* RE: xfs Digest, Vol 29, Issue 102
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@ 2011-01-31 4:41 ` lord worm
2011-01-31 18:31 ` Stan Hoeppner
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From: lord worm @ 2011-01-31 4:41 UTC (permalink / raw)
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Stan, do you check dates on links before you paste them here? I don't care if its the 1st results of the google search 'meaning of life', its irrelevant and oudated.
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> 1. RE: xfs Digest, Vol 29, Issue 101 (lord worm)
> 2. Re: xfs Digest, Vol 29, Issue 101 (Stan Hoeppner)
> 3. Re: [patch] xfsprogs: repair pagefault due to missed out
> sanity NULL check (Ajeet Yadav)
> 4. Re: [patch] xfsprogs: repair never return if device removed
> (Ajeet Yadav)
> 5. Re: how to decode metadump info produced by xfs_db, and
> superblock error (Dave Chinner)
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> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 13:27:51 -0500
> From: lord worm <cryptopsy@live.com>
> Subject: RE: xfs Digest, Vol 29, Issue 101
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> Stan I have no idea, could you tell me in detail why dd failed, and what exactly those restore commands provide specifically?
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> Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 15:03:42 -0600
> From: Stan Hoeppner <stan@hardwarefreak.com>
> Subject: Re: xfs Digest, Vol 29, Issue 101
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> lord worm put forth on 1/30/2011 12:27 PM:
> >
> > Stan I have no idea, could you tell me in detail why dd failed, and what exactly those restore commands provide specifically?
>
> This might have some relevance. 2nd hit Googling for "dd with xfs":
>
> http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2003-04/msg00802.html
>
> --
> Stan
>
>
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:39:15 +0900
> From: Ajeet Yadav <ajeet.yadav.77@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [patch] xfsprogs: repair pagefault due to missed out
> sanity NULL check
> To: xfs@oss.sgi.com
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> <AANLkTinK25hL3Ljy42S6KrqEJ7nW_L+c77GPJhBVo=58@mail.gmail.com>
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> I did not receive any response / review comment on solution patch I sent.
>
> diff -Nurp xfsprogs/repair/dir2.c xfsprogs-dirty/repair/dir2.c
>
> --- xfsprogs/repair/dir2.c 2010-07-16 13:07:09.000000000 +0900
>
> +++ xfsprogs-dirty/repair/dir2.c 2011-01-28 18:49:21.000000000 +0900
>
> @@ -110,9 +110,10 @@ da_read_buf(
>
> bplist[i] = libxfs_readbuf(mp->m_dev,
>
> XFS_FSB_TO_DADDR(mp, bmp[i].startblock),
>
> XFS_FSB_TO_BB(mp, bmp[i].blockcount), 0);
>
> - if (!bplist[i])
>
> + if (!bplist[i]){
>
> + nex = i;
>
> goto failed;
>
> -
>
> + }
>
> pftrace("readbuf %p (%llu, %d)", bplist[i],
>
> (long long)XFS_BUF_ADDR(bplist[i]),
>
> XFS_BUF_COUNT(bplist[i]));
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 8:13 PM, Ajeet Yadav <ajeet.yadav.77@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > libxfs_putbuf() is called with bp = NULL, resulting in pagefault in
> > libpthread.
> >
> > Function da_read_buf() allocate array of xfs_buf_t *
> >
> > * xfs_buf_t **bplist;*
> >
> > * bplist = calloc(nex, sizeof(*bplist));*
> >
> > Read and fill it using
> >
> > *for (i = 0; i < nex; i++) {
> > bplist[i] = libxfs_readbuf()*
> >
> > * if (!bplist[i]){
> > goto failed;
> > } *
> >
> > *}*
> >
> > *failed:
> > for (i = 0; i < nex; i++)
> > libxfs_putbuf(bplist[i]);*
> >
> > Now assume nex = 10,
> >
> > 1. Will create bplist for 10 array elements.
> >
> > 3. Reading from disk 0,1, 2, 3
> >
> > 4. When reading from disk 4, USB is removed
> >
> > 5. libxfs_readbuf() will at fail, pblist[4] = NULL, goto failed.
> >
> > 6. Since only 4 buffers were read successfully, so only 4 are in lock
> > state.
> >
> > 7. Error handling will unlock buffer from 1-10
> >
> > 8. Buffer 0-3 were read successfully, hence will have valid pdlist[i]
> >
> > 9. Access pblist[4] == NULL, therefore unlocking will set bp == NULL in
> > libxfs_putbuf(bp);
> > 10. Page fault in libpthread
> >
> >
> > Solution patch attached with mail
> >
> >
> >
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 11:41:16 +0900
> From: Ajeet Yadav <ajeet.yadav.77@gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [patch] xfsprogs: repair never return if device removed
> To: xfs@oss.sgi.com
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> <AANLkTikyOfkbtxN3Et5YZRJ2rPpdsVouJkyRW4fDbUG7@mail.gmail.com>
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> I did not receive and response / reviews on patch.
