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Message-ID: <20140506174301.GQ8434@birch.djwong.org>
Date: Tue, 6 May 2014 10:43:01 -0700
From: "Darrick J. Wong" <darrick.wong@...cle.com>
To: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, nikola.ciprich@...uxbox.cz
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: add sysfs entry showing whether the fs contains
errors
On Tue, May 06, 2014 at 03:19:17PM +0200, Lukas Czerner wrote:
> Currently there is no easy way to tell that the mounted file system
> contains errors other than checking for log messages, or reading the
> information directly from superblock.
>
> This patch adds new sysfs entry "contains_errors" for each ext4 file
> system so user can simply check
>
> cat /sys/fs/ext4/sda/contains_errors
Minor complaint: "contains" makes me think that cat'ing that file will return
either 0 or 1, not a string of error text. Perhaps we could shorten it to
/sys/fs/ext4/sda/errors ?
Otherwise looks good to me.
--D
>
> If the file system is not marked as containing errors then the file is
> empty. Otherwise it would print the same information that could be found
> in the log. For example:
>
> error count: 1
> EXT4-fs (sda): initial error at 1399305407: trigger_test_error:2630
> EXT4-fs (sda): last error at 1399305407: trigger_test_error:2630
>
> Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner <lczerner@...hat.com>
> ---
> fs/ext4/super.c | 100 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 68 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
> index 6f9e6fa..61dc3d6 100644
> --- a/fs/ext4/super.c
> +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
> @@ -2502,6 +2502,59 @@ static ssize_t lifetime_write_kbytes_show(struct ext4_attr *a,
> EXT4_SB(sb)->s_sectors_written_start) >> 1)));
> }
>
> +static ssize_t get_fs_errors(struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, char *buf, ssize_t size)
> +{
> + struct super_block *sb = sbi->s_buddy_cache->i_sb;
> + struct ext4_super_block *es = sbi->s_es;
> + int len = 0;
> +
> + if (es->s_error_count)
> + len = snprintf(buf + len, size - len,
> + "error count: %u\n",
> + le32_to_cpu(es->s_error_count));
> + if (es->s_first_error_time) {
> + len += snprintf(buf + len, size - len,
> + "EXT4-fs (%s): initial error at %u: %.*s:%d",
> + sb->s_id, le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_error_time),
> + (int) sizeof(es->s_first_error_func),
> + es->s_first_error_func,
> + le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_error_line));
> + if (es->s_first_error_ino)
> + len += snprintf(buf + len, size - len,
> + ": inode %u",
> + le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_error_ino));
> + if (es->s_first_error_block)
> + len += snprintf(buf + len, size - len,
> + ": block %llu", (unsigned long long)
> + le64_to_cpu(es->s_first_error_block));
> + len += snprintf(buf + len, size - len, "\n");
> + }
> + if (es->s_last_error_time) {
> + len += snprintf(buf + len, size - len,
> + "EXT4-fs (%s): last error at %u: %.*s:%d",
> + sb->s_id, le32_to_cpu(es->s_last_error_time),
> + (int) sizeof(es->s_last_error_func),
> + es->s_last_error_func,
> + le32_to_cpu(es->s_last_error_line));
> + if (es->s_last_error_ino)
> + len += snprintf(buf + len, size - len,
> + ": inode %u",
> + le32_to_cpu(es->s_last_error_ino));
> + if (es->s_last_error_block)
> + len += snprintf(buf + len, size - len,
> + ": block %llu", (unsigned long long)
> + le64_to_cpu(es->s_last_error_block));
> + len += snprintf(buf + len, size - len, "\n");
> + }
> + return len;
> +}
> +
> +static ssize_t contains_errors_show(struct ext4_attr *a,
> + struct ext4_sb_info *sbi, char *buf)
> +{
> + return get_fs_errors(sbi, buf, PAGE_SIZE);
> +}
> +
> static ssize_t inode_readahead_blks_store(struct ext4_attr *a,
> struct ext4_sb_info *sbi,
> const char *buf, size_t count)
> @@ -2617,6 +2670,7 @@ static struct ext4_attr ext4_attr_##_name = { \
> EXT4_RO_ATTR(delayed_allocation_blocks);
> EXT4_RO_ATTR(session_write_kbytes);
> EXT4_RO_ATTR(lifetime_write_kbytes);
> +EXT4_RO_ATTR(contains_errors);
> EXT4_RW_ATTR(reserved_clusters);
> EXT4_ATTR_OFFSET(inode_readahead_blks, 0644, sbi_ui_show,
> inode_readahead_blks_store, s_inode_readahead_blks);
> @@ -2659,6 +2713,7 @@ static struct attribute *ext4_attrs[] = {
> ATTR_LIST(warning_ratelimit_burst),
> ATTR_LIST(msg_ratelimit_interval_ms),
> ATTR_LIST(msg_ratelimit_burst),
> + ATTR_LIST(contains_errors),
> NULL,
> };
>
> @@ -2792,42 +2847,23 @@ static void print_daily_error_info(unsigned long arg)
> {
> struct super_block *sb = (struct super_block *) arg;
> struct ext4_sb_info *sbi;
> - struct ext4_super_block *es;
> + ssize_t size;
> + char *buf = NULL;
>
> sbi = EXT4_SB(sb);
> - es = sbi->s_es;
>
> - if (es->s_error_count)
> - ext4_msg(sb, KERN_NOTICE, "error count: %u",
> - le32_to_cpu(es->s_error_count));
> - if (es->s_first_error_time) {
> - printk(KERN_NOTICE "EXT4-fs (%s): initial error at %u: %.*s:%d",
> - sb->s_id, le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_error_time),
> - (int) sizeof(es->s_first_error_func),
> - es->s_first_error_func,
> - le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_error_line));
> - if (es->s_first_error_ino)
> - printk(": inode %u",
> - le32_to_cpu(es->s_first_error_ino));
> - if (es->s_first_error_block)
> - printk(": block %llu", (unsigned long long)
> - le64_to_cpu(es->s_first_error_block));
> - printk("\n");
> - }
> - if (es->s_last_error_time) {
> - printk(KERN_NOTICE "EXT4-fs (%s): last error at %u: %.*s:%d",
> - sb->s_id, le32_to_cpu(es->s_last_error_time),
> - (int) sizeof(es->s_last_error_func),
> - es->s_last_error_func,
> - le32_to_cpu(es->s_last_error_line));
> - if (es->s_last_error_ino)
> - printk(": inode %u",
> - le32_to_cpu(es->s_last_error_ino));
> - if (es->s_last_error_block)
> - printk(": block %llu", (unsigned long long)
> - le64_to_cpu(es->s_last_error_block));
> - printk("\n");
> + buf = kmalloc(255, GFP_NOFS);
> + if (!buf) {
> + ext4_msg(sb, KERN_NOTICE, "File system contains errors, "
> + "running e2fsck is recommended");
> + return;
> }
> +
> + size = get_fs_errors(sbi, buf, 255);
> + if (size)
> + ext4_msg(sb, KERN_NOTICE, "%s", buf);
> + kfree(buf);
> +
> mod_timer(&sbi->s_err_report, jiffies + 24*60*60*HZ); /* Once a day */
> }
>
> --
> 1.8.3.1
>
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