linux-kernel - [PATCH 2/3] dax: introduce dax_clear

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Date:   Tue, 14 Sep 2021 17:31:30 -0600
From:   Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
To:     dan.j.williams@...el.com, vishal.l.verma@...el.com,
        dave.jiang@...el.com, ira.weiny@...el.com, viro@...iv.linux.org.uk,
        willy@...radead.org, jack@...e.cz, nvdimm@...ts.linux.dev,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] dax: introduce dax_clear_poison to dax pwrite operation

When pwrite(2) encounters poison in a dax range, it fails with EIO.
But if the backend hardware of the dax device is capable of clearing
poison, try that and resume the write.

Signed-off-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@...cle.com>
---
 fs/dax.c | 9 +++++++++
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 99b4e78d888f..592a156abbf2 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -1156,8 +1156,17 @@ dax_iomap_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length, void *data,
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 
+		/*
+		 * If WRITE operation encounters media error in a page aligned
+		 * range, try to clear the error, then resume, for just once.
+		 */
 		map_len = dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff, PHYS_PFN(size),
 				&kaddr, NULL);
+		if ((map_len == -EIO) && (iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE)) {
+			if (dax_clear_poison(dax_dev, pgoff, PHYS_PFN(size)) == 0)
+				map_len = dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff,
+						PHYS_PFN(size), &kaddr, NULL);
+		}
 		if (map_len < 0) {
 			ret = map_len;
 			break;
-- 
2.18.4