libnvdimm, dax: fix 1GB-aligned namespaces vs physical misalignment

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The following namespace configuration attempt:

    # ndctl create-namespace -e namespace0.0 -m devdax -a 1G -f
    libndctl: ndctl_dax_enable: dax0.1: failed to enable
      Error: namespace0.0: failed to enable

    failed to reconfigure namespace: No such device or address

...fails when the backing memory range is not physically aligned to 1G:

    # cat /proc/iomem | grep Persistent
    210000000-30fffffff : Persistent Memory (legacy)

In the above example the 4G persistent memory range starts and ends on a
256MB boundary.

We handle this case correctly when needing to handle cases that violate
section alignment (128MB) collisions against "System RAM", and we simply
need to extend that padding/truncation for the 1GB alignment use case.

Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Fixes: 315c562536 ("libnvdimm, pfn: add 'align' attribute...")
Reported-and-tested-by: Jane Chu <jane.chu@oracle.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>

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Dan Williams 2017-12-04 14:07:43 -08:00

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drivers/nvdimm/pfn_devs.c

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