From: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@sgi.com>
To: Dave Chinner <david@fromorbit.com>
Cc: xfs@oss.sgi.com
Subject: Re: [RFC, PATCH 0/102]: xfs: 3.0.x stable kernel update
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2012 08:59:04 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <50587E28.7090704@sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1345698180-13612-1-git-send-email-david@fromorbit.com>
On 08/23/12 00:01, Dave Chinner wrote:
> This series is a backport of all the major bug fixes in the current
> TOT kernel to the current 3.0.x stable tree.
>
> I won't make any secret of this - the fixes and supporting patches
> have been selected as a result of the issues reported in the current
> RHEL XFS codebase which currently is 2 commits short of the 3.0 code
> base. With that said, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to work out
> the motivations behind this work and eventual destination of the
> patch set. ;)
>
> There's no guarantee I have caught every single bug fix that has
> been made since 3.0, but I've tried to grab all the bug fix commits
> as indicated by the commit headers (hence the importance of good one
> line bug summaries).
>
> Over the past couple of weeks of testing and refining, I've had only
> three significant problems arise from QA and load testing:
>
> 1) An unreproducable log space hang
> 2) An unmount panic due to buffers not being cleaned up
> before tearing down the perag tree
> 3) A forced shutdown panic in block_invalidatepage()
> via xfs_aops_discard_page()
>
> It's entirely possible that #1 was due to the CIL space hang we
> still haven't got to the bottom of, so i'm not not greatly concerned
> by that. #2 implies I haven't quite backported the shutdown ordering
> fixes correctly (or I missed one), so I have a bit more work to do
> there. And for #3 - I've never seen that before and I haven't been
> able to reproduce it, so I really don't know what potential cause or
> impact it has.
>
> I've been beating on the series with xfstests, dbench, fsmark,
> postmark, compilebench and a few other load scripts that I've got,
> and it seems fairly resilient. Hence, it's time to give the series
> wider testing and review to flush out any remaining issues.
>
> For all the folks that run 3.0.x stable kernels, I'd appreciate it if
> you could give this a whirl on your test systems to see if there are
> any obvious, glaring problems that show up under your particular
> workloads. This woul dbe of great benefit to me before I submit the
> series to the stable kernel gurus - I'd prefer it there's more
> substantial testing than "i've done what I can" when sending them
> the series.
>
> For all the XFS developers that have copious amounts of free time
> available, I'd appreciate an eye run over the patch list to see if
> there's any potential bug fixes that I missed or have made glaring
> errors in backporting. Some of the fixes are dependent on cleanups I
> haven't included, so some of the patches are a bit different to what
> is in mainline (e.g. anything that touches setattr). Most important
> to look at is probably the inode i_size changes and the logging of
> all metadata changes.
>
> Enjoy!
>
> Cheers,
>
> Dave.
>
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This looks great. Like I said earlier, I did not find Brian Foster's log
patch:
xfs: check for stale inode before acquiring iflock on push
Upstream commit: 9a3a5dab63461b84213052888bf38a962b22d035
sample implementation listed on:
http://oss.sgi.com/archives/xfs/2012-09/msg00188.html
Reviewed-by: Mark Tinguely <tinguely@sgi.com>
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2012-08-23 5:01 [RFC, PATCH 0/102]: xfs: 3.0.x stable kernel update Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 001/102] xfs: don't serialise adjacent concurrent direct IO appending writes Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 002/102] xfs: remove dead ENODEV handling in xfs_destroy_ioend Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 003/102] xfs: defer AIO/DIO completions Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 004/102] xfs: reduce ioend latency Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 005/102] xfs: wait for I/O completion when writing out pages in xfs_setattr_size Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 006/102] xfs: improve ioend error handling Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 007/102] xfs: Check the return value of xfs_buf_get() Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 008/102] xfs: Check the return value of xfs_trans_get_buf() Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 009/102] xfs: dont ignore error code from xfs_bmbt_update Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 010/102] xfs: fix possible overflow in xfs_ioc_trim() Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 011/102] xfs: XFS_TRANS_SWAPEXT is not a valid flag for Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 012/102] xfs: Don't allocate new buffers on every call to _xfs_buf_find Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 013/102] xfs: reduce the number of log forces from tail pushing Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 014/102] xfs: optimize fsync on directories Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 015/102] xfs: clean up buffer allocation Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 016/102] xfs: clean up xfs_ioerror_alert Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 017/102] xfs: use xfs_ioerror_alert in xfs_buf_iodone_callbacks Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 018/102] xfs: do not flush data workqueues in xfs_flush_buftarg Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 019/102] xfs: add AIL pushing tracepoints Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 020/102] xfs: warn if direct reclaim tries to writeback pages Dave Chinner
2012-08-27 18:17 ` Christoph Hellwig
2012-09-05 11:32 ` Mel Gorman
2012-09-13 20:12 ` Mark Tinguely
2012-09-14 9:45 ` Mel Gorman
2012-09-14 12:56 ` Mark Tinguely
2012-09-14 16:18 ` Mark Tinguely
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 021/102] xfs: fix force shutdown handling in xfs_end_io Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 022/102] xfs: fix allocation length overflow in xfs_bmapi_write() Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 023/102] xfs: fix the logspace waiting algorithm Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 024/102] xfs: untangle SYNC_WAIT and SYNC_TRYLOCK meanings for xfs_qm_dqflush Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 025/102] xfs: make sure to really flush all dquots in xfs_qm_quotacheck Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 026/102] xfs: simplify xfs_qm_detach_gdquots Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 027/102] xfs: mark the xfssyncd workqueue as non-reentrant Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 028/102] xfs: make i_flags an unsigned long Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 029/102] xfs: remove the i_size field in struct xfs_inode Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 030/102] xfs: remove the i_new_size " Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 031/102] xfs: always return with the iolock held from Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 032/102] xfs: cleanup xfs_file_aio_write Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 033/102] xfs: pass KM_SLEEP flag to kmem_realloc() in Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 034/102] xfs: show uuid when mount fails due to duplicate uuid Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 