On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:12:54PM -0400, Theodore Tso wrote: > On Fri, May 15, 2009 at 12:00:15AM +0930, Kevin Shanahan wrote: > > > debugfs: stat <759> > > > > hermes:~# debugfs /dev/dm-0 > > debugfs 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) > > debugfs: stat <759> > > > > Inode: 759 Type: regular Mode: 0660 Flags: 0x80000 > > Generation: 3979120103 Version: 0x00000000:00000001 > > User: 0 Group: 10140 Size: 14615630848 > > File ACL: 0 Directory ACL: 0 > > Links: 1 Blockcount: 28546168 > > Fragment: Address: 0 Number: 0 Size: 0 > > ctime: 0x4a0acdb5:2a88cbec -- Wed May 13 23:10:05 2009 > > atime: 0x4a0ac45b:10899618 -- Wed May 13 22:30:11 2009 > > mtime: 0x4a0acdb5:2a88cbec -- Wed May 13 23:10:05 2009 > > crtime: 0x4a0ac45b:10899618 -- Wed May 13 22:30:11 2009 > > > Inode Pathname > > 759 /local/dumps/exchange/exchange-2000-UCWB-KVM-18.bkfB-KVM-18.bkf > > Do you know how the system was likely writing into > /local/dumps/exhcnag/eexchange-2000-UCWB-KVM-18.bkf? What this a > backup via rsync or tar? Was this some application writing into a > pre-existing file via NFS, or via local disk access? This file was getting written by a windows server via samba. The backup script on the windows side deletes the file before writing a new copy each night. It's a fairly large file, about 14GB. > Given the ctime/atime fields, I'm inclined to guess the latter, but it > would be good to know. > > The stat dump for the inode 759 does *not* show logical block 1741329 > getting mapped to physical block 529. So the question is how did that > happen? > > I've started looking, and one thing popped up at me. I need to check > in with the Lustre folks who originally donated the code, but I don't > see any spinlock or mutexes protecting the inode's extent cache. So > if you are on an SMP machine, this could potentially have caused the > problem. How many CPU's or cores do you have? What does > /proc/cpuinfo report? Also, would it be correct to assume this file > is getting served up via Samba. My theory is that we might be running > into problems when two threads are simultaneously trying read and > write to a single file at the same time. Yes, it's SMP (4 cores): processor : 0 vendor_id : GenuineIntel cpu family : 6 model : 23 model name : Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU X3350 @ 2.66GHz stepping : 7 cpu MHz : 2666.000 cache size : 6144 KB physical id : 0 siblings : 4 core id : 0 cpu cores : 4 apicid : 0 initial apicid : 0 fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 10 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 clflush dts acpi mmx fxsr sse sse2 ss ht tm pbe syscall nx lm constant_tsc arch_perfmon pebs bts rep_good pni dtes64 monitor ds_cpl vmx smx est tm2 ssse3 cx16 xtpr pdcm sse4_1 lahf_lm tpr_shadow vnmi flexpriority bogomips : 5322.33 clflush size : 64 cache_alignment : 64 address sizes : 36 bits physical, 48 bits virtual power management: > Hmm, what is accessing your files on this system? Are you just doing > backups? Is it just a backup server? Or are you serving up files > using Samba and there are clients which are accessing those files? This is a Samba server serving up files to clients and also a backup server. That particular file is unlikely to have seen concurrent access from multiple clients - the folder is only accessible to that windows server to dump its exchange store overnight. > So if this the problem the following experiment should be able to > confirm whether it's the problem, by seeing if the problem goes away > if we short-circuit the inode's extent cache. In fs/ext4/extents.c, > try inserting a "return" statement to in ext4_ext_put_in_cache(): > > static void > ext4_ext_put_in_cache(struct inode *inode, ext4_lblk_t block, > __u32 len, ext4_fsblk_t start, int type) > { > struct ext4_ext_cache *cex; > > return; <---- insert this line > BUG_ON(len == 0); > cex = &EXT4_I(inode)->i_cached_extent; > cex->ec_type = type; > cex->ec_block = block; > cex->ec_len = len; > cex->ec_start = start; > } > > This should short circuit the i_cached_extent cache, and this may be > enough to make your problem go away. (If this theory is correct, > using mount -o nodelalloc probably won't make a difference, although > it might change the timing enough to make the bug harder to see.) > > If that solves the problem, the right long-term fix will be to drop bin > a spinlock to protect i_cached_extent. Okay, nodelalloc was enough get through the backup process again at least once (wrote the whole exchange-2000-UCWB-KVM-18.bkf file out in full) without triggering the check_block_validity error. To make sure I had something reproducable on the current kernel (2.6.29.3 + check_block_validity patch), I re-mounted without nodelalloc again and tried running just that exchange backup - the bug did trigger again. May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: EXT4-fs error (device dm-0): check_block_validity: inode #759 logical block 2509617 mapped to 0 (size 1) May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: Aborting journal on device dm-0:8. May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: ext4_da_writepages: jbd2_start: 775 pages, ino 759; err -30 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: Pid: 5026, comm: pdflush Tainted: G W 2.6.29.3 #1 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: Call Trace: May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802fdce3>] ext4_da_writepages+0x211/0x427 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8055b44f>] thread_return+0x3d/0xc3 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802fef56>] ext4_da_get_block_write+0x0/0x12d May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802757df>] do_writepages+0x20/0x2d