>
> diff -Nurp xfsprogs/repair/sb.c xfsprogs-dirty/repair/sb.c
>
> --- xfsprogs/repair/sb.c 2011-01-28 20:23:02.000000000 +0900
>
> +++ xfsprogs-dirty/repair/sb.c 2011-01-28 20:21:06.000000000 +0900
>
> @@ -122,8 +122,9 @@ find_secondary_sb(xfs_sb_t *rsb)
>
> done = 1;
>
> }
>
> - if (!done && (bsize = read(x.dfd, sb, BSIZE)) == 0) {
>
> + if (!done && (bsize = read(x.dfd, sb, BSIZE)) <= 0) {
>
> done = 1;
>
> + do_warn(_("Couldn't find candidate secondary superblock, exiting...\n"));
>
> }
>
> do_warn(".");
>
> On Fri, Jan 28, 2011 at 8:31 PM, Ajeet Yadav <ajeet.yadav.77@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > xfsprogs all version, delete primary superblock of xfs partition
> >
> > dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda1 bs=512 count=1
> > sync
> >
> > Run xfs_repair in partition, while its searching for secondary superblock,
> > remove the disk (USB) xfs_repair will never exit and will loop in never
> > ending ............
> >
> > Please find patch attached with mail
> >
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> Message: 5
> Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 14:51:31 +1100
> From: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
> Subject: Re: how to decode metadump info produced by xfs_db, and
> superblock error
> To: lord worm <cryptopsy@live.com>
> Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com
> Message-ID: <20110131035131.GI21311@dastard>
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> On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 08:21:19PM -0500, lord worm wrote:
> > > Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2011 08:40:26 +1100
> > > From: david@fromorbit.com
> > > To: cryptopsy@live.com
> > > Subject: Re: how to decode metadump info produced by xfs_db, and superblock error
> > >
> > > On Sun, Jan 30, 2011 at 11:33:53AM -0500, lord worm wrote:
> > > > > Date: Sun, 30 Jan 2011 18:16:30 +1100
> > > > > From: david@fromorbit.com
> > > > > To: cryptopsy@live.com
> > > > > CC: xfs@oss.sgi.com
> > > > > Subject: Re: how to decode metadump info produced by xfs_db, and superblock error
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 07:25:10PM -0500, lord worm wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > What kind of information is in this file produced by metadump, is it worth reading it somehow?
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I'm trying to first understand what's causing a 'superblock cannot
> > > > > > be read' error in my XFS after a succesfully dd of the partition
> > > > > > (dd succeeds in copying to a file, and also restoring, but after
> > > > > > restoring it cannot mount).
> > > > >
> > > > > dmesg output when the mount fails?
> > > >
> > > > Could you email the mailing list next time as well, so that my
> > > > forwards are directed towards everyone, please?
> > >
> > > I did:
> > >
> > > http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2011-01/msg00486.html
> > >
> > > As for list ettiquette - please don't top post and wrap all you text
> > > except for code and pasted log messages at 72 columns.....
>
> Fixed that for you again.
>
> > > > Here's dmesg from the backup file, but I don't have it from the original disk after restoring it:
> > > >
> > > > [ 362.685464] attempt to access beyond end of device
> > > > [ 362.685468] loop5: rw=0, want=15662872, limit=15661056
> > > > [ 362.685473] I/O error in filesystem ("loop5") meta-data dev loop5 block 0xeeff17 ("xfs_read_buf") error 5 buf count 512
> > > > [ 362.685478] XFS: size check 2 failed
> > >
> > > Simple problem - you copied the filesystem back onto a device that
> > > is too small for the filesystem.
> >
> > When I reply to this email, it defaults to david@fromorbit.com, so
> > how will the others see it?
>
> Reply to all. It's common courtesy to reply to everyone on the
> cc-list for mailing list traffic as it often contains people not
> subscribed to the mailing list (e.g. a person reporting a bug).
>
> I've added the xfs list back onto the cc-list.
>
> > I can't mount the direct dd image of the drive as a loop device
> > either by the same error.
>
> Which means you probably didn't copy the entire drive in the first
> place.
>
> > The error persists even when its not
> > the filesystem that was copied back onto the device. Additionally,
> > its the exact same device with the exact same partition type
> > created by the exact same version of disk.
>
> partition type doesn't matter - the size does. The above error
> indicates that the loop device is 1816 sectors (908kiB) shorter than
> it needs to be, so maybe you aren't recreating the partition as
> large as it needs to be, too....
>
> As it is, the question I have at this point is why are you trying to
> copy the filesystem via dd? if all you want is an image, xfs_copy is
> probably what you want....
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
> --
> Dave Chinner
> david@fromorbit.com
>
>
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