Re: linux-next 0112 tree breaks fs DAX

From: Stephen Rothwell
Date: Mon Jan 16 2017 - 05:45:56 EST


Hi Xiong,

Just cc'ing Andrew.

On Mon, 16 Jan 2017 17:29:16 +0800 Xiong Zhou <xzhou@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Jan 13, 2017 at 06:16:41PM +0800, Xiong Zhou wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > These cases "hang" when testing with -o dax mount option:
> > xfstests generic/030 generic/34{0,4,5,6} generic/198
> > (maybe more)
> >
> > The test programme holetest or aiodio keep running for a
> > long time. It's killable, but it seems never return.
> >
> > With both ext4 and xfs as fs.
> >
> > Without -o dax mount option, cases pass in seconds.
> >
> > 0111 tree passed the tests.
> >
> > sh-4.2# git log --oneline next-20170111..next-20170112 fs/dax.c
> > 0c9a7909dd13 mm, dax: change pmd_fault() to take only vmf parameter
> > f8dbc198d4ea mm, dax: make pmd_fault() and friends be the same as fault()
>
> 0112 tree with above 2 commits reverted pass the tests.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell