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

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Date:   Mon, 19 Jul 2021 16:23:34 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Cc:     stable@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH] f2fs: let's keep writing IOs on SBI_NEED_FSCK

On 2021/7/15 7:18, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> 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.

Well, it looks we need to check why there is SBI_NEED_FSCK flag.

If this patch breaks something, how about forcing OPU if SBI_NEED_FSCK
was set?

> 
> 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;
>   	}
>