The DAX flag only applies to files and directories, so don't let it get
set for other types of files.
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@oracle.com>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>
!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
return -EINVAL;
+ /*
+ * It is only valid to set the DAX flag on regular files and
+ * directories on filesystems.
+ */
+ if ((fa->fsx_xflags & FS_XFLAG_DAX) &&
+ !(S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) || S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode)))
+ return -EINVAL;
+
/* Extent size hints of zero turn off the flags. */
if (fa->fsx_extsize == 0)
fa->fsx_xflags &= ~(FS_XFLAG_EXTSIZE | FS_XFLAG_EXTSZINHERIT);