linux-kernel - Re: [question] Panic in dax_writeback

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Message-ID: <20210311121923.GU3479805@casper.infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 11 Mar 2021 12:19:23 +0000
From:   Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
To:     "chenjun (AM)" <chenjun102@...wei.com>
Cc:     "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@...el.com>,
        Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        "Xiangrui (Euler)" <rui.xiang@...wei.com>,
        "lizhe (Y)" <lizhe67@...wei.com>, yangerkun <yangerkun@...wei.com>,
        "zhangyi (F)" <yi.zhang@...wei.com>
Subject: Re: [question] Panic in dax_writeback_one

On Thu, Mar 11, 2021 at 07:48:25AM +0000, chenjun (AM) wrote:
> static int dax_writeback_one(struct xa_state *xas, struct dax_device 
> *dax_dev, struct address_space *mapping, void *entry)
> ----dax_flush(dax_dev, page_address(pfn_to_page(pfn)), count * PAGE_SIZE);
> The pfn is returned by the driver. In my case, the pfn does not have
> struct page. so pfn_to_page(pfn) return a wrong address.

I wasn't involved, but I think the right solution here is simply to
replace page_address(pfn_to_page(pfn)) with pfn_to_virt(pfn).  I don't
know why Dan decided to do this in the more complicated way.