From: Donald Douwsma <ddouwsma@redhat.com>
To: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Donald Douwsma <ddouwsma@redhat.com>
Subject: [PATCH 5/5] xfsrestore: assert suppression workaround
Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2026 18:17:12 +1100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260224071712.1014075-6-ddouwsma@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260224071712.1014075-1-ddouwsma@redhat.com>
Allow users to workaround assertions encountered during a restore by
suppressing them using 'xfsrestore -z ...`.
This is not the right approach for ongoing upstream development, but it
may be useful as a workaround for downstream maintenance releases built
without NDEBUG, even then I'm hesitant.
Signed-off-by: Donald Douwsma <ddouwsma@redhat.com>
---
include/config.h.in | 4 ++++
man/man8/xfsrestore.8 | 4 ++++
restore/Makefile | 6 ++++--
restore/content.c | 5 ++++-
restore/getopt.h | 4 ++--
restore/restore_assert.c | 39 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
restore/restore_assert.h | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
7 files changed, 75 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 restore/restore_assert.c
create mode 100644 restore/restore_assert.h
diff --git a/include/config.h.in b/include/config.h.in
index 3b35d83..9cc6628 100644
--- a/include/config.h.in
+++ b/include/config.h.in
@@ -50,4 +50,8 @@ typedef unsigned short umode_t;
#define NBBY 8
#endif
+#if !defined(NDEBUG) && defined(RESTORE)
+#include "../restore/restore_assert.h"
+#endif
+
#endif /* __CONFIG_H__ */
diff --git a/man/man8/xfsrestore.8 b/man/man8/xfsrestore.8
index df7dde0..84e1b12 100644
--- a/man/man8/xfsrestore.8
+++ b/man/man8/xfsrestore.8
@@ -254,6 +254,10 @@ the dump without this option.
In the cumulative mode, this option is required only for a base (level 0)
dump. You no longer need this option for level 1+ dumps.
.TP 5
+.B \-z
+If xfsrestore fails due to an assertion this option can be used to ignore it for
+the purpose of debugging or to recover data from a problematic archive.
+.TP 5
\f3\-v\f1 \f2verbosity\f1
.\" set inter-paragraph distance to 0
.PD 0
diff --git a/restore/Makefile b/restore/Makefile
index ac3f8c8..5a5ee62 100644
--- a/restore/Makefile
+++ b/restore/Makefile
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ LOCALS = \
namreg.c \
node.c \
tree.c \
- win.c
+ win.c \
+ restore_assert.c
LOCALINCL = \
bag.h \
@@ -87,7 +88,8 @@ LOCALINCL = \
namreg.h \
node.h \
tree.h \
- win.h
+ win.h \
+ restore_assert.h
LTCOMMAND = xfsrestore
diff --git a/restore/content.c b/restore/content.c
index b91e5f0..71de87a 100644
--- a/restore/content.c
+++ b/restore/content.c
@@ -864,7 +864,7 @@ bool_t restore_rootdir_permissions;
bool_t need_fixrootdir;
char *media_change_alert_program = NULL;
size_t perssz;
-
+int workaround_assert;
/* definition of locally defined static variables *****************************/
@@ -1191,6 +1191,9 @@ content_init(int argc, char *argv[], size64_t vmsz)
case GETOPT_FIXROOTDIR:
need_fixrootdir = BOOL_TRUE;
break;
+ case GETOPT_WORKAROUND:
+ workaround_assert = 1;
+ break;
}
}
diff --git a/restore/getopt.h b/restore/getopt.h
index b0c0c7d..4c4c2b2 100644
--- a/restore/getopt.h
+++ b/restore/getopt.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
* purpose is to contain that command string.
*/
-#define GETOPT_CMDSTRING "a:b:c:def:himn:op:qrs:tv:wxABCDEFG:H:I:JKL:M:NO:PQRS:TUVWX:Y:"
+#define GETOPT_CMDSTRING "a:b:c:def:himn:op:qrs:tv:wxzABCDEFG:H:I:JKL:M:NO:PQRS:TUVWX:Y:"
#define GETOPT_WORKSPACE 'a' /* workspace dir (content.c) */
#define GETOPT_BLOCKSIZE 'b' /* blocksize for rmt */
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
#define GETOPT_SMALLWINDOW 'w' /* use a small window for dir entries */
#define GETOPT_FIXROOTDIR 'x' /* try to fix rootdir due to bulkstat misuse */
/* 'y' */
-/* 'z' */
+#define GETOPT_WORKAROUND 'z' /* enable workaroundz */
#define GETOPT_NOEXTATTR 'A' /* do not restore ext. file attr. */
#define GETOPT_ROOTPERM 'B' /* restore ownership and permissions for root directory */
#define GETOPT_RECCHKSUM 'C' /* use record checksums */
diff --git a/restore/restore_assert.c b/restore/restore_assert.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e2f3054
--- /dev/null
+++ b/restore/restore_assert.c
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+#include <stddef.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
+
+#include "config.h"
+
+#include "mlog.h"
+
+/*
+ * Override glibc __assert_fail to allow users to optionally ignore assertions.
+ *
+ * We could optionally require a number of assertions to skip, allowing the user
+ * to consider each problem and continue only if a specified number is not
+ * exceeded
+ */
+
+extern int workaround_assert;
+
+void __xfsrestore_assert_fail(const char *__assertion, const char *__file,
+ unsigned int __line, const char *__function)
+{
+ static int assert_count;
+ assert_count++;
+
+ mlog(MLOG_ERROR|MLOG_NOLOCK, _("%s:%d: %s: Assertion %s failed\n"),
+ __file, __line, __function, __assertion);
+
+ if(!workaround_assert) {
+ mlog(MLOG_ERROR|MLOG_NOLOCK, _("Recovery may be possible using the `-z` option\n"));
+ abort();
+ }
+}
+
+
+
diff --git a/restore/restore_assert.h b/restore/restore_assert.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8eb22e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/restore/restore_assert.h
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2024 Red Hat, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
+ */
+
+#ifndef _XFS_RESTORE_ASSERT_H_
+#define _XFS_RESTORE_ASSERT_H_
+
+#if defined(assert)
+#undef assert
+extern void __xfsrestore_assert_fail(const char *__assertion, const char *__file,
+ unsigned int __line, const char *__function);
+#define assert(expr) \
+ ((expr) ? (void)0 : \
+ __xfsrestore_assert_fail(#expr, __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__))
+#endif
+
+#endif /* _XFS_RESTORE_ASSERT_H_ */
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-02-24 7:17 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-02-24 7:17 [PATCH 0/5] xfsdump, xfsprogs distro builds and DEBUG= Donald Douwsma
2026-02-24 7:17 ` [PATCH 1/5] xfsrestore: remove unused variable strctxp Donald Douwsma
2026-02-24 7:17 ` [PATCH 2/5] annotate variables only used for assert Donald Douwsma
2026-02-24 7:17 ` [PATCH 3/5] xfsrestore: include TREE_DEBUG all builds Donald Douwsma
2026-02-24 7:17 ` [PATCH 4/5] xfsrestore: remove failing assert from noref_elim_recurse Donald Douwsma
2026-03-23 3:01 ` Donald Douwsma
2026-02-24 7:17 ` Donald Douwsma [this message]
2026-03-13 13:12 ` [PATCH 0/5] xfsdump, xfsprogs distro builds and DEBUG= Andrey Albershteyn
2026-03-23 1:48 ` Donald Douwsma
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