On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 03:27:04AM +0300, Alexander Beregalov wrote: > Hello > > Let me know if you need more info > > EXT4-fs (sda2): INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem > EXT4-fs (sda2): write access will be enabled during recovery > EXT4-fs (sda2): orphan cleanup on readonly fs > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: truncating inode 841849 to 0 bytes > ------------[ cut here ]------------ > WARNING: at fs/ext4/page-io.c:232 ext4_flush_unwritten_io+0x6b/0x80() > Hardware name: P35-DS3 > Modules linked in: > Pid: 1, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.8.0-rc1-00004-g637704c #1 > Call Trace: > [<ffffffff81038f5a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0 > [<ffffffff81038fa5>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20 > [<ffffffff81163b8b>] ext4_flush_unwritten_io+0x6b/0x80 > [<ffffffff8117ac5c>] ext4_ext_truncate+0x2c/0x1f0 > [<ffffffff8116c6d0>] ? ext4_msg+0x50/0x60 > [<ffffffff8115e050>] ext4_truncate+0x70/0xb0 > [<ffffffff8117190b>] ext4_fill_super+0x2bab/0x2ce0 > [<ffffffff810ef02a>] mount_bdev+0x1aa/0x1f0 > [<ffffffff8102aec9>] ? default_spin_lock_flags+0x9/0x10 > [<ffffffff8116ed60>] ? ext4_calculate_overhead+0x3a0/0x3a0 > [<ffffffff8116a870>] ext4_mount+0x10/0x20 > [<ffffffff810ef96b>] mount_fs+0x1b/0xd0 > [<ffffffff81108fc1>] vfs_kern_mount+0x71/0x110 > [<ffffffff8110b096>] do_mount+0x386/0x980 > [<ffffffff810b7f43>] ? strndup_user+0x53/0x70 > [<ffffffff8110b71b>] sys_mount+0x8b/0xe0 > [<ffffffff816afcc8>] mount_block_root+0xfe/0x298 > [<ffffffff816afeb8>] mount_root+0x56/0x5a > [<ffffffff816afff0>] prepare_namespace+0x134/0x16d > [<ffffffff8147c9c6>] kernel_init+0x196/0x2a0 > [<ffffffff816af539>] ? loglevel+0x31/0x31 > [<ffffffff8147c830>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80 > [<ffffffff81482a7c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 > [<ffffffff8147c830>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80 > ---[ end trace 425942f4f0ed8d07 ]--- > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 835709 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 835629 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 682715 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 832545 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 677529 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 838885 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 676342 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 832311 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 683216 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 828057 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 847476 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 834769 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 846534 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 842096 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 833886 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 688996 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 1085523 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 524364 > EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 12686 > EXT4-fs (sda2): 19 orphan inodes deleted > EXT4-fs (sda2): 1 truncate cleaned up > EXT4-fs (sda2): recovery complete > EXT4-fs (sda2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null) Hi Alexander, This warning is from ext4_flush_unwritten_io() because we need to take i_mutex lock before calling this function. Ohterwise we will trigger a WARN_ON_ONCE(). But, unfortunately, we don't take this lock in ext4_orphan_cleanup(). So that is why we will get this warning when cleaning up orphan list. Could you please test this patch? Thanks, - Zheng Subject: [PATCH] ext4: fixup a warning from ext4_flush_unwritten_io() in orphan list cleanup From: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@xxxxxxxxxx> When ext4 tries to clean up orphan list, we will get the following warning from ext4_flush_unwritten_io() because i_mutex lock doesn't be taken. EXT4-fs (sda2): INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem EXT4-fs (sda2): write access will be enabled during recovery EXT4-fs (sda2): orphan cleanup on readonly fs EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: truncating inode 841849 to 0 bytes ------------[ cut here ]------------ WARNING: at fs/ext4/page-io.c:232 ext4_flush_unwritten_io+0x6b/0x80() Hardware name: P35-DS3 Modules linked in: Pid: 1, comm: swapper/0 Not tainted 3.8.0-rc1-00004-g637704c #1 Call Trace: [<ffffffff81038f5a>] warn_slowpath_common+0x7a/0xb0 [<ffffffff81038fa5>] warn_slowpath_null+0x15/0x20 [<ffffffff81163b8b>] ext4_flush_unwritten_io+0x6b/0x80 [<ffffffff8117ac5c>] ext4_ext_truncate+0x2c/0x1f0 [<ffffffff8116c6d0>] ? ext4_msg+0x50/0x60 [<ffffffff8115e050>] ext4_truncate+0x70/0xb0 [<ffffffff8117190b>] ext4_fill_super+0x2bab/0x2ce0 [<ffffffff810ef02a>] mount_bdev+0x1aa/0x1f0 [<ffffffff8102aec9>] ? default_spin_lock_flags+0x9/0x10 [<ffffffff8116ed60>] ? ext4_calculate_overhead+0x3a0/0x3a0 [<ffffffff8116a870>] ext4_mount+0x10/0x20 [<ffffffff810ef96b>] mount_fs+0x1b/0xd0 [<ffffffff81108fc1>] vfs_kern_mount+0x71/0x110 [<ffffffff8110b096>] do_mount+0x386/0x980 [<ffffffff810b7f43>] ? strndup_user+0x53/0x70 [<ffffffff8110b71b>] sys_mount+0x8b/0xe0 [<ffffffff816afcc8>] mount_block_root+0xfe/0x298 [<ffffffff816afeb8>] mount_root+0x56/0x5a [<ffffffff816afff0>] prepare_namespace+0x134/0x16d [<ffffffff8147c9c6>] kernel_init+0x196/0x2a0 [<ffffffff816af539>] ? loglevel+0x31/0x31 [<ffffffff8147c830>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80 [<ffffffff81482a7c>] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0 [<ffffffff8147c830>] ? rest_init+0x80/0x80 ---[ end trace 425942f4f0ed8d07 ]--- EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 835709 EXT4-fs (sda2): ext4_orphan_cleanup: deleting unreferenced inode 835629 Now we try to take i_mutex lock before orphan list cleanup, although we don't need to take it in ext4_orphan_cleanup() because no one write this inode. WARN_ON_ONCE doesn't be removed because this warning could help us to avoid some ciritcal errors. CC: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx> Reported-by: Alexander Beregalov <a.beregalov@xxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Zheng Liu <wenqing.lz@xxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ext4/super.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 3cdb0a2..188d6f1 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -2212,7 +2212,18 @@ static void ext4_orphan_cleanup(struct super_block *sb, __func__, inode->i_ino, inode->i_size); jbd_debug(2, "truncating inode %lu to %lld bytes\n", inode->i_ino, inode->i_size); + /* + * Actually we don't need to take i_mutex lock + * because in orphan list cleanup no one can write + * this inode. We take it here because in calling + * ext4_flush_unwritten_io() this lock needs to be + * taken, and we don't want to remove this + * WARN_ON_ONCE(). It is useful for us to avoid some + * critical errors. + */ + mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex); ext4_truncate(inode); + mutex_unlock(&inode->i_mutex); nr_truncates++; } else { ext4_msg(sb, KERN_DEBUG, -- 1.7.12.rc2.18.g61b472e -- 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