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Date:      Fri, 14 Apr 2017 20:15:34 +0000 (UTC)
From:      Edward Tomasz Napierala <trasz@FreeBSD.org>
To:        src-committers@freebsd.org, svn-src-all@freebsd.org, svn-src-head@freebsd.org
Subject:   svn commit: r316941 - head/sys/kern
Message-ID:  <201704142015.v3EKFYWA017623@repo.freebsd.org>

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Author: trasz
Date: Fri Apr 14 20:15:34 2017
New Revision: 316941
URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/base/316941

Log:
  Don't try to write out bufs that have already failed with ENXIO.
  This fixes some panics after disconnecting mounted disks.
  
  Submitted by:	imp (slightly different version, which I've then lost)
  Reviewed by:	kib, imp, mckusick
  MFC after:	2 weeks
  Differential Revision:	https://reviews.freebsd.org/D9674

Modified:
  head/sys/kern/vfs_bio.c

Modified: head/sys/kern/vfs_bio.c
==============================================================================
--- head/sys/kern/vfs_bio.c	Fri Apr 14 20:15:17 2017	(r316940)
+++ head/sys/kern/vfs_bio.c	Fri Apr 14 20:15:34 2017	(r316941)
@@ -2290,18 +2290,28 @@ brelse(struct buf *bp)
 		bdirty(bp);
 	}
 	if (bp->b_iocmd == BIO_WRITE && (bp->b_ioflags & BIO_ERROR) &&
+	    (bp->b_error != ENXIO || !LIST_EMPTY(&bp->b_dep)) &&
 	    !(bp->b_flags & B_INVAL)) {
 		/*
-		 * Failed write, redirty.  Must clear BIO_ERROR to prevent
-		 * pages from being scrapped.
+		 * Failed write, redirty.  All errors except ENXIO (which
+		 * means the device is gone) are expected to be potentially
+		 * transient - underlying media might work if tried again
+		 * after EIO, and memory might be available after an ENOMEM.
+		 *
+		 * Do this also for buffers that failed with ENXIO, but have
+		 * non-empty dependencies - the soft updates code might need
+		 * to access the buffer to untangle them.
+		 *
+		 * Must clear BIO_ERROR to prevent pages from being scrapped.
 		 */
 		bp->b_ioflags &= ~BIO_ERROR;
 		bdirty(bp);
 	} else if ((bp->b_flags & (B_NOCACHE | B_INVAL)) ||
 	    (bp->b_ioflags & BIO_ERROR) || (bp->b_bufsize <= 0)) {
 		/*
-		 * Either a failed read I/O or we were asked to free or not
-		 * cache the buffer.
+		 * Either a failed read I/O, or we were asked to free or not
+		 * cache the buffer, or we failed to write to a device that's
+		 * no longer present.
 		 */
 		bp->b_flags |= B_INVAL;
 		if (!LIST_EMPTY(&bp->b_dep))



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