Re: [RFC PATCH 1/3] xfs: add xfs_error_report the ability to display an error code

[Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>]

On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 06:08:51PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 04, 2026 at 01:32:21PM +0200, cem@kernel.org wrote:
> > From: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
> > 
> > Users could opt to request an error code to be printed
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@redhat.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Carlos Maiolino <cem@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_error.c         |  7 ++++++-
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_error.h         | 10 +++++-----
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_exchmaps_item.c |  6 +++---
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c    |  2 +-
> >  fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c   |  2 +-
> >  5 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
> > index dbd87e137694..1c882b910ffd 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.c
> > @@ -377,6 +377,7 @@ void
> >  xfs_error_report(
> >  	const char		*tag,
> >  	int			level,
> > +	int			error,
> >  	struct xfs_mount	*mp,
> >  	const char		*filename,
> >  	int			linenum,
> > @@ -387,6 +388,10 @@ xfs_error_report(
> >  		"Internal error %s at line %d of file %s.  Caller %pS",
> >  			    tag, linenum, filename, failaddr);
> >  
> > +		if (error)
> > +			xfs_alert_tag(mp, XFS_PTAG_ERROR_REPORT,
> > +				      "Error Code: %d", error);
> 
> /me wonders, should the error erport just go in the "Internal error..."
> message above?
> 
> "Internal error $tag ($error) at line..."

Sure, I initially didn't want a longer line, but I'd rather have a
single line here too.

> 
> > +
> >  		xfs_stack_trace();
> >  	}
> >  }
> > @@ -404,7 +409,7 @@ xfs_corruption_error(
> >  {
> >  	if (buf && level <= xfs_error_level)
> >  		xfs_hex_dump(buf, bufsize);
> > -	xfs_error_report(tag, level, mp, filename, linenum, failaddr);
> > +	xfs_error_report(tag, level, 0, mp, filename, linenum, failaddr);
> >  	xfs_alert(mp, "Corruption detected. Unmount and run xfs_repair");
> >  }
> >  
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
> > index 0b9c5ba8a598..1a1aa60e92f2 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_error.h
> > @@ -8,9 +8,9 @@
> >  
> >  struct xfs_mount;
> >  
> > -extern void xfs_error_report(const char *tag, int level, struct xfs_mount *mp,
> > -			const char *filename, int linenum,
> > -			xfs_failaddr_t failaddr);
> > +extern void xfs_error_report(const char *tag, int level, int error,
> > +			     struct xfs_mount *mp, const char *filename,
> > +			     int linenum, xfs_failaddr_t failaddr);
> >  extern void xfs_corruption_error(const char *tag, int level,
> >  			struct xfs_mount *mp, const void *buf, size_t bufsize,
> >  			const char *filename, int linenum,
> > @@ -25,8 +25,8 @@ extern void xfs_inode_verifier_error(struct xfs_inode *ip, int error,
> >  			const char *name, const void *buf, size_t bufsz,
> >  			xfs_failaddr_t failaddr);
> >  
> > -#define	XFS_ERROR_REPORT(e, lvl, mp)	\
> > -	xfs_error_report(e, lvl, mp, __FILE__, __LINE__, __return_address)
> > +#define	XFS_ERROR_REPORT(e, lvl, error, mp)	\
> > +	xfs_error_report(e, lvl, error, mp, __FILE__, __LINE__, __return_address)
> >  #define	XFS_CORRUPTION_ERROR(e, lvl, mp, buf, bufsize)	\
> >  	xfs_corruption_error(e, lvl, mp, buf, bufsize, \
> >  			     __FILE__, __LINE__, __return_address)
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_exchmaps_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_exchmaps_item.c
> > index 264a121c5e16..b94c5e5e6549 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_exchmaps_item.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_exchmaps_item.c
> > @@ -559,13 +559,13 @@ xlog_recover_xmi_commit_pass2(
> >  
> >  	len = sizeof(struct xfs_xmi_log_format);
> >  	if (item->ri_buf[0].i_len != len) {
> > -		XFS_ERROR_REPORT(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, log->l_mp);
> > +		XFS_ERROR_REPORT(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, 0, log->l_mp);
> 
> These should be -EFSCORRUPTED, not 0, right?

This was a RFC and my goal here was just leave the messages unchanged by
now, I'll change it for a formal patch.

> 
> --D
> 
> >  		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> >  	}
> >  
> >  	xmi_formatp = item->ri_buf[0].i_addr;
> >  	if (xmi_formatp->__pad != 0) {
> > -		XFS_ERROR_REPORT(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, log->l_mp);
> > +		XFS_ERROR_REPORT(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, 0, log->l_mp);
> >  		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> >  	}
> >  
> > @@ -600,7 +600,7 @@ xlog_recover_xmd_commit_pass2(
> >  
> >  	xmd_formatp = item->ri_buf[0].i_addr;
> >  	if (item->ri_buf[0].i_len != sizeof(struct xfs_xmd_log_format)) {
> > -		XFS_ERROR_REPORT(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, log->l_mp);
> > +		XFS_ERROR_REPORT(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, 0, log->l_mp);
> >  		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> >  	}
> >  
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
> > index c6cb0b6b9e46..862b7d7d3ce4 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_inode_item.c
> > @@ -1185,7 +1185,7 @@ xfs_inode_item_format_convert(
> >  	struct xfs_inode_log_format_32	*in_f32 = buf->i_addr;
> >  
> >  	if (buf->i_len != sizeof(*in_f32)) {
> > -		XFS_ERROR_REPORT(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, NULL);
> > +		XFS_ERROR_REPORT(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, 0, NULL);
> >  		return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> >  	}
> >  
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
> > index 2f76531842f8..083e4bf61e2b 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_log_recover.c
> > @@ -2932,7 +2932,7 @@ xlog_recover_process(
> >  		 * fatal log corruption failure.
> >  		 */
> >  		if (xfs_has_crc(log->l_mp)) {
> > -			XFS_ERROR_REPORT(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, log->l_mp);
> > +			XFS_ERROR_REPORT(__func__, XFS_ERRLEVEL_LOW, 0, log->l_mp);
> >  			return -EFSCORRUPTED;
> >  		}
> >  	}
> > -- 
> > 2.55.0
> > 
> > 
>