May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802aa359>] __writeback_single_inode+0x196/0x3a4 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802542aa>] del_timer_sync+0xc/0x16 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802aa9b9>] generic_sync_sb_inodes+0x2a7/0x439 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802aacfa>] writeback_inodes+0x7d/0xcc May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8027591e>] wb_kupdate+0x9f/0x116 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802764bf>] pdflush+0x125/0x1d2 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8027587f>] wb_kupdate+0x0/0x116 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8027639a>] pdflush+0x0/0x1d2 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8025c8cc>] kthread+0x47/0x73 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff80225f7a>] child_rip+0xa/0x20 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8025c885>] kthread+0x0/0x73 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff80225f70>] child_rip+0x0/0x20 May 15 05:30:55 hermes kernel: Remounting filesystem read-only May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: ------------[ cut here ]------------ May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: WARNING: at fs/ext4/inode.c:1066 check_block_validity+0xd8/0xff() May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: Hardware name: S3210SH May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: Pid: 6196, comm: smbd Tainted: G W 2.6.29.3 #1 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: Call Trace: May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8024c0b0>] warn_slowpath+0xd3/0x10d May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8025cc0e>] wake_bit_function+0x0/0x23 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802afbec>] sync_dirty_buffer+0x5f/0x97 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8030589e>] ext4_commit_super+0xbc/0x103 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff80307f92>] ext4_handle_error+0x83/0xa9 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff803081cb>] ext4_error+0x83/0x90 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8040c772>] scsi_done+0x0/0xc May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff80245f5c>] dequeue_task_fair+0x45/0x167 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802fd222>] check_block_validity+0xd8/0xff May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802febe1>] ext4_get_blocks_wrap+0xb5/0x24f May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802fee2d>] ext4_da_get_block_prep+0x58/0x181 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802b0187>] __block_prepare_write+0x150/0x2c4 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802fedd5>] ext4_da_get_block_prep+0x0/0x181 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802701e4>] add_to_page_cache_locked+0x73/0x95 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802b0447>] block_write_begin+0x7a/0xc7 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802fce53>] ext4_da_write_begin+0x166/0x1ed May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802fedd5>] ext4_da_get_block_prep+0x0/0x181 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff80270b94>] generic_file_buffered_write+0x12c/0x2e8 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff80271145>] __generic_file_aio_write_nolock+0x25f/0x293 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff80271928>] generic_file_aio_write+0x64/0xc4 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802f8d33>] ext4_file_write+0x93/0x118 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff80292f9c>] do_sync_write+0xce/0x113 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802bc5a0>] vfs_test_lock+0x2e/0x32 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8025cbe0>] autoremove_wake_function+0x0/0x2e May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802bd116>] fcntl_setlk+0x24b/0x25c May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8029373f>] vfs_write+0xa5/0xde May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff802937cf>] sys_pwrite64+0x57/0x77 May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8029d8c9>] sys_fcntl+0x312/0x31e May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: [<ffffffff8022501b>] system_call_fastpath+0x16/0x1b May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: ---[ end trace df4d7250236f7466 ]--- May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: EXT4-fs error (device dm-0) in ext4_da_write_begin: IO failure May 15 05:30:56 hermes kernel: __journal_remove_journal_head: freeing b_frozen_data debugfs: stat <759> Inode: 759 Type: regular Mode: 0660 Flags: 0x80000 Generation: 2963762165 Version: 0x00000000:00000001 User: 0 Group: 10140 Size: 14814860288 File ACL: 0 Directory ACL: 0 Links: 1 Blockcount: 28935288 Fragment: Address: 0 Number: 0 Size: 0 ctime: 0x4a0c363e:77c84a60 -- Fri May 15 00:48:22 2009 atime: 0x4a0c2ce8:55358578 -- Fri May 15 00:08:32 2009 mtime: 0x4a0c363e:77c84a60 -- Fri May 15 00:48:22 2009 crtime: 0x4a0c2ce8:55358578 -- Fri May 15 00:08:32 2009 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(2447360-2478079):19531776-19562495, (2478080-2482175):19576832-19580927, (2482176-2486271):19593216-19597311, (2486272-2488319):19601408-19603455, (2488320-2783231):19628032-19922943, (2783232-2838527):19933184-19988479, (2838528-2842623):19998720-20002815, (2842624-2846719):20006912-20011007, (2846720-2854911):19988480-19996671, (2854912-3248127):20054016-20447231, (3248128-3252223):20457472-20461567, (3252224-3254271):20471808-20473855, (3254272-3262463):20463616-20471807, (3262464-3264511):20484096-20486143, (3264512-3266559):20502528-20504575, (3266560-3268607):20523008-20525055, (3268608-3270655):20533248-20535295, (3270656-3616909):20578304-20924557 TOTAL: 