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[PATCH 2/9] xfs: always use DAX if mount option is used

From Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject [PATCH 2/9] xfs: always use DAX if mount option is used
Date 2017-09-06 00:40 +0200
Message-ID <umuFI-AY-9@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink)
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The current code has an issue where the user can't reliably tell whether or
not DAX is being used to service page faults and I/O when the DAX mount
option is used.  In this case each inode within the mounted filesystem
starts with S_DAX set due to the mount option, but it can be cleared if
someone touches the individual inode flag.

For example:

  # mount | grep dax
  /dev/pmem0 on /mnt type xfs
  (rw,relatime,seclabel,attr2,dax,inode64,sunit=4096,swidth=4096,noquota)

  # touch /mnt/a /mnt/b   # both files currently use DAX

  # xfs_io -c "lsattr" /mnt/*  # neither has the DAX inode option set
  ----------e----- /mnt/a
  ----------e----- /mnt/b

  # xfs_io -c "chattr -x" /mnt/a  # this clears S_DAX for /mnt/a

  # xfs_io -c "lsattr" /mnt/*
  ----------e----- /mnt/a
  ----------e----- /mnt/b

We end up with both /mnt/a and /mnt/b looking identical from the point of
view of the mount option and from lsattr, but one is using DAX and the
other is not.

Fix this by always doing DAX I/O when either the mount option is set or
when the DAX inode flag is set.  This means that DAX will always be used
for all inodes on a filesystem mounted with -o dax, making the usage
reliable and detectable.

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com>
CC: stable@vger.kernel.org
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 9c0c7a9..8155ddc 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -1008,7 +1008,7 @@ xfs_diflags_to_linux(
 		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
 	else
 		inode->i_flags &= ~S_NOATIME;
-	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX)
+	if ((xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) || (ip->i_mount->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX))
 		inode->i_flags |= S_DAX;
 	else
 		inode->i_flags &= ~S_DAX;
@@ -1091,7 +1091,14 @@ xfs_ioctl_setattr_dax_invalidate(
 			return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* If the DAX state is not changing, we have nothing to do here. */
+	/*
+	 * If the DAX state is not changing, we have nothing to do here.  If
+	 * the DAX mount option was used we will update the DAX inode flag as
+	 * the user requested but we will continue to use DAX for I/O and page
+	 * faults regardless of how the inode flag is set.
+	 */
+	if (ip->i_mount->m_flags & XFS_MOUNT_DAX)
+		return 0;
 	if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) && IS_DAX(inode))
 		return 0;
 	if (!(fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) && !IS_DAX(inode))
-- 
2.9.5

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[PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 9/9] ext4: add per-inode DAX flag Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 2/9] xfs: always use DAX if mount option is used Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 4/9] ext4: add ext4_should_use_dax() Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 8/9] ext4: add sanity check for encryption + DAX Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 5/9] ext4: ext4_change_inode_journal_flag error handling Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 00:40 +0200
  [PATCH 7/9] ext4: prevent data corruption with inline data + DAX Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 7/9] ext4: prevent data corruption with inline data + DAX Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca> - 2017-09-06 23:00 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 7/9] ext4: prevent data corruption with inline data + DAX Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-07 01:20 +0200
  [PATCH 1/9] ext4: remove duplicate extended attributes defs Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 1/9] ext4: remove duplicate extended attributes defs Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2017-09-06 09:30 +0200
  [PATCH 6/9] ext4: safely transition S_DAX on journaling changes Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 00:40 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 6/9] ext4: safely transition S_DAX on journaling changes Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2017-09-06 11:50 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 6/9] ext4: safely transition S_DAX on journaling changes Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 19:10 +0200
  Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Eric Sandeen <esandeen@redhat.com> - 2017-09-06 04:20 +0200
    Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-06 19:10 +0200
      Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> - 2017-09-07 23:00 +0200
        Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-07 23:20 +0200
          Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Andreas Dilger <adilger@dilger.ca> - 2017-09-07 23:30 +0200
            Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-08 00:00 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@linux.intel.com> - 2017-09-08 00:20 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2017-09-08 01:30 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz> - 2017-09-08 11:50 +0200
                Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-09-08 17:40 +0200
              Re: [PATCH 0/9] add ext4 per-inode DAX flag Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com> - 2017-09-08 00:20 +0200

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