Re: [PATCH] loop: fix I/O error on fsync() in detached loop devices

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Re: [PATCH] loop: fix I/O error on fsync() in detached loop devices

From: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <hidden>
Date: 2021-01-02 05:14:59

Mauricio Faria de Oliveira [off-list ref] writes:
There's an I/O error on fsync() in a detached loop device
if it has been previously attached.

The issue is write cache is enabled in the attach path in
loop_configure() but it isn't disabled in the detach path;
thus it remains enabled in the block device regardless of
whether it is attached or not.

Now fsync() can get an I/O request that will just be failed
later in loop_queue_rq() as device's state is not 'Lo_bound'.

So, disable write cache in the detach path.

Test-case:

    # DEV=/dev/loop7

    # IMG=/tmp/image
    # truncate --size 1M $IMG

    # losetup $DEV $IMG
    # losetup -d $DEV

Before:

    # strace -e fsync parted -s $DEV print 2>&1 | grep fsync
    fsync(3)                                = -1 EIO (Input/output error)
    Warning: Error fsyncing/closing /dev/loop7: Input/output error
    [  982.529929] blk_update_request: I/O error, dev loop7, sector 0 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x800 phys_seg 0 prio class 0

After:

    # strace -e fsync parted -s $DEV print 2>&1 | grep fsync
    fsync(3)                                = 0

Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <redacted>
Co-developed-by: Eric Desrochers <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Eric Desrochers <redacted>
This sign-off chain is not sorted correctly.  See Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst.

Other than that, I think the fix makes sense.

Tested-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <redacted>
quoted hunk
---
 drivers/block/loop.c | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index e5ff328f0917..49517482e061 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -1212,6 +1212,9 @@ static int __loop_clr_fd(struct loop_device *lo, bool release)
 		goto out_unlock;
 	}
 
+	if (!(lo->lo_flags & LO_FLAGS_READ_ONLY) && filp->f_op->fsync)
+		blk_queue_write_cache(lo->lo_queue, false, false);
+
 	/* freeze request queue during the transition */
 	blk_mq_freeze_queue(lo->lo_queue);
-- 
Gabriel Krisman Bertazi

Re: [PATCH] loop: fix I/O error on fsync() in detached loop devices

From: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <hidden>
Date: 2021-01-05 13:58:12

On Sat, Jan 2, 2021 at 2:14 AM Gabriel Krisman Bertazi
[off-list ref] wrote:
Mauricio Faria de Oliveira [off-list ref] writes:
[snip]
quoted
Signed-off-by: Mauricio Faria de Oliveira <redacted>
Co-developed-by: Eric Desrochers <redacted>
Signed-off-by: Eric Desrochers <redacted>
This sign-off chain is not sorted correctly.  See Documentation/process/submitting-patches.rst.

Other than that, I think the fix makes sense.

Tested-by: Gabriel Krisman Bertazi <redacted>
Hey Krisman,

Thanks for testing and catching that; sent V2.

[snip]
--
Gabriel Krisman Bertazi

cheers,
-- 
Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
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