linux-kernel - Re: xfs: cancel dfops on xfs_defer

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Date:   Tue, 7 Aug 2018 11:18:36 -0400
From:   Brian Foster <bfoster@...hat.com>
To:     "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
Cc:     Colin Ian King <colin.king@...onical.com>,
        linux-xfs@...r.kernel.org,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: xfs: cancel dfops on xfs_defer_finish() error

On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 08:10:29AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 10:37:21AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote:
> > On Tue, Aug 07, 2018 at 03:14:07PM +0100, Colin Ian King wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > > 
> > > Recent commit 82ff27bc52a88cb5cc400bfa64e210d3ec8dfebd ("xfs: automatic
> > > dfops buffer relogging") removed the assignment of variable error:
> > > 
> > > -       error = xfs_defer_bjoin(tp->t_dfops, bp);
> > >         if (error) {
> > >                 xfs_trans_bhold_release(tp, bp);
> > >                 xfs_trans_brelse(tp, bp);
> > > 
> > 
> > Hmm, I _think_ we can just drop these error checks now that this
> > pre-finish error state is non-existent, something like the appended diff
> > (with additional cleanups). E.g., if the buffer is held in the
> > transaction then the bjoin is implicit. If the finish fails, then the
> > state is essentially unchanged by the relogging patch.
> > 
> > That said, the error handling is a bit tricky here. Darrick, I think you
> > reworked this recently.. thoughts?
> > 
> > Brian
> > 
> > --- 8< ---
> > 
> > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
> > index 70a76ac41f01..2106c4142ecd 100644
> > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
> > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_dquot.c
> > @@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ xfs_dquot_disk_alloc(
> >  			XFS_DQUOT_CLUSTER_SIZE_FSB, XFS_BMAPI_METADATA,
> >  			XFS_QM_DQALLOC_SPACE_RES(mp), &map, &nmaps);
> >  	if (error)
> > -		goto error0;
> > +		return error;
> >  	ASSERT(map.br_blockcount == XFS_DQUOT_CLUSTER_SIZE_FSB);
> >  	ASSERT(nmaps == 1);
> >  	ASSERT((map.br_startblock != DELAYSTARTBLOCK) &&
> > @@ -326,8 +326,8 @@ xfs_dquot_disk_alloc(
> >  	bp = xfs_trans_get_buf(tp, mp->m_ddev_targp, dqp->q_blkno,
> >  			mp->m_quotainfo->qi_dqchunklen, 0);
> >  	if (!bp) {
> > -		error = -ENOMEM;
> > -		goto error1;
> > +		xfs_defer_cancel(tp);
> > +		return -ENOMEM;
> 
> The only caller of xfs_dquot_disk_alloc checks the return value and
> xfs_trans_cancels the transaction, which should take care of calling
> xfs_defer_cancel, right?
> 

Yeah. IIRC I originally left the defer_cancel() alone in this function
just to be consistent, since it calls xfs_defer_finish() as well on the
caller's transaction. Technically I don't think it matters either way,
so I don't have much preference on if it stays or goes (assuming the
other changes are correct)...

Brian

> --D
> 
> >  	}
> >  	bp->b_ops = &xfs_dquot_buf_ops;
> >  
> > @@ -349,10 +349,8 @@ xfs_dquot_disk_alloc(
> >  	 * the buffer locked across the _defer_finish call.  We can now do
> >  	 * this correctly with xfs_defer_bjoin.
> >  	 *
> > -	 * Above, we allocated a disk block for the dquot information and
> > -	 * used get_buf to initialize the dquot.  If the _defer_bjoin fails,
> > -	 * the buffer is still locked to *tpp, so we must _bhold_release and
> > -	 * then _trans_brelse the buffer.  If the _defer_finish fails, the old
> > +	 * Above, we allocated a disk block for the dquot information and used
> > +	 * get_buf to initialize the dquot. If the _defer_finish fails, the old
> >  	 * transaction is gone but the new buffer is not joined or held to any
> >  	 * transaction, so we must _buf_relse it.
> >  	 *
> > @@ -362,24 +360,14 @@ xfs_dquot_disk_alloc(
> >  	 * manually or by committing the transaction.
> >  	 */
> >  	xfs_trans_bhold(tp, bp);
> > -	if (error) {
> > -		xfs_trans_bhold_release(tp, bp);
> > -		xfs_trans_brelse(tp, bp);
> > -		goto error1;
> > -	}
> >  	error = xfs_defer_finish(tpp);
> >  	tp = *tpp;
> >  	if (error) {
> >  		xfs_buf_relse(bp);
> > -		goto error0;
> > +		return error;
> >  	}
> >  	*bpp = bp;
> >  	return 0;
> > -
> > -error1:
> > -	xfs_defer_cancel(tp);
> > -error0:
> > -	return error;
> >  }
> >  
> >  /*
> > --
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