Re: [PATCH 07/10] xfs: report AG health via AG geometry ioctl

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On Fri, Apr 05, 2019 at 01:33:19PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 07:48:57AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> > On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 09:11:06AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > > On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 10:30:05AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Apr 01, 2019 at 10:10:52AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > > > > From: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > 
> > > > > Use the AG geometry info ioctl to report health status too.
> > > > > 
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_fs.h     |   12 +++++++++++-
> > > > >  fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_health.h |    2 ++
> > > > >  fs/xfs/xfs_health.c        |   40 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > > > >  fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c         |    2 ++
> > > > >  4 files changed, 55 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > > > > 
> > > > > 
> > > > ...
> > > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_health.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_health.c
> > > > > index 151c98693bef..5ca471bd41ad 100644
> > > > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_health.c
> > > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_health.c
> > > > > @@ -276,3 +276,43 @@ xfs_fsop_geom_health(
> > > > >  	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_RT_SUMMARY)
> > > > >  		geo->health |= XFS_FSOP_GEOM_HEALTH_RT_SUMMARY;
> > > > >  }
> > > > > +
> > > > > +/* Fill out ag geometry health info. */
> > > > > +void
> > > > > +xfs_ag_geom_health(
> > > > > +	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
> > > > > +	xfs_agnumber_t		agno,
> > > > > +	struct xfs_ag_geometry	*ageo)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +	struct xfs_perag	*pag;
> > > > > +	unsigned int		sick;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	if (agno >= mp->m_sb.sb_agcount)
> > > > > +		return;
> > > > 
> > > > The call to xfs_ag_get_geometry() would have already returned an error
> > > > in the ioctl path for the above scenario. It might still make sense to
> > > > check here, but perhaps we could let this function also return an int
> > > > and return an error for consistency?
> > > 
> > > Or maybe just ASSERT on the agno and add a note that the caller is
> > > required to pass in a valid ag number.
> > > 
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	ageo->ag_health = 0;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	pag = xfs_perag_get(mp, agno);
> > > > > +	sick = xfs_ag_measure_sickness(pag);
> > > > > +	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_AG_SB)
> > > > > +		ageo->ag_health |= XFS_AG_GEOM_HEALTH_AG_SB;
> > > > 
> > > > I'm starting to wonder whether "health" is the best term to use for the
> > > > interface bits just because it reads a little weird to measure
> > > > "sickness" and then apply all the sick state to something called
> > > > "health." I don't have a better suggestion off the top of my head,
> > > > though. Just something to think about a bit more from an API
> > > > standpoint..
> > > 
> > > I had the same conundrum.  I guess we could start the bitset with -1 and
> > > clear bits when scrub says they've gone bad?  That would be much clearer
> > > with regards to the names, but technically we don't know the health of a
> > > structure until we scan it, so I wouldn't want to represent the fs as
> > > being "healthy" having not actually looked for problems.
> > > 
> > > What we /really/ need is a tri-state bitset[1]:
> > > 
> > > enum Bool
> > > {
> > >     True,
> > >     False,
> > >     FileNotFound
> > > };
> > > 
> > > But maybe I will try renaming all this to "sick" again.
> > > 
> > > if (sick & XFS_SICK_AG_AGF)
> > > 	ageo->ag_sick |= XFS_AG_GEOM_SICK_AG_AGF;
> > > 
> > > Gosh.  That second name is gross.  XFS_AG_GEOM_SICK_AGF.
> > > 
> > > Sick sick sick sick sick.  Ok, I've convinced myself of the name change. :P
> > > 
> > 
> > Heh. I suppose we could either invert the logic or perhaps try to come
> > up with a better keyword than "health" for the exported bits (at least).
> > If I see ag_health in a data structure, for example, I'm assuming it's
> > telling me what is healthy. Of course we'll have documentation and
> > whatnot to clear that up..
> > 
> > Another term that came to mind is "fault" or "faulted" as it has
> > precedent in storage contexts wrt to raid. I.e., ag_faults and
> > XFS_AG_GEOM_FAULT_AGF, etc. etc. To me it also kind of covers the angle
> > that we aren't necessarily stating a subset of the filesystem is healthy
> > due to lack of faults if we just haven't scrubbed/found anything. Hm? I
> > guess it could be confused with reporting underlying storage problems. I
> > dunno... it's more clear to me, but maybe others have ideas..
> 
> I have a (not very strong) preference for 'sick' over 'fault' because
> there are other parts of xfs where we deal with (page) faults and I
> don't really want to get "file metadata faults" and "file page faults"
> confused.
> 
> (I'm not sure anyone is really going to confuse them, though...)
> 

Ok. Either way, I think a field/bit prefix name that reflects borkedness
over health is a bit more intuitive with the current semantics (i.e.,
bit set means something is borked).

Brian

> --D
> 
> > Brian
> > 
> > > --D
> > > 
> > > [1] https://thedailywtf.com/articles/What_Is_Truth_0x3f_
> > > 
> > > > Brian
> > > > 
> > > > > +	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_AG_AGF)
> > > > > +		ageo->ag_health |= XFS_AG_GEOM_HEALTH_AG_AGF;
> > > > > +	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_AG_AGFL)
> > > > > +		ageo->ag_health |= XFS_AG_GEOM_HEALTH_AG_AGFL;
> > > > > +	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_AG_AGI)
> > > > > +		ageo->ag_health |= XFS_AG_GEOM_HEALTH_AG_AGI;
> > > > > +	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_AG_BNOBT)
> > > > > +		ageo->ag_health |= XFS_AG_GEOM_HEALTH_AG_BNOBT;
> > > > > +	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_AG_CNTBT)
> > > > > +		ageo->ag_health |= XFS_AG_GEOM_HEALTH_AG_CNTBT;
> > > > > +	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_AG_INOBT)
> > > > > +		ageo->ag_health |= XFS_AG_GEOM_HEALTH_AG_INOBT;
> > > > > +	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_AG_FINOBT)
> > > > > +		ageo->ag_health |= XFS_AG_GEOM_HEALTH_AG_FINOBT;
> > > > > +	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_AG_RMAPBT)
> > > > > +		ageo->ag_health |= XFS_AG_GEOM_HEALTH_AG_RMAPBT;
> > > > > +	if (sick & XFS_HEALTH_AG_REFCNTBT)
> > > > > +		ageo->ag_health |= XFS_AG_GEOM_HEALTH_AG_REFCNTBT;
> > > > > +	xfs_perag_put(pag);
> > > > > +}
> > > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > > > > index f9bf11b6a055..f1fc5e53cfc1 100644
> > > > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
> > > > > @@ -853,6 +853,8 @@ xfs_ioc_ag_geometry(
> > > > >  	if (error)
> > > > >  		return error;
> > > > >  
> > > > > +	xfs_ag_geom_health(mp, ageo.ag_number, &ageo);
> > > > > +
> > > > >  	if (copy_to_user(arg, &ageo, sizeof(ageo)))
> > > > >  		return -EFAULT;
> > > > >  	return 0;
> > > > > 



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