3616911 debugfs: ncheck 759 Inode Pathname 759 /local/dumps/exchange/exchange-2000-UCWB-KVM-18.bkfB-KVM-18.bkf hermes:~# e2fsck -pfv /dev/dm-0 /dev/dm-0: recovering journal /dev/dm-0: Inode 7 has illegal block(s). /dev/dm-0: UNEXPECTED INCONSISTENCY; RUN fsck MANUALLY. (i.e., without -a or -p options) hermes:~# e2fsck -fv /dev/dm-0 e2fsck 1.41.3 (12-Oct-2008) Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Inode 7 has illegal block(s). Clear<y>? yes Illegal block #181260 (1109068081) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #181261 (2437571651) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #181262 (892263544) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #181263 (1023380360) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #181264 (1152724232) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #181265 (2602060959) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #181266 (754287188) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #181267 (2833437713) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #181268 (1495914360) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #181269 (1583358807) in inode 7. CLEARED. Illegal block #181271 (1514245352) in inode 7. CLEARED. Too many illegal blocks in inode 7. Clear inode<y>? yes Restarting e2fsck from the beginning... Resize inode not valid. Recreate<y>? yes Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information Free blocks count wrong for group #0 (4275, counted=4276). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #142 (30919, counted=199). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #143 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #159 (13307, counted=11259). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #164 (7197, counted=5149). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #165 (18691, counted=2307). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #167 (31325, counted=2653). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #168 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #169 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #170 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #171 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #172 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #173 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #174 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #175 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #186 (14647, counted=2359). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #187 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #188 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #189 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #190 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #191 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #196 (3955, counted=1907). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #197 (4901, counted=805). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #198 (26087, counted=1511). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #199 (27516, counted=892). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #200 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #201 (18382, counted=6094). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #202 (32104, counted=1384). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #203 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #204 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #205 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #206 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #207 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #211 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #212 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #213 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #214 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #215 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #216 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #217 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #218 (31158, counted=438). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #219 (23522, counted=3042). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #220 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #221 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #222 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #223 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #225 (14501, counted=10405). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #227 (27863, counted=1239). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #228 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #229 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #230 (2780, counted=732). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #231 (32768, counted=0). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #232 (32768, counted=2481). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong (222364420, counted=220943542). Fix<y>? yes /dev/dm-0: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** 331810 inodes used (0.49%) 16104 non-contiguous inodes (4.9%) # of inodes with ind/dind/tind blocks: 0/0/0 Extent depth histogram: 331389/351 47491914 blocks used (17.69%) 0 bad blocks 2 large files 305051 regular files 26686 directories 0 character device files 0 block device files 0 fifos 0 links 64 symbolic links (60 fast symbolic links) 0 sockets -------- 331801 files Okay, so now I've booted into 2.6.29.3 + check_block_validity patch + short circuit i_cached_extent patch, mounted the fs without nodelalloc. I was able to run the full exchange backup without triggering the check_block_validity error. Regards, Kevin. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ext4" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html