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From: Chao Shi <coshi036@gmail.com>
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
	Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
	Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
	linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>,
	Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>,
	Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>,
	Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@gmail.com>,
	Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>, Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>,
	Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
	Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo@samsung.com>,
	Yuezhang Mo <yuezhang.mo@sony.com>,
	OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>,
	Mark Fasheh <mark@fasheh.com>, Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>,
	Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>,
	Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>,
	linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@lists.linux.dev,
	gfs2@lists.linux.dev, linux-karma-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Chao Shi <coshi036@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 13/19] ocfs2: check for a metadata write error with buffer_write_io_error()
Date: Sat,  1 Aug 2026 18:00:57 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <bd2c982e7c91fcfdb8a326ae8166853351398aa2.1785621505.git.coshi036@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1785621505.git.coshi036@gmail.com>

ocfs2_write_block() and ocfs2_write_super_or_backup() detect a failed write
by looking at BH_Uptodate afterwards.  That relies on the write completion
handler clearing BH_Uptodate on error, which this series removes: a buffer
whose write failed still holds the data the filesystem asked to be written,
so declaring it not up to date is wrong and makes callers re-read it.

Test BH_Write_EIO instead.  Note that ocfs2_write_block()'s test is the
positive one, so the sense has to be inverted rather than the flag simply
swapped.

The comment in ocfs2_write_block()'s error arm needs updating for the same
reason.  It said the clustered uptodate information did not have to be
removed because the buffer was not marked locally uptodate; after this
series it is, so the reason no longer holds.  Not advertising the block to
the cluster is still the right thing to do - the data is in memory but not
on disk - so only the justification changes, not the behaviour.

No behaviour change today - a failed write sets BH_Write_EIO and clears
BH_Uptodate together.  It stops being a no-op at the end of the series,
where the new test is the one that still works.

Signed-off-by: Chao Shi <coshi036@gmail.com>
---
 fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c | 12 +++++++-----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index 7bfe377af2df..733ceda79ca1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -66,12 +66,14 @@ int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct buffer_head *bh,
 
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 
-	if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+	if (!buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
 		ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(ci, bh);
 	} else {
-		/* We don't need to remove the clustered uptodate
-		 * information for this bh as it's not marked locally
-		 * uptodate. */
+		/*
+		 * The buffer still holds what we tried to write, but it did
+		 * not reach the disk, so don't advertise it to the cluster
+		 * as up to date.
+		 */
 		ret = -EIO;
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 	}
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ int ocfs2_write_super_or_backup(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
 
 	wait_on_buffer(bh);
 
-	if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+	if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
 		ret = -EIO;
 		mlog_errno(ret);
 	}
-- 
2.43.0


  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-01 22:01 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-01 22:00 [PATCH 00/19] buffer: stop clearing BH_Uptodate when a write fails Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 01/19] buffer_head: Remove b_page Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 02/19] buffer: allow a buffer_head to point at memory outside the page cache Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 03/19] jbd2: point the shadow buffer at the frozen data directly Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 04/19] buffer: clear BH_Write_EIO when a buffer is forgotten Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 05/19] buffer: discard BH_Write_EIO along with the rest of the buffer state Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 06/19] buffer: detect metadata write errors with buffer_write_io_error() Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 07/19] adfs: check for a directory write error " Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 08/19] ext2: check for an xattr block " Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 09/19] omfs: check for an inode " Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 10/19] exfat: check for a directory " Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 11/19] fat: check for a metadata " Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 12/19] ext4: " Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` Chao Shi [this message]
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 14/19] ocfs2: check for a stale write error before reusing a metadata buffer Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 15/19] gfs2: check for a metadata write error with buffer_write_io_error() Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:01 ` [PATCH 16/19] jbd2: report journal write errors with BH_Write_EIO Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:01 ` [PATCH 17/19] jbd2: assert on a failed write, not on a buffer that is not up to date Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:01 ` [PATCH 18/19] ext4, jbd2: report fast commit write errors with BH_Write_EIO Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:01 ` [PATCH 19/19] buffer: stop clearing BH_Uptodate when a write fails Chao Shi

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