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Dave Chinner ac8809f9ab xfs: abort metadata writeback on permanent errors 
If we are doing aysnc writeback of metadata, we can get write errors
but have nobody to report them to. At the moment, we simply attempt
to reissue the write from io completion in the hope that it's a
transient error.

When it's not a transient error, the buffer is stuck forever in
this loop, and we cannot break out of it. Eventually, unmount will
hang because the AIL cannot be emptied and everything goes downhill
from them.

To solve this problem, only retry the write IO once before aborting
it. We don't throw the buffer away because some transient errors can
last minutes (e.g.  FC path failover) or even hours (thin
provisioned devices that have run out of backing space) before they
go away. Hence we really want to keep trying until we can't try any
more.

Because the buffer was not cleaned, however, it does not get removed
from the AIL and hence the next pass across the AIL will start IO on
it again. As such, we still get the "retry forever" semantics that
we currently have, but we allow other access to the buffer in the
mean time. Meanwhile the filesystem can continue to modify the
buffer and relog it, so the IO errors won't hang the log or the
filesystem.

Now when we are pushing the AIL, we can see all these "permanent IO
error" buffers and we can issue a warning about failures before we
retry the IO. We can also catch these buffers when unmounting an
issue a corruption warning, too.

Signed-off-by: Dave Chinner <dchinner@redhat.com>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Signed-off-by: Ben Myers <bpm@sgi.com>
2013-12-17 09:40:23 -06:00
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9p consolidate simple ->d_delete() instances 2013-11-15 22:04:17 -05:00
adfs adfs: delayed freeing of sbi 2013-10-24 23:43:27 -04:00
affs remove obsolete references to powertweak 2013-11-27 20:34:32 -08:00
afs Merge branch 'fscache' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dhowells/linux-fs into linux-next 2013-10-28 19:36:46 -04:00
autofs4 autofs4: make freeing sbi rcu-delayed 2013-10-24 23:43:27 -04:00
befs befs: split symlink iops in two - for short and long symlinks resp. 2013-10-24 23:34:50 -04:00
bfs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
btrfs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mason/linux-btrfs 2013-11-22 08:38:55 -08:00
cachefiles Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-11-13 15:34:18 +09:00
ceph Merge branch 'for-linus-bugs' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sage/ceph-client 2013-11-26 18:02:46 -08:00
cifs [CIFS] Do not use btrfs refcopy ioctl for SMB2 copy offload 2013-11-25 09:50:31 -06:00
coda coda_revalidate_inode(): switch to passing inode... 2013-11-09 00:16:21 -05:00
configfs configfs: fix race between dentry put and lookup 2013-11-21 16:42:27 -08:00
cramfs cramfs: mark as obsolete 2013-11-13 12:09:12 +09:00
debugfs debugfs: use list_next_entry() in debugfs_remove_recursive() 2013-11-13 12:09:24 +09:00
devpts devpts: plug the memory leak in kill_sb 2013-11-13 12:09:36 +09:00
dlm genetlink: only pass array to genl_register_family_with_ops() 2013-11-19 16:39:05 -05:00
ecryptfs Quiet static checkers by removing unneeded conditionals 2013-11-22 10:58:14 -08:00
efivarfs consolidate simple ->d_delete() instances 2013-11-15 22:04:17 -05:00
efs efs: iget_locked() doesn't return an ERR_PTR() 2013-08-24 12:10:22 -04:00
exofs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
exportfs exportfs: fix quadratic behavior in filehandle lookup 2013-11-09 00:16:38 -05:00
ext2 ext2: Fix fs corruption in ext2_get_xip_mem() 2013-11-05 11:26:47 +01:00
ext3 Merge branch 'for_linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jack/linux-fs 2013-11-13 15:25:47 +09:00
ext4 Ext4 updates for 3.13. Mostly bug fixes and cleanups. 2013-11-14 17:19:58 +09:00
f2fs f2fs: issue more large discard command 2013-11-11 09:36:32 +09:00
