[PATCH v6 6/6] xfs: disable map_sync for async flush

[Pankaj Gupta]

Dont support 'MAP_SYNC' with non-DAX files and DAX files
with asynchronous dax_device. Virtio pmem provides
asynchronous host page cache flush mechanism. We don't
support 'MAP_SYNC' with virtio pmem and xfs.

Signed-off-by: Pankaj Gupta <pagupta@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
 fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 10 ++++++----
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 1f2e2845eb76..0e59be018511 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -1196,11 +1196,13 @@ xfs_file_mmap(
 	struct file	*filp,
 	struct vm_area_struct *vma)
 {
-	/*
-	 * We don't support synchronous mappings for non-DAX files. At least
-	 * until someone comes with a sensible use case.
+	struct dax_device *dax_dev = xfs_find_daxdev_for_inode
+						(file_inode(filp));
+
+	/* We don't support synchronous mappings for non-DAX files and
+	 * for DAX files if underneath dax_device is not synchronous.
 	 */
-	if (!IS_DAX(file_inode(filp)) && (vma->vm_flags & VM_SYNC))
+	if (!daxdev_mapping_supported(vma, dax_dev))
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	file_accessed(filp);
-- 
2.20.1