Re: [PATCH] xfs_repair: junk leaf attribute if count == 0

["Libor Klepáč" <libor.klepac@bcom.cz>]

Hello,
should this patch possibly fix errors i reported in this thread?
https://www.spinics.net/lists/linux-xfs/msg01728.html

Is it safe to test it? (i do have backups)

Thanks,
Libor

On čtvrtek 8. prosince 2016 12:06:03 CET Eric Sandeen wrote:
> We have recently seen a case where, during log replay, the
> attr3 leaf verifier reported corruption when encountering a
> leaf attribute with a count of 0 in the header.
> 
> We chalked this up to a transient state when a shortform leaf
> was created, the attribute didn't fit, and we promoted the
> (empty) attribute to the larger leaf form.
> 
> I've recently been given a metadump of unknown provenance which actually
> contains a leaf attribute with count 0 on disk.  This causes the
> verifier to fire every time xfs_repair is run:
> 
>  Metadata corruption detected at xfs_attr3_leaf block 0x480988/0x1000
> 
> If this 0-count state is detected, we should just junk the leaf, same
> as we would do if the count was too high.  With this change, we now
> remedy the problem:
> 
>  Metadata corruption detected at xfs_attr3_leaf block 0x480988/0x1000
>  bad attribute count 0 in attr block 0, inode 12587828
>  problem with attribute contents in inode 12587828
>  clearing inode 12587828 attributes
>  correcting nblocks for inode 12587828, was 2 - counted 1
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@redhat.com>
> ---
> 
> diff --git a/repair/attr_repair.c b/repair/attr_repair.c
> index 40cb5f7..b855a10 100644
> --- a/repair/attr_repair.c
> +++ b/repair/attr_repair.c
> @@ -593,7 +593,8 @@ process_leaf_attr_block(
>  	stop = xfs_attr3_leaf_hdr_size(leaf);
>  
>  	/* does the count look sorta valid? */
> -	if (leafhdr.count * sizeof(xfs_attr_leaf_entry_t) + stop >
> +	if (!leafhdr.count ||
> +	    leafhdr.count * sizeof(xfs_attr_leaf_entry_t) + stop >
>  						mp->m_sb.sb_blocksize) {
>  		do_warn(
>  	_("bad attribute count %d in attr block %u, inode %" PRIu64 "\n"),
> --
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