Dan Williams <dan.j.williams(a)intel.com> writes:
On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 1:22 PM, Dan Williams
<dan.j.williams(a)intel.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 14, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Jeff Moyer <jmoyer(a)redhat.com> wrote:
>> Linda Knippers noticed that commit bbab37ddc20b (block: Add support
>> for DAX reads/writes to block devices) caused a regression in mkfs.xfs.
>> Further investigation also uncovered issues related to misaligned
>> partitions. This patch set addresses the two issues.
>>
>> [PATCH 1/2] dax: fix O_DIRECT I/O to the last block of a blockdev
>> [PATCH 2/2] blockdev: don't set S_DAX for misaligned partitions
>
> Should these be "Cc: <stable(a)vger.kernel.org>" given the regression
> fix is applicable back to 4.0?
Sorry, regression *since* 4.0.
$ git describe --contains bbab37ddc20b
v4.2-rc1~2^2~4
Looks like this was not sprung on the public yet.
-Jeff