2017-06-16 19:34:05

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 00/22] fs: enhanced writeback error reporting with errseq_t (pile #1)

v7:
===
This is the seventh posting of the patchset to revamp the way writeback
errors are tracked and reported.

The main difference from the v6 posting is the removal of the
FS_WB_ERRSEQ flag. That requires a few other incremental patches in the
writeback code to ensure that both error tracking models are handled
in a suitable way.

Also, a bit more cleanup of the metadata writeback codepaths, and some
documentation updates.

Some of these patches have been posted separately, but I'm re-posting
them here to make it clear that they're prerequisites of the later
patches in the series.

This series is based on top of linux-next from a day or so ago. I'd like
to have this picked up by linux-next in the near future so we can get
some more extensive testing with it. Should I just plan to maintain a
topic branch on top of -next and ask Stephen to pick it up?

Background:
===========
The basic problem is that we have (for a very long time) tracked and
reported writeback errors based on two flags in the address_space:
AS_EIO and AS_ENOSPC. Those flags are cleared when they are checked,
so only the first caller to check them is able to consume them.

That model is quite unreliable, for several related reasons:

* only the first fsync caller on the inode will see the error. In a
world of containerized setups, that's no longer viable. Applications
need to know that their writes are safely stored, and they can
currently miss seeing errors that they should be aware of when
they're not.

* there are a lot of internal callers to filemap_fdatawait* and
filemap_write_and_wait* that clear these errors but then never report
them to userland in any fashion.

* Some internal callers report writeback errors, but can do so at
non-sensical times. For instance, we might want to truncate a file,
which triggers a pagecache flush. If that writeback fails, we might
report that error to the truncate caller, but a subsequent fsync
will likely not see it.

* Some internal callers try to reset the error flags after clearing
them, but that's racy. Another task could check the flags between
those two events.

Solution:
=========
This patchset adds a new datatype called an errseq_t that represents a
sequence of errors. It's a u32, with a field for a POSIX-flavor error
and a counter, managed with atomics. We can sample that value at a
particular point in time, and can later tell whether there have been any
errors since that point.

That allows us to provide traditional check-and-clear fsync semantics
on every open file description in a lightweight fashion. fsync callers
no longer need to coordinate between one another in order to ensure
that errors at fsync time are handled correctly.

Strategy:
=========
The aim with this pile is to do the minimum possible to support for
reliable reporting of errors on fsync, without substantially changing
the internals of the filesystems themselves.

Most of the internal calls to filemap_fdatawait are left alone, so all
of the internal error checkers are using the same error handling they
always have. The only real difference here is that we're better
reporting errors at fsync.

I think that we probably will want to eventually convert all of those
internal callers to use errseq_t based reporting, but that can be done
in an incremental fashion in follow-on patchsets.

Testing:
========
I've primarily been testing this with some new xfstests that I will post
in a separate series. These tests use dm-error fault injection to make
the underlying block device start throwing I/O errors, and then test the
how the filesystem layer reports errors after that.

Jeff Layton (22):
fs: remove call_fsync helper function
buffer: use mapping_set_error instead of setting the flag
fs: check for writeback errors after syncing out buffers in
generic_file_fsync
buffer: set errors in mapping at the time that the error occurs
jbd2: don't clear and reset errors after waiting on writeback
mm: clear AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC when writeback initiation fails
mm: don't TestClearPageError in __filemap_fdatawait_range
mm: clean up error handling in write_one_page
fs: always sync metadata in __generic_file_fsync
lib: add errseq_t type and infrastructure for handling it
fs: new infrastructure for writeback error handling and reporting
mm: tracepoints for writeback error events
mm: set both AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC and errseq_t in mapping_set_error
Documentation: flesh out the section in vfs.txt on storing and
reporting writeback errors
dax: set errors in mapping when writeback fails
block: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking
ext4: use errseq_t based error handling for reporting data writeback
errors
fs: add f_md_wb_err field to struct file for tracking metadata errors
ext4: add more robust reporting of metadata writeback errors
ext2: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking
xfs: minimal conversion to errseq_t writeback error reporting
btrfs: minimal conversion to errseq_t writeback error reporting on
fsync

Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 43 +++++++-
drivers/dax/device.c | 1 +
fs/block_dev.c | 9 +-
fs/btrfs/file.c | 7 +-
fs/buffer.c | 20 ++--
fs/dax.c | 4 +-
fs/ext2/dir.c | 8 ++
fs/ext2/file.c | 26 ++++-
fs/ext4/dir.c | 8 +-
fs/ext4/file.c | 5 +-
fs/ext4/fsync.c | 28 ++++-
fs/file_table.c | 1 +
fs/gfs2/lops.c | 2 +-
fs/jbd2/commit.c | 15 +--
fs/libfs.c | 12 +--
fs/open.c | 3 +
fs/sync.c | 2 +-
fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 15 ++-
include/linux/buffer_head.h | 1 +
include/linux/errseq.h | 19 ++++
include/linux/fs.h | 67 ++++++++++--
include/linux/pagemap.h | 31 ++++--
include/trace/events/filemap.h | 52 ++++++++++
ipc/shm.c | 2 +-
lib/Makefile | 2 +-
lib/errseq.c | 208 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/filemap.c | 113 +++++++++++++++++----
mm/page-writeback.c | 15 ++-
28 files changed, 628 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)
create mode 100644 include/linux/errseq.h
create mode 100644 lib/errseq.c

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2017-06-16 19:34:07

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 02/22] buffer: use mapping_set_error instead of setting the flag

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
---
fs/buffer.c | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 44172d11efae..7b4f4bfde91e 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -482,7 +482,7 @@ static void __remove_assoc_queue(struct buffer_head *bh)
list_del_init(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
WARN_ON(!bh->b_assoc_map);
if (buffer_write_io_error(bh))
- set_bit(AS_EIO, &bh->b_assoc_map->flags);
+ mapping_set_error(bh->b_assoc_map, -EIO);
bh->b_assoc_map = NULL;
}

--
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2017-06-16 19:34:06

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 01/22] fs: remove call_fsync helper function

Requested-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
fs/sync.c | 2 +-
include/linux/fs.h | 6 ------
ipc/shm.c | 2 +-
3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 11ba023434b1..2a54c1f22035 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int vfs_fsync_range(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
}
- return call_fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
+ return file->f_op->fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_fsync_range);

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 4929a8f28cc3..1a135274b4f8 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -1740,12 +1740,6 @@ static inline int call_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
return file->f_op->mmap(file, vma);
}

-static inline int call_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
- int datasync)
-{
- return file->f_op->fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
-}
-
ssize_t rw_copy_check_uvector(int type, const struct iovec __user * uvector,
unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned long fast_segs,
struct iovec *fast_pointer,
diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
index ec5688e98f25..28a444861a8f 100644
--- a/ipc/shm.c
+++ b/ipc/shm.c
@@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static int shm_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)

if (!sfd->file->f_op->fsync)
return -EINVAL;
- return call_fsync(sfd->file, start, end, datasync);
+ return sfd->file->f_op->fsync(sfd->file, start, end, datasync);
}

static long shm_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
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2017-06-16 19:34:08

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 03/22] fs: check for writeback errors after syncing out buffers in generic_file_fsync

ext2 currently does a test+clear of the AS_EIO flag, which is
is problematic for some coming changes.

What we really need to do instead is call filemap_check_errors
in __generic_file_fsync after syncing out the buffers. That
will be sufficient for this case, and help other callers detect
these errors properly as well.

With that, we don't need to twiddle it in ext2.

Suggested-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Matthew Wilcox <[email protected]>
---
fs/ext2/file.c | 2 +-
fs/libfs.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index b21891a6bfca..ed00e7ae0ef3 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -177,7 +177,7 @@ int ext2_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
struct address_space *mapping = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping;

ret = generic_file_fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
- if (ret == -EIO || test_and_clear_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags)) {
+ if (ret == -EIO) {
/* We don't really know where the IO error happened... */
ext2_error(sb, __func__,
"detected IO error when writing metadata buffers");
diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index a04395334bb1..1dec90819366 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -991,7 +991,8 @@ int __generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,

out:
inode_unlock(inode);
- return ret;
+ err = filemap_check_errors(inode->i_mapping);
+ return ret ? ret : err;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__generic_file_fsync);

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2017-06-16 19:34:09

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 04/22] buffer: set errors in mapping at the time that the error occurs

I noticed on xfs that I could still sometimes get back an error on fsync
on a fd that was opened after the error condition had been cleared.

The problem is that the buffer code sets the write_io_error flag and
then later checks that flag to set the error in the mapping. That flag
perisists for quite a while however. If the file is later opened with
O_TRUNC, the buffers will then be invalidated and the mapping's error
set such that a subsequent fsync will return error. I think this is
incorrect, as there was no writeback between the open and fsync.

Add a new mark_buffer_write_io_error operation that sets the flag and
the error in the mapping at the same time. Replace all calls to
set_buffer_write_io_error with mark_buffer_write_io_error, and remove
the places that check this flag in order to set the error in the
mapping.

This sets the error in the mapping earlier, at the time that it's first
detected.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
---
fs/buffer.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
fs/gfs2/lops.c | 2 +-
include/linux/buffer_head.h | 1 +
3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
index 7b4f4bfde91e..4d5d03b42e11 100644
--- a/fs/buffer.c
+++ b/fs/buffer.c
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ void end_buffer_write_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
} else {
buffer_io_error(bh, ", lost sync page write");
- set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
+ mark_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
}
unlock_buffer(bh);
@@ -352,8 +352,7 @@ void end_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
} else {
buffer_io_error(bh, ", lost async page write");
- mapping_set_error(page->mapping, -EIO);
- set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
+ mark_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
SetPageError(page);
}
@@ -481,8 +480,6 @@ static void __remove_assoc_queue(struct buffer_head *bh)
{
list_del_init(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
WARN_ON(!bh->b_assoc_map);
- if (buffer_write_io_error(bh))
- mapping_set_error(bh->b_assoc_map, -EIO);
bh->b_assoc_map = NULL;
}

@@ -1181,6 +1178,17 @@ void mark_buffer_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_dirty);

+void mark_buffer_write_io_error(struct buffer_head *bh)
+{
+ set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
+ /* FIXME: do we need to set this in both places? */
+ if (bh->b_page && bh->b_page->mapping)
+ mapping_set_error(bh->b_page->mapping, -EIO);
+ if (bh->b_assoc_map)
+ mapping_set_error(bh->b_assoc_map, -EIO);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_write_io_error);
+
/*
* Decrement a buffer_head's reference count. If all buffers against a page
* have zero reference count, are clean and unlocked, and if the page is clean
@@ -3266,8 +3274,6 @@ drop_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head **buffers_to_free)

bh = head;
do {
- if (buffer_write_io_error(bh) && page->mapping)
- mapping_set_error(page->mapping, -EIO);
if (buffer_busy(bh))
goto failed;
bh = bh->b_this_page;
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index 885d36e7a29f..1a9c2c08c1a1 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static void gfs2_end_log_write_bh(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct bio_vec *bvec,
bh = bh->b_this_page;
do {
if (error)
- set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
+ mark_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
unlock_buffer(bh);
next = bh->b_this_page;
size -= bh->b_size;
diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
index bd029e52ef5e..e0abeba3ced7 100644
--- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
+++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
@@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ void buffer_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
*/

void mark_buffer_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh);
+void mark_buffer_write_io_error(struct buffer_head *bh);
void init_buffer(struct buffer_head *, bh_end_io_t *, void *);
void touch_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
void set_bh_page(struct buffer_head *bh,
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2017-06-16 19:34:10

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 05/22] jbd2: don't clear and reset errors after waiting on writeback

Resetting this flag is almost certainly racy, and will be problematic
with some coming changes.

