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From: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
To: linux-cxl@vger.kernel.org, nvdimm@lists.linux.dev
Cc: djbw@kernel.org, iweiny@kernel.org, pasha.tatashin@soleen.com,
	mclapinski@google.com, rppt@kernel.org,
	joao.m.martins@oracle.com, jic23@kernel.org, gourry@gourry.net,
	john@groves.net, rick.p.edgecombe@intel.com
Subject: [RFC PATCH 08/12] fs: allow char dev to go through fallocate
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2026 10:02:15 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260423170219.281618-9-dave.jiang@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260423170219.281618-1-dave.jiang@intel.com>

Allow a device DAX device to execute fallocate.

Signed-off-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
---
 fs/open.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index f328622061c5..7f74604566ac 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -322,7 +322,8 @@ int vfs_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset, loff_t len)
 	if (S_ISDIR(inode->i_mode))
 		return -EISDIR;
 
-	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode))
+	if (!S_ISREG(inode->i_mode) && !S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode) &&
+	    !S_ISCHR(inode->i_mode))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/* Check for wraparound */
-- 
2.53.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-04-23 17:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 28+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-04-23 17:02 [RFC PATCH 00/12] dax: Add DAX to guest memfd support for KVM Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 01/12] dax: rate limit dev_dax_huge_fault() output Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 02/12] dax: Save the kva from memremap Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 03/12] dax: Add fallocate support to device dax Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 04/12] dax: Move dax_pgoff_to_phys() to dax bus to be used by dev dax Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 05/12] dax: Add dax_operations and supporting functions to device dax Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 06/12] dax: Add helper to determine if a 'struct file' supports dax Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 07/12] KVM: guest_memfd: Add setup of daxfd when binding gmem Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` Dave Jiang [this message]
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 09/12] dax: Add dax_get_dev_dax() helper function Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 10/12] kvm: Implement dax support for KVM faulting Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 11/12] kvm: Add daxfd support for supported flags Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:02 ` [RFC PATCH 12/12] selftest/kvm: Add daxfd support for gmem selftest Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 17:27 ` [RFC PATCH 00/12] dax: Add DAX to guest memfd support for KVM Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-23 18:08   ` Dave Jiang
2026-04-23 18:21     ` Dave Jiang
2026-04-24  3:43 ` Gregory Price
2026-04-24 17:38   ` Frank van der Linden
2026-04-29 13:21   ` Ira Weiny
2026-04-29 23:58     ` Gregory Price
2026-04-24 17:13 ` Frank van der Linden
2026-04-24 18:23   ` Dave Jiang
2026-04-24 20:01     ` Frank van der Linden
2026-04-24 20:59       ` Dave Jiang
2026-05-06 20:23     ` Ackerley Tng
2026-05-06 20:37       ` Dave Jiang
2026-05-08  1:09       ` Ira Weiny
2026-05-10 14:40         ` Gregory Price

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