linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: Disallow modifying DAX inode flag if inline

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Date:   Sat, 3 Oct 2020 00:13:21 -0400
From:   "Theodore Y. Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To:     Xiao Yang <yangx.jy@...fujitsu.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, darrick.wong@...cle.com,
        ira.weiny@...el.com, jack@...e.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] ext4: Disallow modifying DAX inode flag if
 inline_data has been set

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 04:43:30PM +0800, Xiao Yang wrote:
> inline_data is mutually exclusive to DAX so enabling both of them triggers
> the following issue:
> ------------------------------------------
> # mkfs.ext4 -F -O inline_data /dev/pmem1
> ...
> # mount /dev/pmem1 /mnt
> # echo 'test' >/mnt/file
> # lsattr -l /mnt/file
> /mnt/file                    Inline_Data
> # xfs_io -c "chattr +x" /mnt/file
> # xfs_io -c "lsattr -v" /mnt/file
> [dax] /mnt/file
> # umount /mnt
> # mount /dev/pmem1 /mnt
> # cat /mnt/file
> cat: /mnt/file: Numerical result out of range
> ------------------------------------------
> 
> Fixes: b383a73f2b83 ("fs/ext4: Introduce DAX inode flag")
> Signed-off-by: Xiao Yang <yangx.jy@...fujitsu.com>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

Applied, thanks.

					- Ted