lkml.org 
[lkml]   [2019]   [Aug]   [29]   [last100]   RSS Feed
Views: [wrap][no wrap]   [headers]  [forward] 
 
Messages in this thread
/
Date
From
SubjectRe: [PATCH] xfs: Use WARN_ON rather than BUG() for bailout mount-operation
On Thu, Aug 29, 2019 at 09:59:17PM +0900, Austin Kim wrote:
> 2019년 8월 29일 (목) 오후 4:56, Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>님이 작성:
> >
> > On Wed, Aug 28, 2019 at 03:47:49PM +0900, Austin Kim wrote:
> > > If the CONFIG_BUG is enabled, BUG() is executed and then system is crashed.
> > > However, the bailout for mount is no longer proceeding.
> > >
> > > For this reason, using WARN_ON rather than BUG() could prevent this situation.
> > > ---
> > > fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c | 3 +--
> > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> > > index 322da69..10fe000 100644
> > > --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> > > +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> > > @@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ xfs_initialize_perag(
> > > goto out_hash_destroy;
> > >
> > > spin_lock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
> > > - if (radix_tree_insert(&mp->m_perag_tree, index, pag)) {
> > > - BUG();
> > > + if (WARN_ON(radix_tree_insert(&mp->m_perag_tree, index, pag))){
> >
> > Please make this a WARN_ON_ONCE so that we don't see a flodding of
> > messages in case of this error.
> >
> Hello, Mr. Christoph
> Thanks for good feedback.
> If the kernel log is flooded with error message, as you pointed out,
> it may cause other side-effect.(e.g: system non-responsive or lockup)
>
> To. Mr. Darrick J. Wong
> If you or other kernel developers do not disagree with the
> idea(WARN_ON_ONCE instead of WARN_ON),
> do I have to resend the patch with new revision?

Yes, and please add your Signed-off-by in the new revision.

--D

> The title, the commit message and patch might be changed as followings;
> ======
> xfs: Use WARN_ON_ONCE rather than BUG() for bailout mount-operation
>
> If the CONFIG_BUG is enabled, BUG() is executed and then system is crashed.
> However, the bailout for mount is no longer proceeding.
>
> For this reason, using WARN_ON_ONCE rather than BUG() could prevent
> this situation.
>
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> index 322da69..d831c13 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_mount.c
> @@ -213,8 +213,7 @@ xfs_initialize_perag(
> goto out_hash_destroy;
>
> spin_lock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
> - if (radix_tree_insert(&mp->m_perag_tree, index, pag)) {
> - BUG();
> + if (WARN_ON_ONCE(radix_tree_insert(&mp->m_perag_tree,
> index, pag))) {
> spin_unlock(&mp->m_perag_lock);
> radix_tree_preload_end();
> error = -EEXIST;
> ======
>
> BR,
> Guillermo Austin Kim

\
 
 \ /
  Last update: 2019-08-29 17:59    [W:0.068 / U:0.784 seconds]
©2003-2020 Jasper Spaans|hosted at Digital Ocean and TransIP|Read the blog|Advertise on this site