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Date: Thu, 25 Jan 2024 11:01:38 +0800
From: Zhiguo Niu <niuzhiguo84@...il.com>
To: Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org>
Cc: Zhiguo Niu <zhiguo.niu@...soc.com>, jaegeuk@...nel.org, 
	linux-f2fs-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	ke.wang@...soc.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH V1] f2fs: fix potentail deadloop issue in do_recover_data

Hi Chao,

On Wed, Jan 24, 2024 at 10:54 PM Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> Zhiguo,
>m
> Can you please check below version? Is it fine to you?
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/linux-f2fs-devel/20240124144915.19445-1-chao@kernel.org
it is ok to me and more reasonable than my  version
thanks~
>
> On 2024/1/22 13:46, Zhiguo Niu wrote:
> > Hi Chao
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 22, 2024 at 11:46 AM Chao Yu <chao@...nel.org> wrote:
> >>
> >> On 2023/12/25 19:11, Zhiguo Niu wrote:
> >>> There is a potentail deadloop issue in the corner case of
> >>> CONFIG_F2FS_FAULT_INJECTION is enabled and the return value
> >>> of f2fs_reserve_new_block is error but not -ENOSPC, such as
> >>> this error case:
> >>> if (unlikely(is_inode_flag_set(dn->inode, FI_NO_ALLOC)))
> >>>                return -EPERM;
> >>
> >> I don't see any path to trigger this error? am I missing something?
> >>
> >>> besides, the mainly error -ENOSPC has been handled as bug on,
> >>> so other error cases can be proecssed normally without looping.
> >>
> >> commit 975756c41332bc5e523e9f843271ed5ab6aaaaaa
> >> Author: Jaegeuk Kim <jaegeuk@...nel.org>
> >> Date:   Thu May 19 11:57:21 2016 -0700
> >>
> >>       f2fs: avoid ENOSPC fault in the recovery process
> >>
> >>       This patch avoids impossible error injection, ENOSPC, during recovery process.
> >>
> >> Please check above patch, I guess intention of adding such loop is
> >> to avoid mount failure due to fault injection was triggered in
> >> f2fs_reserve_new_block().
> >>
> >> What about change as blew?
> >> - keep the loop to avoid mount failure.
> >> - remove bug_on() to avoid panic due to fault injection error.
> >>
> >> #define DEFAULT_RETRY_COUNT             8
> >>
> >>                  for (loops = DEFAULT_RETRY_COUNT; loops > 0; loops--) {
> >>                          err = f2fs_reserve_new_block(&dn);
> >>                          if (!err ||
> >>                                  !IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_F2FS_FAULT_INJECTION))
> >>                                  break;
> >>                  }
> >
> > Thanks for your detailed explanation and I understand.
> > It seems that the original process is also reasonable,
> > so it’s okay to keep it as it is.
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >>
> >>>
> >>> Fixes: 956fa1ddc132 ("f2fs: fix to check return value of f2fs_reserve_new_block()")
> >>> Signed-off-by: Zhiguo Niu <zhiguo.niu@...soc.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>    fs/f2fs/recovery.c | 26 ++++++++------------------
> >>>    1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
> >>> index 21381b7..5d658f6 100644
> >>> --- a/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
> >>> +++ b/fs/f2fs/recovery.c
> >>> @@ -710,15 +710,10 @@ static int do_recover_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct inode *inode,
> >>>                 */
> >>>                if (dest == NEW_ADDR) {
> >>>                        f2fs_truncate_data_blocks_range(&dn, 1);
> >>> -                     do {
> >>> -                             err = f2fs_reserve_new_block(&dn);
> >>> -                             if (err == -ENOSPC) {
> >>> -                                     f2fs_bug_on(sbi, 1);
> >>> -                                     break;
> >>> -                             }
> >>> -                     } while (err &&
> >>> -                             IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_F2FS_FAULT_INJECTION));
> >>> -                     if (err)
> >>> +                     err = f2fs_reserve_new_block(&dn);
> >>> +                     if (err == -ENOSPC)
> >>> +                             f2fs_bug_on(sbi, 1);
> >>> +                     else if (err)
> >>>                                goto err;
> >>>                        continue;
> >>>                }
> >>> @@ -727,15 +722,10 @@ static int do_recover_data(struct f2fs_sb_info *sbi, struct inode *inode,
> >>>                if (f2fs_is_valid_blkaddr(sbi, dest, META_POR)) {
> >>>
> >>>                        if (src == NULL_ADDR) {
> >>> -                             do {
> >>> -                                     err = f2fs_reserve_new_block(&dn);
> >>> -                                     if (err == -ENOSPC) {
> >>> -                                             f2fs_bug_on(sbi, 1);
> >>> -                                             break;
> >>> -                                     }
> >>> -                             } while (err &&
> >>> -                                     IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_F2FS_FAULT_INJECTION));
> >>> -                             if (err)
> >>> +                             err = f2fs_reserve_new_block(&dn);
> >>> +                             if (err == -ENOSPC)
> >>> +                                     f2fs_bug_on(sbi, 1);
> >>> +                             else if (err)
> >>>                                        goto err;
> >>>                        }
> >>>    retry_prev: