linux-kernel - [PATCH V2] uapi: fix statx attribute value overlap for DAX & MOUNT

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Date:   Tue, 1 Dec 2020 17:21:40 -0600
From:   Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:     torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
        Miklos Szeredi <mszeredi@...hat.com>,
        Ira Weiny <ira.weiny@...el.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Cc:     linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-man@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, xfs <linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Xiaoli Feng <xifeng@...hat.com>,
        Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Subject: [PATCH V2] uapi: fix statx attribute value overlap for DAX &
 MOUNT_ROOT

[*] Note: This needs to be merged as soon as possible as it's introducing an incompatible UAPI change...

STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT and STATX_ATTR_DAX got merged with the same value,
so one of them needs fixing. Move STATX_ATTR_DAX.

While we're in here, clarify the value-matching scheme for some of the
attributes, and explain why the value for DAX does not match.

Fixes: 80340fe3605c ("statx: add mount_root")
Fixes: 712b2698e4c0 ("fs/stat: Define DAX statx attribute")
Reported-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
Reviewed-by: David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>
---
V2: Change flag value per Darrick Wong
    Tweak comment per Darrick Wong
    Add Fixes: tags & reported-by & RVB per dhowells

 include/uapi/linux/stat.h | 9 ++++++---
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/uapi/linux/stat.h b/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
index 82cc58fe9368..1500a0f58041 100644
--- a/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
+++ b/include/uapi/linux/stat.h
@@ -171,9 +171,12 @@ struct statx {
  * be of use to ordinary userspace programs such as GUIs or ls rather than
  * specialised tools.
  *
- * Note that the flags marked [I] correspond to generic FS_IOC_FLAGS
+ * Note that the flags marked [I] correspond to the FS_IOC_SETFLAGS flags
  * semantically.  Where possible, the numerical value is picked to correspond
- * also.
+ * also.  Note that the DAX attribute indicates that the file is in the CPU
+ * direct access state.  It does not correspond to the per-inode flag that
+ * some filesystems support.
+ *
  */
 #define STATX_ATTR_COMPRESSED		0x00000004 /* [I] File is compressed by the fs */
 #define STATX_ATTR_IMMUTABLE		0x00000010 /* [I] File is marked immutable */
@@ -183,7 +186,7 @@ struct statx {
 #define STATX_ATTR_AUTOMOUNT		0x00001000 /* Dir: Automount trigger */
 #define STATX_ATTR_MOUNT_ROOT		0x00002000 /* Root of a mount */
 #define STATX_ATTR_VERITY		0x00100000 /* [I] Verity protected file */
-#define STATX_ATTR_DAX			0x00002000 /* [I] File is DAX */
+#define STATX_ATTR_DAX			0x00200000 /* File is currently in DAX state */
 
 
 #endif /* _UAPI_LINUX_STAT_H */
-- 
2.17.0