unwritten); } static int ext4_dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr, @@ -220,7 +219,8 @@ static int ext4_dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_ static int ext4_dax_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf) { - return dax_mkwrite(vma, vmf, ext4_get_block, ext4_end_io_unwritten); + return dax_mkwrite(vma, vmf, ext4_get_block_write, + ext4_end_io_unwritten); } static const struct vm_operations_struct ext4_dax_vm_ops = { _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are mm-make-gup-handle-pfn-mapping-unless-foll_get-is-requested.patch mm-make-gup-handle-pfn-mapping-unless-foll_get-is-requested-fix.patch dax-move-dax-related-functions-to-a-new-header.patch dax-revert-userfaultfd-change.patch thp-prepare-for-dax-huge-pages.patch thp-prepare-for-dax-huge-pages-fix.patch mm-add-a-pmd_fault-handler.patch mm-export-various-functions-for-the-benefit-of-dax.patch mm-add-vmf_insert_pfn_pmd.patch dax-add-huge-page-fault-support.patch ext2-huge-page-fault-support.patch ext4-huge-page-fault-support.patch xfs-huge-page-fault-support.patch ext4-use-ext4_get_block_write-for-dax.patch thp-change-insert_pfns-return-type-to-void.patch dax-improve-comment-about-truncate-race.patch ext4-add-ext4_get_block_dax.patch ext4-start-transaction-before-calling-into-dax.patch dax-fix-race-between-simultaneous-faults.patch thp-decrement-refcount-on-huge-zero-page-if-it-is-split.patch thp-fix-zap_huge_pmd-for-dax.patch dax-dont-use-set_huge_zero_page.patch dax-ensure-that-zero-pages-are-removed-from-other-processes.patch dax-use-linear_page_index.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html