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

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Date:	Fri, 29 Apr 2016 14:39:32 -0600
From:	Toshi Kani <toshi.kani@....com>
To:	dan.j.williams@...el.com, david@...morbit.com, jack@...e.cz
Cc:	tytso@....edu, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
	ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com, toshi.kani@....com,
	linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 0/3] Add alignment check for DAX mount

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(+)