Re: [PATCH] Btrfs: optimize btrfs_lookup_extent_info() - extent refcount mismatches?

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On Tue, Dec 3, 2013 at 8:43 AM, David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 07:55:37PM +0000, Filipe David Manana wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 3:45 PM, David Sterba <dsterba@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > On Fri, Jul 05, 2013 at 09:32:05PM +0100, Filipe David Borba Manana wrote:
>> >> If we're looking for a metadata item in the tree and the
>> >> search fails with return value of 1, and the slot doesn't
>> >> point to the first item in the leaf, check if the previous
>> >> item in the leaf corresponds to an extent item for the same
>> >> object id - if it does, then don't do another tree search
>> >> to get it.
>> >
>> > I'm suspecting this patch to cause some trouble, see
>> > https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=64961
>>
>> What makes you believe the problem is exactly in this function?
>
> It was a first guess based on the stacktraces and last patch that
> touched the code. I've replied to mailinlist because it has higher
> visibility, number of bugreports in balance/relocation has been
> increasing lately (not blaming you).
>
>> I read it again, and I can't see how it can miss an extent item that
>> it couldn't before, specially without skinny metadata enabled.  Did
>> the fs had skinny metadata enabled?
>
> According to the updated bugzilla yes, and that's another possible
> cause although we haven't seen bugs with skinny metadata yet. There's
> another bugreport that has them enabled,
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=66411
>

I've been seeing similar issues while testing my qgroups patches that
I don't think is related to my qgroup work.  I'm going to try and
track it down this week but I may not get to it until next week.
Thanks,

Josef
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