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[PATCH v3 2/7] dax: fallback from pmd to pte on error

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From Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com>
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Subject [PATCH v3 2/7] dax: fallback from pmd to pte on error
Date Sat, 23 Apr 2016 21:20:02 +0200
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From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

In preparation for consulting a badblocks list in pmem_direct_access(),
teach dax_pmd_fault() to fallback rather than fail immediately upon
encountering an error.  The thought being that reducing the span of the
dax request may avoid the error region.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
---
 fs/dax.c | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 5a34f08..52f0044 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1111,8 +1111,8 @@ int __dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long address,
 		long length = dax_map_atomic(bdev, &dax);
 
 		if (length < 0) {
-			result = VM_FAULT_SIGBUS;
-			goto out;
+			dax_pmd_dbg(&bh, address, "dax-error fallback");
+			goto fallback;
 		}
 		if (length < PMD_SIZE) {
 			dax_pmd_dbg(&bh, address, "dax-length too small");
-- 
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  [PATCH v3 7/7] dax: fix a comment in dax_zero_page_range and dax_truncate_page Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> - 2016-04-23 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 4/7] dax: use sb_issue_zerout instead of calling dax_clear_sectors Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> - 2016-04-23 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 1/7] block, dax: pass blk_dax_ctl through to drivers Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> - 2016-04-23 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 2/7] dax: fallback from pmd to pte on error Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> - 2016-04-23 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 6/7] dax: for truncate/hole-punch, do zeroing through the driver if possible Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> - 2016-04-23 21:20 +0200
  [PATCH v3 5/7] dax: handle media errors in dax_do_io Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@intel.com> - 2016-04-23 21:20 +0200

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