dax: require 'struct page' by default for filesystem dax

If a dax buffer from a device that does not map pages is passed to
read(2) or write(2) as a target for direct-I/O it triggers SIGBUS. If
gdb attempts to examine the contents of a dax buffer from a device that
does not map pages it triggers SIGBUS. If fork(2) is called on a process
with a dax mapping from a device that does not map pages it triggers
SIGBUS. 'struct page' is required otherwise several kernel code paths
break in surprising ways. Disable filesystem-dax on devices that do not
map pages.

In addition to needing pfn_to_page() to be valid we also require devmap
pages.  We need this to detect dax pages in the get_user_pages_fast()
path and so that we can stop managing the VM_MIXEDMAP flag. For DAX
drivers that have not supported get_user_pages() to date we allow them
to opt-in to supporting DAX with the CONFIG_FS_DAX_LIMITED configuration
option which requires ->direct_access() to return pfn_t_special() pfns.
This leaves DAX support in brd disabled and scheduled for removal.

Note that when the initial dax support was being merged a few years back
there was concern that struct page was unsuitable for use with next
generation persistent memory devices. The theoretical concern was that
struct page access, being such a hotly used data structure in the
kernel, would lead to media wear out. While that was a reasonable
conservative starting position it has not held true in practice. We have
long since committed to using devm_memremap_pages() to support higher
order kernel functionality that needs get_user_pages() and
pfn_to_page().


Cc: Jeff Moyer <[email protected]>
Cc: Ross Zwisler <[email protected]>
Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <[email protected]>
Cc: Paul Mackerras <[email protected]>
Cc: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]>
Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <[email protected]>
Cc: Heiko Carstens <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Gerald Schaefer <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <[email protected]>

arch/powerpc/platforms/Kconfig

@@ -297,6 +297,7 @@ config AXON_RAM
 	tristate "Axon DDR2 memory device driver"
 	depends on PPC_IBM_CELL_BLADE && BLOCK
 	select DAX
+	select FS_DAX_LIMITED
 	default m
 	help
 	  It registers one block device per Axon's DDR2 memory bank found

drivers/dax/super.c

@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 #include <linux/mount.h>
 #include <linux/magic.h>
 #include <linux/genhd.h>
+#include <linux/pfn_t.h>
 #include <linux/cdev.h>
 #include <linux/hash.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
@@ -123,6 +124,15 @@ int __bdev_dax_supported(struct super_block *sb, int blocksize)
 		return len < 0 ? len : -EIO;
 	}
 
+	if ((IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FS_DAX_LIMITED) && pfn_t_special(pfn))
+			|| pfn_t_devmap(pfn))
+		/* pass */;
+	else {
+		pr_debug("VFS (%s): error: dax support not enabled\n",
+				sb->s_id);
+		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
+	}
+
 	return 0;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__bdev_dax_supported);

drivers/s390/block/Kconfig

@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ config BLK_DEV_XPRAM
 config DCSSBLK
 	def_tristate m
 	select DAX
+	select FS_DAX_LIMITED
 	prompt "DCSSBLK support"
 	depends on S390 && BLOCK
 	help

fs/Kconfig

@@ -58,6 +58,13 @@ config FS_DAX_PMD
 	depends on ZONE_DEVICE
 	depends on TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE
 
+# Selected by DAX drivers that do not expect filesystem DAX to support
+# get_user_pages() of DAX mappings. I.e. "limited" indicates no support
+# for fork() of processes with MAP_SHARED mappings or support for
+# direct-I/O to a DAX mapping.
+config FS_DAX_LIMITED
+	bool
+
 endif # BLOCK
 
 # Posix ACL utility routines