linux-kernel - [PATCH 1/2] block: fix pfn_mkwrite() DAX fault handler

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Date:	Thu, 28 Jan 2016 12:35:03 -0700
From:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@...iv.linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
	Dave Chinner <david@...morbit.com>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@...ux.intel.com>,
	linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] block: fix pfn_mkwrite() DAX fault handler

Previously the pfn_mkwrite() fault handler for raw block devices called
bldev_dax_fault() -> __dax_fault() to do a full DAX page fault.  Really
what the pfn_mkwrite() fault handler needs to do is call dax_pfn_mkwrite()
to make sure that the radix tree entry for the given PTE is marked as dirty
so that a follow-up fsync or msync call will flush it durably to media.

Signed-off-by: Ross Zwisler <ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com>
Fixes: 5a023cdba50c ("block: enable dax for raw block devices")
---
 fs/block_dev.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index 7b9cd49..fa0507a 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1730,6 +1730,12 @@ static int blkdev_dax_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, struct vm_fault *vmf)
 	return __dax_fault(vma, vmf, blkdev_get_block, NULL);
 }
 
+static int blkdev_dax_pfn_mkwrite(struct vm_area_struct *vma,
+		struct vm_fault *vmf)
+{
+	return dax_pfn_mkwrite(vma, vmf);
+}
+
 static int blkdev_dax_pmd_fault(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long addr,
 		pmd_t *pmd, unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -1761,7 +1767,7 @@ static const struct vm_operations_struct blkdev_dax_vm_ops = {
 	.close		= blkdev_vm_close,
 	.fault		= blkdev_dax_fault,
 	.pmd_fault	= blkdev_dax_pmd_fault,
-	.pfn_mkwrite	= blkdev_dax_fault,
+	.pfn_mkwrite	= blkdev_dax_pfn_mkwrite,
 };
 
 static const struct vm_operations_struct blkdev_default_vm_ops = {
-- 
2.5.0