From: "Darrick J. Wong" <djwong@us.ibm.com>
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>,
Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>
Cc: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org
Subject: ext3/jbd: Avoid WARN() messages when failing to write the superblock
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2010 12:35:05 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20101004193505.GC25624@tux1.beaverton.ibm.com> (raw)
This fixes a WARN backtrace in mark_buffer_dirty() that occurs during unmount
when the underlying block device is removed. This bug has been seen on System
Z when removing all paths from a multipath-backed ext3 mount; on System P when
injecting enough PCI EEH errors to make the SCSI controller go offline; and
similar warnings have been seen (and patched) with ext2/ext4.
The super block update from a previous operation has marked the buffer as in
error, and the flag has to be cleared before doing the update. (Similar code
already exists in ext4).
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@us.ibm.com>
---
fs/ext3/super.c | 24 +++++++++++++++++++++++-
fs/jbd/journal.c | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--
2 files changed, 51 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 5dbf4db..5a19796 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -2361,6 +2361,21 @@ static int ext3_commit_super(struct super_block *sb,
if (!sbh)
return error;
+
+ if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) {
+ /*
+ * Oh, dear. A previous attempt to write the
+ * superblock failed. This could happen because the
+ * USB device was yanked out. Or it could happen to
+ * be a transient write error and maybe the block will
+ * be remapped. Nothing we can do but to retry the
+ * write and hope for the best.
+ */
+ printk(KERN_ERR "ext3: previous I/O error to "
+ "superblock detected for %s.\n", sb->s_id);
+ clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
+ set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
+ }
/*
* If the file system is mounted read-only, don't update the
* superblock write time. This avoids updating the superblock
@@ -2377,8 +2392,15 @@ static int ext3_commit_super(struct super_block *sb,
es->s_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le32(ext3_count_free_inodes(sb));
BUFFER_TRACE(sbh, "marking dirty");
mark_buffer_dirty(sbh);
- if (sync)
+ if (sync) {
error = sync_dirty_buffer(sbh);
+ if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) {
+ printk(KERN_ERR "ext3: I/O error while writing "
+ "superblock for %s.\n", sb->s_id);
+ clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh);
+ set_buffer_uptodate(sbh);
+ }
+ }
return error;
}
diff --git a/fs/jbd/journal.c b/fs/jbd/journal.c
index 2c4b1f1..8bfd226 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/journal.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/journal.c
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(journal_force_commit);
static int journal_convert_superblock_v1(journal_t *, journal_superblock_t *);
static void __journal_abort_soft (journal_t *journal, int errno);
+static const char *journal_dev_name(journal_t *journal, char *buffer);
/*
* Helper function used to manage commit timeouts
@@ -1010,6 +1011,23 @@ void journal_update_superblock(journal_t *journal, int wait)
goto out;
}
+ if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
+ char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+ /*
+ * Oh, dear. A previous attempt to write the journal
+ * superblock failed. This could happen because the
+ * USB device was yanked out. Or it could happen to
+ * be a transient write error and maybe the block will
+ * be remapped. Nothing we can do but to retry the
+ * write and hope for the best.
+ */
+ printk(KERN_ERR "JBD: previous I/O error detected "
+ "for journal superblock update for %s.\n",
+ journal_dev_name(journal, b));
+ clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
+ set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+ }
+
spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock);
jbd_debug(1,"JBD: updating superblock (start %u, seq %d, errno %d)\n",
journal->j_tail, journal->j_tail_sequence, journal->j_errno);
@@ -1021,9 +1039,17 @@ void journal_update_superblock(journal_t *journal, int wait)
BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking dirty");
mark_buffer_dirty(bh);
- if (wait)
+ if (wait) {
sync_dirty_buffer(bh);
- else
+ if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
+ char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
+ printk(KERN_ERR "JBD: I/O error detected "
+ "when updating journal superblock for %s.\n",
+ journal_dev_name(journal, b));
+ clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
+ set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
+ }
+ } else
write_dirty_buffer(bh, WRITE);
out:
next reply other threads:[~2010-10-04 19:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-10-04 19:35 Darrick J. Wong [this message]
2010-10-05 9:30 ` ext3/jbd: Avoid WARN() messages when failing to write the superblock Jan Kara
2010-10-11 15:05 ` Eric Sandeen
2010-10-11 15:17 ` Jan Kara
2010-10-11 16:42 ` Theodore Tso
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