[PATCH v3] dm writecache: reject asynchronous pmem.
From: Michal Suchanek
Date: Tue Jun 30 2020 - 11:49:29 EST
The writecache driver does not handle asynchronous pmem. Reject it when
supplied as cache.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-nvdimm/87lfk5hahc.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Fixes: 6e84200c0a29 ("virtio-pmem: Add virtio pmem driver")
Signed-off-by: Michal Suchanek <msuchanek@xxxxxxx>
---
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