Re: [PATCH 0/3] btrfs-progs: Add check and repair for invalid inode generation

Qu WenRuo
2019-10-19T00:08:14Z

On 2019/10/19 上午4:32, Ferry Toth wrote:
> Op 24-09-2019 om 10:11 schreef Qu Wenruo:
>> We have at least two user reports about bad inode generation makes
>> kernel reject the fs.
>
> May I add my report? I just upgraded Ubuntu from 19.04 -> 19.10 so
> kernel went from 5.0 -> 5.3 (but I was using 4.15 too).
>
> Booting 5.3 leaves me in initramfs as I have /boot on @boot and / on /@
>
> In initramfs I can try to mount but get something like
> btrfs critical corrupt leaf invalid inode generation open_ctree failed
>
> Booting old kernel works just as before, no errors.
>
>> According to the creation time, the inode is created by some 2014
>> kernel.
>
> How do I get the creation time?

# btrfs ins dump-tree -b <the bytenr reported by kernel> <your device>
>
>> And the generation member of INODE_ITEM is not updated (unlike the
>> transid member) so the error persists until latest tree-checker detects.
>>
>> Even the situation can be fixed by reverting back to older kernel and
>> copying the offending dir/file to another inode and delete the offending
>> one, it still should be done by btrfs-progs.
>>
> How to find the offending dir/file from the command line manually?

# find <mount point> -inum <inode number>

Thanks,
Qu

>
>> This patchset adds such check and repair ability to btrfs-check, with a
>> simple test image.
>>
>> Qu Wenruo (3):
>>    btrfs-progs: check/lowmem: Add check and repair for invalid inode
>>      generation
>>    btrfs-progs: check/original: Add check and repair for invalid inode
>>      generation
>>    btrfs-progs: fsck-tests: Add test image for invalid inode generation
>>      repair
>>
>>   check/main.c                                  |  50 +++++++++++-
>>   check/mode-lowmem.c                           |  76 ++++++++++++++++++
>>   check/mode-original.h                         |   1 +
>>   .../.lowmem_repairable                        |   0
>>   .../bad_inode_geneartion.img.xz               | Bin 0 -> 2012 bytes
>>   5 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>   create mode 100644
>> tests/fsck-tests/043-bad-inode-generation/.lowmem_repairable
>>   create mode 100644
>> tests/fsck-tests/043-bad-inode-generation/bad_inode_geneartion.img.xz
>>
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