From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.2 required=3.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 45723CA9EA0 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2019 13:04:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 18D2421927 for ; Sun, 20 Oct 2019 13:04:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1726315AbfJTNEc (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Oct 2019 09:04:32 -0400 Received: from mailfilter03-out31.webhostingserver.nl ([141.138.168.202]:13372 "EHLO mailfilter03-out31.webhostingserver.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1726298AbfJTNEc (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Oct 2019 09:04:32 -0400 X-Halon-ID: 139ed88f-f33a-11e9-ba6d-001a4a4cb9a5 Received: from s198.webhostingserver.nl (unknown [195.211.72.171]) by mailfilter03.webhostingserver.nl (Halon) with ESMTPSA id 139ed88f-f33a-11e9-ba6d-001a4a4cb9a5; Sun, 20 Oct 2019 13:03:57 +0000 (UTC) Received: from cust-178-250-146-69.breedbanddelft.nl ([178.250.146.69] helo=[10.8.0.10]) by s198.webhostingserver.nl with esmtpa (Exim 4.92.3) (envelope-from ) id 1iMAsl-003Sq0-Ol; Sun, 20 Oct 2019 15:04:27 +0200 Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/3] btrfs-progs: Add check and repair for invalid inode generation To: Qu Wenruo , Qu WenRuo , "linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org" References: <20190924081120.6283-1-wqu@suse.com> <36d45e31-f125-4b21-a68e-428f807180f7@gmail.com> <796be1b6-1f1d-7946-e53e-9b85610c7c65@gmail.com> <5315fc1e-f0e6-68ca-8938-33bc0dbce07d@gmx.com> From: Ferry Toth Message-ID: Date: Sun, 20 Oct 2019 15:04:27 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:68.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/68.1.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <5315fc1e-f0e6-68ca-8938-33bc0dbce07d@gmx.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-SendingUser: hidden X-SendingServer: hidden X-Antivirus-Scanner: Clean mail though you should still use an Antivirus X-Authenticated-Id: hidden X-SendingUser: hidden X-SendingServer: hidden Sender: linux-btrfs-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-btrfs@vger.kernel.org Op 20-10-2019 om 02:51 schreef Qu Wenruo: > > > On 2019/10/20 上午8:26, Qu Wenruo wrote: >> >> >> On 2019/10/20 上午12:24, Ferry Toth wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> Op 19-10-2019 om 01:50 schreef Qu WenRuo: >>>> >>>> >>>> On 2019/10/19 上午4:32, Ferry Toth wrote: >>>>> Op 24-09-2019 om 10:11 schreef Qu Wenruo: >>>>>> We have at least two user reports about bad inode generation makes >>>>>> kernel reject the fs. >>>>> >>>>> May I add my report? I just upgraded Ubuntu from 19.04 -> 19.10 so >>>>> kernel went from 5.0 -> 5.3 (but I was using 4.15 too). >>>>> >>>>> Booting 5.3 leaves me in initramfs as I have /boot on @boot and / on /@ >>>>> >>>>> In initramfs I can try to mount but get something like >>>>> btrfs critical corrupt leaf invalid inode generation open_ctree failed >>>>> >>>>> Booting old kernel works just as before, no errors. >>>>> >>>>>> According to the creation time, the inode is created by some 2014 >>>>>> kernel. >>>>> >>>>> How do I get the creation time? >>>> >>>> # btrfs ins dump-tree -b >>> >>> I just went back to the office to reboot to 5.3 and check the creation >>> times and found they were 2013 - 2014. >>> >>>>> >>>>>> And the generation member of INODE_ITEM is not updated (unlike the >>>>>> transid member) so the error persists until latest tree-checker >>>>>> detects. >>>>>> >>>>>> Even the situation can be fixed by reverting back to older kernel and >>>>>> copying the offending dir/file to another inode and delete the >>>>>> offending >>>>>> one, it still should be done by btrfs-progs. >>>>>> >>>>> How to find the offending dir/file from the command line manually? >>>> >>>> # find -inum >>> >>> This works, thanks. >>> >>> But appears unpractical. After fix 2 files and reboot, I found 4 more, >>> then 16, then I gave up. > > Another solution is use "find" to locate the files with creation time > before 2015, and copy them to a new file, then replace the old file with > the new file. Hmm. But how do I "find" by creation time (otime)? Do you have a suggestion for this? > It would be much safer than btrfs check --repair. > > Thanks, > Qu > > >>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Qu >>>> >>>>> >>>>>> This patchset adds such check and repair ability to btrfs-check, with a >>>>>> simple test image. >>>>>> >>>>>> Qu Wenruo (3): >>>>>>     btrfs-progs: check/lowmem: Add check and repair for invalid inode >>>>>>       generation >>>>>>     btrfs-progs: check/original: Add check and repair for invalid inode >>>>>>       generation >>>>>>     btrfs-progs: fsck-tests: Add test image for invalid inode >>>>>> generation >>>>>>       repair >>>>>> >>>>>>    check/main.c                                  |  50 +++++++++++- >>>>>>    check/mode-lowmem.c                           |  76 >>>>>> ++++++++++++++++++ >>>>>>    check/mode-original.h                         |   1 + >>>>>>    .../.lowmem_repairable                        |   0 >>>>>>    .../bad_inode_geneartion.img.xz               | Bin 0 -> 2012 bytes >>>>>>    5 files changed, 126 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) >>>>>>    create mode 100644 >>>>>> tests/fsck-tests/043-bad-inode-generation/.lowmem_repairable >>>>>>    create mode 100644 >>>>>> tests/fsck-tests/043-bad-inode-generation/bad_inode_geneartion.img.xz >>>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> I checked out and built v5.3-rc1 of btrfs-progs. Then ran it on my >>> mounted rootfs with linux 5.0 and captured the log (~1800 lines 209 >>> errors). >> >> It's really not recommended to run btrfs check, especially repair on the >> mounted fs, unless it's RO. >> >> A new transaction from kernel can easily screw up the repaired fs. >>> >>> I'm not sure if using the v5.0 kernel and/or checking mounted distorts >>> the results? Else I'm going to need a live usb with a v5.3 kernel and >>> v5.3 btrfs-progs. >>> >>> If you like I can share the log. Let me know. >>> >>> This issue can potentially cause a lot of grief. Our company server runs >>> Ubuntu LTS (18.04.02) with a 4.15 kernel on a btrfs boot/rootfs with >>> ~100 snapshots. I guess the problematic inodes need to be fixed on each >>> snapshot prior to upgrading to 20.04 LTS (which might be on kernel ~5.6)? >> >> Yes. >> >>> >>> Do I understand correctly that this FTB is caused by more strict >>> checking of the fs by the kernel, while the tools to fix the detected >>> corruptions are not yet released? >> >> Yes. >> >> Thanks, >> Qu >> >