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[v3] dm writecache: reject asynchronous pmem.

Message ID 20200630154924.3283-1-msuchanek@suse.de (mailing list archive)
State Mainlined
Commit a46624580376a3a0beb218d94cbc7f258696e29f
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Series [v3] dm writecache: reject asynchronous pmem. | expand

Commit Message

Michal Suchanek June 30, 2020, 3:49 p.m. UTC
The writecache driver does not handle asynchronous pmem. Reject it when
supplied as cache.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvdimm/87lfk5hahc.fsf@linux.ibm.com/
Fixes: 6e84200c0a29 ("virtio-pmem: Add virtio pmem driver")

Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
---
 drivers/md/dm-writecache.c | 6 ++++++
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

Comments

Mikulas Patocka June 30, 2020, 4:11 p.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, 30 Jun 2020, Michal Suchanek wrote:

> The writecache driver does not handle asynchronous pmem. Reject it when
> supplied as cache.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvdimm/87lfk5hahc.fsf@linux.ibm.com/
> Fixes: 6e84200c0a29 ("virtio-pmem: Add virtio pmem driver")
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>

Acked-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>

> ---
>  drivers/md/dm-writecache.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
> index 30505d70f423..5358894bb9fd 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
> @@ -2266,6 +2266,12 @@ static int writecache_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
>  	}
>  
>  	if (WC_MODE_PMEM(wc)) {
> +		if (!dax_synchronous(wc->ssd_dev->dax_dev)) {
> +			r = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> +			ti->error = "Asynchronous persistent memory not supported as pmem cache";
> +			goto bad;
> +		}
> +
>  		r = persistent_memory_claim(wc);
>  		if (r) {
>  			ti->error = "Unable to map persistent memory for cache";
> -- 
> 2.26.2
>
Mikulas Patocka June 30, 2020, 4:14 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, 30 Jun 2020, Mikulas Patocka wrote:

> 
> 
> On Tue, 30 Jun 2020, Michal Suchanek wrote:
> 
> > The writecache driver does not handle asynchronous pmem. Reject it when
> > supplied as cache.
> > 
> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvdimm/87lfk5hahc.fsf@linux.ibm.com/
> > Fixes: 6e84200c0a29 ("virtio-pmem: Add virtio pmem driver")
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@suse.de>
> 
> Acked-by: Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@redhat.com>

BTW, we should also add

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org	# v5.3+

> > ---
> >  drivers/md/dm-writecache.c | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
> > index 30505d70f423..5358894bb9fd 100644
> > --- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
> > +++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
> > @@ -2266,6 +2266,12 @@ static int writecache_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	if (WC_MODE_PMEM(wc)) {
> > +		if (!dax_synchronous(wc->ssd_dev->dax_dev)) {
> > +			r = -EOPNOTSUPP;
> > +			ti->error = "Asynchronous persistent memory not supported as pmem cache";
> > +			goto bad;
> > +		}
> > +
> >  		r = persistent_memory_claim(wc);
> >  		if (r) {
> >  			ti->error = "Unable to map persistent memory for cache";
> > -- 
> > 2.26.2
> > 
>
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diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
index 30505d70f423..5358894bb9fd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-writecache.c
@@ -2266,6 +2266,12 @@  static int writecache_ctr(struct dm_target *ti, unsigned argc, char **argv)
 	}
 
 	if (WC_MODE_PMEM(wc)) {
+		if (!dax_synchronous(wc->ssd_dev->dax_dev)) {
+			r = -EOPNOTSUPP;
+			ti->error = "Asynchronous persistent memory not supported as pmem cache";
+			goto bad;
+		}
+
 		r = persistent_memory_claim(wc);
 		if (r) {
 			ti->error = "Unable to map persistent memory for cache";