linux-kernel - [PATCH v4 01/12] dax: fix vma_is

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Date:   Mon, 26 Feb 2018 20:20:00 -0800
From:   Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
To:     linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
Cc:     Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>,
        Haozhong Zhang <haozhong.zhang@...el.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        Gerd Rausch <gerd.rausch@...cle.com>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v4 01/12] dax: fix vma_is_fsdax() helper

Gerd reports that ->i_mode may contain other bits besides S_IFCHR. Use
S_ISCHR() instead. Otherwise, get_user_pages_longterm() may fail on
device-dax instances when those are meant to be explicitly allowed.

Fixes: 2bb6d2837083 ("mm: introduce get_user_pages_longterm")
Cc: <stable@...r.kernel.org>
Reported-by: Gerd Rausch <gerd.rausch@...cle.com>
Acked-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
Reported-by: Haozhong Zhang <haozhong.zhang@...el.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>
---
 include/linux/fs.h |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 2a815560fda0..79c413985305 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -3198,7 +3198,7 @@ static inline bool vma_is_fsdax(struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 	if (!vma_is_dax(vma))
 		return false;
 	inode = file_inode(vma->vm_file);
-	if (inode->i_mode == S_IFCHR)
+	if (S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode))
 		return false; /* device-dax */
 	return true;
 }