From: Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [PATCH] nilfs2: fix very long mount time issue
DESCRIPTION:
It exists situation when GC can work in background alone without any other filesystem activity during significant time. The nilfs_clean_segments() method calls nilfs_segctor_construct() that updates superblocks in the case of NILFS_SC_SUPER_ROOT and THE_NILFS_DISCONTINUED flags are set. But when GC is working alone the nilfs_clean_segments() is called with unset THE_NILFS_DISCONTINUED flag. As a result, the update of superblocks doesn't occurred all this time and in the case of SPOR superblocks keep very old values of last super root placement.
SYMPTOMS:
Trying to mount a NILFS2 volume after SPOR in such environment ends with very long mounting time (it can achieve about several hours in some cases).
REPRODUCING PATH:
1. It needs to use external USB HDD, disable automount and doesn't make any additional filesystem activity on the NILFS2 volume.
2. Generate temporary file with size about 100 - 500 GB (for example, dd if=/dev/zero of=<file_name> bs=1073741824 count=200). The size of file defines duration of GC working.
3. Then it needs to delete file.
4. Start GC manually by means of command "nilfs-clean -p 0". When you start GC by means of such way then, at the end, superblocks is updated by once. So, for simulation of SPOR, it needs to wait sometime (15 - 40 minutes) and simply switch off USB HDD manually.
5. Switch on USB HDD again and try to mount NILFS2 volume. As a result, NILFS2 volume will mount during very long time.
REPRODUCIBILITY: 100%
FIX:
This patch adds checking that superblocks need to update and set THE_NILFS_DISCONTINUED flag before nilfs_clean_segments() call.
Reported-by: Sergey Alexandrov <splavgm@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Vyacheslav Dubeyko <slava@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
index fdb1807..f385935 100644
--- a/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/nilfs2/ioctl.c
@@ -664,8 +664,11 @@ static int nilfs_ioctl_clean_segments(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp,
if (ret < 0)
printk(KERN_ERR "NILFS: GC failed during preparation: "
"cannot read source blocks: err=%d\n", ret);
- else
+ else {
+ if (nilfs_sb_need_update(nilfs))
+ set_nilfs_discontinued(nilfs);
ret = nilfs_clean_segments(inode->i_sb, argv, kbufs);
+ }
nilfs_remove_all_gcinodes(nilfs);
clear_nilfs_gc_running(nilfs);
--
1.7.9.5
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