From: Theodore Ts'o Subject: [PATCH 25/42] ext4/jbd2: Avoid WARN() messages when failing to write to the superblock Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:05:43 -0400 Message-ID: <1223525160-9887-26-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> References: <1223525160-9887-1-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-2-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-3-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-4-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-5-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-6-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-7-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-8-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-9-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-10-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-11-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-12-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-13-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-14-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-15-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-16-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-17-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-18-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-19-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-20-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-21-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-22-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-23-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-24-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> <1223525160-9887-25-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> Cc: Theodore Ts'o To: linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from www.church-of-our-saviour.org ([69.25.196.31]:54492 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756340AbYJIEGL (ORCPT ); Thu, 9 Oct 2008 00:06:11 -0400 In-Reply-To: <1223525160-9887-25-git-send-email-tytso@mit.edu> Sender: linux-ext4-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: This fixes some very common warnings reported by kerneloops.org Signed-off-by: "Theodore Ts'o" --- fs/ext4/super.c | 23 ++++++++++++++++++++++- fs/jbd2/journal.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++-- 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 8175318..fb5766e 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -2810,13 +2810,34 @@ static void ext4_commit_super(struct super_block *sb, if (!sbh) return; + if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) { + /* + * Oh, dear. A previous attempt to write the + * superblock failed. This could happen because the + * USB device was yanked out. Or it could happen to + * be a transient write error and maybe the block will + * be remapped. Nothing we can do but to retry the + * write and hope for the best. + */ + printk(KERN_ERR "ext4: previous I/O error to " + "superblock detected for %s.\n", sb->s_id); + clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh); + set_buffer_uptodate(sbh); + } es->s_wtime = cpu_to_le32(get_seconds()); ext4_free_blocks_count_set(es, ext4_count_free_blocks(sb)); es->s_free_inodes_count = cpu_to_le32(ext4_count_free_inodes(sb)); BUFFER_TRACE(sbh, "marking dirty"); mark_buffer_dirty(sbh); - if (sync) + if (sync) { sync_dirty_buffer(sbh); + if (buffer_write_io_error(sbh)) { + printk(KERN_ERR "ext4: I/O error while writing " + "superblock for %s.\n", sb->s_id); + clear_buffer_write_io_error(sbh); + set_buffer_uptodate(sbh); + } + } } diff --git a/fs/jbd2/journal.c b/fs/jbd2/journal.c index 81186a2..01c3901 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/journal.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/journal.c @@ -1255,6 +1255,22 @@ void jbd2_journal_update_superblock(journal_t *journal, int wait) goto out; } + if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) { + /* + * Oh, dear. A previous attempt to write the journal + * superblock failed. This could happen because the + * USB device was yanked out. Or it could happen to + * be a transient write error and maybe the block will + * be remapped. Nothing we can do but to retry the + * write and hope for the best. + */ + printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: previous I/O error detected " + "for journal superblock update for %s.\n", + journal->j_devname); + clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh); + set_buffer_uptodate(bh); + } + spin_lock(&journal->j_state_lock); jbd_debug(1,"JBD: updating superblock (start %ld, seq %d, errno %d)\n", journal->j_tail, journal->j_tail_sequence, journal->j_errno); @@ -1266,9 +1282,16 @@ void jbd2_journal_update_superblock(journal_t *journal, int wait) BUFFER_TRACE(bh, "marking dirty"); mark_buffer_dirty(bh); - if (wait) + if (wait) { sync_dirty_buffer(bh); - else + if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) { + printk(KERN_ERR "JBD2: I/O error detected " + "when updating journal superblock for %s.\n", + journal->j_devname); + clear_buffer_write_io_error(bh); + set_buffer_uptodate(bh); + } + } else ll_rw_block(SWRITE, 1, &bh); out: -- 1.5.6.1.205.ge2c7.dirty