diff --git a/drivers/dax/super.c b/drivers/dax/super.c
index bbd57ca0634a1314e79a4d762e1e1e68b99ff3d2..3a7b0a0bf469d63663fd5fbdd2dc16ad138d9b5a 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/super.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/super.c
@@ -73,22 +73,12 @@ struct dax_device *fs_dax_get_by_bdev(struct block_device *bdev)
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(fs_dax_get_by_bdev);
 #endif
 
-/**
- * __bdev_dax_supported() - Check if the device supports dax for filesystem
- * @bdev: block device to check
- * @blocksize: The block size of the device
- *
- * This is a library function for filesystems to check if the block device
- * can be mounted with dax option.
- *
- * Return: true if supported, false if unsupported
- */
-bool __bdev_dax_supported(struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize)
+bool __generic_fsdax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
+		struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize, sector_t start,
+		sector_t sectors)
 {
-	struct dax_device *dax_dev;
 	bool dax_enabled = false;
 	pgoff_t pgoff, pgoff_end;
-	struct request_queue *q;
 	char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	void *kaddr, *end_kaddr;
 	pfn_t pfn, end_pfn;
@@ -102,21 +92,14 @@ bool __bdev_dax_supported(struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
-	if (!q || !blk_queue_dax(q)) {
-		pr_debug("%s: error: request queue doesn't support dax\n",
-				bdevname(bdev, buf));
-		return false;
-	}
-
-	err = bdev_dax_pgoff(bdev, 0, PAGE_SIZE, &pgoff);
+	err = bdev_dax_pgoff(bdev, start, PAGE_SIZE, &pgoff);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_debug("%s: error: unaligned partition for dax\n",
 				bdevname(bdev, buf));
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	last_page = PFN_DOWN(i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode) - 1) * 8;
+	last_page = PFN_DOWN((start + sectors - 1) * 512) * PAGE_SIZE / 512;
 	err = bdev_dax_pgoff(bdev, last_page, PAGE_SIZE, &pgoff_end);
 	if (err) {
 		pr_debug("%s: error: unaligned partition for dax\n",
@@ -124,20 +107,11 @@ bool __bdev_dax_supported(struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	dax_dev = dax_get_by_host(bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
-	if (!dax_dev) {
-		pr_debug("%s: error: device does not support dax\n",
-				bdevname(bdev, buf));
-		return false;
-	}
-
 	id = dax_read_lock();
 	len = dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff, 1, &kaddr, &pfn);
 	len2 = dax_direct_access(dax_dev, pgoff_end, 1, &end_kaddr, &end_pfn);
 	dax_read_unlock(id);
 
-	put_dax(dax_dev);
-
 	if (len < 1 || len2 < 1) {
 		pr_debug("%s: error: dax access failed (%ld)\n",
 				bdevname(bdev, buf), len < 1 ? len : len2);
@@ -178,6 +152,49 @@ bool __bdev_dax_supported(struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize)
 	}
 	return true;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__generic_fsdax_supported);
+
+/**
+ * __bdev_dax_supported() - Check if the device supports dax for filesystem
+ * @bdev: block device to check
+ * @blocksize: The block size of the device
+ *
+ * This is a library function for filesystems to check if the block device
+ * can be mounted with dax option.
+ *
+ * Return: true if supported, false if unsupported
+ */
+bool __bdev_dax_supported(struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize)
+{
+	struct dax_device *dax_dev;
+	struct request_queue *q;
+	char buf[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+	bool ret;
+	int id;
+
+	q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+	if (!q || !blk_queue_dax(q)) {
+		pr_debug("%s: error: request queue doesn't support dax\n",
+				bdevname(bdev, buf));
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	dax_dev = dax_get_by_host(bdev->bd_disk->disk_name);
+	if (!dax_dev) {
+		pr_debug("%s: error: device does not support dax\n",
+				bdevname(bdev, buf));
+		return false;
+	}
+
+	id = dax_read_lock();
+	ret = dax_supported(dax_dev, bdev, blocksize, 0,
+			i_size_read(bdev->bd_inode) / 512);
+	dax_read_unlock(id);
+
+	put_dax(dax_dev);
+
+	return ret;
+}
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(__bdev_dax_supported);
 #endif
 
@@ -303,6 +320,15 @@ long dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, long nr_pages,
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dax_direct_access);
 
+bool dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct block_device *bdev,
+		int blocksize, sector_t start, sector_t len)
+{
+	if (!dax_alive(dax_dev))
+		return false;
+
+	return dax_dev->ops->dax_supported(dax_dev, bdev, blocksize, start, len);
+}
+
 size_t dax_copy_from_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, void *addr,
 		size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-table.c b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
index cde3b49b2a9107abafd76d190c9fc61209141f7b..350cf045145628cc37ca0dfef3b1a3d1dabe7dc7 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-table.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-table.c
@@ -880,13 +880,17 @@ void dm_table_set_type(struct dm_table *t, enum dm_queue_mode type)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(dm_table_set_type);
 
+/* validate the dax capability of the target device span */
 static int device_supports_dax(struct dm_target *ti, struct dm_dev *dev,
-			       sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
+				       sector_t start, sector_t len, void *data)
 {
-	return bdev_dax_supported(dev->bdev, PAGE_SIZE);
+	int blocksize = *(int *) data;
+
+	return generic_fsdax_supported(dev->dax_dev, dev->bdev, blocksize,
+			start, len);
 }
 
-static bool dm_table_supports_dax(struct dm_table *t)
+bool dm_table_supports_dax(struct dm_table *t, int blocksize)
 {
 	struct dm_target *ti;
 	unsigned i;
@@ -899,7 +903,8 @@ static bool dm_table_supports_dax(struct dm_table *t)
 			return false;
 
 		if (!ti->type->iterate_devices ||
-		    !ti->type->iterate_devices(ti, device_supports_dax, NULL))
+		    !ti->type->iterate_devices(ti, device_supports_dax,
+			    &blocksize))
 			return false;
 	}
 
@@ -979,7 +984,7 @@ static int dm_table_determine_type(struct dm_table *t)
 verify_bio_based:
 		/* We must use this table as bio-based */
 		t->type = DM_TYPE_BIO_BASED;
-		if (dm_table_supports_dax(t) ||
+		if (dm_table_supports_dax(t, PAGE_SIZE) ||
 		    (list_empty(devices) && live_md_type == DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED)) {
 			t->type = DM_TYPE_DAX_BIO_BASED;
 		} else {
@@ -1905,7 +1910,7 @@ void dm_table_set_restrictions(struct dm_table *t, struct request_queue *q,
 	}
 	blk_queue_write_cache(q, wc, fua);
 
-	if (dm_table_supports_dax(t))
+	if (dm_table_supports_dax(t, PAGE_SIZE))
 		blk_queue_flag_set(QUEUE_FLAG_DAX, q);
 	else
 		blk_queue_flag_clear(QUEUE_FLAG_DAX, q);
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.c b/drivers/md/dm.c
index 997385c1ca5448f763f3b7d505d143617b67c8f2..5475081dcbd6736d37b7fb319b4ef3f72084a0c3 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.c
@@ -1107,6 +1107,25 @@ static long dm_dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static bool dm_dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct block_device *bdev,
+		int blocksize, sector_t start, sector_t len)
+{
+	struct mapped_device *md = dax_get_private(dax_dev);
+	struct dm_table *map;
+	int srcu_idx;
+	bool ret;
+
+	map = dm_get_live_table(md, &srcu_idx);
+	if (!map)
+		return false;
+
+	ret = dm_table_supports_dax(map, blocksize);
+
+	dm_put_live_table(md, srcu_idx);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+
 static size_t dm_dax_copy_from_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
 				    void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
 {
@@ -3194,6 +3213,7 @@ static const struct block_device_operations dm_blk_dops = {
 
 static const struct dax_operations dm_dax_ops = {
 	.direct_access = dm_dax_direct_access,
+	.dax_supported = dm_dax_supported,
 	.copy_from_iter = dm_dax_copy_from_iter,
 	.copy_to_iter = dm_dax_copy_to_iter,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/md/dm.h b/drivers/md/dm.h
index 2d539b82ec08ff2d4f2cfd7479989d4fc9ac3aee..17e3db54404ca792c13f4d2e2b4db011ebe5a17d 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm.h
+++ b/drivers/md/dm.h
@@ -72,6 +72,7 @@ bool dm_table_bio_based(struct dm_table *t);
 bool dm_table_request_based(struct dm_table *t);
 void dm_table_free_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t);
 struct dm_md_mempools *dm_table_get_md_mempools(struct dm_table *t);
+bool dm_table_supports_dax(struct dm_table *t, int blocksize);
 
 void dm_lock_md_type(struct mapped_device *md);
 void dm_unlock_md_type(struct mapped_device *md);
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
index 7ff684159f29a10f342028555b37442d54f083c2..2eb6a6cfe9e4cf61c014a1b96c17626120dbb84d 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/bus.c
@@ -642,7 +642,7 @@ static struct attribute *nd_device_attributes[] = {
 	NULL,
 };
 
-/**
+/*
  * nd_device_attribute_group - generic attributes for all devices on an nd bus
  */
 struct attribute_group nd_device_attribute_group = {
@@ -671,7 +671,7 @@ static umode_t nd_numa_attr_visible(struct kobject *kobj, struct attribute *a,
 	return a->mode;
 }
 
-/**
+/*
  * nd_numa_attribute_group - NUMA attributes for all devices on an nd bus
  */
 struct attribute_group nd_numa_attribute_group = {
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/label.c b/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
index 2030805aa216cf6b7d4acb630737dce69de27349..edf278067e72bb8c489520651d657c7ec2e4f9ee 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/label.c
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ static guid_t nvdimm_btt2_guid;
 static guid_t nvdimm_pfn_guid;
 static guid_t nvdimm_dax_guid;
 