Make filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors return int, but not clear the flag(s).
Have jbd2 call it instead of filemap_fdatawait and don't attempt to
re-set the error flag if it fails.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
fs/jbd2/commit.c | 15 +++------------
include/linux/fs.h | 2 +-
mm/filemap.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
index b6b194ec1b4f..502110540598 100644
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -263,18 +263,9 @@ static int journal_finish_inode_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
continue;
jinode->i_flags |= JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
- err = filemap_fdatawait(jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping);
- if (err) {
- /*
- * Because AS_EIO is cleared by
- * filemap_fdatawait_range(), set it again so
- * that user process can get -EIO from fsync().
- */
- mapping_set_error(jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping, -EIO);
-
- if (!ret)
- ret = err;
- }
+ err = filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping);
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = err;
spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
smp_mb();
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1a135274b4f8..1b1233a1db1e 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2509,7 +2509,7 @@ extern int write_inode_now(struct inode *, int);
extern int filemap_fdatawrite(struct address_space *);
extern int filemap_flush(struct address_space *);
extern int filemap_fdatawait(struct address_space *);
-extern void filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *);
+extern int filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *);
extern int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
loff_t lend);
extern int filemap_write_and_wait(struct address_space *mapping);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index b9e870600572..37f286df7c95 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -311,6 +311,16 @@ int filemap_check_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_check_errors);

+static int filemap_check_and_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+ /* Check for outstanding write errors */
+ if (test_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags))
+ return -EIO;
+ if (test_bit(AS_ENOSPC, &mapping->flags))
+ return -ENOSPC;
+ return 0;
+}
+
/**
* __filemap_fdatawrite_range - start writeback on mapping dirty pages in range
* @mapping: address space structure to write
@@ -455,15 +465,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_range);
* call sites are system-wide / filesystem-wide data flushers: e.g. sync(2),
* fsfreeze(8)
*/
-void filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
+int filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
{
loff_t i_size = i_size_read(mapping->host);

if (i_size == 0)
- return;
+ return 0;

__filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping, 0, i_size - 1);
+ return filemap_check_and_keep_errors(mapping);
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors);

/**
* filemap_fdatawait - wait for all under-writeback pages to complete
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2017-06-16 19:34:11

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 06/22] mm: clear AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC when writeback initiation fails

filemap_write_and_wait{_range} will return an error if writeback
initiation fails, but won't clear errors in the address_space. This is
particularly problematic on DAX, as it's effectively synchronous. Ensure
that we clear the AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC flags when filemap_fdatawrite returns
an error.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
mm/filemap.c | 6 ++++++
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 37f286df7c95..c349a5d3a34b 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -517,6 +517,9 @@ int filemap_write_and_wait(struct address_space *mapping)
int err2 = filemap_fdatawait(mapping);
if (!err)
err = err2;
+ } else {
+ /* Clear any previously stored errors */
+ filemap_check_errors(mapping);
}
} else {
err = filemap_check_errors(mapping);
@@ -551,6 +554,9 @@ int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
lstart, lend);
if (!err)
err = err2;
+ } else {
+ /* Clear any previously stored errors */
+ filemap_check_errors(mapping);
}
} else {
err = filemap_check_errors(mapping);
--
2.13.0

2017-06-16 19:34:12

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 07/22] mm: don't TestClearPageError in __filemap_fdatawait_range

The -EIO returned here can end up overriding whatever error is marked in
the address space, and be returned at fsync time, even when there is a
more appropriate error stored in the mapping.

Read errors are also sometimes tracked on a per-page level using
PG_error. Suppose we have a read error on a page, and then that page is
subsequently dirtied by overwriting the whole page. Writeback doesn't
clear PG_error, so we can then end up successfully writing back that
page and still return -EIO on fsync.

Worse yet, PG_error is cleared during a sync() syscall, but the -EIO
return from that is silently discarded. Any subsystem that is relying on
PG_error to report errors during fsync can easily lose writeback errors
due to this. All you need is a stray sync() call to wait for writeback
to complete and you've lost the error.

Since the handling of the PG_error flag is somewhat inconsistent across
subsystems, let's just rely on marking the address space when there are
writeback errors. Change the TestClearPageError call to ClearPageError,
and make __filemap_fdatawait_range a void return function.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
mm/filemap.c | 20 +++++---------------
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index c349a5d3a34b..21e65c6ef1a0 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -388,17 +388,16 @@ int filemap_flush(struct address_space *mapping)
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_flush);

-static int __filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
+static void __filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t start_byte, loff_t end_byte)
{
pgoff_t index = start_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
pgoff_t end = end_byte >> PAGE_SHIFT;
struct pagevec pvec;
int nr_pages;
- int ret = 0;

if (end_byte < start_byte)
- goto out;
+ return;

pagevec_init(&pvec, 0);
while ((index <= end) &&
@@ -415,14 +414,11 @@ static int __filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
continue;

wait_on_page_writeback(page);
- if (TestClearPageError(page))
- ret = -EIO;
+ ClearPageError(page);
}
pagevec_release(&pvec);
cond_resched();
}
-out:
- return ret;
}

/**
@@ -442,14 +438,8 @@ static int __filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *mapping, loff_t start_byte,
loff_t end_byte)
{
- int ret, ret2;
-
- ret = __filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping, start_byte, end_byte);
- ret2 = filemap_check_errors(mapping);
- if (!ret)
- ret = ret2;
-
- return ret;
+ __filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping, start_byte, end_byte);
+ return filemap_check_errors(mapping);
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_range);

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2017-06-16 19:34:13

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 08/22] mm: clean up error handling in write_one_page

Don't try to check PageError since that's potentially racy and not
necessarily going to be set after writepage errors out.

Instead, check the mapping for an error after writepage returns.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
---
mm/page-writeback.c | 15 +++++++--------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/mm/page-writeback.c b/mm/page-writeback.c
index 36c62fda96bc..64b75bd996a4 100644
--- a/mm/page-writeback.c
+++ b/mm/page-writeback.c
@@ -2371,14 +2371,13 @@ int do_writepages(struct address_space *mapping, struct writeback_control *wbc)
*
* The page must be locked by the caller and will be unlocked upon return.
*
- * write_one_page() returns a negative error code if I/O failed. Note that
- * the address_space is not marked for error. The caller must do this if
- * needed.
+ * Note that the mapping's AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC flags will be cleared when this
+ * function returns.
*/
int write_one_page(struct page *page)
{
struct address_space *mapping = page->mapping;
- int ret = 0;
+ int ret = 0, ret2;
struct writeback_control wbc = {
.sync_mode = WB_SYNC_ALL,
.nr_to_write = 1,
@@ -2391,15 +2390,15 @@ int write_one_page(struct page *page)
if (clear_page_dirty_for_io(page)) {
get_page(page);
ret = mapping->a_ops->writepage(page, &wbc);
- if (ret == 0) {
+ if (ret == 0)
wait_on_page_writeback(page);
- if (PageError(page))
- ret = -EIO;
- }
put_page(page);
} else {
unlock_page(page);
}
+
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = filemap_check_errors(mapping);
return ret;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(write_one_page);
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2017-06-16 19:34:14

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 09/22] fs: always sync metadata in __generic_file_fsync

If there were previously both metadata and data writeback errors when
fsync is called, then it will currently take two calls to fsync() to
clear them on some filesystems.

The problem is in __generic_file_fsync, which won't try to write back
the metadata if the data flush fails. Fix this by always attempting to
write out the metadata, even when a flush of the data reports an error.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
fs/libfs.c | 9 ++++-----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/libfs.c b/fs/libfs.c
index 1dec90819366..c93e77ecb49c 100644
--- a/fs/libfs.c
+++ b/fs/libfs.c
@@ -974,12 +974,12 @@ int __generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
int err;
int ret;

- err = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
- if (err)
- return err;
+ ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);

inode_lock(inode);
- ret = sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
+ err = sync_mapping_buffers(inode->i_mapping);
+ if (ret == 0)
+ ret = err;
if (!(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_ALL))
goto out;
if (datasync && !(inode->i_state & I_DIRTY_DATASYNC))
@@ -988,7 +988,6 @@ int __generic_file_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
err = sync_inode_metadata(inode, 1);
if (ret == 0)
ret = err;
-
out:
inode_unlock(inode);
err = filemap_check_errors(inode->i_mapping);
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2017-06-16 19:34:15

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 10/22] lib: add errseq_t type and infrastructure for handling it

An errseq_t is a way of recording errors in one place, and allowing any
number of "subscribers" to tell whether an error has been set again
since a previous time.

It's implemented as an unsigned 32-bit value that is managed with atomic
operations. The low order bits are designated to hold an error code
(max size of MAX_ERRNO). The upper bits are used as a counter.

The API works with consumers sampling an errseq_t value at a particular
point in time. Later, that value can be used to tell whether new errors
have been set since that time.

Note that there is a 1 in 512k risk of collisions here if new errors
are being recorded frequently, since we have so few bits to use as a
counter. To mitigate this, one bit is used as a flag to tell whether the
value has been sampled since a new value was recorded. That allows
us to avoid bumping the counter if no one has sampled it since it
was last bumped.

Later patches will build on this infrastructure to change how writeback
errors are tracked in the kernel.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: NeilBrown <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/errseq.h | 19 +++++
lib/Makefile | 2 +-
lib/errseq.c | 200 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
3 files changed, 220 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100644 include/linux/errseq.h
create mode 100644 lib/errseq.c

diff --git a/include/linux/errseq.h b/include/linux/errseq.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..0d2555f310cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/linux/errseq.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#ifndef _LINUX_ERRSEQ_H
+#define _LINUX_ERRSEQ_H
+
+/* See lib/errseq.c for more info */
+
+typedef u32 errseq_t;
+
+void __errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err);
+static inline void errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err)
+{
+ /* Optimize for the common case of no error */
+ if (unlikely(err))
+ __errseq_set(eseq, err);
+}
+
+errseq_t errseq_sample(errseq_t *eseq);
+int errseq_check(errseq_t *eseq, errseq_t since);
+int errseq_check_and_advance(errseq_t *eseq, errseq_t *since);
+#endif
diff --git a/lib/Makefile b/lib/Makefile
index 1cd21743af14..85e91e51a9fe 100644
--- a/lib/Makefile
+++ b/lib/Makefile
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ obj-y += bcd.o div64.o sort.o parser.o debug_locks.o random32.o \
gcd.o lcm.o list_sort.o uuid.o flex_array.o iov_iter.o clz_ctz.o \
bsearch.o find_bit.o llist.o memweight.o kfifo.o \
percpu-refcount.o percpu_ida.o rhashtable.o reciprocal_div.o \
- once.o refcount.o usercopy.o
+ once.o refcount.o usercopy.o errseq.o
obj-y += string_helpers.o
obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_STRING_HELPERS) += test-string_helpers.o
obj-y += hexdump.o
diff --git a/lib/errseq.c b/lib/errseq.c
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d129c0611c1f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/errseq.c
@@ -0,0 +1,200 @@
+#include <linux/err.h>
+#include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/atomic.h>
+#include <linux/errseq.h>
+
+/*
+ * An errseq_t is a way of recording errors in one place, and allowing any
+ * number of "subscribers" to tell whether it has changed since a previous
+ * point where it was sampled.
+ *
+ * It's implemented as an unsigned 32-bit value. The low order bits are
+ * designated to hold an error code (between 0 and -MAX_ERRNO). The upper bits
+ * are used as a counter. This is done with atomics instead of locking so that
+ * these functions can be called from any context.
+ *
+ * The general idea is for consumers to sample an errseq_t value. That value
+ * can later be used to tell whether any new errors have occurred since that
+ * sampling was done.
+ *
+ * Note that there is a risk of collisions if new errors are being recorded
+ * frequently, since we have so few bits to use as a counter.
+ *
+ * To mitigate this, one bit is used as a flag to tell whether the value has
+ * been sampled since a new value was recorded. That allows us to avoid bumping
+ * the counter if no one has sampled it since the last time an error was
+ * recorded.
+ *
+ * A new errseq_t should always be zeroed out. A errseq_t value of all zeroes
+ * is the special (but common) case where there has never been an error. An all
+ * zero value thus serves as the "epoch" if one wishes to know whether there
+ * has ever been an error set since it was first initialized.
+ */
+
+/* The low bits are designated for error code (max of MAX_ERRNO) */
+#define ERRSEQ_SHIFT ilog2(MAX_ERRNO + 1)
+
+/* This bit is used as a flag to indicate whether the value has been seen */
+#define ERRSEQ_SEEN (1 << ERRSEQ_SHIFT)
+
+/* The lowest bit of the counter */
+#define ERRSEQ_CTR_INC (1 << (ERRSEQ_SHIFT + 1))
+
+/**
+ * __errseq_set - set a errseq_t for later reporting
+ * @eseq: errseq_t field that should be set
+ * @err: error to set
+ *
+ * This function sets the error in *eseq, and increments the sequence counter
+ * if the last sequence was sampled at some point in the past.
+ *
+ * Any error set will always overwrite an existing error.
+ *
+ * Most callers will want to use the errseq_set inline wrapper to efficiently
+ * handle the common case where err is 0.
+ */
+void __errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err)
+{
+ errseq_t old;
+
+ /* MAX_ERRNO must be able to serve as a mask */
+ BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(MAX_ERRNO + 1);
+
+ /*
+ * Ensure the error code actually fits where we want it to go. If it
+ * doesn't then just throw a warning and don't record anything. We
+ * also don't accept zero here as that would effectively clear a
+ * previous error.
+ */
+ if (WARN(unlikely(err == 0 || (unsigned int)-err > MAX_ERRNO),
+ "err = %d\n", err))
+ return;
+
+ old = READ_ONCE(*eseq);
+ for (;;) {
+ errseq_t new, cur;
+
+ /* Clear out error bits and set new error */
+ new = (old & ~(MAX_ERRNO|ERRSEQ_SEEN)) | -err;
+
+ /* Only increment if someone has looked at it */
+ if (old & ERRSEQ_SEEN)
+ new += ERRSEQ_CTR_INC;
+
+ /* If there would be no change, then call it done */
+ if (new == old)
+ break;
+
+ /* Try to swap the new value into place */
+ cur = cmpxchg(eseq, old, new);
+
+ /*
+ * Call it success if we did the swap or someone else beat us
+ * to it for the same value.
+ */
+ if (likely(cur == old || cur == new))
+ break;
+
+ /* Raced with an update, try again */
+ old = cur;
+ }
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__errseq_set);
+
+/**
+ * errseq_sample - grab current errseq_t value
+ * @eseq: pointer to errseq_t to be sampled
+ *
+ * This function allows callers to sample an errseq_t value, marking it as
+ * "seen" if required.
+ */
+errseq_t errseq_sample(errseq_t *eseq)
+{
+ errseq_t old = READ_ONCE(*eseq);
+ errseq_t new = old;
+
+ /*
+ * For the common case of no errors ever having been set, we can skip
+ * marking the SEEN bit. Once an error has been set, the value will
+ * never go back to zero.
+ */
+ if (old != 0) {
+ new |= ERRSEQ_SEEN;
+ if (old != new)
+ cmpxchg(eseq, old, new);
+ }
+ return new;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(errseq_sample);
+
+/**
+ * errseq_check - has an error occurred since a particular sample point?
+ * @eseq: pointer to errseq_t value to be checked
+ * @since: previously-sampled errseq_t from which to check
+ *
+ * Grab the value that eseq points to, and see if it has changed "since"
+ * the given value was sampled. The "since" value is not advanced, so there
+ * is no need to mark the value as seen.
+ *
+ * Returns the latest error set in the errseq_t or 0 if it hasn't changed.
+ */
+int errseq_check(errseq_t *eseq, errseq_t since)
+{
+ errseq_t cur = READ_ONCE(*eseq);
+
+ if (likely(cur == since))
+ return 0;
+ return -(cur & MAX_ERRNO);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(errseq_check);
+
+/**
+ * errseq_check_and_advance - check an errseq_t and advance it to the current value
+ * @eseq: pointer to value being checked and reported
+ * @since: pointer to previously-sampled errseq_t to check against and advance
+ *
+ * Grab the eseq value, and see whether it matches the value that "since"
+ * points to. If it does, then just return 0.
+ *
+ * If it doesn't, then the value has changed. Set the "seen" flag, and try to
+ * swap it into place as the new eseq value. Then, set that value as the new
+ * "since" value, and return whatever the error portion is set to.
+ *
+ * Note that no locking is provided here for concurrent updates to the "since"
+ * value. The caller must provide that if necessary. Because of this, callers
+ * may want to do a lockless errseq_check before taking the lock and calling
+ * this.
+ */
+int errseq_check_and_advance(errseq_t *eseq, errseq_t *since)
+{
+ int err = 0;
+ errseq_t old, new;
+
+ /*
+ * Most callers will want to use the inline wrapper to check this,
+ * so that the common case of no error is handled without needing
+ * to take the lock that protects the "since" value.
+ */
+ old = READ_ONCE(*eseq);
+ if (old != *since) {
+ /*
+ * Set the flag and try to swap it into place if it has
+ * changed.
+ *
+ * We don't care about the outcome of the swap here. If the
+ * swap doesn't occur, then it has either been updated by a
+ * writer who is altering the value in some way (updating
+ * counter or resetting the error), or another reader who is
+ * just setting the "seen" flag. Either outcome is OK, and we
+ * can advance "since" and return an error based on what we
+ * have.
+ */
+ new = old | ERRSEQ_SEEN;
+ if (new != old)
+ cmpxchg(eseq, old, new);
+ *since = new;
+ err = -(new & MAX_ERRNO);
+ }
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(errseq_check_and_advance);
--
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2017-06-16 19:34:16

