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diff --git a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt index 8146e9fd5ffc..c2d44e6e117b 100644 --- a/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt +++ b/Documentation/filesystems/xfs.txt @@ -348,3 +348,126 @@ Removed Sysctls ---- ------- fs.xfs.xfsbufd_centisec v4.0 fs.xfs.age_buffer_centisecs v4.0 + + +Error handling +============== + +XFS can act differently according to the type of error found during its +operation. The implementation introduces the following concepts to the error +handler: + + -failure speed: + Defines how fast XFS should propagate an error upwards when a specific + error is found during the filesystem operation. It can propagate + immediately, after a defined number of retries, after a set time period, + or simply retry forever. + + -error classes: + Specifies the subsystem the error configuration will apply to, such as + metadata IO or memory allocation. Different subsystems will have + different error handlers for which behaviour can be configured. + + -error handlers: + Defines the behavior for a specific error. + +The filesystem behavior during an error can be set via sysfs files. Each +error handler works independently - the first condition met by an error handler +for a specific class will cause the error to be propagated rather than reset and +retried. + +The action taken by the filesystem when the error is propagated is context +dependent - it may cause a shut down in the case of an unrecoverable error, +it may be reported back to userspace, or it may even be ignored because +there's nothing useful we can with the error or anyone we can report it to (e.g. +during unmount). + +The configuration files are organized into the following hierarchy for each +mounted filesystem: + + /sys/fs/xfs/<dev>/error/<class>/<error>/ + +Where: + <dev> + The short device name of the mounted filesystem. This is the same device + name that shows up in XFS kernel error messages as "XFS(<dev>): ..." + + <class> + The subsystem the error configuration belongs to. As of 4.9, the defined + classes are: + + - "metadata": applies metadata buffer write IO + + <error> + The individual error handler configurations. + + +Each filesystem has "global" error configuration options defined in their top +level directory: + + /sys/fs/xfs/<dev>/error/ + + fail_at_unmount (Min: 0 Default: 1 Max: 1) + Defines the filesystem error behavior at unmount time. + + If set to a value of 1, XFS will override all other error configurations + during unmount and replace them with "immediate fail" characteristics. + i.e. no retries, no retry timeout. This will always allow unmount to + succeed when there are persistent errors present. + + If set to 0, the configured retry behaviour will continue until all + retries and/or timeouts have been exhausted. This will delay unmount + completion when there are persistent errors, and it may prevent the + filesystem from ever unmounting fully in the case of "retry forever" + handler configurations. + + Note: there is no guarantee that fail_at_unmount can be set whilst an + unmount is in progress. It is possible that the sysfs entries are + removed by the unmounting filesystem before a "retry forever" error + handler configuration causes unmount to hang, and hence the filesystem + must be configured appropriately before unmount begins to prevent + unmount hangs. + +Each filesystem has specific error class handlers that define the error +propagation behaviour for specific errors. There is also a "default" error +handler defined, which defines the behaviour for all errors that don't have +specific handlers defined. Where multiple retry constraints are configuredi for +a single error, the first retry configuration that expires will cause the error +to be propagated. The handler configurations are found in the directory: + + /sys/fs/xfs/<dev>/error/<class>/<error>/ + + max_retries (Min: -1 Default: Varies Max: INTMAX) + Defines the allowed number of retries of a specific error before + the filesystem will propagate the error. The retry count for a given + error context (e.g. a specific metadata buffer) is reset every time + there is a successful completion of the operation. + + Setting the value to "-1" will cause XFS to retry forever for this + specific error. + + Setting the value to "0" will cause XFS to fail immediately when the + specific error is reported. + + Setting the value to "N" (where 0 < N < Max) will make XFS retry the + operation "N" times before propagating the error. + + retry_timeout_seconds (Min: -1 Default: Varies Max: 1 day) + Define the amount of time (in seconds) that the filesystem is + allowed to retry its operations when the specific error is + found. + + Setting the value to "-1" will allow XFS to retry forever for this + specific error. + + Setting the value to "0" will cause XFS to fail immediately when the + specific error is reported. + + Setting the value to "N" (where 0 < N < Max) will allow XFS to retry the + operation for up to "N" seconds before propagating the error. + +Note: The default behaviour for a specific error handler is dependent on both +the class and error context. For example, the default values for +"metadata/ENODEV" are "0" rather than "-1" so that this error handler defaults +to "fail immediately" behaviour. This is done because ENODEV is a fatal, +unrecoverable error no matter how many times the metadata IO is retried. |