035/102] xfs: xfs_trans_add_item() - don't assign in ASSERT() when compare is intended Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 036/102] xfs: split tail_lsn assignments from log space wakeups Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 037/102] xfs: do exact log space wakeups in xlog_ungrant_log_space Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 038/102] xfs: remove xfs_trans_unlocked_item Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 039/102] xfs: cleanup xfs_log_space_wake Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 040/102] xfs: remove log space waitqueues Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:01 ` [PATCH 041/102] xfs: add the xlog_grant_head structure Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 042/102] xfs: add xlog_grant_head_init Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 043/102] xfs: add xlog_grant_head_wake_all Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 044/102] xfs: share code for grant head waiting Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 045/102] xfs: share code for grant head wakeups Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 046/102] xfs: share code for grant head availability checks Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 047/102] xfs: split and cleanup xfs_log_reserve Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 048/102] xfs: only take the ILOCK in xfs_reclaim_inode() Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 049/102] xfs: use per-filesystem I/O completion workqueues Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 050/102] xfs: do not require an ioend for new EOF calculation Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 054/102] xfs: make xfs_inode_item_size idempotent Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 055/102] xfs: split in-core and on-disk inode log item fields Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 056/102] xfs: reimplement fdatasync support Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 057/102] xfs: fallback to vmalloc for large buffers in xfs_attrmulti_attr_get Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 058/102] xfs: fallback to vmalloc for large buffers in xfs_getbmap Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 059/102] xfs: fix deadlock in xfs_rtfree_extent Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 060/102] xfs: Fix open flag handling in open_by_handle code Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 061/102] xfs: introduce an allocation workqueue Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 062/102] xfs: trace xfs_name strings correctly Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 063/102] xfs: Account log unmount transaction correctly Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 064/102] xfs: fix fstrim offset calculations Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 065/102] xfs: add lots of attribute trace points Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 066/102] xfs: don't fill statvfs with project quota for a directory Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 067/102] xfs: Ensure inode reclaim can run during quotacheck Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 068/102] xfs: avoid taking the ilock unnessecarily in xfs_qm_dqattach Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 069/102] xfs: reduce ilock hold times in xfs_file_aio_write_checks Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 070/102] xfs: reduce ilock hold times in xfs_setattr_size Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 071/102] xfs: push the ilock into xfs_zero_eof Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 072/102] xfs: use shared ilock mode for direct IO writes by default Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 073/102] xfs: punch all delalloc blocks beyond EOF on write failure Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 074/102] xfs: using GFP_NOFS for blkdev_issue_flush Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 075/102] xfs: page type check in writeback only checks last buffer Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 076/102] xfs: punch new delalloc blocks out of failed writes inside Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 077/102] xfs: prevent needless mount warning causing test failures Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 078/102] xfs: don't assert on delalloc regions beyond EOF Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 079/102] xfs: limit specualtive delalloc to maxioffset Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 080/102] xfs: Use preallocation for inodes with extsz hints Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 081/102] xfs: fix buffer lookup race on allocation failure Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 082/102] xfs: check for buffer errors before waiting Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 083/102] xfs: fix incorrect b_offset initialisation Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 084/102] xfs: use kmem_zone_zalloc for buffers Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 085/102] xfs: use iolock on XFS_IOC_ALLOCSP calls Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 086/102] xfs: Properly exclude IO type flags from buffer flags Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 087/102] xfs: flush outstanding buffers on log mount failure Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 088/102] xfs: protect xfs_sync_worker with s_umount semaphore Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 089/102] xfs: fix memory reclaim deadlock on agi buffer Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 090/102] xfs: add trace points for log forces Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 091/102] xfs: switch to proper __bitwise type for KM_... flags Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 092/102] xfs: xfs_vm_writepage clear iomap_valid when Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 093/102] xfs: fix debug_object WARN at xfs_alloc_vextent() Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 094/102] xfs: m_maxioffset is redundant Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 095/102] xfs: make largest supported offset less shouty Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 096/102] xfs: kill copy and paste segment checks in xfs_file_aio_read Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 097/102] xfs: fix allocbt cursor leak in xfs_alloc_ag_vextent_near Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 098/102] xfs: shutdown xfs_sync_worker before the log Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 099/102] xfs: really fix the cursor leak in xfs_alloc_ag_vextent_near Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 100/102] xfs: don't defer metadata allocation to the workqueue Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:02 ` [PATCH 101/102] xfs: prevent recursion in xfs_buf_iorequest Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 5:03 ` [PATCH 102/102] xfs: handle EOF correctly in xfs_vm_writepage Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 21:54 ` [RFC, PATCH 0/102]: xfs: 3.0.x stable kernel update Dave Chinner
2012-08-23 22:14 ` Ben Myers
2012-08-23 22:23 ` Matthias Schniedermeyer
2012-09-01 23:10 ` Christoph Hellwig
2012-09-03 6:04 ` Dave Chinner
2012-09-04 21:13 ` Ben Myers
2012-09-05 4:24 ` Dave Chinner
2012-09-13 18:32 ` Mark Tinguely
2012-09-18 13:59 ` Mark Tinguely [this message]
2012-09-18 23:50 ` Dave Chinner
2012-09-19 13:14 ` Mark Tinguely
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