linux.git/fs/jbd2, branch v4.4-rc2

Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew)

2015-11-07T22:32:45+00:00

Merge second patch-bomb from Andrew Morton:

 - most of the rest of MM

 - procfs

 - lib/ updates

 - printk updates

 - bitops infrastructure tweaks

 - checkpatch updates

 - nilfs2 update

 - signals

 - various other misc bits: coredump, seqfile, kexec, pidns, zlib, ipc,
   dma-debug, dma-mapping, ...

* emailed patches from Andrew Morton : (102 commits)
  ipc,msg: drop dst nil validation in copy_msg
  include/linux/zutil.h: fix usage example of zlib_adler32()
  panic: release stale console lock to always get the logbuf printed out
  dma-debug: check nents in dma_sync_sg*
  dma-mapping: tidy up dma_parms default handling
  pidns: fix set/getpriority and ioprio_set/get in PRIO_USER mode
  kexec: use file name as the output message prefix
  fs, seqfile: always allow oom killer
  seq_file: reuse string_escape_str()
  fs/seq_file: use seq_* helpers in seq_hex_dump()
  coredump: change zap_threads() and zap_process() to use for_each_thread()
  coredump: ensure all coredumping tasks have SIGNAL_GROUP_COREDUMP
  signal: remove jffs2_garbage_collect_thread()->allow_signal(SIGCONT)
  signal: introduce kernel_signal_stop() to fix jffs2_garbage_collect_thread()
  signal: turn dequeue_signal_lock() into kernel_dequeue_signal()
  signals: kill block_all_signals() and unblock_all_signals()
  nilfs2: fix gcc uninitialized-variable warnings in powerpc build
  nilfs2: fix gcc unused-but-set-variable warnings
  MAINTAINERS: nilfs2: add header file for tracing
  nilfs2: add tracepoints for analyzing reading and writing metadata files
  ...

mm, page_alloc: distinguish between being unable to sleep, unwilling to sleep and avoiding waking kswapd

2015-11-07T01:50:42+00:00

__GFP_WAIT has been used to identify atomic context in callers that hold
spinlocks or are in interrupts.  They are expected to be high priority and
have access one of two watermarks lower than "min" which can be referred
to as the "atomic reserve".  __GFP_HIGH users get access to the first
lower watermark and can be called the "high priority reserve".

Over time, callers had a requirement to not block when fallback options
were available.  Some have abused __GFP_WAIT leading to a situation where
an optimisitic allocation with a fallback option can access atomic
reserves.

This patch uses __GFP_ATOMIC to identify callers that are truely atomic,
cannot sleep and have no alternative.  High priority users continue to use
__GFP_HIGH.  __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM identifies callers that can sleep and
are willing to enter direct reclaim.  __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM to identify
callers that want to wake kswapd for background reclaim.  __GFP_WAIT is
redefined as a caller that is willing to enter direct reclaim and wake
kswapd for background reclaim.

This patch then converts a number of sites

o __GFP_ATOMIC is used by callers that are high priority and have memory
  pools for those requests. GFP_ATOMIC uses this flag.

o Callers that have a limited mempool to guarantee forward progress clear
  __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM but keep __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM. bio allocations fall
  into this category where kswapd will still be woken but atomic reserves
  are not used as there is a one-entry mempool to guarantee progress.

o Callers that are checking if they are non-blocking should use the
  helper gfpflags_allow_blocking() where possible. This is because
  checking for __GFP_WAIT as was done historically now can trigger false
  positives. Some exceptions like dm-crypt.c exist where the code intent
  is clearer if __GFP_DIRECT_RECLAIM is used instead of the helper due to
  flag manipulations.

o Callers that built their own GFP flags instead of starting with GFP_KERNEL
  and friends now also need to specify __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM.

The first key hazard to watch out for is callers that removed __GFP_WAIT
and was depending on access to atomic reserves for inconspicuous reasons.
In some cases it may be appropriate for them to use __GFP_HIGH.

The second key hazard is callers that assembled their own combination of
GFP flags instead of starting with something like GFP_KERNEL.  They may
now wish to specify __GFP_KSWAPD_RECLAIM.  It's almost certainly harmless
if it's missed in most cases as other activity will wake kswapd.

Signed-off-by: Mel Gorman 
Acked-by: Vlastimil Babka 
Acked-by: Michal Hocko 
Acked-by: Johannes Weiner 
Cc: Christoph Lameter 
Cc: David Rientjes 
Cc: Vitaly Wool 
Cc: Rik van Riel 
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton 
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

ext4, jbd2: ensure entering into panic after recording an error in superblock

2015-10-18T21:02:56+00:00

If a EXT4 filesystem utilizes JBD2 journaling and an error occurs, the
journaling will be aborted first and the error number will be recorded
into JBD2 superblock and, finally, the system will enter into the
panic state in "errors=panic" option.  But, in the rare case, this
sequence is little twisted like the below figure and it will happen
that the system enters into panic state, which means the system reset
in mobile environment, before completion of recording an error in the
journal superblock. In this case, e2fsck cannot recognize that the
filesystem failure occurred in the previous run and the corruption
wouldn't be fixed.

