Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 7.0-5.15] fuse: mark DAX inode releases as blocking

[Darrick J. Wong]

On Mon, Apr 20, 2026 at 09:21:20AM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:
> From: Sergio Lopez <slp@xxxxxxxxxx>
> 
> [ Upstream commit 42fbb31310b2c145308d3cdcb32d8f05998cfd6c ]

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> - UNVERIFIED: Could not access lore.kernel.org discussion thread due to
>   Anubis protection

HAHAHA LOL

> **YES**

Yes, I thin this patch is appropriate for 6.1.

--D

>  fs/fuse/file.c | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/fuse/file.c b/fs/fuse/file.c
> index 676fd9856bfbf..14740134faff7 100644
> --- a/fs/fuse/file.c
> +++ b/fs/fuse/file.c
> @@ -117,6 +117,12 @@ static void fuse_file_put(struct fuse_file *ff, bool sync)
>  			fuse_simple_request(ff->fm, args);
>  			fuse_release_end(ff->fm, args, 0);
>  		} else {
> +			/*
> +			 * DAX inodes may need to issue a number of synchronous
> +			 * request for clearing the mappings.
> +			 */
> +			if (ra && ra->inode && FUSE_IS_DAX(ra->inode))
> +				args->may_block = true;
>  			args->end = fuse_release_end;
>  			if (fuse_simple_background(ff->fm, args,
>  						   GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NOFAIL))
> -- 
> 2.53.0
>