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 11/22] fs: new infrastructure for writeback error handling and reporting

Most filesystems currently use mapping_set_error and
filemap_check_errors for setting and reporting/clearing writeback errors
at the mapping level. filemap_check_errors is indirectly called from
most of the filemap_fdatawait_* functions and from
filemap_write_and_wait*. These functions are called from all sorts of
contexts to wait on writeback to finish -- e.g. mostly in fsync, but
also in truncate calls, getattr, etc.

The non-fsync callers are problematic. We should be reporting writeback
errors during fsync, but many places spread over the tree clear out
errors before they can be properly reported, or report errors at
nonsensical times.

If I get -EIO on a stat() call, there is no reason for me to assume that
it is because some previous writeback failed. The fact that it also
clears out the error such that a subsequent fsync returns 0 is a bug,
and a nasty one since that's potentially silent data corruption.

This patch adds a small bit of new infrastructure for setting and
reporting errors during address_space writeback. While the above was my
original impetus for adding this, I think it's also the case that
current fsync semantics are just problematic for userland. Most
applications that call fsync do so to ensure that the data they wrote
has hit the backing store.

In the case where there are multiple writers to the file at the same
time, this is really hard to determine. The first one to call fsync will
see any stored error, and the rest get back 0. The processes with open
fds may not be associated with one another in any way. They could even
be in different containers, so ensuring coordination between all fsync
callers is not really an option.

One way to remedy this would be to track what file descriptor was used
to dirty the file, but that's rather cumbersome and would likely be
slow. However, there is a simpler way to improve the semantics here
without incurring too much overhead.

This set adds an errseq_t to struct address_space, and a corresponding
one is added to struct file. Writeback errors are recorded in the
mapping's errseq_t, and the one in struct file is used as the "since"
value.

This changes the semantics of the Linux fsync implementation such that
applications can now use it to determine whether there were any
writeback errors since fsync(fd) was last called (or since the file was
opened in the case of fsync having never been called).

Note that those writeback errors may have occurred when writing data
that was dirtied via an entirely different fd, but that's the case now
with the current mapping_set_error/filemap_check_error infrastructure.
This will at least prevent you from getting a false report of success.

The new behavior is still consistent with the POSIX spec, and is more
reliable for application developers. This patch just adds some basic
infrastructure for doing this, and ensures that the f_wb_err "cursor"
is properly set when a file is opened. Later patches will change the
existing code to use this new infrastructure for reporting errors at
fsync time.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
---
drivers/dax/device.c | 1 +
fs/block_dev.c | 1 +
fs/file_table.c | 1 +
fs/open.c | 3 +++
include/linux/fs.h | 53 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
mm/filemap.c | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
6 files changed, 97 insertions(+)

diff --git a/drivers/dax/device.c b/drivers/dax/device.c
index 006e657dfcb9..12943d19bfc4 100644
--- a/drivers/dax/device.c
+++ b/drivers/dax/device.c
@@ -499,6 +499,7 @@ static int dax_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
inode->i_mapping = __dax_inode->i_mapping;
inode->i_mapping->host = __dax_inode;
filp->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;
+ filp->f_wb_err = filemap_sample_wb_err(filp->f_mapping);
filp->private_data = dev_dax;
inode->i_flags = S_DAX;

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index bcd8e16a34e1..dc839f8f0ba5 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -1746,6 +1746,7 @@ static int blkdev_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
return -ENOMEM;

filp->f_mapping = bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping;
+ filp->f_wb_err = filemap_sample_wb_err(filp->f_mapping);

return blkdev_get(bdev, filp->f_mode, filp);
}
diff --git a/fs/file_table.c b/fs/file_table.c
index 954d510b765a..72e861a35a7f 100644
--- a/fs/file_table.c
+++ b/fs/file_table.c
@@ -168,6 +168,7 @@ struct file *alloc_file(const struct path *path, fmode_t mode,
file->f_path = *path;
file->f_inode = path->dentry->d_inode;
file->f_mapping = path->dentry->d_inode->i_mapping;
+ file->f_wb_err = filemap_sample_wb_err(file->f_mapping);
if ((mode & FMODE_READ) &&
likely(fop->read || fop->read_iter))
mode |= FMODE_CAN_READ;
diff --git a/fs/open.c b/fs/open.c
index cd0c5be8d012..280d4a963791 100644
--- a/fs/open.c
+++ b/fs/open.c
@@ -707,6 +707,9 @@ static int do_dentry_open(struct file *f,
f->f_inode = inode;
f->f_mapping = inode->i_mapping;

+ /* Ensure that we skip any errors that predate opening of the file */
+ f->f_wb_err = filemap_sample_wb_err(f->f_mapping);
+
if (unlikely(f->f_flags & O_PATH)) {
f->f_mode = FMODE_PATH;
f->f_op = &empty_fops;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 1b1233a1db1e..09d511771b25 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
#include <linux/workqueue.h>
#include <linux/delayed_call.h>
#include <linux/uuid.h>
+#include <linux/errseq.h>

#include <asm/byteorder.h>
#include <uapi/linux/fs.h>
@@ -393,6 +394,7 @@ struct address_space {
gfp_t gfp_mask; /* implicit gfp mask for allocations */
struct list_head private_list; /* ditto */
void *private_data; /* ditto */
+ errseq_t wb_err;
} __attribute__((aligned(sizeof(long))));
/*
* On most architectures that alignment is already the case; but
@@ -847,6 +849,7 @@ struct file {
* Must not be taken from IRQ context.
*/
spinlock_t f_lock;
+ errseq_t f_wb_err;
atomic_long_t f_count;
unsigned int f_flags;
fmode_t f_mode;
@@ -2521,6 +2524,56 @@ extern int filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping,
loff_t start, loff_t end);
extern int filemap_check_errors(struct address_space *mapping);

+extern int __must_check filemap_report_wb_err(struct file *file);
+
+/**
+ * filemap_set_wb_err - set a writeback error on an address_space
+ * @mapping: mapping in which to set writeback error
+ * @err: error to be set in mapping
+ *
+ * When writeback fails in some way, we must record that error so that
+ * userspace can be informed when fsync and the like are called. We endeavor
+ * to report errors on any file that was open at the time of the error. Some
+ * internal callers also need to know when writeback errors have occurred.
+ *
+ * When a writeback error occurs, most filesystems will want to call
+ * filemap_set_wb_err to record the error in the mapping so that it will be
+ * automatically reported whenever fsync is called on the file.
+ *
+ * FIXME: mention FS_* flag here?
+ */
+static inline void filemap_set_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping, int err)
+{
+ errseq_set(&mapping->wb_err, err);
+}
+
+/**
+ * filemap_check_wb_error - has an error occurred since the mark was sampled?
+ * @mapping: mapping to check for writeback errors
+ * @since: previously-sampled errseq_t
+ *
+ * Grab the errseq_t value from the mapping, and see if it has changed "since"
+ * the given value was sampled.
+ *
+ * If it has then report the latest error set, otherwise return 0.
+ */
+static inline int filemap_check_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping, errseq_t since)
+{
+ return errseq_check(&mapping->wb_err, since);
+}
+
+/**
+ * filemap_sample_wb_err - sample the current errseq_t to test for later errors
+ * @mapping: mapping to be sampled
+ *
+ * Writeback errors are always reported relative to a particular sample point
+ * in the past. This function provides those sample points.
+ */
+static inline errseq_t filemap_sample_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+ return errseq_sample(&mapping->wb_err);
+}
+
extern int vfs_fsync_range(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
int datasync);
extern int vfs_fsync(struct file *file, int datasync);
diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 21e65c6ef1a0..2803b30cbb5d 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -556,6 +556,44 @@ int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait_range);

/**
+ * filemap_report_wb_err - report wb error (if any) that was previously set
+ * @file: struct file on which the error is being reported
+ *
+ * When userland calls fsync (or something like nfsd does the equivalent), we
+ * want to report any writeback errors that occurred since the last fsync (or
+ * since the file was opened if there haven't been any).
+ *
+ * Grab the wb_err from the mapping. If it matches what we have in the file,
+ * then just quickly return 0. The file is all caught up.
+ *
+ * If it doesn't match, then take the mapping value, set the "seen" flag in
+ * it and try to swap it into place. If it works, or another task beat us
+ * to it with the new value, then update the f_wb_err and return the error
+ * portion. The error at this point must be reported via proper channels
+ * (a'la fsync, or NFS COMMIT operation, etc.).
+ *
+ * While we handle mapping->wb_err with atomic operations, the f_wb_err
+ * value is protected by the f_lock since we must ensure that it reflects
+ * the latest value swapped in for this file descriptor.
+ */
+int filemap_report_wb_err(struct file *file)
+{
+ int err = 0;
+ struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+
+ /* Locklessly handle the common case where nothing has changed */
+ if (errseq_check(&mapping->wb_err, READ_ONCE(file->f_wb_err))) {
+ /* Something changed, must use slow path */
+ spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+ err = errseq_check_and_advance(&mapping->wb_err,
+ &file->f_wb_err);
+ spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+ }
+ return err;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_report_wb_err);
+
+/**
* replace_page_cache_page - replace a pagecache page with a new one
* @old: page to be replaced
* @new: page to replace with
--
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Subject: [PATCH v7 13/22] mm: set both AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC and errseq_t in mapping_set_error

When a writeback error occurs, we want later callers to be able to pick
up that fact when they go to wait on that writeback to complete.
Traditionally, we've used AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC flags to track that, but
that's problematic since only one "checker" will be informed when an
error occurs.

