Re: Problem with data=ordered ext4 mount option in linux-next

[Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 12:53 PM Lukas Czerner <lczerner@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 07:26:30PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > On 17.12.2021 18:02, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > > On 17.12.2021 16:34, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > >> On 17.12.2021 16:24, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> > >>> On Fri, Dec 17, 2021 at 04:11:32PM +0100, Heiner Kallweit wrote:
> > >>>> On linux-next systemd-remount-fs complains about an invalid mount option
> > >>>> here, resulting in a r/o root fs. After playing with the mount options
> > >>>> it turned out that data=ordered causes the problem. linux-next from Dec
> > >>>> 1st was ok, so it seems to be related to the new mount API patches.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> At a first glance I saw no obvious problem, the following looks good.
> > >>>> Maybe you have an idea where to look ..
> > >>>>
> > >>>> static const struct constant_table ext4_param_data[] = {
> > >>>>  {"journal",     EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_DATA},
> > >>>>  {"ordered",     EXT4_MOUNT_ORDERED_DATA},
> > >>>>  {"writeback",   EXT4_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA},
> > >>>>  {}
> > >>>> };
> > >>>>
> > >>>>  fsparam_enum    ("data",                Opt_data, ext4_param_data),
> > >>>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Thank you for the report!
> > >>>
> > >>> The ext4 mount has been reworked to use the new mount api and the work
> > >>> has been applied to linux-next couple of days ago so I definitelly
> > >>> assume there is a bug in there that I've missed. I will be looking into
> > >>> it.
> > >>>
> > >>> Can you be a little bit more specific about how to reproduce the problem
> > >>> as well as the error it generates in the logs ? Any other mount options
> > >>> used simultaneously, non-default file system features, or mount options
> > >>> stored within the superblock ?
> > >>>
> > >>> Can you reproduce it outside of the systemd unit, say a script ?
> > >>>
> > >> Yes:
> > >>
> > >> [root@zotac ~]# mount -o remount,data=ordered /
> > >> mount: /: mount point not mounted or bad option.
> > >> [root@zotac ~]# mount -o remount,discard /
> > >> [root@zotac ~]#
> > >>
> > >> "systemctl status systemd-remount-fs" shows the same error.
> > >>
> > >> Following options I had in my fstab (ext4 fs):
> > >> rw,relatime,data=ordered,discard
> > >>
> > >> No non-default system features.
> > >>
> > >>> Thanks!
> > >>> -Lukas
> > >>>
> > >> Heiner
> > >
> > > Sorry, should have looked at dmesg earlier. There I see:
> > > EXT4-fs: Cannot change data mode on remount
> > > Message seems to be triggered from ext4_check_opt_consistency().
> > > Not sure why this error doesn't occur with old mount API.
> > > And actually I don't change the data mode.
> >
> > Based on the old API code: Maybe we need something like this?
> > At least it works for me.
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > index b72d989b7..9ec7e526c 100644
> > --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> > +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> > @@ -2821,7 +2821,9 @@ static int ext4_check_opt_consistency(struct fs_context *fc,
> >                                  "Remounting file system with no journal "
> >                                  "so ignoring journalled data option");
> >                         ctx_clear_mount_opt(ctx, EXT4_MOUNT_DATA_FLAGS);
> > -               } else if (ctx->mask_s_mount_opt & EXT4_MOUNT_DATA_FLAGS) {
> > +               } else if (ctx->mask_s_mount_opt & EXT4_MOUNT_DATA_FLAGS &&
> > +                          (ctx->vals_s_mount_opt & EXT4_MOUNT_DATA_FLAGS) !=
> > +                          (sbi->s_mount_opt & EXT4_MOUNT_DATA_FLAGS)) {
>
> Hi,
>
> indeed that's where the problem is. It's not enogh to check whether
> we have a data= mount options set, we also have to check whether it's
> the same as it already is set on the file system during remount. In
> which case we just ignore it, rather then error out.
>
> Thanks for tracking it down. I think the condition can be simplified a
> bit. I also have to update the xfstest test to check for plain remount
> without changing anything to catch errors like these. I'll send patch
> soon.
>

Is "ext4: don't fail remount if journalling mode didn't change" the
fix for the issue reported by Heiner?

- Sedat -

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tytso/ext4.git/commit/?h=dev&id=4c2467287779f744cdd70c8ec70903034d6584f0

> Thanks!
> -Lukas
>
> >                         ext4_msg(NULL, KERN_ERR, "Cannot change data mode "
> >                                  "on remount");
> >                         return -EINVAL;
> >
>