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Re: [PATCH 07/11] xfs_repair: force not-so-bad bmbt blocks back through

To: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 07/11] xfs_repair: force not-so-bad bmbt blocks back through the verifier
From: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2015 10:54:47 +1000
Cc: xfs@xxxxxxxxxxx
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In-reply-to: <20150826003305.23973.65768.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
References: <20150826003220.23973.59731.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> <20150826003305.23973.65768.stgit@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
User-agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15)
On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 05:33:05PM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> If during prefetch we encounter a bmbt block that fails the CRC check
> due to corruption in the unused part of the block, force the buffer
> back through the non-prefetch verifiers later so that the CRC is
> updated.  Otherwise, the bad checksum goes unfixed and the kernel will
> still flag the bmbt block as invalid.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong <darrick.wong@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  repair/prefetch.c |    8 ++++++++
>  1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)
> 
> 
> diff --git a/repair/prefetch.c b/repair/prefetch.c
> index 1de3ec0..77d29c8 100644
> --- a/repair/prefetch.c
> +++ b/repair/prefetch.c
> @@ -276,6 +276,14 @@ pf_scan_lbtree(
>  
>       XFS_BUF_SET_PRIORITY(bp, isadir ? B_DIR_BMAP : B_BMAP);
>  
> +     /*
> +      * Make this bmbt buffer go back through the verifiers later so that
> +      * we correct checksum errors stemming from bitflips in the unused
> +      * parts of the bmbt block.
> +      */
> +     if (bp->b_error == -EFSBADCRC)
> +             bp->b_flags |= LIBXFS_B_UNCHECKED;

This is because the next read of the buffer clears bp->b_error,
right?

So, while I think this is necessary, I also think the prefetch on
this btree should stop as we can't trust the contents of the buffer
to be correct. Hence I'd suggest that:

        /*
         * If the verfier flagged a problem with the buffer, we
         * can't trust it's contents for the purposes of readahead.
         * Stop prefetching the tree, and mark this buffer as
         * unchecked so that the next read of the buffer by the
         * repair code will retain the error status and hence be
         * acted on appropriately.
         */
        if (bp->b_error) {
                bp->b_flags |= LIBXFS_B_UNCHECKED;
                libxfs_putbuf(bp);
                return 0;
        }

Cheers,

Dave.


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Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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