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

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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2022 12:29:24 +0100
From:   Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>
To:     Baokun Li <libaokun1@...wei.com>
Cc:     linux-ext4@...r.kernel.org, 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
Subject: Re: [PATCH] ext4: correct inconsistent error msg in nojournal mode

On Wed 09-11-22 15:43:43, Baokun Li wrote:
> 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>

Yeah, this is probably more consistent error message. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@...e.cz>

								Honza

> ---
>  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
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <jack@...e.com>
SUSE Labs, CR