linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] ceph: pagecache writeback fault injection switch

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Message-ID: <CAAM7YAmqkr5Ty-Nvzmtfz_D19iR-aHE-dEcUf5BNoBhBx6K4kg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 26 Jul 2017 21:08:26 +0800
From:   "Yan, Zheng" <ukernel@...il.com>
To:     Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org>
Cc:     "Yan, Zheng" <zyan@...hat.com>, Sage Weil <sage@...hat.com>,
        Ilya Dryomov <idryomov@...il.com>,
        ceph-devel <ceph-devel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] ceph: pagecache writeback fault injection switch

On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 10:50 PM, Jeff Layton <jlayton@...nel.org> wrote:
> From: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
>
> Testing ceph for proper writeback error handling turns out to be quite
> difficult. I tried using iptables to block traffic but that didn't
> give reliable results.
>
> I hacked in this wb_fault switch that makes the filesystem pretend that
> writeback failed, even when it succeeds. With this, I could verify that
> cephfs fsync error reporting does work properly.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jeff Layton <jlayton@...hat.com>
> ---
>  fs/ceph/addr.c    | 7 +++++++
>  fs/ceph/debugfs.c | 8 +++++++-
>  fs/ceph/super.h   | 2 ++
>  3 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/addr.c b/fs/ceph/addr.c
> index 50836280a6f8..a3831d100e16 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/addr.c
> +++ b/fs/ceph/addr.c
> @@ -584,6 +584,10 @@ static int writepage_nounlock(struct page *page, struct writeback_control *wbc)
>                                    page_off, len,
>                                    truncate_seq, truncate_size,
>                                    &inode->i_mtime, &page, 1);
> +
> +       if (fsc->wb_fault && err >= 0)
> +               err = -EIO;
> +
>         if (err < 0) {
>                 struct writeback_control tmp_wbc;
>                 if (!wbc)
> @@ -666,6 +670,9 @@ static void writepages_finish(struct ceph_osd_request *req)
>         struct ceph_fs_client *fsc = ceph_inode_to_client(inode);
>         bool remove_page;
>
> +       if (fsc->wb_fault && rc >= 0)
> +               rc = -EIO;
> +
>         dout("writepages_finish %p rc %d\n", inode, rc);
>         if (rc < 0) {
>                 mapping_set_error(mapping, rc);
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/debugfs.c b/fs/ceph/debugfs.c
> index 4e2d112c982f..e1e6eaa12031 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/debugfs.c
> +++ b/fs/ceph/debugfs.c
> @@ -197,7 +197,6 @@ CEPH_DEFINE_SHOW_FUNC(caps_show)
>  CEPH_DEFINE_SHOW_FUNC(dentry_lru_show)
>  CEPH_DEFINE_SHOW_FUNC(mds_sessions_show)
>
> -
>  /*
>   * debugfs
>   */
> @@ -231,6 +230,7 @@ void ceph_fs_debugfs_cleanup(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
>         debugfs_remove(fsc->debugfs_caps);
>         debugfs_remove(fsc->debugfs_mdsc);
>         debugfs_remove(fsc->debugfs_dentry_lru);
> +       debugfs_remove(fsc->debugfs_wb_fault);
>  }
>
>  int ceph_fs_debugfs_init(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
> @@ -298,6 +298,12 @@ int ceph_fs_debugfs_init(struct ceph_fs_client *fsc)
>         if (!fsc->debugfs_dentry_lru)
>                 goto out;
>
> +       fsc->debugfs_wb_fault = debugfs_create_bool("wb_fault",
> +                                       0600, fsc->client->debugfs_dir,
> +                                       &fsc->wb_fault);
> +       if (!fsc->debugfs_wb_fault)
> +               goto out;
> +
>         return 0;
>
>  out:
> diff --git a/fs/ceph/super.h b/fs/ceph/super.h
> index f02a2225fe42..a38fd6203b77 100644
> --- a/fs/ceph/super.h
> +++ b/fs/ceph/super.h
> @@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ struct ceph_fs_client {
>
>         unsigned long mount_state;
>         int min_caps;                  /* min caps i added */
> +       bool wb_fault;
>
>         struct ceph_mds_client *mdsc;
>
> @@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ struct ceph_fs_client {
>         struct dentry *debugfs_bdi;
>         struct dentry *debugfs_mdsc, *debugfs_mdsmap;
>         struct dentry *debugfs_mds_sessions;
> +       struct dentry *debugfs_wb_fault;
>  #endif
>

I think it's better not to enable this feature by default. Enabling it
by compilation option or mount option?

Regards
Yan, Zheng

>  #ifdef CONFIG_CEPH_FSCACHE
> --
> 2.13.3
>