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ext4: print more sysadmin-friendly message in check_block_validity()

PATCH In review Theodore Ts'o 2 participants 2 messages Sep 8, 2009 1 message not in the archive ext4 file system

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Theodore Ts'o

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PATCH 1/1 ext4: print more sysadmin-friendly message in check_block_validity()

Drop the WARN_ON(1), as he stack trace is not appropriate, since it is triggered by file system corruption, and it misleads users into thinking there is a kernel bug. In addition, change the message displayed by ext4_error() to make it clear that this is a file system corruption problem.

---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
fs/ext4/inode.c +8 -8
index 3400961..4d3fd0e 100644
@@ -1121,16 +1121,15 @@ static void ext4_da_update_reserve_space(struct inode *inode, int used)
 		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 }
 
-static int check_block_validity(struct inode *inode, sector_t logical,
-				sector_t phys, int len)
+static int check_block_validity(struct inode *inode, const char *msg,
+				sector_t logical, sector_t phys, int len)
 {
 	if (!ext4_data_block_valid(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb), phys, len)) {
-		ext4_error(inode->i_sb, "check_block_validity",
+		ext4_error(inode->i_sb, msg,
 			   "inode #%lu logical block %llu mapped to %llu "
 			   "(size %d)", inode->i_ino,
 			   (unsigned long long) logical,
 			   (unsigned long long) phys, len);
-		WARN_ON(1);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -1182,8 +1181,8 @@ int ext4_get_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 	up_read((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
 
 	if (retval > 0 && buffer_mapped(bh)) {
-		int ret = check_block_validity(inode, block,
-					       bh->b_blocknr, retval);
+		int ret = check_block_validity(inode, "file system corruption",
+					       block, bh->b_blocknr, retval);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			return ret;
 	}
@@ -1264,8 +1263,9 @@ int ext4_get_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 
 	up_write((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
 	if (retval > 0 && buffer_mapped(bh)) {
-		int ret = check_block_validity(inode, block,
-					       bh->b_blocknr, retval);
+		int ret = check_block_validity(inode, "file system "
+					       "corruption after allocation",
+					       block, bh->b_blocknr, retval);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			return ret;
 	}
Signature · 1 line
1.6.3.2.1.gb9f7d.dirty
Tested-by on v1 1/1
#2 lore raw

I have tested this and it's working fine. I am not seeing any kernel stack/call traces.

Quoted 7 lines · Theodore Ts'o

Drop the WARN_ON(1), as he stack trace is not appropriate, since it is triggered by file system corruption, and it misleads users into thinking there is a kernel bug. In addition, change the message displayed by ext4_error() to make it clear that this is a file system corruption problem.

Quoted 51 lines
---
 fs/ext4/inode.c |   16 ++++++++--------
 1 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
fs/ext4/inode.c +8 -8
index 3400961..4d3fd0e 100644
@@ -1121,16 +1121,15 @@ static void ext4_da_update_reserve_space(struct inode *inode, int used)
 		ext4_discard_preallocations(inode);
 }
 
-static int check_block_validity(struct inode *inode, sector_t logical,
-				sector_t phys, int len)
+static int check_block_validity(struct inode *inode, const char *msg,
+				sector_t logical, sector_t phys, int len)
 {
 	if (!ext4_data_block_valid(EXT4_SB(inode->i_sb), phys, len)) {
-		ext4_error(inode->i_sb, "check_block_validity",
+		ext4_error(inode->i_sb, msg,
 			   "inode #%lu logical block %llu mapped to %llu "
 			   "(size %d)", inode->i_ino,
 			   (unsigned long long) logical,
 			   (unsigned long long) phys, len);
-		WARN_ON(1);
 		return -EIO;
 	}
 	return 0;
@@ -1182,8 +1181,8 @@ int ext4_get_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 	up_read((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
 
 	if (retval > 0 && buffer_mapped(bh)) {
-		int ret = check_block_validity(inode, block,
-					       bh->b_blocknr, retval);
+		int ret = check_block_validity(inode, "file system corruption",
+					       block, bh->b_blocknr, retval);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			return ret;
 	}
@@ -1264,8 +1263,9 @@ int ext4_get_blocks(handle_t *handle, struct inode *inode, sector_t block,
 
 	up_write((&EXT4_I(inode)->i_data_sem));
 	if (retval > 0 && buffer_mapped(bh)) {
-		int ret = check_block_validity(inode, block,
-					       bh->b_blocknr, retval);
+		int ret = check_block_validity(inode, "file system "
+					       "corruption after allocation",
+					       block, bh->b_blocknr, retval);
 		if (ret != 0)
 			return ret;
 	}