fat fat: rcu-delay unloading nls and freeing sbi 2013-10-24 23:43:28 -04:00
freevxfs [readdir] convert freevxfs 2013-06-29 12:56:53 +04:00
fscache Merge branch 'for-3.13/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-11-14 12:08:14 +09:00
fuse Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-11-13 15:34:18 +09:00
gfs2 GFS2: Fix ref count bug relating to atomic_open 2013-11-21 18:47:57 +00:00
hfs fs/hfs/btree.h: remove duplicate defines 2013-11-13 12:09:32 +09:00
hfsplus hfsplus: Fix undefined __divdi3 in hfsplus_init_header_node() 2013-11-15 09:32:23 +09:00
hostfs consolidate simple ->d_delete() instances 2013-11-15 22:04:17 -05:00
hpfs locks: break delegations on any attribute modification 2013-11-09 00:16:44 -05:00
hppfs clean up scary strncpy(dst, src, strlen(src)) uses 2013-07-03 16:07:41 -07:00
hugetlbfs cope with potentially long ->d_dname() output for shmem/hugetlb 2013-08-24 12:10:17 -04:00
isofs isofs: don't pass dentry to isofs_hash{i,}_common() 2013-10-24 23:34:59 -04:00
jbd jbd: Revert "jbd: remove dependency on __GFP_NOFAIL" 2013-10-31 20:37:15 +01:00
jbd2 jbd2: Fix endian mixing problems in the checksumming code 2013-08-28 14:59:58 -04:00
jffs2 jffs2: do not support the MLC nand 2013-10-27 16:27:07 -07:00
jfs Just a patch to fix an oops in an error path. 2013-10-22 09:01:11 +01:00
lockd LOCKD: Don't call utsname()->nodename from nlmclnt_setlockargs 2013-08-05 15:03:46 -04:00
logfs Lots of bug fixes, cleanups and optimizations. In the bug fixes 2013-07-02 09:39:34 -07:00
minix fs/minix: Drop dependency on H8300 2013-09-16 18:20:25 -07:00
ncpfs ncpfs: rcu-delay unload_nls() and freeing ncp_server 2013-10-24 23:43:28 -04:00
nfs NFS client bugfixes: 2013-11-16 13:14:56 -08:00
nfs_common
nfsd nfsd4: fix xdr decoding of large non-write compounds 2013-11-19 18:06:54 -05:00
nilfs2 nilfs2: fix issue with race condition of competition between segments for dirty blocks 2013-09-30 14:31:02 -07:00
nls
notify fsnotify: update comments concerning locking scheme 2013-07-09 10:33:20 -07:00
ntfs iget/iget5: don't bother with ->i_lock until we find a match 2013-11-09 00:16:31 -05:00
ocfs2 tree-wide: use reinit_completion instead of INIT_COMPLETION 2013-11-15 09:32:21 +09:00
omfs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
openpromfs [readdir] convert openpromfs 2013-06-29 12:56:32 +04:00
proc Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2013-11-21 19:18:14 -08:00
pstore pstore: Remove the messages related to compression failure 2013-09-16 09:28:29 -07:00
qnx4 qnx4: i_sb is never NULL 2013-11-09 00:16:32 -05:00
qnx6 [readdir] convert qnx6 2013-06-29 12:56:39 +04:00
quota genetlink: make multicast groups const, prevent abuse 2013-11-19 16:39:06 -05:00
ramfs initmpfs: move rootfs code from fs/ramfs/ to init/ 2013-09-11 15:59:37 -07:00
reiserfs reiserfs: fix race with flush_used_journal_lists and flush_journal_list 2013-09-24 11:24:21 +02:00
romfs [readdir] convert romfs 2013-06-29 12:56:29 +04:00
squashfs Squashfs: Check stream is not NULL in decompressor_multi.c 2013-11-20 03:59:20 +00:00
sysfs Revert "sysfs: handle duplicate removal attempts in sysfs_remove_group()" 2013-11-27 09:44:55 -08:00
sysv sysv: Add forgotten superblock lock init for v7 fs 2013-09-29 22:02:02 -04:00
ubifs Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-11-13 15:34:18 +09:00
udf udf: fix for pathetic mount times in case of invalid file system 2013-10-18 22:39:07 +02:00
ufs truncate: drop 'oldsize' truncate_pagecache() parameter 2013-09-12 15:38:02 -07:00
xfs xfs: abort metadata writeback on permanent errors 2013-12-17 09:40:23 -06:00
aio.c Merge git://git.kvack.org/~bcrl/aio-next 2013-11-22 08:42:14 -08:00
anon_inodes.c ... and kill anon_inode_getfile_private() 2013-11-09 00:16:28 -05:00
attr.c locks: break delegations on any attribute modification 2013-11-09 00:16:44 -05:00
bad_inode.c [readdir] ->readdir() is gone 2013-06-29 12:57:04 +04:00