In later patches, we're going to want to convert many of these callers
to check for errors since a well-defined point in time. For now, ensure
that we can handle both sorts of checks by both setting errors in both
places when there is a writeback failure.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/pagemap.h | 31 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------
1 file changed, 25 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index 316a19f6b635..28acc94e0f81 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -28,14 +28,33 @@ enum mapping_flags {
AS_NO_WRITEBACK_TAGS = 5,
};

+/**
+ * mapping_set_error - record a writeback error in the address_space
+ * @mapping - the mapping in which an error should be set
+ * @error - the error to set in the mapping
+ *
+ * When writeback fails in some way, we must record that error so that
+ * userspace can be informed when fsync and the like are called. We endeavor
+ * to report errors on any file that was open at the time of the error. Some
+ * internal callers also need to know when writeback errors have occurred.
+ *
+ * When a writeback error occurs, most filesystems will want to call
+ * mapping_set_error to record the error in the mapping so that it can be
+ * reported when the application calls fsync(2).
+ */
static inline void mapping_set_error(struct address_space *mapping, int error)
{
- if (unlikely(error)) {
- if (error == -ENOSPC)
- set_bit(AS_ENOSPC, &mapping->flags);
- else
- set_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags);
- }
+ if (likely(!error))
+ return;
+
+ /* Record in wb_err for checkers using errseq_t based tracking */
+ filemap_set_wb_err(mapping, error);
+
+ /* Record it in flags for now, for legacy callers */
+ if (error == -ENOSPC)
+ set_bit(AS_ENOSPC, &mapping->flags);
+ else
+ set_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags);
}

static inline void mapping_set_unevictable(struct address_space *mapping)
--
2.13.0


2017-06-16 19:34:17

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 12/22] mm: tracepoints for writeback error events

To enable that, make __errseq_set return the value that it was set to
when we exit the loop. Take heed that that value is not suitable as a
later "since" value, as it will not have been marked seen.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/errseq.h | 2 +-
include/linux/fs.h | 5 +++-
include/trace/events/filemap.h | 55 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
lib/errseq.c | 20 ++++++++++-----
mm/filemap.c | 13 +++++++++-
5 files changed, 86 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/errseq.h b/include/linux/errseq.h
index 0d2555f310cd..9e0d444ac88d 100644
--- a/include/linux/errseq.h
+++ b/include/linux/errseq.h
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@

typedef u32 errseq_t;

-void __errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err);
+errseq_t __errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err);
static inline void errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err)
{
/* Optimize for the common case of no error */
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 09d511771b25..8980e5ce2063 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2525,6 +2525,7 @@ extern int filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping,
extern int filemap_check_errors(struct address_space *mapping);

extern int __must_check filemap_report_wb_err(struct file *file);
+extern void __filemap_set_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping, int err);

/**
* filemap_set_wb_err - set a writeback error on an address_space
@@ -2544,7 +2545,9 @@ extern int __must_check filemap_report_wb_err(struct file *file);
*/
static inline void filemap_set_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping, int err)
{
- errseq_set(&mapping->wb_err, err);
+ /* Fastpath for common case of no error */
+ if (unlikely(err))
+ __filemap_set_wb_err(mapping, err);
}

/**
diff --git a/include/trace/events/filemap.h b/include/trace/events/filemap.h
index 42febb6bc1d5..2af66920f267 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/filemap.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/filemap.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
#include <linux/memcontrol.h>
#include <linux/device.h>
#include <linux/kdev_t.h>
+#include <linux/errseq.h>

DECLARE_EVENT_CLASS(mm_filemap_op_page_cache,

@@ -52,6 +53,60 @@ DEFINE_EVENT(mm_filemap_op_page_cache, mm_filemap_add_to_page_cache,
TP_ARGS(page)
);

+TRACE_EVENT(filemap_set_wb_err,
+ TP_PROTO(struct address_space *mapping, errseq_t eseq),
+
+ TP_ARGS(mapping, eseq),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(unsigned long, i_ino)
+ __field(dev_t, s_dev)
+ __field(errseq_t, errseq)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->i_ino = mapping->host->i_ino;
+ __entry->errseq = eseq;
+ if (mapping->host->i_sb)
+ __entry->s_dev = mapping->host->i_sb->s_dev;
+ else
+ __entry->s_dev = mapping->host->i_rdev;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("dev=%d:%d ino=0x%lx errseq=0x%x",
+ MAJOR(__entry->s_dev), MINOR(__entry->s_dev),
+ __entry->i_ino, __entry->errseq)
+);
+
+TRACE_EVENT(filemap_report_wb_err,
+ TP_PROTO(struct file *file, errseq_t old),
+
+ TP_ARGS(file, old),
+
+ TP_STRUCT__entry(
+ __field(struct file *, file);
+ __field(unsigned long, i_ino)
+ __field(dev_t, s_dev)
+ __field(errseq_t, old)
+ __field(errseq_t, new)
+ ),
+
+ TP_fast_assign(
+ __entry->file = file;
+ __entry->i_ino = file->f_mapping->host->i_ino;
+ if (file->f_mapping->host->i_sb)
+ __entry->s_dev = file->f_mapping->host->i_sb->s_dev;
+ else
+ __entry->s_dev = file->f_mapping->host->i_rdev;
+ __entry->old = old;
+ __entry->new = file->f_wb_err;
+ ),
+
+ TP_printk("file=%p dev=%d:%d ino=0x%lx old=0x%x new=0x%x",
+ __entry->file, MAJOR(__entry->s_dev),
+ MINOR(__entry->s_dev), __entry->i_ino, __entry->old,
+ __entry->new)
+);
#endif /* _TRACE_FILEMAP_H */

/* This part must be outside protection */
diff --git a/lib/errseq.c b/lib/errseq.c
index d129c0611c1f..009972d3000c 100644
--- a/lib/errseq.c
+++ b/lib/errseq.c
@@ -52,10 +52,14 @@
*
* Most callers will want to use the errseq_set inline wrapper to efficiently
* handle the common case where err is 0.
+ *
+ * We do return an errseq_t here, primarily for debugging purposes. The return
+ * value should not be used as a previously sampled value in later calls as it
+ * will not have the SEEN flag set.
*/
-void __errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err)
+errseq_t __errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err)
{
- errseq_t old;
+ errseq_t cur, old;

/* MAX_ERRNO must be able to serve as a mask */
BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(MAX_ERRNO + 1);
@@ -66,13 +70,14 @@ void __errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err)
* also don't accept zero here as that would effectively clear a
* previous error.
*/
+ old = READ_ONCE(*eseq);
+
if (WARN(unlikely(err == 0 || (unsigned int)-err > MAX_ERRNO),
"err = %d\n", err))
- return;
+ return old;

- old = READ_ONCE(*eseq);
for (;;) {
- errseq_t new, cur;
+ errseq_t new;

/* Clear out error bits and set new error */
new = (old & ~(MAX_ERRNO|ERRSEQ_SEEN)) | -err;
@@ -82,8 +87,10 @@ void __errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err)
new += ERRSEQ_CTR_INC;

/* If there would be no change, then call it done */
- if (new == old)
+ if (new == old) {
+ cur = new;
break;
+ }

/* Try to swap the new value into place */
cur = cmpxchg(eseq, old, new);
@@ -98,6 +105,7 @@ void __errseq_set(errseq_t *eseq, int err)
/* Raced with an update, try again */
old = cur;
}
+ return cur;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(__errseq_set);

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 2803b30cbb5d..879623032016 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -555,6 +555,14 @@ int filemap_write_and_wait_range(struct address_space *mapping,
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait_range);

+void __filemap_set_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping, int err)
+{
+ errseq_t eseq = __errseq_set(&mapping->wb_err, err);
+ trace_filemap_set_wb_err(mapping, eseq);
+
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__filemap_set_wb_err);
+
/**
* filemap_report_wb_err - report wb error (if any) that was previously set
* @file: struct file on which the error is being reported
@@ -579,14 +587,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_write_and_wait_range);
int filemap_report_wb_err(struct file *file)
{
int err = 0;
+ errseq_t old = READ_ONCE(file->f_wb_err);
struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;

/* Locklessly handle the common case where nothing has changed */
- if (errseq_check(&mapping->wb_err, READ_ONCE(file->f_wb_err))) {
+ if (errseq_check(&mapping->wb_err, old)) {
/* Something changed, must use slow path */
spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
+ old = file->f_wb_err;
err = errseq_check_and_advance(&mapping->wb_err,
&file->f_wb_err);
+ trace_filemap_report_wb_err(file, old);
spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
}
return err;
--
2.13.0

2017-06-16 19:34:20

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 15/22] dax: set errors in mapping when writeback fails

Jan Kara's description for this patch is much better than mine, so I'm
quoting it verbatim here:

DAX currently doesn't set errors in the mapping when cache flushing
fails in dax_writeback_mapping_range(). Since this function can get
called only from fsync(2) or sync(2), this is actually as good as it can
currently get since we correctly propagate the error up from
dax_writeback_mapping_range() to filemap_fdatawrite()

However, in the future better writeback error handling will enable us to
properly report these errors on fsync(2) even if there are multiple file
descriptors open against the file or if sync(2) gets called before
fsync(2). So convert DAX to using standard error reporting through the
mapping.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Ross Zwisler <[email protected]>
---
fs/dax.c | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index 9899f07acf72..c663e8cc2a76 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -856,8 +856,10 @@ int dax_writeback_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,

ret = dax_writeback_one(bdev, dax_dev, mapping,
indices[i], pvec.pages[i]);
- if (ret < 0)
+ if (ret < 0) {
+ mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
goto out;
+ }
}
}
out:
--
2.13.0


2017-06-16 19:34:19

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 14/22] Documentation: flesh out the section in vfs.txt on storing and reporting writeback errors

Let's try to make this extra clear for fs authors.

Cc: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 43 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
1 file changed, 40 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
index f42b90687d40..f3702d5c6f2f 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt
@@ -576,7 +576,42 @@ should clear PG_Dirty and set PG_Writeback. It can be actually
written at any point after PG_Dirty is clear. Once it is known to be
safe, PG_Writeback is cleared.

-Writeback makes use of a writeback_control structure...
+Writeback makes use of a writeback_control structure to direct the
+operations. This gives the the writepage and writepages operations some
+information about the nature of and reason for the writeback request,
+and the constraints under which it is being done. It is also used to
+return information back to the caller about the result of a writepage or
+writepages request.
+
+Handling errors during writeback
+--------------------------------
+Most applications that utilize the pagecache will periodically call
+fsync to ensure that data written has made it to the backing store.
+When there is an error during writeback, they expect that error to be
+reported when fsync is called. After an error has been reported on one
+fsync, subsequent fsync calls on the same file descriptor should return
+0, unless further writeback errors have occurred since the previous
+fsync.
+
+Ideally, the kernel would report an error only on file descriptions on
+which writes were done that subsequently failed to be written back. The
+generic pagecache infrastructure does not track the file descriptions
+that have dirtied each individual page however, so determining which
+file descriptors should get back an error is not possible.
+
+Instead, the generic writeback error tracking infrastructure in the
+kernel settles for reporting errors to fsync on all file descriptions
+that were open at the time that the error occurred. In a situation with
+multiple writers, all of them will get back an error on a subsequent fsync,
+even if all of the writes done through that particular file descriptor
+succeeded (or even if there were no writes on that file descriptor at all).
+
+Filesystems that wish to use this infrastructure should call
+mapping_set_error to record the error in the address_space when it
+occurs. Then, at the end of their fsync operation, they should call
+filemap_report_wb_err to ensure that the struct file's error cursor
+has advanced to the correct point in the stream of errors emitted by
+the backing device(s).

struct address_space_operations
-------------------------------
@@ -804,7 +839,8 @@ struct address_space_operations {
The File Object
===============

-A file object represents a file opened by a process.
+A file object represents a file opened by a process. This is also known
+as an "open file description" in POSIX parlance.


struct file_operations
@@ -887,7 +923,8 @@ otherwise noted.

release: called when the last reference to an open file is closed

- fsync: called by the fsync(2) system call
+ fsync: called by the fsync(2) system call. Also see the section above
+ entitled "Handling errors during writeback".

fasync: called by the fcntl(2) system call when asynchronous
(non-blocking) mode is enabled for a file
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2017-06-16 19:34:21

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 16/22] block: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking

This is a very minimal conversion to errseq_t based error tracking
for raw block device access.

Only real change that is strictly required is that we must
unconditionally call filemap_report_wb_err in blkdev_fsync.
That ensures that the file's errseq_t is always advanced to
the latest value in the mapping.

