Re: [PATCH 05/19] buffer: discard BH_Write_EIO along with the rest of the buffer state

On Sat 01-08-26 18:00:49, Chao Shi wrote:
> discard_buffer() strips the state that describes where a buffer lives and
> what has happened to it, because after an invalidate none of it applies any
> more.  BH_Write_EIO belongs in that set for the same reason: it describes a
> write of the data that is being thrown away.
> 
> Leaving it set means a buffer_head reused for a different block starts life
> carrying somebody else's write error.  Like the bforget() change, this is
> mostly theoretical today and becomes load bearing once the rest of the
> series makes BH_Write_EIO the report of a failed metadata write.
> 
> Suggested-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>
> Signed-off-by: Chao Shi <[email protected]>

Looks good. Feel free to add:

Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]>

								Honza

> ---
>  fs/buffer.c | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c
> index 7889c30d8715..50a63d964815 100644
> --- a/fs/buffer.c
> +++ b/fs/buffer.c
> @@ -1518,7 +1518,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(folio_set_bh);
>  /* Bits that are cleared during an invalidate */
>  #define BUFFER_FLAGS_DISCARD \
>  	(1 << BH_Mapped | 1 << BH_New | 1 << BH_Req | \
> -	 1 << BH_Delay | 1 << BH_Unwritten)
> +	 1 << BH_Delay | 1 << BH_Unwritten | 1 << BH_Write_EIO)
>  
>  static void discard_buffer(struct buffer_head * bh)
>  {
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
-- 
Jan Kara <[email protected]>
SUSE Labs, CR