Re: [PATCH 1/4] ext4: Fix fsync error handling after filesysteb abort.

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On Thu 16-05-13 16:28:07, Dmitry Monakhov wrote:
  The patch looks OK but I have some typo fixes below. But you can add
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

> If filesystem was aborted after inode's write back complete
						    ^^ is
> but before it's metadata was updated we may return success
             ^^^ its

> due to (sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) which is incorrect and
> result in data loss.
   ^^^ results

> In order to handle fs abort correctly we have to check
> fs state once we discover that it is in MS_RDONLY state
> 
> Test case: http://patchwork.ozlabs.org/patch/244297/
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Monakhov <dmonakhov@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/fsync.c |    8 ++++++--
>  fs/ext4/super.c |   13 ++++++++++++-
>  2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
> index e0ba8a4..d7df2f1 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
> @@ -129,9 +129,13 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
>  		return ret;
>  	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
>  
> -	if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY)
> +	if (inode->i_sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) {
> +		/* Make shure that we read updated s_mount_flags value */
                        ^^^ sure
> +		smp_rmb();
> +		if (EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)->s_mount_flags & EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED)
> +			ret = -EROFS;
>  		goto out;
> -
> +	}
>  	ret = ext4_flush_unwritten_io(inode);
>  	if (ret < 0)
>  		goto out;
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index dbc7c09..6c91c8e 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -398,6 +398,11 @@ static void ext4_handle_error(struct super_block *sb)
>  	}
>  	if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_RO)) {
>  		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_CRIT, "Remounting filesystem read-only");
> +		/*
> +		 * Make shure updated value of ->s_mount_flags will be visiable
                        ^^^ sure                                  visible ^^
> +		 * before ->s_flags update
> +		 */
> +		smp_wmb();
>  		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
>  	}
>  	if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_PANIC))
> @@ -552,6 +557,7 @@ void __ext4_std_error(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
>   *
>   * We unconditionally force the filesystem into an ABORT|READONLY state,
>   * unless the error response on the fs has been set to panic in which
> +
  ^^ Stray empty line.

>   * case we take the easy way out and panic immediately.
>   */
>  
> @@ -570,8 +576,13 @@ void __ext4_abort(struct super_block *sb, const char *function,
>  
>  	if ((sb->s_flags & MS_RDONLY) == 0) {
>  		ext4_msg(sb, KERN_CRIT, "Remounting filesystem read-only");
> -		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
>  		EXT4_SB(sb)->s_mount_flags |= EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED;
> +		/*
> +		 * Make shure updated value of ->s_mount_flags will be visiable
                         ^^ sure                                 visible ^^
> +		 * before ->s_flags update
> +		 */
> +		smp_wmb();
> +		sb->s_flags |= MS_RDONLY;
>  		if (EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal)
>  			jbd2_journal_abort(EXT4_SB(sb)->s_journal, -EIO);
>  		save_error_info(sb, function, line);
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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