linux-kernel - Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: avoid an infinite loop in f2fs_sync_dirty

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Message-ID: <303313a4-f529-ce12-e512-082db535d0f5@kernel.org>
Date:   Fri, 4 Mar 2022 17:20:03 +0800
From:   Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
To:     Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [f2fs-dev] [PATCH 1/2] f2fs: avoid an infinite loop in
 f2fs_sync_dirty_inodes

On 2022/3/4 10:19, Jaegeuk Kim wrote:
> If one read IO is always failing, we can fall into an infinite loop in
> f2fs_sync_dirty_inodes. This happens during xfstests/generic/475.
> 
> [  142.803335] Buffer I/O error on dev dm-1, logical block 8388592, async page read
> ...
> [  382.887210]  submit_bio_noacct+0xdd/0x2a0
> [  382.887213]  submit_bio+0x80/0x110
> [  382.887223]  __submit_bio+0x4d/0x300 [f2fs]
> [  382.887282]  f2fs_submit_page_bio+0x125/0x200 [f2fs]
> [  382.887299]  __get_meta_page+0xc9/0x280 [f2fs]
> [  382.887315]  f2fs_get_meta_page+0x13/0x20 [f2fs]
> [  382.887331]  f2fs_get_node_info+0x317/0x3c0 [f2fs]
> [  382.887350]  f2fs_do_write_data_page+0x327/0x6f0 [f2fs]
> [  382.887367]  f2fs_write_single_data_page+0x5b7/0x960 [f2fs]
> [  382.887386]  f2fs_write_cache_pages+0x302/0x890 [f2fs]
> [  382.887405]  ? preempt_count_add+0x7a/0xc0
> [  382.887408]  f2fs_write_data_pages+0xfd/0x320 [f2fs]
> [  382.887425]  ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x1a/0x30
> [  382.887428]  do_writepages+0xd3/0x1d0
> [  382.887432]  filemap_fdatawrite_wbc+0x69/0x90
> [  382.887434]  filemap_fdatawrite+0x50/0x70
> [  382.887437]  f2fs_sync_dirty_inodes+0xa4/0x270 [f2fs]
> [  382.887453]  f2fs_write_checkpoint+0x189/0x1640 [f2fs]
> [  382.887469]  ? schedule_timeout+0x114/0x150
> [  382.887471]  ? ttwu_do_activate+0x6d/0xb0
> [  382.887473]  ? preempt_count_add+0x7a/0xc0
> [  382.887476]  kill_f2fs_super+0xca/0x100 [f2fs]
> [  382.887491]  deactivate_locked_super+0x35/0xa0
> [  382.887494]  deactivate_super+0x40/0x50
> [  382.887497]  cleanup_mnt+0x139/0x190
> [  382.887499]  __cleanup_mnt+0x12/0x20
> [  382.887501]  task_work_run+0x64/0xa0
> [  382.887505]  exit_to_user_mode_prepare+0x1b7/0x1c0
> [  382.887508]  syscall_exit_to_user_mode+0x27/0x50
> [  382.887510]  do_syscall_64+0x48/0xc0
> [  382.887513]  entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x44/0xae
> 
> Signed-off-by: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>

Reviewed-by: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>

Thanks,