[PATCH] exfat: limit log print for IO error
From: Chi Zhiling
Date: Fri Aug 15 2025 - 05:35:57 EST
From: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@xxxxxxxxxx>
For exFAT filesystems with 4MB read_ahead_size, removing the storage device
when the read operation is in progress, which cause the last read syscall
spent 150s [1]. The main reason is that exFAT generates excessive log
messages [2].
After applying this patch, approximately 300,000 lines of log messages
were suppressed, and the delay of the last read() syscall was reduced
to about 4 seconds.
[1]:
write(5, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 131072) = 131072 <0.000120>
read(4, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 131072) = 131072 <0.000032>
write(5, "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0"..., 131072) = 131072 <0.000119>
read(4, 0x7fccf28ae000, 131072) = -1 EIO (Input/output error) <150.186215>
[2]:
[ 333.696603] exFAT-fs (vdb): error, failed to access to FAT (entry 0x0000d780, err:-5)
[ 333.697378] exFAT-fs (vdb): error, failed to access to FAT (entry 0x0000d780, err:-5)
[ 333.698156] exFAT-fs (vdb): error, failed to access to FAT (entry 0x0000d780, err:-5)
Signed-off-by: Chi Zhiling <chizhiling@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
There is another solution, feel free to comment:
https://lore.kernel.org/all/20250812072225.181798-1-chizhiling@xxxxxxx/
fs/exfat/fatent.c | 11 ++++++-----
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/exfat/fatent.c b/fs/exfat/fatent.c
index 232cc7f8ab92..825083634ba2 100644
--- a/fs/exfat/fatent.c
+++ b/fs/exfat/fatent.c
@@ -89,35 +89,36 @@ int exfat_ent_get(struct super_block *sb, unsigned int loc,
int err;
if (!is_valid_cluster(sbi, loc)) {
- exfat_fs_error(sb, "invalid access to FAT (entry 0x%08x)",
+ exfat_fs_error_ratelimit(sb,
+ "invalid access to FAT (entry 0x%08x)",
loc);
return -EIO;
}
err = __exfat_ent_get(sb, loc, content);
if (err) {
- exfat_fs_error(sb,
+ exfat_fs_error_ratelimit(sb,
"failed to access to FAT (entry 0x%08x, err:%d)",
loc, err);
return err;
}
if (*content == EXFAT_FREE_CLUSTER) {
- exfat_fs_error(sb,
+ exfat_fs_error_ratelimit(sb,
"invalid access to FAT free cluster (entry 0x%08x)",
loc);
return -EIO;
}
if (*content == EXFAT_BAD_CLUSTER) {
- exfat_fs_error(sb,
+ exfat_fs_error_ratelimit(sb,
"invalid access to FAT bad cluster (entry 0x%08x)",
loc);
return -EIO;
}
if (*content != EXFAT_EOF_CLUSTER && !is_valid_cluster(sbi, *content)) {
- exfat_fs_error(sb,
+ exfat_fs_error_ratelimit(sb,
"invalid access to FAT (entry 0x%08x) bogus content (0x%08x)",
loc, *content);
return -EIO;
--
2.43.0