linux-kernel - [PATCH] ext4: correct inconsistent error msg in nojournal mode

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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2022 15:43:43 +0800
From:   Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
To:     <linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org>
CC:     <tytso@....edu>, <adilger.kernel@...ger.ca>, <jack@...e.cz>,
        <ritesh.list@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        <yi.zhang@...wei.com>, <yukuai3@...wei.com>, <libaokun1@...wei.com>
Subject: [PATCH] ext4: correct inconsistent error msg in nojournal mode

When we used the journal_async_commit mounting option in nojournal mode,
the kernel told me that "can't mount with journal_checksum", was very
confusing. I find that when we mount with journal_async_commit, both the
JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT and EXPLICIT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM flags are set. However,
in the error branch, CHECKSUM is checked before ASYNC_COMMIT. As a result,
the above inconsistency occurs, and the ASYNC_COMMIT branch becomes dead
code that cannot be executed. Therefore, we exchange the positions of the
two judgments to make the error msg more accurate.

Signed-off-by: Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
---
 fs/ext4/super.c | 9 +++++----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c
index 63ef74eb8091..e4ababd0f132 100644
--- a/fs/ext4/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext4/super.c
@@ -5286,14 +5286,15 @@ static int __ext4_fill_super(struct fs_context *fc, struct super_block *sb)
 		goto failed_mount3a;
 	} else {
 		/* Nojournal mode, all journal mount options are illegal */
-		if (test_opt2(sb, EXPLICIT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM)) {
+		if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "can't mount with "
-				 "journal_checksum, fs mounted w/o journal");
+				 "journal_async_commit, fs mounted w/o journal");
 			goto failed_mount3a;
 		}
-		if (test_opt(sb, JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT)) {
+
+		if (test_opt2(sb, EXPLICIT_JOURNAL_CHECKSUM)) {
 			ext4_msg(sb, KERN_ERR, "can't mount with "
-				 "journal_async_commit, fs mounted w/o journal");
+				 "journal_checksum, fs mounted w/o journal");
 			goto failed_mount3a;
 		}
 		if (sbi->s_commit_interval != JBD2_DEFAULT_MAX_COMMIT_AGE*HZ) {
-- 
2.31.1