From 5bf5683a33f3584da6eced480967c4f7e11515a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Hidehiro Kawai Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:12:43 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] ext4: add an option to control error handling on file data If the journal doesn't abort when it gets an IO error in file data blocks, the file data corruption will spread silently. Because most of applications and commands do buffered writes without fsync(), they don't notice the IO error. It's scary for mission critical systems. On the other hand, if the journal aborts whenever it gets an IO error in file data blocks, the system will easily become inoperable. So this patch introduces a filesystem option to determine whether it aborts the journal or just call printk() when it gets an IO error in file data. If you mount an ext4 fs with data_err=abort option, it aborts on file data write error. If you mount it with data_err=ignore, it doesn't abort, just call printk(). data_err=ignore is the default. Here is the corresponding patch of the ext3 version: http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-kernel/2008/9/9/3239374 Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o --- Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt | 5 +++++ fs/ext4/ext4.h | 2 ++ fs/ext4/super.c | 16 ++++++++++++++++ fs/jbd2/commit.c | 2 ++ include/linux/jbd2.h | 3 +++ 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+) diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt index 74484e696405..eb154ef36c2a 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt @@ -223,6 +223,11 @@ errors=remount-ro(*) Remount the filesystem read-only on an error. errors=continue Keep going on a filesystem error. errors=panic Panic and halt the machine if an error occurs. +data_err=ignore(*) Just print an error message if an error occurs + in a file data buffer in ordered mode. +data_err=abort Abort the journal if an error occurs in a file + data buffer in ordered mode. + grpid Give objects the same group ID as their creator. bsdgroups diff --git a/fs/ext4/ext4.h b/fs/ext4/ext4.h index f46a513a5157..6690a41cdd9f 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/ext4.h +++ b/fs/ext4/ext4.h @@ -540,6 +540,8 @@ do { \ #define EXT4_MOUNT_JOURNAL_ASYNC_COMMIT 0x1000000 /* Journal Async Commit */ #define EXT4_MOUNT_I_VERSION 0x2000000 /* i_version support */ #define EXT4_MOUNT_DELALLOC 0x8000000 /* Delalloc support */ +#define EXT4_MOUNT_DATA_ERR_ABORT 0x10000000 /* Abort on file data write */ + /* Compatibility, for having both ext2_fs.h and ext4_fs.h included at once */ #ifndef _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H #define clear_opt(o, opt) o &= ~EXT4_MOUNT_##opt diff --git a/fs/ext4/super.c b/fs/ext4/super.c index 79bd3989e84f..014677b8e224 100644 --- a/fs/ext4/super.c +++ b/fs/ext4/super.c @@ -778,6 +778,9 @@ static int ext4_show_options(struct seq_file *seq, struct vfsmount *vfs) seq_printf(seq, ",inode_readahead_blks=%u", sbi->s_inode_readahead_blks); + if (test_opt(sb, DATA_ERR_ABORT)) + seq_puts(seq, ",data_err=abort"); + ext4_show_quota_options(seq, sb); return 0; } @@ -907,6 +910,7 @@ enum { Opt_commit, Opt_journal_update, Opt_journal_inum, Opt_journal_dev, Opt_journal_checksum, Opt_journal_async_commit, Opt_abort, Opt_data_journal, Opt_data_ordered, Opt_data_writeback, + Opt_data_err_abort, Opt_data_err_ignore, Opt_usrjquota, Opt_grpjquota, Opt_offusrjquota, Opt_offgrpjquota, Opt_jqfmt_vfsold, Opt_jqfmt_vfsv0, Opt_quota, Opt_noquota, Opt_ignore, Opt_barrier, Opt_err, Opt_resize, Opt_usrquota, @@ -953,6 +957,8 @@ static match_table_t tokens = { {Opt_data_journal, "data=journal"}, {Opt_data_ordered, "data=ordered"}, {Opt_data_writeback, "data=writeback"}, + {Opt_data_err_abort, "data_err=abort"}, + {Opt_data_err_ignore, "data_err=ignore"}, {Opt_offusrjquota, "usrjquota="}, {Opt_usrjquota, "usrjquota=%s"}, {Opt_offgrpjquota, "grpjquota="}, @@ -1187,6 +1193,12 @@ static int parse_options(char *options, struct super_block *sb, sbi->s_mount_opt |= data_opt; } break; + case Opt_data_err_abort: + set_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DATA_ERR_ABORT); + break; + case Opt_data_err_ignore: + clear_opt(sbi->s_mount_opt, DATA_ERR_ABORT); + break; #ifdef CONFIG_QUOTA case Opt_usrjquota: qtype = USRQUOTA; @@ -2535,6 +2547,10 @@ static void ext4_init_journal_params(struct super_block *sb, journal_t *journal) journal->j_flags |= JBD2_BARRIER; else journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_BARRIER; + if (test_opt(sb, DATA_ERR_ABORT)) + journal->j_flags |= JBD2_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR; + else + journal->j_flags &= ~JBD2_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR; spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock); } diff --git a/fs/jbd2/commit.c b/fs/jbd2/commit.c index 849f10496cea..0abe02c4242a 100644 --- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c +++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c @@ -684,6 +684,8 @@ void jbd2_journal_commit_transaction(journal_t *journal) printk(KERN_WARNING "JBD2: Detected IO errors while flushing file data " "on %s\n", journal->j_devname); + if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR) + jbd2_journal_abort(journal, err); err = 0; } diff --git a/include/linux/jbd2.h b/include/linux/jbd2.h index c9e7d781db31..d2e91ea998fd 100644 --- a/include/linux/jbd2.h +++ b/include/linux/jbd2.h @@ -967,6 +967,9 @@ struct journal_s #define JBD2_FLUSHED 0x008 /* The journal superblock has been flushed */ #define JBD2_LOADED 0x010 /* The journal superblock has been loaded */ #define JBD2_BARRIER 0x020 /* Use IDE barriers */ +#define JBD2_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR 0x040 /* Abort the journal on file + * data write error in ordered + * mode */ /* * Function declarations for the journaling transaction and buffer