From: Chao Shi <coshi036@gmail.com>
To: Jan Kara <jack@suse.cz>, Christian Brauner <brauner@kernel.org>,
Alexander Viro <viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk>,
Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org>,
linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org
Cc: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>,
Andreas Dilger <adilger.kernel@dilger.ca>,
Baokun Li <libaokun@linux.alibaba.com>,
Ojaswin Mujoo <ojaswin@linux.ibm.com>,
Ritesh Harjani <ritesh.list@gmail.com>,
Zhang Yi <yi.zhang@huawei.com>, Bob Copeland <me@bobcopeland.com>,
Namjae Jeon <linkinjeon@kernel.org>,
Sungjong Seo <sj1557.seo@samsung.com>,
Yuezhang Mo <yuezhang.mo@sony.com>,
OGAWA Hirofumi <hirofumi@mail.parknet.co.jp>,
Mark Fasheh <mark@fasheh.com>, Joel Becker <jlbec@evilplan.org>,
Joseph Qi <joseph.qi@linux.alibaba.com>,
Andreas Gruenbacher <agruenba@redhat.com>,
linux-ext4@vger.kernel.org, ocfs2-devel@lists.linux.dev,
gfs2@lists.linux.dev, linux-karma-devel@lists.sourceforge.net,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Chao Shi <coshi036@gmail.com>
Subject: [PATCH 15/19] gfs2: check for a metadata write error with buffer_write_io_error()
Date: Sat, 1 Aug 2026 18:00:59 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2a0450b24c7e6c8d7a2648196f51852c45bfae33.1785621505.git.coshi036@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <cover.1785621505.git.coshi036@gmail.com>
gfs2_ail1_start_one() and gfs2_ail1_empty_one() decide whether a buffer on
the ail reached the disk by looking at BH_Uptodate once it is no longer
busy. That relies on the write completion handler clearing BH_Uptodate on
error, which this series removes: a buffer whose write failed still holds
the data the filesystem asked to be written, so declaring it not up to date
is wrong and makes callers re-read it. Test BH_Write_EIO instead. In
gfs2_ail1_start_one() the test is the positive one, so the sense has to be
inverted rather than the flag simply swapped.
This is not a pure conversion for gfs2, because gfs2 already has a private
write completion handler that behaves the way this series is heading:
gfs2_end_log_write_bh() calls mark_buffer_write_io_error() and leaves
BH_Uptodate alone. Buffers completed through it are therefore invisible to
both tests today, and start being caught once they look at BH_Write_EIO.
That is a real behaviour change, and it is the one gfs2 wanted: a failed
log write now withdraws the filesystem instead of passing silently.
gfs2_pin() is a different case and gets a different treatment. Its
!buffer_uptodate() test is not only a proxy for a failed write - a buffer
with no valid contents at all is equally a reason to withdraw before
pinning it into a transaction - so the write error test is added to it
rather than replacing it.
Left alone deliberately: the BUG_ON(!buffer_uptodate(bh)) in gfs2_unpin()
and the two WARN_ON()s in fs/gfs2/rgrp.c. After this series they simply
stop firing for write errors, which is correct; turning them into
BUG_ON(buffer_write_io_error(bh)) would newly panic on an I/O error.
Signed-off-by: Chao Shi <coshi036@gmail.com>
---
fs/gfs2/log.c | 4 ++--
fs/gfs2/lops.c | 2 +-
2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/log.c b/fs/gfs2/log.c
index 78bba8cc10b8..e3e0dcb1f567 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/log.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/log.c
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ __acquires(&sdp->sd_ail_lock)
gfs2_assert(sdp, bd->bd_tr == tr);
if (!buffer_busy(bh)) {
- if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+ if (!buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
list_move(&bd->bd_ail_st_list,
&tr->tr_ail2_list);
continue;
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static int gfs2_ail1_empty_one(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct gfs2_trans *tr,
active_count++;
continue;
}
- if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) &&
+ if (buffer_write_io_error(bh) &&
!cmpxchg(&sdp->sd_log_error, 0, -EIO))
gfs2_io_error_bh(sdp, bh);
/*
diff --git a/fs/gfs2/lops.c b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
index 6dabe73ad790..3df6e4b7e8b9 100644
--- a/fs/gfs2/lops.c
+++ b/fs/gfs2/lops.c
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void gfs2_pin(struct gfs2_sbd *sdp, struct buffer_head *bh)
clear_buffer_dirty(bh);
if (test_set_buffer_pinned(bh))
gfs2_assert_withdraw(sdp, 0);
- if (!buffer_uptodate(bh))
+ if (!buffer_uptodate(bh) || buffer_write_io_error(bh))
gfs2_io_error_bh(sdp, bh);
bd = bh->b_private;
/* If this buffer is in the AIL and it has already been written
--
2.43.0
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-08-01 22:01 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 55+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-08-01 22:00 [PATCH 00/19] buffer: stop clearing BH_Uptodate when a write fails Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 01/19] buffer_head: Remove b_page Chao Shi
2026-08-03 16:03 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 02/19] buffer: allow a buffer_head to point at memory outside the page cache Chao Shi
2026-08-03 16:13 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-03 17:59 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-04 8:07 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-04 14:07 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-04 23:06 ` Chris S
2026-08-05 17:42 ` Chris S
2026-08-05 20:08 ` Chris S
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 03/19] jbd2: point the shadow buffer at the frozen data directly Chao Shi
2026-08-03 18:11 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-04 3:11 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-05 19:02 ` Chris S
2026-08-05 20:41 ` Matthew Wilcox
2026-08-06 19:46 ` Chris S
2026-08-04 8:28 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-05 19:02 ` Chris S
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 04/19] buffer: clear BH_Write_EIO when a buffer is forgotten Chao Shi
2026-08-04 8:29 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 05/19] buffer: discard BH_Write_EIO along with the rest of the buffer state Chao Shi
2026-08-04 8:29 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 06/19] buffer: detect metadata write errors with buffer_write_io_error() Chao Shi
2026-08-04 8:30 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 07/19] adfs: check for a directory write error " Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 08/19] ext2: check for an xattr block " Chao Shi
2026-08-04 8:40 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 09/19] omfs: check for an inode " Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 10/19] exfat: check for a directory " Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 11/19] fat: check for a metadata " Chao Shi
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 12/19] ext4: " Chao Shi
2026-08-04 8:41 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 13/19] ocfs2: " Chao Shi
2026-08-04 8:49 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-05 20:30 ` Chris S
2026-08-01 22:00 ` [PATCH 14/19] ocfs2: check for a stale write error before reusing a metadata buffer Chao Shi
2026-08-04 8:50 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-01 22:00 ` Chao Shi [this message]
2026-08-01 22:01 ` [PATCH 16/19] jbd2: report journal write errors with BH_Write_EIO Chao Shi
2026-08-04 8:54 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-04 9:10 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-05 20:33 ` Chris S
2026-08-01 22:01 ` [PATCH 17/19] jbd2: assert on a failed write, not on a buffer that is not up to date Chao Shi
2026-08-04 9:04 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-05 20:33 ` Chris S
2026-08-01 22:01 ` [PATCH 18/19] ext4, jbd2: report fast commit write errors with BH_Write_EIO Chao Shi
2026-08-04 9:07 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-05 20:35 ` Chris S
2026-08-01 22:01 ` [PATCH 19/19] buffer: stop clearing BH_Uptodate when a write fails Chao Shi
2026-08-04 9:18 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-04 23:01 ` Chris S
2026-08-05 4:52 ` Zhang Yi
2026-08-05 9:00 ` Jan Kara
2026-08-05 10:55 ` Zhang Yi
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