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 <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
Signed-off-by: Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu>

diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext4.txt
index 74484e6..eb154ef 100644 (file)
--- 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 f46a513..6690a41 100644 (file)
--- 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 79bd398..014677b 100644 (file)
--- 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 849f104..0abe02c 100644 (file)
--- a/fs/jbd2/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd2/commit.c
@@ -684,6 +684,8 @@ start_journal_io:
                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 c9e7d78..d2e91ea 100644 (file)
--- 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