[PATCH v3 2/4] xfs: add an error tag to inject a ->writeback_submit() failure
From: Andrea Parri
Date: Mon Sep 28 2026 - 05:00:02 EST
The only in-tree way for xfs_writeback_submit() to fail is a failing
xfs_reflink_convert_cow(), which requires a shared (reflinked) CoW
extent. There was previously no way to exercise that failure path
from userspace, which made it hard to write an xfstest for it, e.g.
for "iomap: don't resubmit an ioend after ->writeback_submit()
failed".
Add XFS_ERRTAG_WB_COW_CONVERT_ERROR to force xfs_reflink_convert_cow()
to fail with -EIO, so that ->writeback_submit() failure and its
callers' error handling can be exercised with error injection alone,
without needing a corrupted or racy COW fork.
Suggested-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Darrick J. Wong <djwong@xxxxxxxxxx>
Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx>
Assisted-by: LLM
Signed-off-by: Andrea Parri <parri.andrea@xxxxxxxxx>
---
fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_errortag.h | 6 ++++--
fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c | 5 +++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_errortag.h b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_errortag.h
index 6de207fed2d89..a1955b7773e1f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_errortag.h
+++ b/fs/xfs/libxfs/xfs_errortag.h
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@
#define XFS_ERRTAG_METAFILE_RESV_CRITICAL 45
#define XFS_ERRTAG_FORCE_ZERO_RANGE 46
#define XFS_ERRTAG_ZONE_RESET 47
-#define XFS_ERRTAG_MAX 48
+#define XFS_ERRTAG_WB_COW_CONVERT_ERROR 48
+#define XFS_ERRTAG_MAX 49
/*
* Random factors for above tags, 1 means always, 2 means 1/2 time, etc.
@@ -137,7 +138,8 @@ XFS_ERRTAG(WRITE_DELAY_MS, write_delay_ms, 3000) \
XFS_ERRTAG(EXCHMAPS_FINISH_ONE, exchmaps_finish_one, 1) \
XFS_ERRTAG(METAFILE_RESV_CRITICAL, metafile_resv_crit, 4) \
XFS_ERRTAG(FORCE_ZERO_RANGE, force_zero_range, 4) \
-XFS_ERRTAG(ZONE_RESET, zone_reset, 1)
+XFS_ERRTAG(ZONE_RESET, zone_reset, 1) \
+XFS_ERRTAG(WB_COW_CONVERT_ERROR, wb_cow_convert_error, 1)
#endif /* XFS_ERRTAG */
#endif /* __XFS_ERRORTAG_H_ */
diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
index 4801361366359..104542b10d9e0 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_reflink.c
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
#include "xfs_rtalloc.h"
#include "xfs_rtgroup.h"
#include "xfs_metafile.h"
+#include "xfs_errortag.h"
+#include "xfs_error.h"
/*
* Copy on Write of Shared Blocks
@@ -346,6 +348,9 @@ xfs_reflink_convert_cow(
ASSERT(count != 0);
+ if (XFS_TEST_ERROR(mp, XFS_ERRTAG_WB_COW_CONVERT_ERROR))
+ return -EIO;
+
xfs_ilock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
error = xfs_reflink_convert_cow_locked(ip, offset_fsb, count_fsb);
xfs_iunlock(ip, XFS_ILOCK_EXCL);
--
2.53.0