Note that there are internal callers that call sync_blockdev
and the like that are not affected by this. They'll continue
to use the AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC flags for error reporting like
they always have for now.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
fs/block_dev.c | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/block_dev.c b/fs/block_dev.c
index dc839f8f0ba5..9e8e13b097ef 100644
--- a/fs/block_dev.c
+++ b/fs/block_dev.c
@@ -625,11 +625,11 @@ int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
{
struct inode *bd_inode = bdev_file_inode(filp);
struct block_device *bdev = I_BDEV(bd_inode);
- int error;
+ int error, wberr;

error = filemap_write_and_wait_range(filp->f_mapping, start, end);
if (error)
- return error;
+ goto out;

/*
* There is no need to serialise calls to blkdev_issue_flush with
@@ -640,6 +640,10 @@ int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
error = 0;

+out:
+ wberr = filemap_report_wb_err(filp);
+ if (!error)
+ error = wberr;
return error;
}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(blkdev_fsync);
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2017-06-16 19:36:07

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 17/22] ext4: use errseq_t based error handling for reporting data writeback errors

Add a call to filemap_report_wb_err at the end of ext4_sync_file. This
will ensure that we check and advance the errseq_t in the file, which
allows us to track and report errors on all open fds when they occur.

Note that metadata writeback errors are not yet reported on all fds at
this point. That will be added in a later patch.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
fs/ext4/fsync.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 9d549608fd30..03d6259d8662 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -100,8 +100,10 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
tid_t commit_tid;
bool needs_barrier = false;

- if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb))))
- return -EIO;
+ if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb)))) {
+ ret = -EIO;
+ goto out;
+ }

J_ASSERT(ext4_journal_current_handle() == NULL);

@@ -126,7 +128,8 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)

ret = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto out;
+
/*
* data=writeback,ordered:
* The caller's filemap_fdatawrite()/wait will sync the data.
@@ -152,12 +155,16 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
needs_barrier = true;
ret = jbd2_complete_transaction(journal, commit_tid);
if (needs_barrier) {
- issue_flush:
+issue_flush:
err = blkdev_issue_flush(inode->i_sb->s_bdev, GFP_KERNEL, NULL);
if (!ret)
ret = err;
}
out:
+ /* Was there a writeback error of the data since last fsync? */
+ err = filemap_report_wb_err(file);
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = err;
trace_ext4_sync_file_exit(inode, ret);
return ret;
}
--
2.13.0

2017-06-16 19:34:25

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 20/22] ext2: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking

Set the flag to indicate that we want new-style data writeback error
handling.

This means that we need to override the open routines for files and
directories so that we can sample the bdev wb_err at open.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
fs/ext2/dir.c | 8 ++++++++
fs/ext2/file.c | 26 +++++++++++++++++++++-----
2 files changed, 29 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext2/dir.c b/fs/ext2/dir.c
index e2709695b177..6e476c9929f8 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/dir.c
@@ -713,6 +713,13 @@ int ext2_empty_dir (struct inode * inode)
return 0;
}

+static int ext2_dir_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ /* Sample blockdev mapping errseq_t for metadata writeback */
+ file->f_md_wb_err = filemap_sample_wb_err(inode->i_sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
+ return 0;
+}
+
const struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations = {
.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
.read = generic_read_dir,
@@ -721,5 +728,6 @@ const struct file_operations ext2_dir_operations = {
#ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
.compat_ioctl = ext2_compat_ioctl,
#endif
+ .open = ext2_dir_open,
.fsync = ext2_fsync,
};
diff --git a/fs/ext2/file.c b/fs/ext2/file.c
index ed00e7ae0ef3..fd44539f6fce 100644
--- a/fs/ext2/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext2/file.c
@@ -172,17 +172,23 @@ static int ext2_release_file (struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)

int ext2_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
{
- int ret;
+ int ret, ret2;
struct super_block *sb = file->f_mapping->host->i_sb;
struct address_space *mapping = sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping;

ret = generic_file_fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
- if (ret == -EIO) {
+ if (ret == -EIO)
/* We don't really know where the IO error happened... */
ext2_error(sb, __func__,
"detected IO error when writing metadata buffers");
- ret = -EIO;
- }
+
+ ret2 = filemap_report_wb_err(file);
+ if (ret == 0)
+ ret = ret2;
+
+ ret2 = filemap_report_md_wb_err(file, mapping);
+ if (ret == 0)
+ ret = ret2;
return ret;
}

@@ -204,6 +210,16 @@ static ssize_t ext2_file_write_iter(struct kiocb *iocb, struct iov_iter *from)
return generic_file_write_iter(iocb, from);
}

+static int ext2_file_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
+{
+ int ret;
+
+ ret = dquot_file_open(inode, file);
+ if (likely(ret == 0))
+ file->f_md_wb_err = filemap_sample_wb_err(inode->i_sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
+ return ret;
+}
+
const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
.llseek = generic_file_llseek,
.read_iter = ext2_file_read_iter,
@@ -213,7 +229,7 @@ const struct file_operations ext2_file_operations = {
.compat_ioctl = ext2_compat_ioctl,
#endif
.mmap = ext2_file_mmap,
- .open = dquot_file_open,
+ .open = ext2_file_open,
.release = ext2_release_file,
.fsync = ext2_fsync,
.get_unmapped_area = thp_get_unmapped_area,
--
2.13.0


2017-06-16 19:34:23

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 18/22] fs: add f_md_wb_err field to struct file for tracking metadata errors

Some filesystems keep a different mapping for metadata writeback. Add a
second errseq_t to struct file for tracking metadata writeback errors.
Also add a new function for checking a mapping of the caller's choosing
vs. the f_md_wb_err value.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
include/linux/fs.h | 3 +++
include/trace/events/filemap.h | 23 ++++++++++-------------
mm/filemap.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++---------
3 files changed, 44 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)

diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 8980e5ce2063..8f6319981b8b 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -872,6 +872,7 @@ struct file {
struct list_head f_tfile_llink;
#endif /* #ifdef CONFIG_EPOLL */
struct address_space *f_mapping;
+ errseq_t f_md_wb_err; /* optional metadata wb error tracking */
} __attribute__((aligned(4))); /* lest something weird decides that 2 is OK */

struct file_handle {
@@ -2525,6 +2526,8 @@ extern int filemap_fdatawrite_range(struct address_space *mapping,
extern int filemap_check_errors(struct address_space *mapping);

extern int __must_check filemap_report_wb_err(struct file *file);
+extern int __must_check filemap_report_md_wb_err(struct file *file,
+ struct address_space *mapping);
extern void __filemap_set_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping, int err);

/**
diff --git a/include/trace/events/filemap.h b/include/trace/events/filemap.h
index 2af66920f267..6e0d78c01a2e 100644
--- a/include/trace/events/filemap.h
+++ b/include/trace/events/filemap.h
@@ -79,12 +79,11 @@ TRACE_EVENT(filemap_set_wb_err,
);

TRACE_EVENT(filemap_report_wb_err,
- TP_PROTO(struct file *file, errseq_t old),
+ TP_PROTO(struct address_space *mapping, errseq_t old, errseq_t new),

- TP_ARGS(file, old),
+ TP_ARGS(mapping, old, new),

TP_STRUCT__entry(
- __field(struct file *, file);
__field(unsigned long, i_ino)
__field(dev_t, s_dev)
__field(errseq_t, old)
@@ -92,20 +91,18 @@ TRACE_EVENT(filemap_report_wb_err,
),

TP_fast_assign(
- __entry->file = file;
- __entry->i_ino = file->f_mapping->host->i_ino;
- if (file->f_mapping->host->i_sb)
- __entry->s_dev = file->f_mapping->host->i_sb->s_dev;
+ __entry->i_ino = mapping->host->i_ino;
+ if (mapping->host->i_sb)
+ __entry->s_dev = mapping->host->i_sb->s_dev;
else
- __entry->s_dev = file->f_mapping->host->i_rdev;
+ __entry->s_dev = mapping->host->i_rdev;
__entry->old = old;
- __entry->new = file->f_wb_err;
+ __entry->new = new;
),

- TP_printk("file=%p dev=%d:%d ino=0x%lx old=0x%x new=0x%x",
- __entry->file, MAJOR(__entry->s_dev),
- MINOR(__entry->s_dev), __entry->i_ino, __entry->old,
- __entry->new)
+ TP_printk("dev=%d:%d ino=0x%lx old=0x%x new=0x%x",
+ MAJOR(__entry->s_dev), MINOR(__entry->s_dev),
+ __entry->i_ino, __entry->old, __entry->new)
);
#endif /* _TRACE_FILEMAP_H */

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 879623032016..b0aef0a1ec46 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -584,27 +584,49 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(__filemap_set_wb_err);
* value is protected by the f_lock since we must ensure that it reflects
* the latest value swapped in for this file descriptor.
*/
-int filemap_report_wb_err(struct file *file)
+static int __filemap_report_wb_err(errseq_t *cursor, spinlock_t *lock,
+ struct address_space *mapping)
{
int err = 0;
- errseq_t old = READ_ONCE(file->f_wb_err);
- struct address_space *mapping = file->f_mapping;
+ errseq_t old = READ_ONCE(*cursor);

/* Locklessly handle the common case where nothing has changed */
if (errseq_check(&mapping->wb_err, old)) {
/* Something changed, must use slow path */
- spin_lock(&file->f_lock);
- old = file->f_wb_err;
- err = errseq_check_and_advance(&mapping->wb_err,
- &file->f_wb_err);
- trace_filemap_report_wb_err(file, old);
- spin_unlock(&file->f_lock);
+ spin_lock(lock);
+ old = *cursor;
+ err = errseq_check_and_advance(&mapping->wb_err, cursor);
+ trace_filemap_report_wb_err(mapping, old, *cursor);
+ spin_unlock(lock);
}
return err;
}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(__filemap_report_wb_err);
+
+int filemap_report_wb_err(struct file *file)
+{
+ return __filemap_report_wb_err(&file->f_wb_err, &file->f_lock,
+ file->f_mapping);
+}
EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_report_wb_err);

/**
+ * filemap_report_md_wb_err - report wb error (if any) that was previously set
+ * @file: struct file on which the error is being reported
+ * @mapping: pointer to metadata mapping to check
+ *
+ * Many filesystems keep inode metadata in the pagecache, and will use the
+ * cache to write it back to the backing store. This function is for these
+ * callers to track metadata writeback.
+ */
+int filemap_report_md_wb_err(struct file *file, struct address_space *mapping)
+{
+ return __filemap_report_wb_err(&file->f_md_wb_err, &file->f_lock,
+ mapping);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_report_md_wb_err);
+
+/**
* replace_page_cache_page - replace a pagecache page with a new one
* @old: page to be replaced
* @new: page to replace with
--
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2017-06-16 19:34:24

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 19/22] ext4: add more robust reporting of metadata writeback errors

ext4 uses the blockdev mapping for tracking metadata stored in the
pagecache. Sample its wb_err when opening a file and store that in
the f_md_wb_err field.

Change ext4_sync_file to check for data errors first, and then check the
blockdev mapping for metadata errors afterward.

Note that because metadata writeback errors are only tracked on a
per-device level, this does mean that we'll end up reporting an error on
all open file descriptors when there is a metadata writeback failure.
That's not ideal, but we can possibly improve upon it in the future.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
fs/ext4/dir.c | 8 ++++++--
fs/ext4/file.c | 5 ++++-
fs/ext4/fsync.c | 13 +++++++++++++
3 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/dir.c b/fs/ext4/dir.c
index e8b365000d73..6bbb19510f74 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/dir.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/dir.c
@@ -611,9 +611,13 @@ static int ext4_dx_readdir(struct file *file, struct dir_context *ctx)

static int ext4_dir_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
{
+ int ret = 0;
+
if (ext4_encrypted_inode(inode))
- return fscrypt_get_encryption_info(inode) ? -EACCES : 0;
- return 0;
+ ret = fscrypt_get_encryption_info(inode) ? -EACCES : 0;
+ if (!ret)
+ filp->f_md_wb_err = filemap_sample_wb_err(inode->i_sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
+ return ret;
}

static int ext4_release_dir(struct inode *inode, struct file *filp)
diff --git a/fs/ext4/file.c b/fs/ext4/file.c
index 02ce7e7bbdf5..6e505269132c 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/file.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/file.c
@@ -435,7 +435,10 @@ static int ext4_file_open(struct inode * inode, struct file * filp)
if (ret < 0)
return ret;
}
- return dquot_file_open(inode, filp);
+ ret = dquot_file_open(inode, filp);
+ if (!ret)
+ filp->f_md_wb_err = filemap_sample_wb_err(sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
+ return ret;
}

/*
diff --git a/fs/ext4/fsync.c b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
index 03d6259d8662..8ea8ec517da5 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/fsync.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/fsync.c
@@ -161,10 +161,23 @@ int ext4_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
ret = err;
}
out:
+ /*
+ * Was there a metadata writeback error since last fsync?
+ *
+ * FIXME: ext4 tracks metadata with a whole-block device mapping. If
+ * there is any sort of metadata writeback error, we'll report an
+ * error on all open fds, even ones not associated with this inode.
+ */
+ err = filemap_report_md_wb_err(file,
+ inode->i_sb->s_bdev->bd_inode->i_mapping);
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = err;
+
/* Was there a writeback error of the data since last fsync? */
err = filemap_report_wb_err(file);
if (!ret)
ret = err;
+
trace_ext4_sync_file_exit(inode, ret);
return ret;
}
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2017-06-16 19:36:09

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 21/22] xfs: minimal conversion to errseq_t writeback error reporting

Just check and advance the data errseq_t in struct file before
before returning from fsync on normal files. Internal filemap_*
callers are left as-is.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 15 +++++++++++----
1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
index 5fb5a0958a14..bc3b1575e8db 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
- int error = 0;
+ int error = 0, err2;
int log_flushed = 0;
xfs_lsn_t lsn = 0;

@@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ xfs_file_fsync(

error = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
if (error)
- return error;
+ goto out;

- if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
- return -EIO;
+ if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
+ error = -EIO;
+ goto out;
+ }

xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);

@@ -197,6 +199,11 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
mp->m_logdev_targp == mp->m_ddev_targp)
xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(mp->m_ddev_targp);

+out:
+ err2 = filemap_report_wb_err(file);
+ if (!error)
+ error = err2;
+
return error;
}

--
2.13.0

2017-06-16 19:34:27

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: [PATCH v7 22/22] btrfs: minimal conversion to errseq_t writeback error reporting on fsync

Just check and advance the errseq_t in the file before returning.
Internal callers of filemap_* functions are left as-is.

Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
---
fs/btrfs/file.c | 7 +++++--
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/btrfs/file.c b/fs/btrfs/file.c
index 0f102a1b851f..609226beea43 100644
--- a/fs/btrfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/btrfs/file.c
@@ -2017,7 +2017,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
struct btrfs_root *root = BTRFS_I(inode)->root;
struct btrfs_trans_handle *trans;
struct btrfs_log_ctx ctx;
- int ret = 0;
+ int ret = 0, err;
bool full_sync = 0;
u64 len;

@@ -2036,7 +2036,7 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
*/
ret = start_ordered_ops(inode, start, end);
if (ret)
- return ret;
+ goto out;

inode_lock(inode);
atomic_inc(&root->log_batch);
@@ -2233,6 +2233,9 @@ int btrfs_sync_file(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
ret = btrfs_end_transaction(trans);
}
out:
+ err = filemap_report_wb_err(file);
+ if (!ret)
+ ret = err;
return ret > 0 ? -EIO : ret;
}

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2017-06-17 12:39:53

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 15/22] dax: set errors in mapping when writeback fails

On Fri, 2017-06-16 at 15:34 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Jan Kara's description for this patch is much better than mine, so I'm
> quoting it verbatim here:
>
> DAX currently doesn't set errors in the mapping when cache flushing
> fails in dax_writeback_mapping_range(). Since this function can get
> called only from fsync(2) or sync(2), this is actually as good as it can
> currently get since we correctly propagate the error up from
> dax_writeback_mapping_range() to filemap_fdatawrite()
>
> However, in the future better writeback error handling will enable us to
> properly report these errors on fsync(2) even if there are multiple file
> descriptors open against the file or if sync(2) gets called before
> fsync(2). So convert DAX to using standard error reporting through the
> mapping.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Ross Zwisler <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/dax.c | 4 +++-
> 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> index 9899f07acf72..c663e8cc2a76 100644
> --- a/fs/dax.c
> +++ b/fs/dax.c
> @@ -856,8 +856,10 @@ int dax_writeback_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
>
> ret = dax_writeback_one(bdev, dax_dev, mapping,
> indices[i], pvec.pages[i]);
> - if (ret < 0)
> + if (ret < 0) {
> + mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
> goto out;
> + }
> }
> }
> out:

I should point out here that Ross had an issue with this patch in an
earlier set, that I addressed with a flag in the last set. The flag is
icky though.

In this set, patch #6 should make it unnecessary:

mm: clear AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC when writeback initiation fails

Ross, could you test that this set still works ok for you with dax? It
should apply reasonably cleanly on top of linux-next.

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2017-06-19 16:23:46

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/22] fs: enhanced writeback error reporting with errseq_t (pile #1)

On Fri, 2017-06-16 at 15:34 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> v7:
> ===
> This is the seventh posting of the patchset to revamp the way writeback
> errors are tracked and reported.
>
> The main difference from the v6 posting is the removal of the
> FS_WB_ERRSEQ flag. That requires a few other incremental patches in the
> writeback code to ensure that both error tracking models are handled
> in a suitable way.
>
> Also, a bit more cleanup of the metadata writeback codepaths, and some
> documentation updates.
>
> Some of these patches have been posted separately, but I'm re-posting
> them here to make it clear that they're prerequisites of the later
> patches in the series.
>
> This series is based on top of linux-next from a day or so ago. I'd like
> to have this picked up by linux-next in the near future so we can get
> some more extensive testing with it. Should I just plan to maintain a
> topic branch on top of -next and ask Stephen to pick it up?
>
> Background:
> ===========
> The basic problem is that we have (for a very long time) tracked and
> reported writeback errors based on two flags in the address_space:
> AS_EIO and AS_ENOSPC. Those flags are cleared when they are checked,
> so only the first caller to check them is able to consume them.
>
> That model is quite unreliable, for several related reasons:
>
> * only the first fsync caller on the inode will see the error. In a
> world of containerized setups, that's no longer viable. Applications
> need to know that their writes are safely stored, and they can
> currently miss seeing errors that they should be aware of when
> they're not.
>
> * there are a lot of internal callers to filemap_fdatawait* and
> filemap_write_and_wait* that clear these errors but then never report
> them to userland in any fashion.
>
> * Some internal callers report writeback errors, but can do so at
> non-sensical times. For instance, we might want to truncate a file,
> which triggers a pagecache flush. If that writeback fails, we might
> report that error to the truncate caller, but a subsequent fsync
> will likely not see it.
>
> * Some internal callers try to reset the error flags after clearing
> them, but that's racy. Another task could check the flags between
> those two events.
>
> Solution:
> =========
> This patchset adds a new datatype called an errseq_t that represents a
> sequence of errors. It's a u32, with a field for a POSIX-flavor error
> and a counter, managed with atomics. We can sample that value at a
> particular point in time, and can later tell whether there have been any
> errors since that point.
>
> That allows us to provide traditional check-and-clear fsync semantics
> on every open file description in a lightweight fashion. fsync callers
> no longer need to coordinate between one another in order to ensure
> that errors at fsync time are handled correctly.
>
> Strategy:
> =========
> The aim with this pile is to do the minimum possible to support for
> reliable reporting of errors on fsync, without substantially changing
> the internals of the filesystems themselves.
>
> Most of the internal calls to filemap_fdatawait are left alone, so all
> of the internal error checkers are using the same error handling they
> always have. The only real difference here is that we're better
> reporting errors at fsync.
>
> I think that we probably will want to eventually convert all of those
> internal callers to use errseq_t based reporting, but that can be done
> in an incremental fashion in follow-on patchsets.
>
> Testing:
> ========
> I've primarily been testing this with some new xfstests that I will post
> in a separate series. These tests use dm-error fault injection to make
> the underlying block device start throwing I/O errors, and then test the
> how the filesystem layer reports errors after that.
>
> Jeff Layton (22):
> fs: remove call_fsync helper function
> buffer: use mapping_set_error instead of setting the flag
> fs: check for writeback errors after syncing out buffers in
> generic_file_fsync
> buffer: set errors in mapping at the time that the error occurs
> jbd2: don't clear and reset errors after waiting on writeback
> mm: clear AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC when writeback initiation fails
> mm: don't TestClearPageError in __filemap_fdatawait_range
> mm: clean up error handling in write_one_page
> fs: always sync metadata in __generic_file_fsync
> lib: add errseq_t type and infrastructure for handling it
> fs: new infrastructure for writeback error handling and reporting
> mm: tracepoints for writeback error events
> mm: set both AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC and errseq_t in mapping_set_error
> Documentation: flesh out the section in vfs.txt on storing and
> reporting writeback errors
> dax: set errors in mapping when writeback fails
> block: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking
> ext4: use errseq_t based error handling for reporting data writeback
> errors
> fs: add f_md_wb_err field to struct file for tracking metadata errors
> ext4: add more robust reporting of metadata writeback errors
> ext2: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking
> xfs: minimal conversion to errseq_t writeback error reporting
> btrfs: minimal conversion to errseq_t writeback error reporting on
> fsync
>
> Documentation/filesystems/vfs.txt | 43 +++++++-
> drivers/dax/device.c | 1 +
> fs/block_dev.c | 9 +-
> fs/btrfs/file.c | 7 +-
> fs/buffer.c | 20 ++--
> fs/dax.c | 4 +-
> fs/ext2/dir.c | 8 ++
> fs/ext2/file.c | 26 ++++-
> fs/ext4/dir.c | 8 +-
> fs/ext4/file.c | 5 +-
> fs/ext4/fsync.c | 28 ++++-
> fs/file_table.c | 1 +
> fs/gfs2/lops.c | 2 +-
> fs/jbd2/commit.c | 15 +--
> fs/libfs.c | 12 +--
> fs/open.c | 3 +
> fs/sync.c | 2 +-
> fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 15 ++-
> include/linux/buffer_head.h | 1 +
> include/linux/errseq.h | 19 ++++
> include/linux/fs.h | 67 ++++++++++--
> include/linux/pagemap.h | 31 ++++--
> include/trace/events/filemap.h | 52 ++++++++++
> ipc/shm.c | 2 +-
> lib/Makefile | 2 +-
> lib/errseq.c | 208 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> mm/filemap.c | 113 +++++++++++++++++----
> mm/page-writeback.c | 15 ++-
> 28 files changed, 628 insertions(+), 91 deletions(-)
> create mode 100644 include/linux/errseq.h
> create mode 100644 lib/errseq.c
>

If there are no major objections to this set, I'd like to have
linux-next start picking it up to get some wider testing. What's the
right vehicle for this, given that it touches stuff all over the tree?

I can see 3 potential options:

1) I could just pull these into the branch that Stephen is already
picking up for file-locks in my tree

2) I could put them into a new branch, and have Stephen pull that one in
addition to the file-locks branch

3) It could go in via someone else's tree entirely (Andrew or Al's
maybe?)

I'm fine with any of these. Anyone have thoughts?

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2017-06-19 17:48:31

by Ross Zwisler

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 15/22] dax: set errors in mapping when writeback fails

On Sat, Jun 17, 2017 at 08:39:53AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Fri, 2017-06-16 at 15:34 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > Jan Kara's description for this patch is much better than mine, so I'm
> > quoting it verbatim here:
> >
> > DAX currently doesn't set errors in the mapping when cache flushing
> > fails in dax_writeback_mapping_range(). Since this function can get
> > called only from fsync(2) or sync(2), this is actually as good as it can
> > currently get since we correctly propagate the error up from
> > dax_writeback_mapping_range() to filemap_fdatawrite()
> >
> > However, in the future better writeback error handling will enable us to
> > properly report these errors on fsync(2) even if there are multiple file
> > descriptors open against the file or if sync(2) gets called before
> > fsync(2). So convert DAX to using standard error reporting through the
> > mapping.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
> > Reviewed-and-Tested-by: Ross Zwisler <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > fs/dax.c | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
> > index 9899f07acf72..c663e8cc2a76 100644
> > --- a/fs/dax.c
> > +++ b/fs/dax.c
> > @@ -856,8 +856,10 @@ int dax_writeback_mapping_range(struct address_space *mapping,
> >
> > ret = dax_writeback_one(bdev, dax_dev, mapping,
> > indices[i], pvec.pages[i]);
> > - if (ret < 0)
> > + if (ret < 0) {
> > + mapping_set_error(mapping, ret);
> > goto out;
> > + }
> > }
> > }
> > out:
>
> I should point out here that Ross had an issue with this patch in an
> earlier set, that I addressed with a flag in the last set. The flag is
> icky though.
>
> In this set, patch #6 should make it unnecessary:
>
> mm: clear AS_EIO/AS_ENOSPC when writeback initiation fails
>
> Ross, could you test that this set still works ok for you with dax? It
> should apply reasonably cleanly on top of linux-next.

Yep, v7 passes my DAX testing.

2017-06-19 23:25:07

by Stephen Rothwell

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/22] fs: enhanced writeback error reporting with errseq_t (pile #1)

Hi Jeff,

On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 12:23:46 -0400 Jeff Layton <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> If there are no major objections to this set, I'd like to have
> linux-next start picking it up to get some wider testing. What's the
> right vehicle for this, given that it touches stuff all over the tree?
>
> I can see 3 potential options:
>
> 1) I could just pull these into the branch that Stephen is already
> picking up for file-locks in my tree
>
> 2) I could put them into a new branch, and have Stephen pull that one in
> addition to the file-locks branch
>
> 3) It could go in via someone else's tree entirely (Andrew or Al's
> maybe?)
>
> I'm fine with any of these. Anyone have thoughts?

Given that this is a one off development, either 1 or 3 (in Al's tree)
would be fine. 2 is a possibility (but people forget to ask me to
remove one shot trees :-()

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2017-06-20 10:16:01

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 00/22] fs: enhanced writeback error reporting with errseq_t (pile #1)

On Tue, 2017-06-20 at 09:25 +1000, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
> Hi Jeff,
>
> On Mon, 19 Jun 2017 12:23:46 -0400 Jeff Layton <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > If there are no major objections to this set, I'd like to have
> > linux-next start picking it up to get some wider testing. What's the
> > right vehicle for this, given that it touches stuff all over the tree?
> >
> > I can see 3 potential options:
> >
> > 1) I could just pull these into the branch that Stephen is already
> > picking up for file-locks in my tree
> >
> > 2) I could put them into a new branch, and have Stephen pull that one in
> > addition to the file-locks branch
> >
> > 3) It could go in via someone else's tree entirely (Andrew or Al's
> > maybe?)
> >
> > I'm fine with any of these. Anyone have thoughts?
>
> Given that this is a one off development, either 1 or 3 (in Al's tree)
> would be fine. 2 is a possibility (but people forget to ask me to
> remove one shot trees :-()
>

Ok -- yeah, I'd probably be one of those people who forget too...

In that case, I'll plan to go ahead and just merge these into my
linux-next branch. That's easier than bugging others for it. Hopefully
we won't have a lot in the way of merge conflicts.

I'll see about getting this into branch later today, and hopefully we
can get it into linux-next for tomorrow.

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2017-06-20 12:31:48

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 01/22] fs: remove call_fsync helper function

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 03:34:06PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Requested-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>

Looks good,

Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>

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2017-06-20 12:34:33

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 11/22] fs: new infrastructure for writeback error handling and reporting

> @@ -393,6 +394,7 @@ struct address_space {
> gfp_t gfp_mask; /* implicit gfp mask for allocations */
> struct list_head private_list; /* ditto */
> void *private_data; /* ditto */
> + errseq_t wb_err;
> } __attribute__((aligned(sizeof(long))));
> /*
> * On most architectures that alignment is already the case; but
> @@ -847,6 +849,7 @@ struct file {
> * Must not be taken from IRQ context.
> */
> spinlock_t f_lock;
> + errseq_t f_wb_err;
> atomic_long_t f_count;
> unsigned int f_flags;
> fmode_t f_mode;

Did you check the sizes of the structure before and after?
These places don't look like holes in the packing, but there probably
are some available.

> +static inline int filemap_check_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping, errseq_t since)

Overly long line here (the patch has a few more)

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2017-06-20 12:35:44

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/22] block: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking

> error = filemap_write_and_wait_range(filp->f_mapping, start, end);
> if (error)
> - return error;
> + goto out;
>
> /*
> * There is no need to serialise calls to blkdev_issue_flush with
> @@ -640,6 +640,10 @@ int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
> if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
> error = 0;
>
> +out:
> + wberr = filemap_report_wb_err(filp);
> + if (!error)
> + error = wberr;

Just curious: what's the reason filemap_write_and_wait_range couldn't
query for the error using filemap_report_wb_err internally?

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2017-06-20 12:56:20

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 11/22] fs: new infrastructure for writeback error handling and reporting

On Tue, 2017-06-20 at 05:34 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > @@ -393,6 +394,7 @@ struct address_space {
> > gfp_t gfp_mask; /* implicit gfp mask for allocations */
> > struct list_head private_list; /* ditto */
> > void *private_data; /* ditto */
> > + errseq_t wb_err;
> > } __attribute__((aligned(sizeof(long))));
> > /*
> > * On most architectures that alignment is already the case; but
> > @@ -847,6 +849,7 @@ struct file {
> > * Must not be taken from IRQ context.
> > */
> > spinlock_t f_lock;
> > + errseq_t f_wb_err;
> > atomic_long_t f_count;
> > unsigned int f_flags;
> > fmode_t f_mode;
>
> Did you check the sizes of the structure before and after?
> These places don't look like holes in the packing, but there probably
> are some available.
>

Yes. That one actually plugs a 4 byte hole in struct file on x86_64.

> > +static inline int filemap_check_wb_err(struct address_space *mapping, errseq_t since)
>
> Overly long line here (the patch has a few more)
>

Ok, I'll fix those up.

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2017-06-20 15:32:43

by Jan Kara

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 05/22] jbd2: don't clear and reset errors after waiting on writeback

On Fri 16-06-17 15:34:10, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Resetting this flag is almost certainly racy, and will be problematic
> with some coming changes.
>
> Make filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors return int, but not clear the flag(s).
> Have jbd2 call it instead of filemap_fdatawait and don't attempt to
> re-set the error flag if it fails.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>

Looks good to me. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>

Honza

> ---
> fs/jbd2/commit.c | 15 +++------------
> include/linux/fs.h | 2 +-
> mm/filemap.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
> 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
> index b6b194ec1b4f..502110540598 100644
> --- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
> +++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
> @@ -263,18 +263,9 @@ static int journal_finish_inode_data_buffers(journal_t *journal,
> continue;
> jinode->i_flags |= JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
> spin_unlock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> - err = filemap_fdatawait(jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping);
> - if (err) {
> - /*
> - * Because AS_EIO is cleared by
> - * filemap_fdatawait_range(), set it again so
> - * that user process can get -EIO from fsync().
> - */
> - mapping_set_error(jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping, -EIO);
> -
> - if (!ret)
> - ret = err;
> - }
> + err = filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(jinode->i_vfs_inode->i_mapping);
> + if (!ret)
> + ret = err;
> spin_lock(&journal->j_list_lock);
> jinode->i_flags &= ~JI_COMMIT_RUNNING;
> smp_mb();
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 1a135274b4f8..1b1233a1db1e 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -2509,7 +2509,7 @@ extern int write_inode_now(struct inode *, int);
> extern int filemap_fdatawrite(struct address_space *);
> extern int filemap_flush(struct address_space *);
> extern int filemap_fdatawait(struct address_space *);
> -extern void filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *);
> +extern int filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *);
> extern int filemap_fdatawait_range(struct address_space *, loff_t lstart,
> loff_t lend);
> extern int filemap_write_and_wait(struct address_space *mapping);
> diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
> index b9e870600572..37f286df7c95 100644
> --- a/mm/filemap.c
> +++ b/mm/filemap.c
> @@ -311,6 +311,16 @@ int filemap_check_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_check_errors);
>
> +static int filemap_check_and_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
> +{
> + /* Check for outstanding write errors */
> + if (test_bit(AS_EIO, &mapping->flags))
> + return -EIO;
> + if (test_bit(AS_ENOSPC, &mapping->flags))
> + return -ENOSPC;
> + return 0;
> +}
> +
> /**
> * __filemap_fdatawrite_range - start writeback on mapping dirty pages in range
> * @mapping: address space structure to write
> @@ -455,15 +465,17 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_range);
> * call sites are system-wide / filesystem-wide data flushers: e.g. sync(2),
> * fsfreeze(8)
> */
> -void filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
> +int filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors(struct address_space *mapping)
> {
> loff_t i_size = i_size_read(mapping->host);
>
> if (i_size == 0)
> - return;
> + return 0;
>
> __filemap_fdatawait_range(mapping, 0, i_size - 1);
> + return filemap_check_and_keep_errors(mapping);
> }
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors);
>
> /**
> * filemap_fdatawait - wait for all under-writeback pages to complete
> --
> 2.13.0
>
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2017-06-20 15:33:21

by Jan Kara

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 01/22] fs: remove call_fsync helper function

On Fri 16-06-17 15:34:06, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Requested-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>

Looks good. You can add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>

Honza
> ---
> fs/sync.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/fs.h | 6 ------
> ipc/shm.c | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
> index 11ba023434b1..2a54c1f22035 100644
> --- a/fs/sync.c
> +++ b/fs/sync.c
> @@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ int vfs_fsync_range(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
> spin_unlock(&inode->i_lock);
> mark_inode_dirty_sync(inode);
> }
> - return call_fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
> + return file->f_op->fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(vfs_fsync_range);
>
> diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
> index 4929a8f28cc3..1a135274b4f8 100644
> --- a/include/linux/fs.h
> +++ b/include/linux/fs.h
> @@ -1740,12 +1740,6 @@ static inline int call_mmap(struct file *file, struct vm_area_struct *vma)
> return file->f_op->mmap(file, vma);
> }
>
> -static inline int call_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end,
> - int datasync)
> -{
> - return file->f_op->fsync(file, start, end, datasync);
> -}
> -
> ssize_t rw_copy_check_uvector(int type, const struct iovec __user * uvector,
> unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned long fast_segs,
> struct iovec *fast_pointer,
> diff --git a/ipc/shm.c b/ipc/shm.c
> index ec5688e98f25..28a444861a8f 100644
> --- a/ipc/shm.c
> +++ b/ipc/shm.c
> @@ -453,7 +453,7 @@ static int shm_fsync(struct file *file, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
>
> if (!sfd->file->f_op->fsync)
> return -EINVAL;
> - return call_fsync(sfd->file, start, end, datasync);
> + return sfd->file->f_op->fsync(sfd->file, start, end, datasync);
> }
>
> static long shm_fallocate(struct file *file, int mode, loff_t offset,
> --
> 2.13.0
>
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2017-06-20 17:44:44

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/22] block: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking

On Tue, 2017-06-20 at 05:35 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > error = filemap_write_and_wait_range(filp->f_mapping, start, end);
> > if (error)
> > - return error;
> > + goto out;
> >
> > /*
> > * There is no need to serialise calls to blkdev_issue_flush with
> > @@ -640,6 +640,10 @@ int blkdev_fsync(struct file *filp, loff_t start, loff_t end, int datasync)
> > if (error == -EOPNOTSUPP)
> > error = 0;
> >
> > +out:
> > + wberr = filemap_report_wb_err(filp);
> > + if (!error)
> > + error = wberr;
>
> Just curious: what's the reason filemap_write_and_wait_range couldn't
> query for the error using filemap_report_wb_err internally?

In order to query for errors with errseq_t, you need a previously-
sampled point from which to check. When you call
filemap_write_and_wait_range though you don't have a struct file and so
no previously-sampled value.

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2017-06-24 11:59:46

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/22] block: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking

On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 01:44:44PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> In order to query for errors with errseq_t, you need a previously-
> sampled point from which to check. When you call
> filemap_write_and_wait_range though you don't have a struct file and so
> no previously-sampled value.

So can we simply introduce variants of them that take a struct file?
That would be:

a) less churn
b) less code
c) less chance to get data integrity wrong

2017-06-24 13:16:06

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/22] block: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking

On Sat, 2017-06-24 at 04:59 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 01:44:44PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > In order to query for errors with errseq_t, you need a previously-
> > sampled point from which to check. When you call
> > filemap_write_and_wait_range though you don't have a struct file and so
> > no previously-sampled value.
>
> So can we simply introduce variants of them that take a struct file?
> That would be:
>
> a) less churn
> b) less code
> c) less chance to get data integrity wrong

Yeah, I had that thought after I sent the reply to you earlier.

The main reason I didn't do that before was that I had myself convinced
that we needed to do the check_and_advance as late as possible in the
fsync process, after the metadata had been written.

Now that I think about it more, I think you're probably correct. As long
as we do the check and advance at some point after doing the
write_and_wait, we're fine here and shouldn't violate exactly once
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2017-06-26 08:05:26

by Carlos Maiolino

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 01/22] fs: remove call_fsync helper function

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 03:34:06PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Requested-by: Christoph Hellwig <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/sync.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/fs.h | 6 ------
> ipc/shm.c | 2 +-
> 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> 2.13.0
If it's worth to have one more reviewer, you can add:

Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <[email protected]>

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2017-06-26 08:19:31

by Carlos Maiolino

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 04/22] buffer: set errors in mapping at the time that the error occurs

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 03:34:09PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> I noticed on xfs that I could still sometimes get back an error on fsync
> on a fd that was opened after the error condition had been cleared.
>
> The problem is that the buffer code sets the write_io_error flag and
> then later checks that flag to set the error in the mapping. That flag
> perisists for quite a while however. If the file is later opened with
> O_TRUNC, the buffers will then be invalidated and the mapping's error
> set such that a subsequent fsync will return error. I think this is
> incorrect, as there was no writeback between the open and fsync.
>
> Add a new mark_buffer_write_io_error operation that sets the flag and
> the error in the mapping at the same time. Replace all calls to
> set_buffer_write_io_error with mark_buffer_write_io_error, and remove
> the places that check this flag in order to set the error in the
> mapping.
>
> This sets the error in the mapping earlier, at the time that it's first
> detected.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/buffer.c | 20 +++++++++++++-------
> fs/gfs2/lops.c | 2 +-
> include/linux/buffer_head.h | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>

Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <[email protected]>

> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
> index 7b4f4bfde91e..4d5d03b42e11 100644
> --- a/fs/buffer.c
> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
> @@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ void end_buffer_write_sync(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
> set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
> } else {
> buffer_io_error(bh, ", lost sync page write");
> - set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
> + mark_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
> clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
> }
> unlock_buffer(bh);
> @@ -352,8 +352,7 @@ void end_buffer_async_write(struct buffer_head *bh, int uptodate)
> set_buffer_uptodate(bh);
> } else {
> buffer_io_error(bh, ", lost async page write");
> - mapping_set_error(page->mapping, -EIO);
> - set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
> + mark_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
> clear_buffer_uptodate(bh);
> SetPageError(page);
> }
> @@ -481,8 +480,6 @@ static void __remove_assoc_queue(struct buffer_head *bh)
> {
> list_del_init(&bh->b_assoc_buffers);
> WARN_ON(!bh->b_assoc_map);
> - if (buffer_write_io_error(bh))
> - mapping_set_error(bh->b_assoc_map, -EIO);
> bh->b_assoc_map = NULL;
> }
>
> @@ -1181,6 +1178,17 @@ void mark_buffer_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh)
> }
> EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_dirty);
>
> +void mark_buffer_write_io_error(struct buffer_head *bh)
> +{
> + set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
> + /* FIXME: do we need to set this in both places? */
> + if (bh->b_page && bh->b_page->mapping)
> + mapping_set_error(bh->b_page->mapping, -EIO);
> + if (bh->b_assoc_map)
> + mapping_set_error(bh->b_assoc_map, -EIO);
> +}
> +EXPORT_SYMBOL(mark_buffer_write_io_error);
> +
> /*
> * Decrement a buffer_head's reference count. If all buffers against a page
> * have zero reference count, are clean and unlocked, and if the page is clean
> @@ -3266,8 +3274,6 @@ drop_buffers(struct page *page, struct buffer_head **buffers_to_free)
>
> bh = head;
> do {
> - if (buffer_write_io_error(bh) && page->mapping)
> - mapping_set_error(page->mapping, -EIO);
> if (buffer_busy(bh))
> goto failed;
> bh = bh->b_this_page;
> diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
> index 885d36e7a29f..1a9c2c08c1a1 100644
> --- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
> +++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
> @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ static void gfs2_end_log_write_bh(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct bio_vec *bvec,
> bh = bh->b_this_page;
> do {
> if (error)
> - set_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
> + mark_buffer_write_io_error(bh);
> unlock_buffer(bh);
> next = bh->b_this_page;
> size -= bh->b_size;
> diff --git a/include/linux/buffer_head.h b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
> index bd029e52ef5e..e0abeba3ced7 100644
> --- a/include/linux/buffer_head.h
> +++ b/include/linux/buffer_head.h
> @@ -149,6 +149,7 @@ void buffer_check_dirty_writeback(struct page *page,
> */
>
> void mark_buffer_dirty(struct buffer_head *bh);
> +void mark_buffer_write_io_error(struct buffer_head *bh);
> void init_buffer(struct buffer_head *, bh_end_io_t *, void *);
> void touch_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh);
> void set_bh_page(struct buffer_head *bh,
> --
> 2.13.0
>

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2017-06-26 08:23:15

by Carlos Maiolino

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 05/22] jbd2: don't clear and reset errors after waiting on writeback

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 03:34:10PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Resetting this flag is almost certainly racy, and will be problematic
> with some coming changes.
>
> Make filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors return int, but not clear the flag(s).
> Have jbd2 call it instead of filemap_fdatawait and don't attempt to
> re-set the error flag if it fails.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/jbd2/commit.c | 15 +++------------
> include/linux/fs.h | 2 +-
> mm/filemap.c | 16 ++++++++++++++--
> 3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
>
I'm not too experienced with jbd2 internals, but this patch is clear enough:

Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <[email protected]>

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2017-06-26 13:40:24

by Carlos Maiolino

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 21/22] xfs: minimal conversion to errseq_t writeback error reporting

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 03:34:26PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Just check and advance the data errseq_t in struct file before
> before returning from fsync on normal files. Internal filemap_*
> callers are left as-is.
>

Looks good.

Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <[email protected]>

> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> index 5fb5a0958a14..bc3b1575e8db 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
> struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
> struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
> struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
> - int error = 0;
> + int error = 0, err2;
> int log_flushed = 0;
> xfs_lsn_t lsn = 0;
>
> @@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
>
> error = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
> if (error)
> - return error;
> + goto out;
>
> - if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
> - return -EIO;
> + if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
> + error = -EIO;
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
>
> @@ -197,6 +199,11 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
> mp->m_logdev_targp == mp->m_ddev_targp)
> xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(mp->m_ddev_targp);
>
> +out:
> + err2 = filemap_report_wb_err(file);
> + if (!error)
> + error = err2;
> +
> return error;
> }
>
> --
> 2.13.0
>

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2017-06-26 14:34:21

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/22] block: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking

On Sat, 2017-06-24 at 09:16 -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> On Sat, 2017-06-24 at 04:59 -0700, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> > On Tue, Jun 20, 2017 at 01:44:44PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > > In order to query for errors with errseq_t, you need a previously-
> > > sampled point from which to check. When you call
> > > filemap_write_and_wait_range though you don't have a struct file and so
> > > no previously-sampled value.
> >
> > So can we simply introduce variants of them that take a struct file?
> > That would be:
> >
> > a) less churn
> > b) less code
> > c) less chance to get data integrity wrong
>
> Yeah, I had that thought after I sent the reply to you earlier.
>
> The main reason I didn't do that before was that I had myself convinced
> that we needed to do the check_and_advance as late as possible in the
> fsync process, after the metadata had been written.
>
> Now that I think about it more, I think you're probably correct. As long
> as we do the check and advance at some point after doing the
> write_and_wait, we're fine here and shouldn't violate exactly once
> semantics on the fsync return.

So I have a file_write_and_wait_range now that should DTRT for this
patch.

The bigger question is -- what about more complex filesystems like
ext4? There are a couple of cases where we can return -EIO or -EROFS on
fsync before filemap_write_and_wait_range is ever called. Like this one
for instance:

if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb))))
return -EIO;

...and the EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED case.

Are those conditions ever recoverable, such that a later fsync could
succeed? IOW, could I do a remount or something such that the existing
fds are left open and become usable again?

If so, then we really ought to advance the errseq_t in the file when we
catch those cases as well. If we have to do that, then it probably makes
sense to leave the ext4 patch as-is.
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2017-06-26 15:22:41

by Darrick J. Wong

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 21/22] xfs: minimal conversion to errseq_t writeback error reporting

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 03:34:26PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Just check and advance the data errseq_t in struct file before
> before returning from fsync on normal files. Internal filemap_*
> callers are left as-is.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
> ---
> fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> index 5fb5a0958a14..bc3b1575e8db 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
> struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping->host;
> struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
> struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
> - int error = 0;
> + int error = 0, err2;
> int log_flushed = 0;
> xfs_lsn_t lsn = 0;
>
> @@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
>
> error = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping, start, end);
> if (error)
> - return error;
> + goto out;
>
> - if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
> - return -EIO;
> + if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
> + error = -EIO;
> + goto out;
> + }
>
> xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
>
> @@ -197,6 +199,11 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
> mp->m_logdev_targp == mp->m_ddev_targp)
> xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(mp->m_ddev_targp);
>
> +out:
> + err2 = filemap_report_wb_err(file);

Could we have a comment here to remind anyone reading the code a year
from now that filemap_report_wb_err has side effects? Pre-coffee me was
wondering why we'd bother calling filemap_report_wb_err in the
XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN case, then remembered that it touches data
structures.

The first sentence of the commit message (really, the word 'advance')
added as a comment was adequate to remind me of the side effects.

Once that's added,
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]>

--D

> + if (!error)
> + error = err2;
> +
> return error;
> }
>
> --
> 2.13.0
>
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2017-06-26 17:58:32

by Jeff Layton

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 21/22] xfs: minimal conversion to errseq_t writeback error reporting

On Mon, 2017-06-26 at 08:22 -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 03:34:26PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > Just check and advance the data errseq_t in struct file before
> > before returning from fsync on normal files. Internal filemap_*
> > callers are left as-is.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
> > ---
> > fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > index 5fb5a0958a14..bc3b1575e8db 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
> > struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping-
> > >host;
> > struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
> > struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
> > - int error = 0;
> > + int error = 0, err2;
> > int log_flushed = 0;
> > xfs_lsn_t lsn = 0;
> >
> > @@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
> >
> > error = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping,
> > start, end);
> > if (error)
> > - return error;
> > + goto out;
> >
> > - if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
> > - return -EIO;
> > + if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
> > + error = -EIO;
> > + goto out;
> > + }
> >
> > xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
> >
> > @@ -197,6 +199,11 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
> > mp->m_logdev_targp == mp->m_ddev_targp)
> > xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(mp->m_ddev_targp);
> >
> > +out:
> > + err2 = filemap_report_wb_err(file);
>
> Could we have a comment here to remind anyone reading the code a year
> from now that filemap_report_wb_err has side effects? Pre-coffee me
> was
> wondering why we'd bother calling filemap_report_wb_err in the
> XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN case, then remembered that it touches data
> structures.
>
> The first sentence of the commit message (really, the word 'advance')
> added as a comment was adequate to remind me of the side effects.
>
> Once that's added,
> Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]>
>
> --D
>

Yeah, definitely. I'm working on a respin of the series now to
incorporate HCH's suggestion too. I'll add that in as well.

Maybe I should rename that function to file_check_and_advance_wb_err()
? It would be good to make it clear that it does advance the errseq_t
cursor.

> > + if (!error)
> > + error = err2;
> > +
> > return error;
> > }
> >
> > --
> > 2.13.0
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2017-06-26 18:10:50

by Darrick J. Wong

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 21/22] xfs: minimal conversion to errseq_t writeback error reporting

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 01:58:32PM -0400, [email protected] wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-06-26 at 08:22 -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 03:34:26PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> > > Just check and advance the data errseq_t in struct file before
> > > before returning from fsync on normal files. Internal filemap_*
> > > callers are left as-is.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <[email protected]>
> > > ---
> > > fs/xfs/xfs_file.c | 15 +++++++++++----
> > > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > > index 5fb5a0958a14..bc3b1575e8db 100644
> > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_file.c
> > > @@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
> > > struct inode *inode = file->f_mapping-
> > > >host;
> > > struct xfs_inode *ip = XFS_I(inode);
> > > struct xfs_mount *mp = ip->i_mount;
> > > - int error = 0;
> > > + int error = 0, err2;
> > > int log_flushed = 0;
> > > xfs_lsn_t lsn = 0;
> > >
> > > @@ -142,10 +142,12 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
> > >
> > > error = filemap_write_and_wait_range(inode->i_mapping,
> > > start, end);
> > > if (error)
> > > - return error;
> > > + goto out;
> > >
> > > - if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp))
> > > - return -EIO;
> > > + if (XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN(mp)) {
> > > + error = -EIO;
> > > + goto out;
> > > + }
> > >
> > > xfs_iflags_clear(ip, XFS_ITRUNCATED);
> > >
> > > @@ -197,6 +199,11 @@ xfs_file_fsync(
> > > mp->m_logdev_targp == mp->m_ddev_targp)
> > > xfs_blkdev_issue_flush(mp->m_ddev_targp);
> > >
> > > +out:
> > > + err2 = filemap_report_wb_err(file);
> >
> > Could we have a comment here to remind anyone reading the code a year
> > from now that filemap_report_wb_err has side effects? Pre-coffee me
> > was
> > wondering why we'd bother calling filemap_report_wb_err in the
> > XFS_FORCED_SHUTDOWN case, then remembered that it touches data
> > structures.
> >
> > The first sentence of the commit message (really, the word 'advance')
> > added as a comment was adequate to remind me of the side effects.
> >
> > Once that's added,
> > Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <[email protected]>
> >
> > --D
> >
>
> Yeah, definitely. I'm working on a respin of the series now to
> incorporate HCH's suggestion too. I'll add that in as well.
>
> Maybe I should rename that function to file_check_and_advance_wb_err()
> ? It would be good to make it clear that it does advance the errseq_t
> cursor.

Seems like a good idea.

--D

>
> > > + if (!error)
> > > + error = err2;
> > > +
> > > return error;
> > > }
> > >
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2017-06-27 15:20:00

by Christoph Hellwig

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 16/22] block: convert to errseq_t based writeback error tracking

On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 10:34:18AM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> The bigger question is -- what about more complex filesystems like
> ext4? There are a couple of cases where we can return -EIO or -EROFS on
> fsync before filemap_write_and_wait_range is ever called. Like this one
> for instance:
>
> if (unlikely(ext4_forced_shutdown(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb))))
> return -EIO;
>
> ...and the EXT4_MF_FS_ABORTED case.
>
> Are those conditions ever recoverable, such that a later fsync could
> succeed? IOW, could I do a remount or something such that the existing
> fds are left open and become usable again?

This looks copied from the xfs forced shutdown code, and in that
case it's final and permanent - you'll need an unmount to
clear it.

> If so, then we really ought to advance the errseq_t in the file when we
> catch those cases as well. If we have to do that, then it probably makes
> sense to leave the ext4 patch as-is.

I think it can switch to the new file helper.

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