2010-08-12 17:44:26

by Joel Becker

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Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 2/3] JBD2: Allow feature checks before journal recovery

On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 03:04:16PM -0700, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> Before we start accessing a huge (> 16 TiB) OCFS2 volume, we need to
> confirm that its journal supports 64-bit offsets. In particular, we
> need to check the journal's feature bits before recovering the journal.
>
> This is not possible with JBD2 at present, because the journal
> superblock (where the feature bits reside) is not loaded from disk until
> the journal is recovered.
>
> This patch loads the journal superblock in
> jbd2_journal_check_used_features() if it has not already been loaded,
> allowing us to check the feature bits before journal recovery.
>
> Signed-off-by: Patrick LoPresti <[email protected]>

Dear jbd2 developers,
I've pushed this patch to the merge-window branch of ocfs2.git.
I'm ready to send it to Linus, but I need your OK.

Joel

> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> index bc2ff59..5cfd8d4 100644
> --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c
> @@ -1365,6 +1365,10 @@ int jbd2_journal_check_used_features (journal_t *journal, unsigned long compat,
>
> if (!compat && !ro && !incompat)
> return 1;
> + /* Load journal superblock if it is not loaded yet. */
> + if (journal->j_format_version == 0 &&
> + journal_get_superblock(journal) != 0)
> + return 0;
> if (journal->j_format_version == 1)
> return 0;
>
>
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2010-08-12 23:04:36

by Joel Becker

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Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 2/3] JBD2: Allow feature checks before journal recovery

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:43:19AM -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 03:04:16PM -0700, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> > Before we start accessing a huge (> 16 TiB) OCFS2 volume, we need to
> > confirm that its journal supports 64-bit offsets. In particular, we
> > need to check the journal's feature bits before recovering the journal.
> >
> > This is not possible with JBD2 at present, because the journal
> > superblock (where the feature bits reside) is not loaded from disk until
> > the journal is recovered.
> >
> > This patch loads the journal superblock in
> > jbd2_journal_check_used_features() if it has not already been loaded,
> > allowing us to check the feature bits before journal recovery.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick LoPresti <[email protected]>
>
> Dear jbd2 developers,
> I've pushed this patch to the merge-window branch of ocfs2.git.
> I'm ready to send it to Linus, but I need your OK.

To be specific, I'd really like an Acked-by.

Joel

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2010-08-13 03:39:35

by Theodore Ts'o

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Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 2/3] JBD2: Allow feature checks before journal recovery

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:43:19AM -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 03:04:16PM -0700, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> > Before we start accessing a huge (> 16 TiB) OCFS2 volume, we need to
> > confirm that its journal supports 64-bit offsets. In particular, we
> > need to check the journal's feature bits before recovering the journal.
> >
> > This is not possible with JBD2 at present, because the journal
> > superblock (where the feature bits reside) is not loaded from disk until
> > the journal is recovered.
> >
> > This patch loads the journal superblock in
> > jbd2_journal_check_used_features() if it has not already been loaded,
> > allowing us to check the feature bits before journal recovery.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Patrick LoPresti <[email protected]>
>
> Dear jbd2 developers,
> I've pushed this patch to the merge-window branch of ocfs2.git.
> I'm ready to send it to Linus, but I need your OK.

Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>

- Ted

2010-08-13 07:18:45

by Joel Becker

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Subject: Re: [Ocfs2-devel] [PATCH 2/3] JBD2: Allow feature checks before journal recovery

On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 11:39:30PM -0400, Ted Ts'o wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 10:43:19AM -0700, Joel Becker wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 22, 2010 at 03:04:16PM -0700, Patrick J. LoPresti wrote:
> > > Before we start accessing a huge (> 16 TiB) OCFS2 volume, we need to
> > > confirm that its journal supports 64-bit offsets. In particular, we
> > > need to check the journal's feature bits before recovering the journal.
> > >
> > > This is not possible with JBD2 at present, because the journal
> > > superblock (where the feature bits reside) is not loaded from disk until
> > > the journal is recovered.
> > >
> > > This patch loads the journal superblock in
> > > jbd2_journal_check_used_features() if it has not already been loaded,
> > > allowing us to check the feature bits before journal recovery.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Patrick LoPresti <[email protected]>
> >
> > Dear jbd2 developers,
> > I've pushed this patch to the merge-window branch of ocfs2.git.
> > I'm ready to send it to Linus, but I need your OK.
>
> Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" <[email protected]>

Thanks Ted!

Joel

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