[PATCHSET v24.0 0/2] fstests: online repair for fs summary counters

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Hi all,

A longstanding deficiency in the online fs summary counter scrubbing
code is that it hasn't any means to quiesce the incore percpu counters
while it's running.  There is no way to coordinate with other threads
are reserving or freeing free space simultaneously, which leads to false
error reports.  Right now, if the discrepancy is large, we just sort of
shrug and bail out with an incomplete flag, but this is lame.

For repair activity, we actually /do/ need to stabilize the counters to
get an accurate reading and install it in the percpu counter.  To
improve the former and enable the latter, allow the fscounters online
fsck code to perform an exclusive mini-freeze on the filesystem.  The
exclusivity prevents userspace from thawing while we're running, and the
mini-freeze means that we don't wait for the log to quiesce, which will
make both speedier.

If you're going to start using this mess, you probably ought to just
pull from my git trees, which are linked below.

This is an extraordinary way to destroy everything.  Enjoy!
Comments and questions are, as always, welcome.

--D

kernel git tree:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/djwong/xfs-linux.git/log/?h=repair-fscounters

fstests git tree:
https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/djwong/xfstests-dev.git/log/?h=repair-fscounters
---
 tests/xfs/713     |   36 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/xfs/713.out |    4 ++++
 tests/xfs/714     |   41 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/xfs/714.out |    2 ++
 tests/xfs/762     |   46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 tests/xfs/762.out |    2 ++
 6 files changed, 131 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 tests/xfs/713
 create mode 100644 tests/xfs/713.out
 create mode 100755 tests/xfs/714
 create mode 100644 tests/xfs/714.out
 create mode 100755 tests/xfs/762
 create mode 100644 tests/xfs/762.out




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