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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