linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH v2] e2fsck: delay quotas loading in release_orphan

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Date:   Mon, 28 Aug 2023 11:54:03 +0200
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, tytso@....edu,
        adilger.kernel@...ger.ca, jack@...e.cz, darrick.wong@...cle.com,
        yi.zhang@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com, yukuai3@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] e2fsck: delay quotas loading in
 release_orphan_inodes()

On Fri 25-08-23 21:22:37, Baokun Li wrote:
> After 7d79b40b ("e2fsck: adjust quota counters when clearing orphaned
> inodes"), we load all the quotas before we process the orphaned inodes,
> and when we load the quotas, we check the checsum of the bbitmap for each
> group. If one of the bbitmap checksums is wrong, the following error will
> be reported:
> 
> “Error initializing quota context in support library:
>  Block bitmap checksum does not match bitmap”
> 
> But loading quotas comes before checking the current superblock for the
> EXT2_ERROR_FS flag, which makes it impossible to use e2fsck to repair any
> image that contains orphan inodes and has the wrong bbitmap checksum. So
> delaying quota loading until after the EXT2_ERROR_FS judgment avoids the
> above problem. Moreover, since we don't care if the bitmap checksum is
> wrong before Pass5, e2fsck_read_bitmaps() is called before loading the
> quota to avoid bitmap checksum errors that would cause e2fsck to exit.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
> ---
> V1->V2:
> 	Add e2fsck_read_bitmaps() to avoid bitmap checksum errors causing
> 	e2fsck to exit.

Looks good, just one nit below:

> @@ -525,10 +516,18 @@ static int release_orphan_inodes(e2fsck_t ctx)
>  	 * be running a full e2fsck run anyway... We clear orphan file contents
>  	 * after filesystem is checked to avoid clearing someone else's data.
>  	 */
> -	if (fs->super->s_state & EXT2_ERROR_FS) {
> -		if (ctx->qctx)
> -			quota_release_context(&ctx->qctx);
> +	if (fs->super->s_state & EXT2_ERROR_FS)
>  		return 0;
> +
> +	e2fsck_read_bitmaps(ctx);
> +
> +	clear_problem_context(&pctx);
> +	ino = fs->super->s_last_orphan;
> +	pctx.ino = ino;
> +	pctx.errcode = e2fsck_read_all_quotas(ctx);
> +	if (pctx.errcode) {
> +		fix_problem(ctx, PR_0_QUOTA_INIT_CTX, &pctx);
> +		return 1;
>  	}
>  
>  	if (ino && ((ino < EXT2_FIRST_INODE(fs->super)) ||

Just a few lines below this place is another call to e2fsck_read_bitmaps()
so you can just delete it when you are adding one here. Otherwise feel free
to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR