Re: [RFC PATCH] xfs: Properly retry failed dquot items in case of error during buffer writeback

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Hi Carlos,

On 2017/8/28 17:20, Carlos Maiolino wrote:
> Hi Darrick.
> 
> 
>>>> BTW, This patch should be applied only over branch xfs-4.14-merge, it requires
>>>> my previous patches, which are not in the master branch yet.
>>>
>>> Looks ok, but is there an xfstests case to cover this?
>>
> 
> No,
> 
> I still don't have a xfstests to cover it, I couldn't reproduce the problem with
> dquots yet, I'll focus more on this soon.
I had written an xfstest case for the umount hang problem which is caused by the
writeback of the dquota update, and it can be reproduced reliably. If you don't mind,
i will clean it up and post to xfstest maillist this week.

Regards,

Tao
> 
>>>>  	if ((lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL) &&
>>>> -	    lip->li_lsn == qip->qli_flush_lsn) {
>>>> +	   (lip->li_lsn == qip->qli_flush_lsn) ||
>>>> +	    lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_FAILED) {
>>
> 
>> ...come to think of it, shouldn't there be a couple extra pairs of parentheses
>> in this somewhere?...
>>
> IIRC there is no need, && has a higher precedenc over ||, but I really don't
> mind to add an extra pair of () here.
> 
>>>>  
>>>>  		/* xfs_trans_ail_delete() drops the AIL lock. */
>>>>  		spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
>>>> -		if (lip->li_lsn == qip->qli_flush_lsn)
>>>> +		if (lip->li_lsn == qip->qli_flush_lsn) {
>>>>  			xfs_trans_ail_delete(ailp, lip, SHUTDOWN_CORRUPT_INCORE);
>>>> -		else
>>>> +		} else if (lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_FAILED) {
>>>> +			xfs_clear_li_failed(lip);
>>>>  			spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
>>>> +		} else {
>>>> +			spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
>>>> +		}
>>>>  	}
>>>>  
>>>>  	/*
>>>> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot_item.c
>>>> index 2c7a1629e064..35fd6d71bc42 100644
>>>> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot_item.c
>>>> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot_item.c
>>>> @@ -137,6 +137,23 @@ xfs_qm_dqunpin_wait(
>>>>  	wait_event(dqp->q_pinwait, (atomic_read(&dqp->q_pincount) == 0));
>>>>  }
>>>>  
>>>> +/*
>>>> + * Callback used to mark a buffer with XFS_LI_FAILED when items in the buffer
>>>> + * have been failed during writeback
>>>> + *
>>>> + * this informs the AIL that the dquot is already flush locked on the next push,
>>>> + * and acquires a hold on the buffer to ensure that it isn't reclaimed before
>>>> + * dirty data makes it to disk.
>>>> + */
>>>> +STATIC void
>>>> +xfs_dquot_item_error(
>>>> +	struct xfs_log_item	*lip,
>>>> +	struct xfs_buf		*bp)
>>>> +{
>>>> +	ASSERT(XFS_DQ_IS_LOCKED(DQUOT_ITEM(lip)->qli_item));
>>
>> ...and isn't this qli_dquot, not qli_item?
>>
> 
> Yup, you are right.
> 
>> (Does this compile at all?)
>>
> 
> Yes, it compiled the way it was :P
> 
> I'll wait for some extra comments here, before submitting a non-RFC patch, and
> will think about how can I reproduce it on xfstests, maybe filling the
> filesystem and then playing with quotas.
> 
> Thanks for the review Darrick.
> 
> Cheers.
> 

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