linux-ext4 - Re: [PATCH V2] jbd2: store more accurate errno in superblock when possible

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Message-ID: <176340680644.138575.14066880434513446946.b4-ty@mit.edu>
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2025 14:13:37 -0500
From: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>
To: linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, Wengang Wang <wen.gang.wang@...cle.com>
Cc: "Theodore Ts'o" <tytso@....edu>, adilger.kernel@...ger.ca,
        yi.zhang@...weicloud.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] jbd2: store more accurate errno in superblock when possible


On Fri, 31 Oct 2025 14:05:01 -0700, Wengang Wang wrote:
> When jbd2_journal_abort() is called, the provided error code is stored
> in the journal superblock. Some existing calls hard-code -EIO even when
> the actual failure is not I/O related.
> 
> This patch updates those calls to pass more accurate error codes,
> allowing the superblock to record the true cause of failure. This helps
> improve diagnostics and debugging clarity when analyzing journal aborts.
> 
> [...]

Applied, thanks!

[1/1] jbd2: store more accurate errno in superblock when possible
      commit: 7416e371b5bf8f0495829d53259bf3a0f17e493c

Best regards,
-- 
Theodore Ts'o <tytso@....edu>