Btrfs: fix that repair code is spuriously executed for transid failures
authorStefan Behrens <sbehrens@giantdisaster.de>
Fri, 10 Aug 2012 14:58:21 +0000 (08:58 -0600)
committerChris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
Tue, 28 Aug 2012 20:53:43 +0000 (16:53 -0400)
If verify_parent_transid() fails for all mirrors, the current code
calls repair_io_failure() anyway which means:
- that the disk block is rewritten without repairing anything and
- that a kernel log message is printed which misleadingly claims
  that a read error was corrected.

This is an example:
parent transid verify failed on 615015833600 wanted 110423 found 110424
parent transid verify failed on 615015833600 wanted 110423 found 110424
btrfs read error corrected: ino 1 off 615015833600 (dev /dev/...)

It is wrong to ignore the results from verify_parent_transid() and to
call repair_eb_io_failure() when the verification of the transids failed.
This commit fixes the issue.

Signed-off-by: Stefan Behrens <sbehrens@giantdisaster.de>
Signed-off-by: Chris Mason <chris.mason@oracle.com>
fs/btrfs/disk-io.c

index 3c4c439..29c69e6 100644 (file)
@@ -377,9 +377,13 @@ static int btree_read_extent_buffer_pages(struct btrfs_root *root,
                ret = read_extent_buffer_pages(io_tree, eb, start,
                                               WAIT_COMPLETE,
                                               btree_get_extent, mirror_num);
-               if (!ret && !verify_parent_transid(io_tree, eb,
+               if (!ret) {
+                       if (!verify_parent_transid(io_tree, eb,
                                                   parent_transid, 0))
-                       break;
+                               break;
+                       else
+                               ret = -EIO;
+               }
 
                /*
                 * This buffer's crc is fine, but its contents are corrupted, so