Thanks for you following up. My apologize that I just found that it is one change I made before that causes this problem. This change forces mkfs.xfs to format xfs partitions whose sectorsize were not smaller than 4096 bytes, which was due to a bug that earlier versions of xfs used (struct *page)->private(long) as a bitmap to represent each block's state within a page (the size of a page could be 64K or larger, then it needs 128 bit or more to represent each block's state within a page). This is reproducible on 2.6.38.6 kernel on X86. But I do not get why this change makes the xfs log inconsistent during mount/cp/umount operations. diff -dur xfsprogs-3.1.4.ori/include/xfs_alloc_btree.h xfsprogs-3.1.4/include/xfs_alloc_btree.h --- xfsprogs-3.1.4.ori/include/xfs_alloc_btree.h 2010-01-30 03:46:13.000000000 +0800 +++ xfsprogs-3.1.4/include/xfs_alloc_btree.h 2013-03-04 16:11:41.000000000 +0800 @@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ #define XFS_MAX_BLOCKSIZE_LOG 16 /* i.e. 65536 bytes */ #define XFS_MIN_BLOCKSIZE (1 << XFS_MIN_BLOCKSIZE_LOG) #define XFS_MAX_BLOCKSIZE (1 << XFS_MAX_BLOCKSIZE_LOG) -#define XFS_MIN_SECTORSIZE_LOG 9 /* i.e. 512 bytes */ +#define XFS_MIN_SECTORSIZE_LOG 12 /* i.e. 512 bytes */ #define XFS_MAX_SECTORSIZE_LOG 15 /* i.e. 32768 bytes */ #define XFS_MIN_SECTORSIZE (1 << XFS_MIN_SECTORSIZE_LOG) #define XFS_MAX_SECTORSIZE (1 << XFS_MAX_SECTORSIZE_LOG) Thanks -Tony >-----Original Message----- >From: Mark Tinguely [mailto:tinguely@xxxxxxx] >Sent: Saturday, March 02, 2013 4:24 AM >To: Tony Lu >Cc: Alex Elder; linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Chris Metcalf; xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx; >Ben Myers; Dave Chinner; linux-fsdevel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: Fix possible truncation of log data in >xlog_bread_noalign() > >On 03/01/13 09:51, Mark Tinguely wrote: >> On 02/26/13 01:28, Tony Lu wrote: >>> I get a reliable way to reproduce this bug. The logprint and metadump >>> are attached. >>> >>> Kernel version: 2.6.38.8 >>> Mkfs.xfs version: xfsprogs-3.1.1 >>> mkfs.xfs -s size=4096 /dev/sda1 >>> >>> Run the following mount-cp-umount script to reproduce: >>> #!/bin/sh >>> device=/dev/sda1 >>> mount_point=/mnt >>> times=10 >>> >>> for ((num=1;num<=$times;num++)) >>> do >>> echo "$num mount $device $mount_point" >>> mount $device $mount_point >>> >>> echo "cp -rf /bin $mount_point/$num" >>> cp -rf /bin $mount_point/$num >>> >>> echo "$num umount $device $mount_point" >>> umount $mount_point >>> >>> #num=$(($num + 1)) >>> done >>> >>> After several times of mount/cp/umount, this xfs crashes, and the xfs >>> partition can not be mounted any more. Here is the output of console. >>> -sh-4.1# ./umount-test >>> 1 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> XFS mounting filesystem sda1 >>> cp -rf /bin /mnt/1 >>> 1 umount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> 2 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> XFS mounting filesystem sda1 >>> cp -rf /bin /mnt/2 >>> 2 umount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> 3 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> XFS mounting filesystem sda1 >>> cp -rf /bin /mnt/3 >>> 3 umount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> 4 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> XFS mounting filesystem sda1 >>> cp -rf /bin /mnt/4 >>> 4 umount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> 5 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> XFS mounting filesystem sda1 >>> Starting XFS recovery on filesystem: sda1 (logdev: internal) >>> Ending XFS recovery on filesystem: sda1 (logdev: internal)cp -rf /bin >>> /mnt/5 >>> 5 umount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> 6 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> >>> XFS mounting filesystem sda1 >>> Starting XFS recovery on filesystem: sda1 (logdev: internal) >>> Ending XFS recovery on filesystem: sda1 (logdev: internal)Interrupt >>> cp -rf /bin /mnt/6 >>> 6 umount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> 7 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> >>> XFS mounting filesystem sda1 >>> cp -rf /bin /mnt/7 >>> 7 umount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> Interrupt >>> 8 mount /dev/sda1 /mnt >>> XFS mounting filesystem sda1 >>> Starting XFS recovery on filesystem: sda1 (logdev: internal) >>> XFS: xlog_recover_process_data: bad clientid >>> XFS: log mount/recovery failed: error 5 >>> XFS: log mount failed >>> >>> Thanks >>> -Tony >> >> It works fine on a 2.6.32 machine I had sitting around - and I never >> required log recovery. >> >> I think you need to answer Dave's question as to why is your unmounts >> are requiring recovery? >> >> Are there errors in the /var/log/messages? >> >> I downloaded the Linux 2.6.38.8 source and take a look if I can recreate >> the problem. >> >> --Mark. > >I could not reproduce the problem on a vanilla install. XFS shutdown and >remounted cleanly running your script (several iterations looping set to >100). > >I started fsstress on another XFS partition on the same disk to see if I >could force a shutdown race. With CONFIG_XFS_DEBUG=y, I could trigger >other ASSERTs on the fsstress partition so I never stayed up long enough >to cause a shutdown race. > >Not wanting to patch that version of Linux/XFS, I am bailing here. If >you want to turn on the XFS debug it may point out why your filesystem >is not shutting down cleanly. > >--Mark. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-fsdevel" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
