linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH] ext4: printk stack trace on ext4_error, ext4_abort and ext4

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Date:	Wed, 14 May 2008 14:07:14 -0500
From:	Eric Sandeen <sandeen@...hat.com>
To:	"Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
CC:	cmm@...ibm.com, tytso@....edu, linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: printk stack trace on ext4_error, ext4_abort and
 ext4_warning.

Aneesh Kumar K.V wrote:
> This helps in better debugging of the problem reported.

ext4_error happens potentially often in some scenarios, and if I chose
errors=continue I'm not sure I'd want to dump this much.

Would it be worth limiting how often this goes off (maybe just once per fs?)

-Eric


> Signed-off-by: Aneesh Kumar K.V <aneesh.kumar@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
> ---
>  fs/ext4/super.c |    3 +++
>  1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index cd7cac0..93f4820 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ void ext4_error (struct super_block * sb, const char * function,
>  	vprintk(fmt, args);
>  	printk("\n");
>  	va_end(args);
> +	dump_stack();
>  
>  	ext4_handle_error(sb);
>  }
> @@ -320,6 +321,7 @@ void ext4_abort (struct super_block * sb, const char * function,
>  	vprintk(fmt, args);
>  	printk("\n");
>  	va_end(args);
> +	dump_stack();
>  
>  	if (test_opt(sb, ERRORS_PANIC))
>  		panic("EXT4-fs panic from previous error\n");
> @@ -345,6 +347,7 @@ void ext4_warning (struct super_block * sb, const char * function,
>  	vprintk(fmt, args);
>  	printk("\n");
>  	va_end(args);
> +	dump_stack();
>  }
>  
>  void ext4_update_dynamic_rev(struct super_block *sb)

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