+static const char NSINDEX_SIGNATURE[] = "NAMESPACE_INDEX\0";
+
 static u32 best_seq(u32 a, u32 b)
 {
 	a &= NSINDEX_SEQ_MASK;
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/label.h b/drivers/nvdimm/label.h
index e9a2ad3c2150b465336cbb0080c2f040876bde96..4bb7add395801087b8c91e248bb38e140fe6f72f 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/label.h
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/label.h
@@ -38,8 +38,6 @@ enum {
 	ND_NSINDEX_INIT = 0x1,
 };
 
-static const char NSINDEX_SIGNATURE[] = "NAMESPACE_INDEX\0";
-
 /**
  * struct nd_namespace_index - label set superblock
  * @sig: NAMESPACE_INDEX\0
diff --git a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
index 0279eb1da3ef5ae40c5ab80ef6940732dca03bf0..d9d845077b8be13b0e352d0646eb374af3a5bdba 100644
--- a/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
+++ b/drivers/nvdimm/pmem.c
@@ -281,20 +281,27 @@ static long pmem_dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
 	return __pmem_direct_access(pmem, pgoff, nr_pages, kaddr, pfn);
 }
 
+/*
+ * Use the 'no check' versions of copy_from_iter_flushcache() and
+ * copy_to_iter_mcsafe() to bypass HARDENED_USERCOPY overhead. Bounds
+ * checking, both file offset and device offset, is handled by
+ * dax_iomap_actor()
+ */
 static size_t pmem_copy_from_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
 		void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
 {
-	return copy_from_iter_flushcache(addr, bytes, i);
+	return _copy_from_iter_flushcache(addr, bytes, i);
 }
 
 static size_t pmem_copy_to_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff,
 		void *addr, size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i)
 {
-	return copy_to_iter_mcsafe(addr, bytes, i);
+	return _copy_to_iter_mcsafe(addr, bytes, i);
 }
 
 static const struct dax_operations pmem_dax_ops = {
 	.direct_access = pmem_dax_direct_access,
+	.dax_supported = generic_fsdax_supported,
 	.copy_from_iter = pmem_copy_from_iter,
 	.copy_to_iter = pmem_copy_to_iter,
 };
diff --git a/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c b/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
index 4e8aedd50cb0d6ecf55f67d1071a8b39004f5c9a..d04d4378ca50fe4ca18712217441697dfa408ae6 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/block/dcssblk.c
@@ -59,6 +59,7 @@ static size_t dcssblk_dax_copy_to_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
 
 static const struct dax_operations dcssblk_dax_ops = {
 	.direct_access = dcssblk_dax_direct_access,
+	.dax_supported = generic_fsdax_supported,
 	.copy_from_iter = dcssblk_dax_copy_from_iter,
 	.copy_to_iter = dcssblk_dax_copy_to_iter,
 };
diff --git a/include/linux/dax.h b/include/linux/dax.h
index 0dd316a74a295132ea6b6c04f914356c5c4064d6..becaea5f4488880d54d7eb9a51716fba5d58d3f2 100644
--- a/include/linux/dax.h
+++ b/include/linux/dax.h
@@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ struct dax_operations {
 	 */
 	long (*direct_access)(struct dax_device *, pgoff_t, long,
 			void **, pfn_t *);
+	/*
+	 * Validate whether this device is usable as an fsdax backing
+	 * device.
+	 */
+	bool (*dax_supported)(struct dax_device *, struct block_device *, int,
+			sector_t, sector_t);
 	/* copy_from_iter: required operation for fs-dax direct-i/o */
 	size_t (*copy_from_iter)(struct dax_device *, pgoff_t, void *, size_t,
 			struct iov_iter *);
@@ -75,6 +81,17 @@ static inline bool bdev_dax_supported(struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize)
 	return __bdev_dax_supported(bdev, blocksize);
 }
 
+bool __generic_fsdax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
+		struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize, sector_t start,
+		sector_t sectors);
+static inline bool generic_fsdax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
+		struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize, sector_t start,
+		sector_t sectors)
+{
+	return __generic_fsdax_supported(dax_dev, bdev, blocksize, start,
+			sectors);
+}
+
 static inline struct dax_device *fs_dax_get_by_host(const char *host)
 {
 	return dax_get_by_host(host);
@@ -99,6 +116,13 @@ static inline bool bdev_dax_supported(struct block_device *bdev,
 	return false;
 }
 
+static inline bool generic_fsdax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev,
+		struct block_device *bdev, int blocksize, sector_t start,
+		sector_t sectors)
+{
+	return false;
+}
+
 static inline struct dax_device *fs_dax_get_by_host(const char *host)
 {
 	return NULL;
@@ -142,6 +166,8 @@ bool dax_alive(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 void *dax_get_private(struct dax_device *dax_dev);
 long dax_direct_access(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, long nr_pages,
 		void **kaddr, pfn_t *pfn);
+bool dax_supported(struct dax_device *dax_dev, struct block_device *bdev,
+		int blocksize, sector_t start, sector_t len);
 size_t dax_copy_from_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, void *addr,
 		size_t bytes, struct iov_iter *i);
 size_t dax_copy_to_iter(struct dax_device *dax_dev, pgoff_t pgoff, void *addr,