Hi, > From: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx> > > btrfs/213 writes data, in 1M extents, for 4 seconds into a file, then > triggers a balance and then after 2 seconds it tries to cancel the > balance operation. More often than not, this works because the balance > is still running after 2 seconds. However it also fails sporadically > because balance has finished in less than 2 seconds, which is plausible > since data and metadata are cached or other factors such as virtualized > environment. When that's the case, it fails like this: > > $ ./check btrfs/213 > FSTYP -- btrfs > PLATFORM -- Linux/x86_64 debian0 6.4.0-rc1-btrfs-next-131+ #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu May 11 11:26:19 WEST 2023 > MKFS_OPTIONS -- /dev/sdc > MOUNT_OPTIONS -- /dev/sdc /home/fdmanana/btrfs-tests/scratch_1 > > btrfs/213 51s ... - output mismatch (see /home/fdmanana/git/hub/xfstests/results//btrfs/213.out.bad) > --- tests/btrfs/213.out 2020-06-10 19:29:03.822519250 +0100 > +++ /home/fdmanana/git/hub/xfstests/results//btrfs/213.out.bad 2023-05-17 15:39:32.653727223 +0100 > @@ -1,2 +1,3 @@ > QA output created by 213 > +ERROR: balance cancel on '/home/fdmanana/btrfs-tests/scratch_1' failed: Not in progress > Silence is golden > ... > (Run 'diff -u /home/fdmanana/git/hub/xfstests/tests/btrfs/213.out /home/fdmanana/git/hub/xfstests/results//btrfs/213.out.bad' to see the entire diff) > Ran: btrfs/213 > Failures: btrfs/213 > Failed 1 of 1 tests > > To make it much less likely that balance has already finished before we > try to cancel it, unmount and mount again the filesystem before starting > balance, to clear cached metadata and data, and also double the time we > spend writing 1M data extents. Also make the test not run with an > informative message if we detect that balance finished before we could > cancel it. > > Signed-off-by: Filipe Manana <fdmanana@xxxxxxxx> > --- > > v2: Make the test _notrun if we detect that balance finished before we > could cancel it. > > tests/btrfs/213 | 16 +++++++++++++--- > 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tests/btrfs/213 b/tests/btrfs/213 > index e16e41c0..5666d9b9 100755 > --- a/tests/btrfs/213 > +++ b/tests/btrfs/213 > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ _fixed_by_kernel_commit 1dae7e0e58b4 \ > _scratch_mkfs >> $seqres.full > _scratch_mount > > -runtime=4 > +runtime=8 > > # Create enough IO so that we need around $runtime seconds to relocate it. > # > @@ -42,11 +42,21 @@ sleep $runtime > kill $write_pid > wait $write_pid > > +# Unmount and mount again the fs to clear any cached data and metadata, so that > +# it's less likely balance has already finished when we try to cancel it below. > +_scratch_cycle_mount > + > # Now balance should take at least $runtime seconds, we can cancel it at > # $runtime/2 to ensure a success cancel. > _run_btrfs_balance_start -d --bg "$SCRATCH_MNT" > -sleep $(($runtime / 2)) > -$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG balance cancel "$SCRATCH_MNT" > +sleep $(($runtime / 4)) > +# It's possible that balance has already completed. It's unlikely but often > +# it may happen due to virtualization, caching and other factors, so ignore > +# any error about no balance currently running. > +$BTRFS_UTIL_PROG balance cancel "$SCRATCH_MNT" 2>&1 | grep -iq 'not in progress' > +if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then > + _not_run "balance finished before we could cancel it" > +fi fstests(btrfs/213) failed once here. btrfs/213 22s ... - output mismatch (see /usr/hpc-bio/xfstests/results//btrfs/213.out.bad) --- tests/btrfs/213.out 2023-03-28 06:09:10.372680814 +0800 +++ /usr/hpc-bio/xfstests/results//btrfs/213.out.bad 2023-08-12 20:31:47.848303940 +0800 @@ -1,2 +1,5 @@ QA output created by 213 +/usr/hpc-bio/xfstests/tests/btrfs/213: line 59: _not_run: command not found +ERROR: error during balancing '/mnt/scratch': No space left on device +There may be more info in syslog - try dmesg | tail Silence is golden we need to fix the error of '_not_run: command not found' firstly. I will update the info if fstests(btrfs/213) fails again. Best Regards Wang Yugui (wangyugui@xxxxxxxxxxxx) 2023/08/12