Re: [PATCH v1 5/7] xfs: Add device retry

[Dave Chinner]

On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 08:49:49PM -0700, Allison Henderson wrote:
> Check to see if the _xfs_buf_read fails.  If so loop over the
> available mirrors and retry the read
> 
> Signed-off-by: Allison Henderson <allison.henderson@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c | 28 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
>  1 file changed, 27 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
> index dd8ba59..f102d01 100644
> --- a/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
> +++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_buf.c
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
>  #include <linux/migrate.h>
>  #include <linux/backing-dev.h>
>  #include <linux/freezer.h>
> +#include <linux/blkdev.h>
>  
>  #include "xfs_format.h"
>  #include "xfs_log_format.h"
> @@ -808,6 +809,8 @@ xfs_buf_read_map(
>  	const struct xfs_buf_ops *ops)
>  {
>  	struct xfs_buf		*bp;
> +	struct request_queue	*q;
> +	unsigned short		i;
>  
>  	flags |= XBF_READ;
>  
> @@ -820,7 +823,30 @@ xfs_buf_read_map(
>  	if (!(bp->b_flags & XBF_DONE)) {
>  		XFS_STATS_INC(target->bt_mount, xb_get_read);
>  		bp->b_ops = ops;
> -		_xfs_buf_read(bp, flags);
> +		q = bdev_get_queue(bp->b_target->bt_bdev);
> +
> +		/*
> +		 * Mirrors are indexed 1 - n, specified through the rw_hint.
> +		 * Setting the hint to 0 is unspecified and allows the block
> +		 * layer to decide.
> +		 */
> +		for (i = 0; i <= blk_queue_get_mirrors(q); i++) {
> +			bp->b_error = 0;
> +			bp->b_rw_hint = i;
> +			_xfs_buf_read(bp, flags);

So the first time through this loop the block layer devices what
device to read from, then we iterate devices 1..n on error.

Whihc means if device 0 is the only one with good information in it,
we may not ever actually read from it.

I'd suggest that a hint of "-1" (or equivalent max value) should be
used for "device selects mirror leg" rather than 0, so we can
actually read from the first device on command.

i.e.
		bp->b_error = 0;
		bp->b_rw_hint = -1;
		_xfs_buf_read(bp, flags);

		if (!bp->b_error)
			return bp;

		/* manual iteration to find a good copy */
		for (i = 0; i <= blk_queue_get_mirrors(q); i++) {
			bp->b_error = 0;
			bp->b_rw_hint = i;
			_xfs_buf_read(bp, flags);
......
> +
> +			switch (bp->b_error) {
> +			case -EIO:
> +			case -EFSCORRUPTED:
> +			case -EFSBADCRC:
> +				/* loop again */
> +				continue;
> +			default:
> +				goto retry_done;

Just return bp here, don't need a jump label for it.

Cheers,

Dave.
-- 
Dave Chinner
david@xxxxxxxxxxxxx