linux-kernel - [PATCH] f2fs: let's keep writing IOs on SBI_NEED

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Date:   Wed, 14 Jul 2021 16:18:50 -0700
From:   Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, stable@...nel.org
Subject: [PATCH] f2fs: let's keep writing IOs on SBI_NEED_FSCK

SBI_NEED_FSCK is an indicator that fsck.f2fs needs to be triggered, so it
is not fully critical to stop any IO writes. So, let's allow to write data
instead of reporting EIO forever given SBI_NEED_FSCK.

Fixes: 955772787667 ("f2fs: drop inplace IO if fs status is abnormal")
Cc: <stable@...nel.org> # v5.13+
Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
---
 fs/f2fs/segment.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/f2fs/segment.c b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
index 15cc89eef28d..f9b7fb785e1d 100644
--- a/fs/f2fs/segment.c
+++ b/fs/f2fs/segment.c
@@ -3563,7 +3563,7 @@ int f2fs_inplace_write_data(struct f2fs_io_info *fio)
 		goto drop_bio;
 	}
 
-	if (is_sbi_flag_set(sbi, SBI_NEED_FSCK) || f2fs_cp_error(sbi)) {
+	if (f2fs_cp_error(sbi)) {
 		err = -EIO;
 		goto drop_bio;
 	}
-- 
2.32.0.93.g670b81a890-goog