[PATCH 4.3 152/200] ext2, ext4: warn when mounting with dax enabled

From: Greg Kroah-Hartman
Date: Sun Feb 14 2016 - 17:52:37 EST


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

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From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>

commit ef83b6e8f40bb24b92ad73b5889732346e54a793 upstream.

Similar to XFS warn when mounting DAX while it is still considered under
development. Also, aspects of the DAX implementation, for example
synchronization against multiple faults and faults causing block
allocation, depend on the correct implementation in the filesystem. The
maturity of a given DAX implementation is filesystem specific.

Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@xxxxxxx>
Cc: Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-ext4@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Kirill A. Shutemov <kirill.shutemov@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reported-by: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

---
fs/ext2/super.c | 2 ++
fs/ext4/super.c | 6 +++++-
2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/fs/ext2/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/super.c
@@ -566,6 +566,8 @@ static int parse_options(char *options,
/* Fall through */
case Opt_dax:
#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
+ ext2_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING,
+ "DAX enabled. Warning: EXPERIMENTAL, use at your own risk");
set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DAX);
#else
ext2_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "dax option not supported");
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -1664,8 +1664,12 @@ static int handle_mount_opt(struct super
}
sbi->s_jquota_fmt = m->mount_opt;
#endif
-#ifndef CONFIG_FS_DAX
} else if (token == Opt_dax) {
+#ifdef CONFIG_FS_DAX
+ ext4_msg(sb, KERN_WARNING,
+ "DAX enabled. Warning: EXPERIMENTAL, use at your own risk");
+ sbi->s_mount_opt |= m->mount_opt;
+#else
ext4_msg(sb, KERN_INFO, "dax option not supported");
return -1;
#endif