[Ocfs2-devel] mark_buffer_dirty() reports buffer_head is not uptodate in JBDroutine journal_create() in kernel 2.6.

[Sonic Zhang <sonic.zhang@intel.com>]

Hi Stephen,

I found a bug in JBD routine journal_create() in kernel 2.6, when I debug
the OCFS v2 driver.  mark_buffer_dirty() reports buffer_head is not
uptodate. See following bug description.

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OS: Linux Kernel 2.6.1
Plarform: IA32

Steps:
1. Build the ocfs v2 driver under kernel 2.6.
2. insert ocfs2.ko into kernel 2.6.
3. mkfs.ocfs2 -F -b 4 -l testocfs -m /mnt/ocfs2 /dev/hdb2
4. mount -t ocfs2 /dev/hdb2 /mnt/ocfs2

Results:
buffer layer error at fs/buffer.c:1266
Call Trace:
[<>] mark_buffer_dirty
[<>] journal_create
[<>] ocfs_journal_create
[<>] ocfs_check_volume
[<>] ocfs_mount_volume
......

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I think I found the root cause of the bug reported in mark_buffer_dirty().

It is caused in the Linux journaling routine(JBD) journal_create(). In 
kernel 2.6.x, buffer_head state BH_Uptodate is checked in mark_buffer_dirty(), 
while kernel 2.4.x doesn't do. If this state doesn't exist in the buffer_head, 
buffer error information is reported. But, in routine journal_create(), the state
BH_Uptodate is set after the call to mark_buffer_dirty(). This works well in
kernel 2.4.x, but fails in kernel 2.6.x.

I attach a patch to fix this bug in kernel 2.6.x. Please check if it works well in
kernel 2.6.x.

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--- linux-2.6.4a/fs/jbd/journal.c	2004-03-19 10:40:49.264613984 +0800
+++ linux-2.6.4/fs/jbd/journal.c	2004-03-19 10:41:12.091143824 +0800
@@ -832,10 +832,10 @@
 		bh = __getblk(journal->j_dev, blocknr, journal->j_blocksize);
 		lock_buffer(bh);
 		memset (bh->b_data, 0, journal->j_blocksize);
-		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking dirty");
-		mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking uptodate");
 		set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+		BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking dirty");
+		mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
 		unlock_buffer(bh);
 		__brelse(bh);
 	}



--Sonic Zhang