Re: [PATCH 1/2] btrfs: Enhance btrfs_trim_fs function to handle error better

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On 2018/11/19 下午8:30, Greg KH wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 12, 2018 at 08:32:41AM +0800, Qu Wenruo wrote:
>> Commit 93bba24d4b5ad1e5cd8b43f64e66ff9d6355dd20 upstream.
>>
>> Function btrfs_trim_fs() doesn't handle errors in a consistent way. If
>> error happens when trimming existing block groups, it will skip the
>> remaining blocks and continue to trim unallocated space for each device.
>>
>> The return value will only reflect the final error from device trimming.
>>
>> This patch will fix such behavior by:
>>
>> 1) Recording the last error from block group or device trimming
>>    The return value will also reflect the last error during trimming.
>>    Make developer more aware of the problem.
>>
>> 2) Continuing trimming if possible
>>    If we failed to trim one block group or device, we could still try
>>    the next block group or device.
>>
>> 3) Report number of failures during block group and device trimming
>>    It would be less noisy, but still gives user a brief summary of
>>    what's going wrong.
>>
>> Such behavior can avoid confusion for cases like failure to trim the
>> first block group and then only unallocated space is trimmed.
>>
>> Reported-by: Chris Murphy <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> CC: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # 4.9
>> Signed-off-by: Qu Wenruo <wqu@xxxxxxxx>
>> Reviewed-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
>> [ add bg_ret and dev_ret to the messages ]
>> Signed-off-by: David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxxx>
>> ---
>>  fs/btrfs/extent-tree.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>>  1 file changed, 29 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> Does not apply to the latest 4.9.y tree :(

Sorry, it looks like I rebased it to the wrong branch.

Now I know which branch it should go, will send the updated patch soon.

Thanks,
Qu

> 
> Can you please rebase and resend both of these?
> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h
> 

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