binfmt_aout.c dump_skip(): dump_seek() replacement taking coredump_params 2013-11-09 00:16:26 -05:00
binfmt_elf_fdpic.c elf{,_fdpic} coredump: get rid of pointless if (siginfo->si_signo) 2013-11-09 00:16:30 -05:00
binfmt_elf.c elf{,_fdpic} coredump: get rid of pointless if (siginfo->si_signo) 2013-11-09 00:16:30 -05:00
binfmt_em86.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
binfmt_flat.c
binfmt_misc.c
binfmt_script.c
binfmt_som.c
bio-integrity.c Merge branch 'for-3.12/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-09-22 15:00:11 -07:00
bio.c bio: fix argument of __bio_add_page() for max_sectors > 0xffff 2013-11-18 12:31:27 -07:00
block_dev.c a trivial writeback fix 2013-09-13 23:06:40 -04:00
buffer.c fs: buffer: move allocation failure loop into the allocator 2013-10-16 21:35:53 -07:00
char_dev.c Merge branch 'for-3.13/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2013-11-14 12:08:14 +09:00
compat_binfmt_elf.c
compat_ioctl.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
compat.c [readdir] constify ->actor 2013-06-29 12:57:05 +04:00
coredump.c dump_emit(): use __kernel_write(), not vfs_write() 2013-11-15 22:04:09 -05:00
coredump.h
dcache.c fold try_to_ascend() into the sole remaining caller 2013-11-15 22:04:17 -05:00
dcookies.c
direct-io.c direct-io: Use return from cmpxchg to decide of assignment happened 2013-09-09 10:47:42 -07:00
drop_caches.c shrinker: add node awareness 2013-09-10 18:56:31 -04:00
eventfd.c
eventpoll.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew Morton) 2013-11-13 15:45:43 +09:00
exec.c Merge git://git.infradead.org/users/eparis/audit 2013-11-21 19:18:14 -08:00
fcntl.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
fhandle.c
file_table.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-11-13 15:34:18 +09:00
file.c
filesystems.c
fs_struct.c seqcount: Add lockdep functionality to seqcount/seqlock structures 2013-11-06 12:40:26 +01:00
fs-writeback.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew Morton) 2013-11-13 15:45:43 +09:00
generic_acl.c
inode.c locks: break delegations on any attribute modification 2013-11-09 00:16:44 -05:00
internal.h get rid of s_files and files_lock 2013-11-09 00:16:20 -05:00
ioctl.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
ioprio.c
Kconfig
Kconfig.binfmt
libfs.c consolidate simple ->d_delete() instances 2013-11-15 22:04:17 -05:00
locks.c locks: missing unlock on error in generic_add_lease() 2013-11-13 07:30:53 -05:00
Makefile
mbcache.c fs: convert fs shrinkers to new scan/count API 2013-09-10 18:56:31 -04:00
mount.h RCU'd vfsmounts 2013-11-09 00:16:19 -05:00
mpage.c
namei.c fix bogus path_put() of nd->root after some unlazy_walk() failures 2013-11-29 01:50:51 -05:00
namespace.c RCU'd vfsmounts 2013-11-09 00:16:19 -05:00
no-block.c
open.c locks: break delegations on any attribute modification 2013-11-09 00:16:44 -05:00
pipe.c
pnode.c split __lookup_mnt() in two functions 2013-10-24 23:35:00 -04:00
pnode.h vfs: Don't copy mount bind mounts of /proc/<pid>/ns/mnt between namespaces 2013-08-26 18:42:15 -07:00
posix_acl.c
proc_namespace.c don't bother with vfsmount_lock in mounts_poll() 2013-10-24 23:34:59 -04:00
read_write.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
readdir.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
select.c Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs 2013-11-13 15:34:18 +09:00
seq_file.c seq_file: always clear m->count when we free m->buf 2013-11-18 19:07:53 -08:00
signalfd.c
splice.c file->f_op is never NULL... 2013-10-24 23:34:54 -04:00
stack.c
stat.c vfs: split out vfs_getattr_nosec 2013-11-09 00:16:31 -05:00
statfs.c vfs: allow O_PATH file descriptors for fstatfs() 2013-10-12 13:12:31 -07:00
super.c get rid of s_files and files_lock 2013-11-09 00:16:20 -05:00
sync.c Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew Morton) 2013-11-13 15:45:43 +09:00
timerfd.c
utimes.c locks: break delegations on any attribute modification 2013-11-09 00:16:44 -05:00
xattr_acl.c
xattr.c