ext3: 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 a ext3 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.
Signed-off-by: Hidehiro Kawai <hidehiro.kawai.ez@hitachi.com>
Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
index 295f26c..9dd2a3bb 100644
--- a/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
+++ b/Documentation/filesystems/ext3.txt
@@ -96,6 +96,11 @@
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/ext3/super.c b/fs/ext3/super.c
index 399a96a..3a260af 100644
--- a/fs/ext3/super.c
+++ b/fs/ext3/super.c
@@ -625,6 +625,9 @@
else if (test_opt(sb, DATA_FLAGS) == EXT3_MOUNT_WRITEBACK_DATA)
seq_puts(seq, ",data=writeback");
+ if (test_opt(sb, DATA_ERR_ABORT))
+ seq_puts(seq, ",data_err=abort");
+
ext3_show_quota_options(seq, sb);
return 0;
@@ -754,6 +757,7 @@
Opt_reservation, Opt_noreservation, Opt_noload, Opt_nobh, Opt_bh,
Opt_commit, Opt_journal_update, Opt_journal_inum, Opt_journal_dev,
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,
@@ -796,6 +800,8 @@
{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="},
@@ -1011,6 +1017,12 @@
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;
@@ -1986,6 +1998,10 @@
journal->j_flags |= JFS_BARRIER;
else
journal->j_flags &= ~JFS_BARRIER;
+ if (test_opt(sb, DATA_ERR_ABORT))
+ journal->j_flags |= JFS_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR;
+ else
+ journal->j_flags &= ~JFS_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR;
spin_unlock(&journal->j_state_lock);
}
diff --git a/fs/jbd/commit.c b/fs/jbd/commit.c
index d6a6659..25719d9 100644
--- a/fs/jbd/commit.c
+++ b/fs/jbd/commit.c
@@ -482,6 +482,8 @@
printk(KERN_WARNING
"JBD: Detected IO errors while flushing file data "
"on %s\n", bdevname(journal->j_fs_dev, b));
+ if (journal->j_flags & JFS_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR)
+ journal_abort(journal, err);
err = 0;
}
diff --git a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
index 159d9b4..d14f029 100644
--- a/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/ext3_fs.h
@@ -380,6 +380,8 @@
#define EXT3_MOUNT_QUOTA 0x80000 /* Some quota option set */
#define EXT3_MOUNT_USRQUOTA 0x100000 /* "old" user quota */
#define EXT3_MOUNT_GRPQUOTA 0x200000 /* "old" group quota */
+#define EXT3_MOUNT_DATA_ERR_ABORT 0x400000 /* Abort on file data write
+ * error in ordered mode */
/* Compatibility, for having both ext2_fs.h and ext3_fs.h included at once */
#ifndef _LINUX_EXT2_FS_H
diff --git a/include/linux/jbd.h b/include/linux/jbd.h
index 7ebbcb1..35d4f63 100644
--- a/include/linux/jbd.h
+++ b/include/linux/jbd.h
@@ -816,6 +816,9 @@
#define JFS_FLUSHED 0x008 /* The journal superblock has been flushed */
#define JFS_LOADED 0x010 /* The journal superblock has been loaded */
#define JFS_BARRIER 0x020 /* Use IDE barriers */
+#define JFS_ABORT_ON_SYNCDATA_ERR 0x040 /* Abort the journal on file
+ * data write error in ordered
+ * mode */
/*
* Function declarations for the journaling transaction and buffer