linux-kernel - [PATCH 4.9 73/78] xfs: disable per-inode DAX flag

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Date:   Mon, 18 Sep 2017 11:12:22 +0200
From:   Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Subject: [PATCH 4.9 73/78] xfs: disable per-inode DAX flag

4.9-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>

commit 742d84290739ae908f1b61b7d17ea382c8c0073a upstream.

Currently flag switching can be used to easily crash the kernel.  Disable
the per-inode DAX flag until that is sorted out.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@....de>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c |    3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -1005,11 +1005,12 @@ xfs_diflags_to_linux(
 		inode->i_flags |= S_NOATIME;
 	else
 		inode->i_flags &= ~S_NOATIME;
+#if 0	/* disabled until the flag switching races are sorted out */
 	if (xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX)
 		inode->i_flags |= S_DAX;
 	else
 		inode->i_flags &= ~S_DAX;
-
+#endif
 }
 
 static int