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Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it

From NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Newsgroups linux.kernel
Subject Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it
Date 2017-04-05 01:00 +0200
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On Tue, Apr 04 2017, Matthew Wilcox wrote:

> On Tue, Apr 04, 2017 at 12:25:46PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
>> That said, I think giving more specific errors where we can is useful.
>> When your program is erroring out and writing 'I/O error' to the logs,
>> then how much time will your admins burn before they figure out that it
>> really failed because the filesystem was full?
>
> df is one of the first things I check ... a few years ago, I also learned
> to check df -i ... ;-)
>
> Anyway, given the decision to simply report the last error lets us do this
> implementation:
>
> void filemap_set_wb_error(struct address_space *mapping, int err)
> {
> 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
> 	unsigned int wb_err;
>
> 	if (!err)
> 		return;
> 	/*
> 	 * This should be called with the error code that we want to return
> 	 * on fsync. Thus, it should always be <= 0.
> 	 */
> 	WARN_ON(err > 0 || err < -MAX_ERRNO);
>
> 	spin_lock(&inode->i_lock);
> 	wb_err = ((mapping->wb_err & ~MAX_ERRNO) + (1 << 12)) | -err;

Seriously?  You are missing "MAX_ERRNO" (4095) together with "1 << 12"
(4096) in the one expression without a big comment saying why?

Surely:
>       BUILD_BUG_ON_NOT_POWER_OF_2(MAX_ERRNO+1);
> 	wb_err = ((mapping->wb_err & ~MAX_ERRNO) + (MAX_ERRNO+1)) | -err;

NeilBrown

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[RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-03-31 21:30 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 2/4] dax: set errors in mapping when writeback fails Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-03-31 21:30 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 1/4] fs: new infrastructure for writeback error handling and reporting Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-03-31 21:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] fs: new infrastructure for writeback error  handling and reporting Nikolay Borisov <nborisov@suse.com> - 2017-04-03 09:20 +0200
      Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] fs: new infrastructure for writeback error  handling and reporting Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-03 12:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] fs: new infrastructure for writeback error  handling and reporting Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-03 16:50 +0200
      Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] fs: new infrastructure for writeback error  handling and reporting Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-03 17:30 +0200
        Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] fs: new infrastructure for writeback error  handling and reporting Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-03 18:20 +0200
          Re: [RFC PATCH 1/4] fs: new infrastructure for writeback error  handling and reporting Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-03 18:40 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 4/4] ext4: wire it up to the new writeback error reporting infrastructure Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-03-31 21:30 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-03 06:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-03 12:30 +0200
      Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-03 16:40 +0200
        Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-03 19:50 +0200
          Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> - 2017-04-03 20:20 +0200
            Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-03 20:20 +0200
              Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> - 2017-04-03 20:40 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeremy Allison <jra@samba.org> - 2017-04-03 20:50 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-03 20:50 +0200
          Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-03 21:20 +0200
            Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-03 22:20 +0200
              Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-04 04:50 +0200
              Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-04 05:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-04 13:50 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-05 00:50 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-04 14:00 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-04 14:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-04 18:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-04 18:30 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-04 19:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-04 20:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-05 01:00 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-05 22:00 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-05 23:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-06 02:30 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-06 02:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-06 05:00 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-06 07:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-06 15:40 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-07 00:00 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-06 16:10 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-06 21:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-06 22:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-07 15:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-10 01:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-10 15:30 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-07 00:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-05 01:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Jeff Layton <jlayton@redhat.com> - 2017-04-05 13:20 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-06 02:50 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> - 2017-04-04 15:40 +0200
                Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com> - 2017-04-05 00:30 +0200
    Re: [RFC PATCH 0/4] fs: introduce new writeback error tracking  infrastructure and convert ext4 to use it Matthew Wilcox <willy@infradead.org> - 2017-04-03 17:00 +0200

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