linux-ext4 - Re: 6.4-rc1 xfstests-bld adv regressions

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Message-ID: <110bcda8-f832-c858-3b61-5c0c7cf9e058@leemhuis.info>
Date:   Thu, 11 May 2023 15:10:42 +0200
From:   "Linux regression tracking #adding (Thorsten Leemhuis)" 
        <regressions@...mhuis.info>
To:     Eric Whitney <enwlinux@...il.com>, jack@...e.cz
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org,
        Linux kernel regressions list <regressions@...ts.linux.dev>
Subject: Re: 6.4-rc1 xfstests-bld adv regressions

[CCing the regression list, as it should be in the loop for regressions:
https://docs.kernel.org/admin-guide/reporting-regressions.html]

[TLDR: I'm adding this report to the list of tracked Linux kernel
regressions; the text you find below is based on a few templates
paragraphs you might have encountered already in similar form.
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On 09.05.23 20:20, Eric Whitney wrote:
> 
> I'm seeing two test regressions on 6.4-rc1 while running the adv test case
> with kvm-xfstests.  Both tests fail with 100% reliability in 100 trial runs,
> and the failures appear to depend solely upon the fast commit mount option.
> 
> The first is generic/065, where the relevant info from 065.full is:
> 
> _check_generic_filesystem: filesystem on /dev/vdc is inconsistent
> *** fsck.ext4 output ***
> fsck from util-linux 2.36.1
> e2fsck 1.47.0 (5-Feb-2023)
> Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
> Pass 2: Checking directory structure
> Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
> Pass 4: Checking reference counts
> Pass 5: Checking group summary information
> Directories count wrong for group #16 (4294967293, counted=0).
> 
> 
> The second is generic/535, where the test output is:
> 
>      QA output created by 535
>      Silence is golden
>     +Before: 755
>     +After : 777
> 
> Both test failures bisect to:  e360c6ed7274 ("ext4: Drop special handling of
> journalled data from ext4_sync_file()").  Reverting this patch eliminates the
> test failures.  So, I thought I'd bring these to your attention.

Thanks for the report. To be sure the issue doesn't fall through the
cracks unnoticed, I'm adding it to regzbot, the Linux kernel regression
tracking bot:

#regzbot ^introduced e360c6ed7274
#regzbot title ext4: adv test cases of kvm-xfstests fail
#regzbot ignore-activity

This isn't a regression? This issue or a fix for it are already
discussed somewhere else? It was fixed already? You want to clarify when
the regression started to happen? Or point out I got the title or
something else totally wrong? Then just reply and tell me -- ideally
while also telling regzbot about it, as explained by the page listed in
the footer of this mail.

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to the report (the parent of this mail). See page linked in footer for
details.

Ciao, Thorsten (wearing his 'the Linux kernel's regression tracker' hat)
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