From: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
To: Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, Jan Kara <jack@suse.com>
Cc: Al Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
ecryptfs@vger.kernel.org, linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org,
jfs-discussion@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-nilfs@vger.kernel.org, exfat@lists.linux.dev,
linux-mm@kvack.org, ntfs@lists.linux.dev,
ocfs2-devel@lists.linux.dev, linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org,
gfs2@lists.linux.dev, linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mtd@lists.infradead.org, linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 20/34] ocfs2: don't set SB_RDONLY after filesystem errors
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2026 11:01:58 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <736cc238-0af8-417b-bf3f-5e8b002badaf@linux.alibaba.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261029-work-fs-sb_rdonly-v2-20-2f44f64f0b66@kernel.org>
On 10/30/26 12:07 AM, Christian Brauner wrote:
> With errors=remount-ro, the default, ocfs2_handle_error() sets SB_RDONLY
> without holding s_umount. If that happens while the filesystem is frozen
> through bdev_freeze() thaw_super() leaves the s_writers rwsems locked.
> Writers hang and so does umount because ocfs2_shutdown_local_alloc()
> needs sb_start_intwrite().
>
> The soft read-only state doesn't stop modifications on its own. Every
> read-only mount sets it and those still need transactions for recovery,
> the local alloc and the truncate log. Everything else was stopped by the
> VFS because of SB_RDONLY. So call sb_set_emergency_ro() instead which
> keeps it that way, and keep setting SOFT_RO for the existing
> ocfs2_emergency_state() checks.
>
> The xattr and ACL setters get a check of their own because ecryptfs
> calls them without write access on the lower mount. It sits in the xattr
> handlers and not in ocfs2_xattr_set() because chmod and setfacl store
> the ACL through it after the new mode was already committed.
>
> Quotas aren't enabled at mount in the error state because that writes
> the quota files. ocfs2_sync_fs() doesn't flush anything anymore and a
> remount to read-only doesn't suspend quotas. Q_GETQUOTA, Q_GETNEXTQUOTA
> and Q_SYNC can still start transactions. I've left that alone.
>
> Writes through file descriptors opened before the error fail with EROFS
> and umount completes instead of hanging.
>
> Signed-off-by: Christian Brauner (Amutable) <brauner@kernel.org>
Looks fine.
Reviewed-by: Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-30 3:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-29 16:06 [PATCH v2 00/34] fs: don't set SB_RDONLY after filesystem errors Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:06 ` [PATCH v2 01/34] ecryptfs: don't leak the inode when a lookup can't open the lower file Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:06 ` [PATCH v2 02/34] ecryptfs: fall back to a read-only " Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:06 ` [PATCH v2 03/34] fs: add a generic emergency read-only state Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:06 ` [PATCH v2 04/34] ext2: don't set SB_RDONLY after filesystem errors Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:06 ` [PATCH v2 05/34] jfs: " Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:06 ` [PATCH v2 06/34] nilfs2: " Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:06 ` [PATCH v2 07/34] fat: " Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:06 ` [PATCH v2 08/34] exfat: keep the current mount options on remount Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 09/34] exfat: don't set SB_RDONLY after filesystem errors Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 10/34] exfat: use the generic emergency read-only state Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 11/34] hfs: don't set SB_RDONLY after MDB write errors Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 12/34] hfs: use the generic emergency read-only state Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 13/34] hfsplus: don't set SB_RDONLY when creating the attributes tree Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 14/34] affs: don't set SB_RDONLY after filesystem errors Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 15/34] ufs: " Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 16/34] hpfs: " Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 17/34] ntfs: " Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 18/34] ntfs: use the generic emergency read-only state Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 19/34] ocfs2: keep the current mount options on remount Christian Brauner
2026-10-30 2:58 ` Joseph Qi
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 20/34] ocfs2: don't set SB_RDONLY after filesystem errors Christian Brauner
2026-10-30 3:01 ` Joseph Qi [this message]
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 21/34] zonefs: don't set SB_RDONLY after I/O errors Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 22/34] zonefs: use the generic emergency read-only state Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 23/34] btrfs: check BTRFS_FS_STATE_RO instead of SB_RDONLY at runtime Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 24/34] btrfs: don't set SB_RDONLY after filesystem errors Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 25/34] gfs2: wait for a pending withdraw before remounting read-only Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 26/34] gfs2: don't set SB_RDONLY on withdraw Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 27/34] efivarfs: stop using SB_RDONLY for read-only efivar ops Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 28/34] ubifs: don't set SB_RDONLY after errors Christian Brauner
2026-10-30 3:42 ` Zhihao Cheng
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 29/34] selftests/filesystems: test filesystem errors while frozen Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 30/34] ext4: allow remounting read-only in the emergency state Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 31/34] ext4: use the generic emergency read-only state Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 32/34] selftests/filesystems: test ext4 remounts in the emergency state Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 33/34] xfs: allow remounting read-only after a shutdown Christian Brauner
2026-10-29 16:07 ` [PATCH v2 34/34] selftests/filesystems: test xfs remounts " Christian Brauner
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