Anand Jain
2013-Apr-12 07:55 UTC
[PATCH] btrfs-progs: a copy of superblock is zero may not mean btrfs is not there
If one of the copy of the superblock is zero it does not confirm to us that btrfs isn''t there on that disk. When we are having more than one copy of superblock we should rather let the for loop to continue to check other copies. the following test case and results would justify the fix mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb /dev/sdc -f mount /dev/sdb /btrfs dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=8 of=/dev/sdc seek=$((64*1024+64)) ~/before/btrfs-select-super -s 1 /dev/sdc using SB copy 1, bytenr 67108864 here btrfs-select-super just wrote superblock to a mounted btrfs with the fix: ./btrfs-select-super -s 1 /dev/sdc /dev/sdc is currently mounted. Aborting. Signed-off-by: Anand Jain <anand.jain@oracle.com> --- disk-io.c | 9 ++++++--- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/disk-io.c b/disk-io.c index 589b37a..3f85c21 100644 --- a/disk-io.c +++ b/disk-io.c @@ -1138,9 +1138,12 @@ int btrfs_read_dev_super(int fd, struct btrfs_super_block *sb, u64 sb_bytenr, if (btrfs_super_bytenr(&buf) != bytenr ) continue; - /* if magic is NULL, the device was removed */ - if (buf.magic == 0 && i == 0) - return -1; + /* if magic is NULL, either the device was removed + * OR user / application inflected the disk albeit + * with the most common zeros. + * so only this doesn''t confirm that this disk + * isn''t part of btrfs + */ if (buf.magic != cpu_to_le64(BTRFS_MAGIC)) continue; -- 1.8.1.227.g44fe835 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
David Sterba
2013-Apr-16 11:57 UTC
Re: [PATCH] btrfs-progs: a copy of superblock is zero may not mean btrfs is not there
On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 03:55:06PM +0800, Anand Jain wrote:> If one of the copy of the superblock is zero it does not > confirm to us that btrfs isn''t there on that disk. When > we are having more than one copy of superblock we should > rather let the for loop to continue to check other copies. > > the following test case and results would justify the > fix > > mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb /dev/sdc -f > mount /dev/sdb /btrfs > dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=8 of=/dev/sdc seek=$((64*1024+64)) > ~/before/btrfs-select-super -s 1 /dev/sdc > using SB copy 1, bytenr 67108864 > > here btrfs-select-super just wrote superblock to a mounted btrfsWhy does not check_mounted() catch this in the first place? Ie. based on the status in /proc/mounts not on random bytes in the superblock. david -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Anand Jain
2013-Apr-17 02:19 UTC
Re: [PATCH] btrfs-progs: a copy of superblock is zero may not mean btrfs is not there
On 04/16/2013 07:57 PM, David Sterba wrote:> On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 03:55:06PM +0800, Anand Jain wrote: >> If one of the copy of the superblock is zero it does not >> confirm to us that btrfs isn''t there on that disk. When >> we are having more than one copy of superblock we should >> rather let the for loop to continue to check other copies. >> >> the following test case and results would justify the >> fix >> >> mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb /dev/sdc -f >> mount /dev/sdb /btrfs >> dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=8 of=/dev/sdc seek=$((64*1024+64)) >> ~/before/btrfs-select-super -s 1 /dev/sdc >> using SB copy 1, bytenr 67108864 >> >> here btrfs-select-super just wrote superblock to a mounted btrfs > > Why does not check_mounted() catch this in the first place? Ie. based on > the status in /proc/mounts not on random bytes in the superblock.the reason is, as of now /proc/mounts just knows about the devid 1. Thanks, Anand -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
David Sterba
2013-Apr-17 17:12 UTC
Re: [PATCH] btrfs-progs: a copy of superblock is zero may not mean btrfs is not there
On Wed, Apr 17, 2013 at 10:19:09AM +0800, Anand Jain wrote:> > > On 04/16/2013 07:57 PM, David Sterba wrote: > >On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 03:55:06PM +0800, Anand Jain wrote: > >>If one of the copy of the superblock is zero it does not > >>confirm to us that btrfs isn''t there on that disk. When > >>we are having more than one copy of superblock we should > >>rather let the for loop to continue to check other copies. > >> > >>the following test case and results would justify the > >>fix > >> > >>mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb /dev/sdc -f > >>mount /dev/sdb /btrfs > >>dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=8 of=/dev/sdc seek=$((64*1024+64)) > >>~/before/btrfs-select-super -s 1 /dev/sdc > >>using SB copy 1, bytenr 67108864 > >> > >>here btrfs-select-super just wrote superblock to a mounted btrfs > > > >Why does not check_mounted() catch this in the first place? Ie. based on > >the status in /proc/mounts not on random bytes in the superblock. > > the reason is, as of now /proc/mounts just knows about the devid 1.My oversight, it''s mkfs on sdb and select-super on sdc, but then sdc is already open and the open(O_EXCL) should prevent that, right? The same way mkfs checks whether all the devices are available. david -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Anand Jain
2013-Apr-18 08:36 UTC
Re: [PATCH] btrfs-progs: a copy of superblock is zero may not mean btrfs is not there
>>>> If one of the copy of the superblock is zero it does not >>>> confirm to us that btrfs isn''t there on that disk. When >>>> we are having more than one copy of superblock we should >>>> rather let the for loop to continue to check other copies. >>>> >>>> the following test case and results would justify the >>>> fix >>>> >>>> mkfs.btrfs /dev/sdb /dev/sdc -f >>>> mount /dev/sdb /btrfs >>>> dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=8 of=/dev/sdc seek=$((64*1024+64)) >>>> ~/before/btrfs-select-super -s 1 /dev/sdc >>>> using SB copy 1, bytenr 67108864 >>>> >>>> here btrfs-select-super just wrote superblock to a mounted btrfs >>> >>> Why does not check_mounted() catch this in the first place? Ie. based on >>> the status in /proc/mounts not on random bytes in the superblock. >> >> the reason is, as of now /proc/mounts just knows about the devid 1. > > My oversight, it''s mkfs on sdb and select-super on sdc, but then sdc is > already open and the open(O_EXCL) should prevent that, right? The same > way mkfs checks whether all the devices are available.thanks for the comments. checking for O_EXCL would help in a way to avoid this problem. but it doesn''t address the actual problem. here, IMO this is wrong.. ------ int btrfs_read_dev_super(int fd, struct btrfs_super_block *sb, u64 sb_bytenr, u64 flags) { :: /* if magic is NULL, the device was removed */ <---- if (buf.magic == 0 && i == 0) return -1; ----- since it would inhibits check for the backup superblock when the primary superblock is wrongly overwritten with zeros. eg: in general threads which set BTRFS_SCAN_BACKUP_SB flag are affected. such as btrfs-find-root should fail to work and it does as in the below eg: with single disk. -------- mkfs.btrfs /dev/dm-5 -f dd if=/dev/zero bs=1 count=8 of=/dev/dm-5 seek=$((64*1024+64)) ~/before/btrfs-find-root /dev/dm-5 No valid Btrfs found on /dev/dm-5 Open ctree failed with the fix: btrfs-find-root /dev/dm-5 Super think''s the tree root is at 29364224, chunk root 20971520 Well block 4194304 seems great, but generation doesn''t match, have=2, want=4 Well block 4206592 seems great, but generation doesn''t match, have=3, want=4 Found tree root at 29364224 ---------- Thanks, Anand -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-btrfs" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html