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Re: [PATCH] combined features2 fixup patches (updating/rewriting what wa

To: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] combined features2 fixup patches (updating/rewriting what was sent in other threads)
From: David Chinner <dgc@xxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 2 Apr 2008 10:29:40 +1000
Cc: xfs-oss <xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In-reply-to: <47F0546C.9070709@sandeen.net>
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On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 10:03:08PM -0500, Eric Sandeen wrote:
> Ensure "both" features2 slots are consistent, and set mp attr2 flag.
> 
> Since older kernels may look in the sb_bad_features2 slot for
> flags, rather than zeroing it out on fixup, we should make it 
> equal to the sb_features2 value.
> 
> Also, if the ATTR2 flag was not found prior to features2
> fixup, it was not set in the mount flags, so re-check after the
> fixup so that the current session will use the feature.
> 
> Also fix up the comments to reflect these changes.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Eric Sandeen <sandeen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
> Index: linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> ===================================================================
> --- linux-2.6-xfs.orig/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> +++ linux-2.6-xfs/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> @@ -967,22 +967,26 @@ xfs_mountfs(
>       xfs_mount_common(mp, sbp);
>  
>       /*
> -      * Check for a bad features2 field alignment. This happened on
> -      * some platforms due to xfs_sb_t not being 64bit size aligned
> -      * when sb_features was added and hence the compiler put it in
> -      * the wrong place.
> +      * Check for a mismatched features2 values.  Older kernels
> +      * read & wrote into the wrong sb offset for sb_features2
> +      * on some platforms due to xfs_sb_t not being 64bit size aligned
> +      * when sb_features2 was added, which made older superblock
> +      * reading/writing routines swap it as a 64-bit value.
>        *
> -      * If we detect a bad field, we or the set bits into the existing
> -      * features2 field in case it has already been modified and we
> -      * don't want to lose any features. Zero the bad one and mark
> -      * the two fields as needing updates once the transaction subsystem
> -      * is online.
> +      * For backwards compatibility, we make both slots equal.
> +      *
> +      * If we detect a mismatched field, we OR the set bits into the
> +      * existing features2 field in case it has already been modified; we
> +      * don't want to lose any features.  We then update the bad location
> +      * with the ORed value so that older kernels will see any features2
> +      * flags, and mark the two fields as needing updates once the 
> +      * transaction subsystem is online.
>        */
> -     if (xfs_sb_has_bad_features2(sbp)) {
> +     if (xfs_sb_has_mismatched_features2(sbp)) {
>               cmn_err(CE_WARN,
>                       "XFS: correcting sb_features alignment problem");
>               sbp->sb_features2 |= sbp->sb_bad_features2;
> -             sbp->sb_bad_features2 = 0;
> +             sbp->sb_bad_features2 = sbp->sb_features2;
>               update_flags |= XFS_SB_FEATURES2 | XFS_SB_BAD_FEATURES2;

Probably should update XFS_MOUNT_ATTR2 here, not later. i.e. before
we mount he log and start recovery.

> @@ -1181,6 +1185,12 @@ xfs_mountfs(
>               xfs_mount_log_sb(mp, update_flags);
>  
>       /*
> +      * Re-check for ATTR2 in case it was found in bad_features2 slot.
> +      */
> +     if (xfs_sb_version_hasattr2(&mp->m_sb))
> +             mp->m_flags |= XFS_MOUNT_ATTR2;
> +

Rather than here.

>  /*
> - * Detect a bad features2 field
> + * Detect a mismatched features2 field.  Older kernels read/wrote
> + * this into the wrong slot, so to be safe we keep them in sync.
>   */
> -static inline int xfs_sb_has_bad_features2(xfs_sb_t *sbp)
> +static inline int xfs_sb_has_mismatched_features2(xfs_sb_t *sbp)
>  {
> -     return (sbp->sb_bad_features2 != 0);
> +     return (sbp->sb_bad_features2 != sbp->sb_features2);
>  }

Yep, makes sense.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
Principal Engineer
SGI Australian Software Group


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