Task A                        Task B
ext4_handle_error()
-> jbd2_journal_abort()
  -> __journal_abort_soft()
    -> __jbd2_journal_abort_hard()
    | -> journal->j_flags |= JBD2_ABORT;
    |
    |                         __ext4_abort()
    |                         -> jbd2_journal_abort()
    |                         | -> __journal_abort_soft()
    |                         |   -> if (journal->j_flags & JBD2_ABORT)
    |                         |           return;
    |                         -> panic()
    |
    -> jbd2_journal_update_sb_errno()

Tested-by: Hobin Woo 
Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong 
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

jbd2: fix checkpoint list cleanup

2015-10-18T02:35:09+00:00

Unlike comments and expectation of callers journal_clean_one_cp_list()
returned 1 not only if it freed the transaction but also if it freed
some buffers in the transaction. That could make
__jbd2_journal_clean_checkpoint_list() skip processing
t_checkpoint_io_list and continue with processing the next transaction.
This is mostly a cosmetic issue since the only result is we can
sometimes free less memory than we could. But it's still worth fixing.
Fix journal_clean_one_cp_list() to return 1 only if the transaction was
really freed.

Fixes: 50849db32a9f529235a84bcc84a6b8e631b1d0ec
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara 
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

jbd2: clean up feature test macros with predicate functions

2015-10-17T20:18:45+00:00

Create separate predicate functions to test/set/clear feature flags,
thereby replacing the wordy old macros.  Furthermore, clean out the
places where we open-coded feature tests.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong 
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

ext4: call out CRC and corruption errors with specific error codes

2015-10-17T20:16:04+00:00

Instead of overloading EIO for CRC errors and corrupt structures,
return the same error codes that XFS returns for the same issues.

Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong 
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

jbd2: gate checksum calculations on crc driver presence, not sb flags

2015-10-15T14:30:36+00:00

Change the journal's checksum functions to gate on whether or not the
crc32c driver is loaded, and gate the loading on the superblock bits.
This prevents a journal crash if someone loads a journal in no-csum
mode and then randomizes the superblock, thus flipping on the feature
bits.

Tested-By: Nikolay Borisov 
Reported-by: Nikolay Borisov 
Signed-off-by: Darrick J. Wong 
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

jbd2: limit number of reserved credits

2015-08-04T15:21:52+00:00

Currently there is no limitation on number of reserved credits we can
ask for. If we ask for more reserved credits than 1/2 of maximum
transaction size, or if total number of credits exceeds the maximum
transaction size per operation (which is currently only possible with
the former) we will spin forever in start_this_handle().

Fix this by adding this limitation at the start of start_this_handle().

This patch also removes the credit limitation 1/2 of maximum transaction
size, since we really only want to limit the number of reserved credits.
There is not much point to limit the credits if there is still space in
the journal.

This accidentally also fixes the online resize, where due to the
limitation of the journal credits we're unable to grow file systems with
1k block size and size between 16M and 32M. It has been partially fixed
by 2c869b262a10ca99cb866d04087d75311587a30c, but not entirely.

Thanks Jan Kara for helping me getting the correct fix.

Signed-off-by: Lukas Czerner 
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara 
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

jbd2: avoid infinite loop when destroying aborted journal

2015-07-28T18:57:14+00:00

Commit 6f6a6fda2945 "jbd2: fix ocfs2 corrupt when updating journal
superblock fails" changed jbd2_cleanup_journal_tail() to return EIO
when the journal is aborted. That makes logic in
jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() bail out which is fine, except that
jbd2_journal_destroy() expects jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() to always make
a progress in cleaning the journal. Without it jbd2_journal_destroy()
just loops in an infinite loop.

Fix jbd2_journal_destroy() to cleanup journal checkpoint lists of
jbd2_log_do_checkpoint() fails with error.

Reported-by: Eryu Guan 
Tested-by: Eryu Guan 
Fixes: 6f6a6fda294506dfe0e3e0a253bb2d2923f28f0a
Signed-off-by: Jan Kara 
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o

ext4, jbd2: add REQ_FUA flag when recording an error in the superblock

2015-07-23T13:46:11+00:00

When an error condition is detected, an error status should be recorded into
superblocks of EXT4 or JBD2. However, the write request is submitted now
without REQ_FUA flag, even in "barrier=1" mode, which is followed by
panic() function in "errors=panic" mode. On mobile devices which make
whole system reset as soon as kernel panic occurs, this write request
containing an error flag will disappear just from storage cache without
written to the physical cells. Therefore, when next start, even forever,
the error flag cannot be shown in both superblocks, and e2fsck cannot fix
the filesystem problems automatically, unless e2fsck is executed in
force checking mode.

[ Changed use test_opt(sb, BARRIER) of checking the journal flags -- TYT ]

Signed-off-by: Daeho Jeong 
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o