[PATCH v2 07/21] buffer: detect metadata write errors with buffer_write_io_error()
Chao Shi <[email protected]> Thu, 6 Aug 2026 12:58:30 -0400
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-ext4,dev.linux.lists.gfs2,dev.linux.lists.ocfs2-devel,org.kernel.vger.linux-fsdevel,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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Both places in this file that report a metadata write error to a caller do it by testing !buffer_uptodate() after waiting for the write. That works only because the write completion handlers clear BH_Uptodate when the write fails, which is what this series is removing: a buffer whose write failed still holds the correct data, and saying otherwise makes callers rewrite, re-read or WARN over a buffer that was never wrong. BH_Write_EIO is the flag that actually means "the last write of this buffer failed", and both handlers already set it via mark_buffer_write_io_error(). Test that instead. No behaviour change: today a failed write through bh_end_write() or bh_end_async_write() sets BH_Write_EIO and clears BH_Uptodate together, so the two tests agree. They stop agreeing at the end of the series, and this one stays right. Acked-by: Weidong Zhu <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Chao Shi <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Jan Kara <[email protected]> --- fs/buffer.c | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/fs/buffer.c b/fs/buffer.c index 570ce7f495d3..aebf74abbc49 100644 --- a/fs/buffer.c +++ b/fs/buffer.c @@ -618,7 +618,7 @@ int mmb_sync(struct mapping_metadata_bhs *mmb) } spin_unlock(&mmb->lock); wait_on_buffer(bh); - if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) + if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) err = -EIO; brelse(bh); spin_lock(&mmb->lock); @@ -2743,7 +2743,7 @@ int __sync_dirty_buffer(struct buffer_head *bh, blk_opf_t op_flags) bh_submit(bh, REQ_OP_WRITE | op_flags, bh_end_write); wait_on_buffer(bh); - if (!buffer_uptodate(bh)) + if (buffer_write_io_error(bh)) return -EIO; } else { unlock_buffer(bh); -- 2.43.0