From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from userp2120.oracle.com ([156.151.31.85]:39150 "EHLO userp2120.oracle.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1732305AbfDQPsA (ORCPT ); Wed, 17 Apr 2019 11:48:00 -0400 Date: Wed, 17 Apr 2019 08:47:47 -0700 From: "Darrick J. Wong" Subject: Re: [PATCH] xfs: make tr_growdata a permanent transaction Message-ID: <20190417154747.GI114154@magnolia> References: <20190417093608.17146-1-bfoster@redhat.com> <20190417143759.GG114154@magnolia> <20190417153308.GB16377@bfoster> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20190417153308.GB16377@bfoster> Sender: linux-xfs-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: List-Id: xfs To: Brian Foster Cc: linux-xfs@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 11:33:15AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote: > On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 07:37:59AM -0700, Darrick J. Wong wrote: > > On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 05:36:08AM -0400, Brian Foster wrote: > > > The growdata transaction is used by growfs operations to increase > > > the data size of the filesystem. Part of this sequence involves > > > extending the size of the last preexisting AG in the fs, if > > > necessary. This is implemented by freeing the newly available > > > physical range to the AG. > > > > > > tr_growdata is not a permanent transaction, however, and block > > > allocation transactions must be permanent to handle deferred frees > > > of AGFL blocks. If the grow operation extends an existing AG that > > > requires AGFL fixing, assert failures occur due to a populated dfops > > > list on a non-permanent transaction and the AGFL free does not > > > occur. This is reproduced (rarely) by xfs/104. > > > > > > Change tr_growdata to a permanent transaction with a default log > > > count. This increases initial transaction reservation size, but > > > growfs is an infrequent and non-performance critical operation and > > > so should have minimal impact. Also add an assert in the block > > > allocation path to make this transaction requirement explicit and > > > obvious to future callers. > > > > > > Reported-by: Darrick J. Wong > > > Signed-off-by: Brian Foster > > > --- > > > > > > This is motivated by Darrick's recent xfs/104 failure report[1]. Note > > > that I made the assert a bit more explicit than originally suggested > > > because I think any transaction that performs block allocation should be > > > expected to be able to handle arbitrary AGFL fixups. This survives an > > > fstests auto run without any regressions[2] or assert failures. > > > > > > Brian > > > > > > [1] https://marc.info/?l=linux-xfs&m=155537961822223&w=2 > > > [2] Note that I was never able to reproduce the original xfs/104 > > > failure. > > > > > > fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c | 2 ++ > > > fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c | 6 +++++- > > > 2 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c > > > index bc3367b8b7bb..e4df1866f949 100644 > > > --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_alloc.c > > > @@ -2237,6 +2237,8 @@ xfs_alloc_fix_freelist( > > > xfs_extlen_t need; /* total blocks needed in freelist */ > > > int error = 0; > > > > > > + ASSERT(tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES); > > > > /me wonders if we ought to have a comment here about why we're asserting > > on this? i.e. > > > > Yep. > > > /* > > * This function can shrink the AGFL, which uses a deferred op to avoid > > * exceeding transaction reservation (or whatever the original reason > > * was). Deferred ops require a transaction with a permanent > > * reservation, so check that here. > > */ > > ASSERT(...); > > > > Send me back a finished comment and I'll add it on its way in; the rest > > of the patch looks ok to me. > > > > Though to me a one-liner seems sufficient since this is just an assert. > E.g., > > /* deferred ops (AGFL block frees) require permanent transactions */ > ASSERT(tp->t_flags & XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES); > > ... seems enough to document the intent. Hm? Yep. Comment added. Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong --D > Brian > > > --D > > > > > + > > > if (!pag->pagf_init) { > > > error = xfs_alloc_read_agf(mp, tp, args->agno, flags, &agbp); > > > if (error) > > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c > > > index f99a7aefe418..83f4ee2afc49 100644 > > > --- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c > > > +++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_trans_resv.c > > > @@ -876,9 +876,13 @@ xfs_trans_resv_calc( > > > resp->tr_sb.tr_logres = xfs_calc_sb_reservation(mp); > > > resp->tr_sb.tr_logcount = XFS_DEFAULT_LOG_COUNT; > > > > > > + /* growdata requires permanent res; it can free space to the last AG */ > > > + resp->tr_growdata.tr_logres = xfs_calc_growdata_reservation(mp); > > > + resp->tr_growdata.tr_logcount = XFS_DEFAULT_PERM_LOG_COUNT; > > > + resp->tr_growdata.tr_logflags |= XFS_TRANS_PERM_LOG_RES; > > > + > > > /* The following transaction are logged in logical format */ > > > resp->tr_ichange.tr_logres = xfs_calc_ichange_reservation(mp); > > > - resp->tr_growdata.tr_logres = xfs_calc_growdata_reservation(mp); > > > resp->tr_fsyncts.tr_logres = xfs_calc_swrite_reservation(mp); > > > resp->tr_writeid.tr_logres = xfs_calc_writeid_reservation(mp); > > > resp->tr_attrsetrt.tr_logres = xfs_calc_attrsetrt_reservation(mp); > > > -- > > > 2.17.2 > > >