Re: [PATCH 2/3] ext4: introduce ext4_error_remove_page

From: Jan Kara
Date: Thu Oct 25 2012 - 15:39:04 EST


On Thu 25-10-12 11:12:48, Naoya Horiguchi wrote:
> Ext4 has its own configurable error handling policy, so it's helpful
> if we can use it also in the context of memory error handling.
> With this patch, when we detect a memory error on a dirty pagecache in
> ext4 filesystem, we can allow users to choose to trigger kernel panic
> to avoid consuming corrupted data.
OK, I've checked and memory_failure() function guarantees page->mapping
is !NULL. So I'm OK with this patch. You can add:
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>

Honza
>
> Signed-off-by: Naoya Horiguchi <n-horiguchi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> fs/ext4/inode.c | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----
> 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git v3.7-rc2.orig/fs/ext4/inode.c v3.7-rc2/fs/ext4/inode.c
> index b3c243b..513badb 100644
> --- v3.7-rc2.orig/fs/ext4/inode.c
> +++ v3.7-rc2/fs/ext4/inode.c
> @@ -3163,6 +3163,33 @@ static int ext4_journalled_set_page_dirty(struct page *page)
> return __set_page_dirty_nobuffers(page);
> }
>
> +static int ext4_error_remove_page(struct address_space *mapping,
> + struct page *page)
> +{
> + struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
> + struct buffer_head *bh, *head;
> + ext4_fsblk_t block;
> +
> + if (!PageDirty(page) || !page_has_buffers(page))
> + goto remove_page;
> +
> + /* Lost data. Handle as critical fs error. */
> + bh = head = page_buffers(page);
> + do {
> + if (buffer_dirty(bh) && !buffer_delay(bh)) {
> + block = bh->b_blocknr;
> + EXT4_ERROR_INODE_BLOCK(inode, block,
> + "Removing dirty pagecache page");
> + } else
> + EXT4_ERROR_INODE(inode,
> + "Removing dirty pagecache page");
> + bh = bh->b_this_page;
> + } while (bh != head);
> +
> +remove_page:
> + return generic_error_remove_page(mapping, page);
> +}
> +
> static const struct address_space_operations ext4_ordered_aops = {
> .readpage = ext4_readpage,
> .readpages = ext4_readpages,
> @@ -3175,7 +3202,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext4_ordered_aops = {
> .direct_IO = ext4_direct_IO,
> .migratepage = buffer_migrate_page,
> .is_partially_uptodate = block_is_partially_uptodate,
> - .error_remove_page = generic_error_remove_page,
> + .error_remove_page = ext4_error_remove_page,
> };
>
> static const struct address_space_operations ext4_writeback_aops = {
> @@ -3190,7 +3217,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext4_writeback_aops = {
> .direct_IO = ext4_direct_IO,
> .migratepage = buffer_migrate_page,
> .is_partially_uptodate = block_is_partially_uptodate,
> - .error_remove_page = generic_error_remove_page,
> + .error_remove_page = ext4_error_remove_page,
> };
>
> static const struct address_space_operations ext4_journalled_aops = {
> @@ -3205,7 +3232,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext4_journalled_aops = {
> .releasepage = ext4_releasepage,
> .direct_IO = ext4_direct_IO,
> .is_partially_uptodate = block_is_partially_uptodate,
> - .error_remove_page = generic_error_remove_page,
> + .error_remove_page = ext4_error_remove_page,
> };
>
> static const struct address_space_operations ext4_da_aops = {
> @@ -3221,7 +3248,7 @@ static const struct address_space_operations ext4_da_aops = {
> .direct_IO = ext4_direct_IO,
> .migratepage = buffer_migrate_page,
> .is_partially_uptodate = block_is_partially_uptodate,
> - .error_remove_page = generic_error_remove_page,
> + .error_remove_page = ext4_error_remove_page,
> };
>
> void ext4_set_aops(struct inode *inode)
> --
> 1.7.11.7
>
--
Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
SUSE Labs, CR
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