Re: [PATCH] xfs: check all buffers in xfs_check_page_type()

[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

 



On 02/28/14 13:22, Brian Foster wrote:
xfs_aops_discard_page() was introduced in the following commit:

   xfs: truncate delalloc extents when IO fails in writeback

... to clean up left over delalloc ranges after I/O failure in
->writepage(). generic/224 tests for this scenario and occasionally
reproduces panics on sub-4k blocksize filesystems.

The cause of this is failure to clean up the delalloc range on a
page where the first buffer does not match one of the expected
states of xfs_check_page_type(). If a buffer is not unwritten,
delayed or dirty&mapped, xfs_check_page_type() stops and
immediately returns 0.

The stress test of generic/224 creates a scenario where the first
several buffers of a page with delayed buffers are mapped&uptodate
and some subsequent buffer is delayed. If the ->writepage() happens
to fail for this page, xfs_aops_discard_page() incorrectly skips
the entire page.

Modify xfs_aops_discard_page() to iterate all of the page buffers
to ensure a delayed buffer does not go undetected.

Signed-off-by: Brian Foster<bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

The only other caller to xfs_check_page_type() is xfs_convert_page(). I
think this is safe with respect to that codepath, given the additional
imap checks therein and whatnot, but thoughts appreciated.

Brian

  fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c | 2 --
  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
index db2cfb0..5962a9f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_aops.c
@@ -655,8 +655,6 @@ xfs_check_page_type(
  				acceptable += (type == XFS_IO_DELALLOC);
  			else if (buffer_dirty(bh) && buffer_mapped(bh))
  				acceptable += (type == XFS_IO_OVERWRITE);
-			else
-				break;
  		} while ((bh = bh->b_this_page) != head);

  		if (acceptable)

Is there any reason to scan all the buffers when we all we want is an indication that at least one is acceptable? Maybe there are generally not may buffers to a page to make it worthwhile.

--Mark.

_______________________________________________
xfs mailing list
xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
http://oss.sgi.com/mailman/listinfo/xfs




[Index of Archives]     [Linux XFS Devel]     [Linux Filesystem Development]     [Filesystem Testing]     [Linux USB Devel]     [Linux Audio Users]     [Yosemite News]     [Linux Kernel]     [Linux SCSI]

  Powered by Linux