Re: [PATCH] xfs: test for shut down fs in xfs_dir_fsync()

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On 4/28/14, 12:22 PM, Mark Tinguely wrote:
> On 04/28/14 12:18, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>> On 4/28/14, 11:47 AM, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
>>> On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 11:35:16AM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
>>>> Similar to xfs_file_fsync(), I think xfs_dir_fsync() needs
>>>> to test for a shut down fs,
>>>
>>> It probably should.
>>>
>>>> lest we go down paths we'll
>>>> never be able to complete; Boris reported that during some
>>>> stress tests he had threads stuck in xlog_cil_force_lsn
>>>> via xfs_dir_fsync().
>>>
>>> But this could still happen if we get a shutdown coming in after that
>>> test.
>>
>> True... that looked a bit hairier to sort out.  :(
>>
>> -Eric
>>
> 
> 
> Are the sync lsn look okay? Was there an error writing the iclog buffer?
> 
> xfs_do_force_shutdown() will also do a xlog_cil_force_lsn() via the
> xfs_log_force_umount if the log buffer write was not in error. That
> should be the same or later than this lsn.

I don't have full details, unfortunately, just the sysrq backtraces.

-Eric

> --Mark.
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