linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add alignment check for DAX mount

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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2016 17:12:19 -0600
From:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
Cc:	dan.j.williams@...el.com, david@...morbit.com, jack@...e.cz,
	tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
	ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] Add alignment check for DAX mount

On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 02:39:32PM -0600, Toshi Kani wrote:
> When a partition is not aligned by 4KB, mount -o dax succeeds,
> but any read/write access to the filesystem fails, except for
> metadata update.
> 
> Add alignment check to ext4, ext2, and xfs.
> 
> ---
> Toshi Kani (3):
>  1/3 ext4: Add alignment check for DAX mount
>  2/3 ext2: Add alignment check for DAX mount
>  3/3 xfs: Add alignment check for DAX mount
> 
> ---
>  fs/ext2/super.c    | 6 ++++++
>  fs/ext4/super.c    | 6 ++++++
>  fs/xfs/xfs_super.c | 6 ++++++
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

For the series:
Reviewed-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>