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Coly Li c7b7bd0740 bcache: add io_disable to struct cached_dev
If a bcache device is configured to writeback mode, current code does not
handle write I/O errors on backing devices properly.

In writeback mode, write request is written to cache device, and
latter being flushed to backing device. If I/O failed when writing from
cache device to the backing device, bcache code just ignores the error and
upper layer code is NOT noticed that the backing device is broken.

This patch tries to handle backing device failure like how the cache device
failure is handled,
- Add a error counter 'io_errors' and error limit 'error_limit' in struct
  cached_dev. Add another io_disable to struct cached_dev to disable I/Os
  on the problematic backing device.
- When I/O error happens on backing device, increase io_errors counter. And
  if io_errors reaches error_limit, set cache_dev->io_disable to true, and
  stop the bcache device.

The result is, if backing device is broken of disconnected, and I/O errors
reach its error limit, backing device will be disabled and the associated
bcache device will be removed from system.

Changelog:
v2: remove "bcache: " prefix in pr_error(), and use correct name string to
    print out bcache device gendisk name.
v1: indeed this is new added in v2 patch set.

Signed-off-by: Coly Li <colyli@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Reviewed-by: Michael Lyle <mlyle@lyle.org>
Cc: Michael Lyle <mlyle@lyle.org>
Cc: Junhui Tang <tang.junhui@zte.com.cn>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2018-03-18 20:15:20 -06:00
arch block: Move SECTOR_SIZE and SECTOR_SHIFT definitions into <linux/blkdev.h> 2018-03-17 14:45:23 -06:00
block block: bio_check_eod() needs to consider partitions 2018-03-17 14:48:04 -06:00
certs certs/blacklist_nohashes.c: fix const confusion in certs blacklist 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
crypto Merge branch 'linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/herbert/crypto-2.6 2018-02-12 08:57:21 -08:00
Documentation Documentation/cdrom: fix German sharp s in LaTex 2018-03-08 19:35:29 -07:00
drivers bcache: add io_disable to struct cached_dev 2018-03-18 20:15:20 -06:00
firmware
fs direct-io: Remove unused DIO_SKIP_DIO_COUNT logic 2018-03-12 10:21:24 -06:00
include block: Move SECTOR_SIZE and SECTOR_SHIFT definitions into <linux/blkdev.h> 2018-03-17 14:45:23 -06:00
init
ipc
kernel Merge branch 'akpm' (patches from Andrew) 2018-02-22 10:45:46 -08:00
lib sbitmap: use test_and_set_bit_lock()/clear_bit_unlock() 2018-02-28 12:23:35 -07:00
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mm writeback: remove dead code in wb_blkcg/memcg_offline 2018-02-28 12:23:35 -07:00
net Merge git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/davem/net 2018-02-19 11:58:19 -08:00
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sound ALSA: hda/realtek: PCI quirk for Fujitsu U7x7 2018-02-14 12:02:26 +01:00
tools selftests/memfd: add run_fuse_test.sh to TEST_FILES 2018-02-21 15:35:43 -08:00
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MAINTAINERS MAINTAINERS: add coverage for drivers/block 2018-03-09 10:19:34 -07:00
Makefile Linux 4.16-rc2 2018-02-18 17:29:42 -08:00
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Linux kernel
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