[PATCH v2 14/21] ocfs2: check for a metadata write error with buffer_write_io_error()
From: Chao Shi
Date: Thu Aug 06 2026 - 13:16:34 EST
ocfs2_write_block() and ocfs2_write_super_or_backup() detect a failed write
by looking at BH_Uptodate afterwards. That relies on the write completion
handler clearing BH_Uptodate on error, which this series removes: a buffer
whose write failed still holds the data the filesystem asked to be written,
so declaring it not up to date is wrong and makes callers re-read it.
Test BH_Write_EIO instead. Note that ocfs2_write_block()'s test is the
positive one, so the sense has to be inverted rather than the flag simply
swapped.
The comment in ocfs2_write_block()'s error arm needs updating for the same
reason. It said the clustered uptodate information did not have to be
removed because the buffer was not marked locally uptodate; after this
series it is, so the reason no longer holds. Not advertising the block to
the cluster is still the right thing to do - the data is in memory but not
on disk - so only the justification changes, not the behaviour.
No behaviour change today - a failed write sets BH_Write_EIO and clears
BH_Uptodate together. It stops being a no-op at the end of the series,
where the new test is the one that still works.
Acked-by: Weidong Zhu <weizhu@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Chao Shi <coshi036@xxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <jack@xxxxxxx>
---
fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c | 12 +++++++-----
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
index 7bfe377af2df..733ceda79ca1 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/buffer_head_io.c
@@ -66,12 +66,14 @@ int ocfs2_write_block(struct ocfs2_super *osb, struct buffer_head *bh,
wait_on_buffer(bh);
- if (buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+ if (!buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
ocfs2_set_buffer_uptodate(ci, bh);
} else {
- /* We don't need to remove the clustered uptodate
- * information for this bh as it's not marked locally
- * uptodate. */
+ /*
+ * The buffer still holds what we tried to write, but it did
+ * not reach the disk, so don't advertise it to the cluster
+ * as up to date.
+ */
ret = -EIO;
mlog_errno(ret);
}
@@ -446,7 +448,7 @@ int ocfs2_write_super_or_backup(struct ocfs2_super *osb,
wait_on_buffer(bh);
- if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) {
+ if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) {
ret = -EIO;
mlog_errno(ret);
}
--
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