linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC V2 14/17] dax: Stray write protection for dax_direct

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Date:   Sat, 18 Jul 2020 21:41:36 -0700
From:   Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>
To:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Vishal Verma <vishal.l.verma@...el.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Fenghua Yu <fenghua.yu@...el.com>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-nvdimm@...ts.01.org,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC V2 14/17] dax: Stray write protection for
 dax_direct_access()

On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 11:22:43AM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 17, 2020 at 12:20:53AM -0700, ira.weiny@...el.com wrote:
> 
> > --- a/drivers/dax/super.c
> > +++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
> > @@ -30,12 +30,14 @@ static DEFINE_SPINLOCK(dax_host_lock);
> >  
> >  int dax_read_lock(void)
> >  {
> > +	dev_access_enable();
> >  	return srcu_read_lock(&dax_srcu);
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_read_lock);
> >  
> >  void dax_read_unlock(int id)
> >  {
> > +	dev_access_disable();
> >  	srcu_read_unlock(&dax_srcu, id);
> >  }
> >  EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_read_unlock);
> 
> This is inconsistently ordered.

Thanks, good catch.

Fixed.
Ira