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Re: [PATCH 03/11] xfs: fix efi/efd error handling to avoid fs shutdown h

To: Brian Foster <bfoster@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 03/11] xfs: fix efi/efd error handling to avoid fs shutdown hangs
From: Dave Chinner <david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2015 10:41:00 +1000
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On Thu, Aug 06, 2015 at 01:44:24PM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
....
> Update the EFI/EFD item handling code to use a more straightforward and
> reliable approach to error handling. If an error occurs after the EFI
> transaction is committed and before the EFD is constructed, release the
> EFI explicitly from xfs_bmap_finish(). If the EFI transaction is
> cancelled, release the EFI in the unlock handler.
> 
> Once the EFD is constructed, it is responsible for releasing the EFI
> under any circumstances (including whether the EFI item aborts due to
> log I/O error).

Can you document these rules in a comment at the top of
fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c?

> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
> index 42c9b05..aceb54f 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_extfree_item.c
> @@ -61,9 +61,15 @@ __xfs_efi_release(
>  
>       if (atomic_dec_and_test(&efip->efi_refcount)) {
>               spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
> -             /* xfs_trans_ail_delete() drops the AIL lock. */
> -             xfs_trans_ail_delete(ailp, &efip->efi_item,
> -                                  SHUTDOWN_LOG_IO_ERROR);
> +             /*
> +              * We don't know whether the EFI made it to the AIL. Remove it
> +              * if so. Note that xfs_trans_ail_delete() drops the AIL lock.
> +              */
> +             if (efip->efi_item.li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL)
> +                     xfs_trans_ail_delete(ailp, &efip->efi_item,
> +                                          SHUTDOWN_LOG_IO_ERROR);
> +             else
> +                     spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);
>               xfs_efi_item_free(efip);
>       }

We now have a lot of this pattern:

        spin_lock(&ailp->xa_lock);
        if (lip->li_flags & XFS_LI_IN_AIL)
                xfs_trans_ail_delete(ailp, lip, shutdown_reason);
        else
                spin_unlock(&ailp->xa_lock);

occurring in the code. Can you look into adding a helper function
for this, say xfs_trans_ail_remove()? (separate patch, of course!)

The rest of the patch looks fine - getting rid of almost all of
those aborted flag special cases is a big win :)

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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