Subject: + ocfs2-limit-printk-when-journal-is-aborted.patch added to -mm tree To: joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxx,jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx,mfasheh@xxxxxxxx From: akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 13:18:06 -0700 The patch titled Subject: ocfs2: limit printk when journal is aborted has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is ocfs2-limit-printk-when-journal-is-aborted.patch This patch should soon appear at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/ocfs2-limit-printk-when-journal-is-aborted.patch and later at http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/ocfs2-limit-printk-when-journal-is-aborted.patch Before you just go and hit "reply", please: a) Consider who else should be cc'ed b) Prefer to cc a suitable mailing list as well c) Ideally: find the original patch on the mailing list and do a reply-to-all to that, adding suitable additional cc's *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** The -mm tree is included into linux-next and is updated there every 3-4 working days ------------------------------------------------------ From: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxx> Subject: ocfs2: limit printk when journal is aborted Once JBD2_ABORT is set, ocfs2_commit_cache will fail in ocfs2_commit_thread. Then it will get into a loop with mass logs. This will meaninglessly consume a larger number of resource and may lead to the system hanging. So limit printk in this case. Signed-off-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mfasheh@xxxxxxxx> Cc: Joel Becker <jlbec@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- fs/ocfs2/journal.c | 12 ++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN fs/ocfs2/journal.c~ocfs2-limit-printk-when-journal-is-aborted fs/ocfs2/journal.c --- a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c~ocfs2-limit-printk-when-journal-is-aborted +++ a/fs/ocfs2/journal.c @@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ #include <linux/kthread.h> #include <linux/time.h> #include <linux/random.h> +#include <linux/delay.h> #include <cluster/masklog.h> @@ -2185,8 +2186,15 @@ static int ocfs2_commit_thread(void *arg || kthread_should_stop()); status = ocfs2_commit_cache(osb); - if (status < 0) - mlog_errno(status); + if (status < 0) { + static unsigned long abort_warn_time; + + /* Warn about this once per minute */ + if (printk_timed_ratelimit(&abort_warn_time, 60*HZ)) + mlog(ML_ERROR, "status = %d, journal is " + "already aborted.\n", status); + msleep_interruptible(1000); + } if (kthread_should_stop() && atomic_read(&journal->j_num_trans)){ mlog(ML_KTHREAD, _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from joseph.qi@xxxxxxxxxx are ocfs2-limit-printk-when-journal-is-aborted.patch ocfs2-fix-a-tiny-race-when-running-dirop_fileop_racer.patch -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html