linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v7 05/22] jbd2: don't clear and reset errors after waiting on writeback

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Date:   Mon, 26 Jun 2017 10:23:15 +0200
From:   Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@...hat.com>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
Cc:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Al Viro <viro@...IV.linux.org.uk>, Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>,
        tytso@....edu, axboe@...nel.dk, mawilcox@...rosoft.com,
        ross.zwisler@...ux.intel.com, corbet@....net,
        Chris Mason <clm@...com>, Josef Bacik <jbacik@...com>,
        David Sterba <dsterba@...e.com>,
        "Darrick J . Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>,
        Eryu Guan <eguan@...hat.com>,
        David Howells <dhowells@...hat.com>,
        Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
        linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-btrfs@...r.kernel.org, linux-block@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 05/22] jbd2: don't clear and reset errors after
 waiting on writeback

On Fri, Jun 16, 2017 at 03:34:10PM -0400, Jeff Layton wrote:
> Resetting this flag is almost certainly racy, and will be problematic
> with some coming changes.
> 
> Make filemap_fdatawait_keep_errors return int, but not clear the flag(s).
> Have jbd2 call it instead of filemap_fdatawait and don't attempt to
> re-set the error flag if it fails.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
> ---
>  fs/jbd2/commit.c   | 15 +++------------
>  include/linux/fs.h |  2 +-
>  mm/filemap.c       | 16 ++++++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> 
I'm not too experienced with jbd2 internals, but this patch is clear enough:

Reviewed-by: Carlos Maiolino <cmaiolino@...hat.com>

-- 
Carlos