Re: [PATCH 1/2] btrfs-progs: check: run delayed refs after writing out dirty block groups

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On Wed, Apr 03, 2019 at 10:38:09PM -0400, Jeff Mahoney wrote:
> On 4/2/19 3:19 PM, Filipe Manana wrote:
> > On Tue, Apr 2, 2019 at 7:29 PM <jeffm@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> From: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> When repairing the extent tree, it's possible for delayed extents to
> >> be created when running btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups.  We run
> >> delayed refs one last time in the kernel but that is missing in
> >> the userspace tools.
> >>
> >> That results in delayed refs getting dropped on the floor, the extent
> >> records not getting created, and in the next tranaction, when the
> >> extent tree is CoW'd again, we hit the BUG_ON when we can't find
> >> the extent record.
> >>
> >> We can fix this by running the delayed refs after writing out the
> >> dirty block groups.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Jeff Mahoney <jeffm@xxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>  transaction.c | 2 ++
> >>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/transaction.c b/transaction.c
> >> index e756db33..2f19e9c8 100644
> >> --- a/transaction.c
> >> +++ b/transaction.c
> >> @@ -194,6 +194,8 @@ commit_tree:
> >>         ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, -1);
> >>         BUG_ON(ret);
> >>         btrfs_write_dirty_block_groups(trans);
> >> +       ret = btrfs_run_delayed_refs(trans, -1);
> >> +       BUG_ON(ret);
> > 
> > And running delayed refs can dirty more block groups as well.
> > At this point shouldn't we loop running delayed refs until no more
> > dirty block groups exist? Just like in the kernel.
> 
> Right.  This is another argument for code sharing between the kernel and
> userspace.

Sharing code in this function would be really hard, I've implemented the
loop in commit in progs.



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