[Pvfs2-developers] patch: error code bug fixes

Murali Vilayannur murali.vilayannur at gmail.com
Thu Apr 5 11:38:28 EDT 2007


Hi Phil,
Nice catches!
Should we perhaps augment all such functions to not return a int and
replace them with a PVFS_error or a BMI_error as the case maybe?
thanks,
Murali

On 3/26/07, Sam Lang <slang at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
>
> Phil,
>
> I've committed this patch.  Thanks for all the fixes.  It looks like
> some of them may really help in debugging user errors.
>
> -sam
>
>
> On Mar 20, 2007, at 9:22 AM, Phil Carns wrote:
>
> > This patch corrects a variety of error code problems:
> >
> > - several BMI error codes were not tagged with the BMI error class,
> > which is important to allow client state machines to retry on
> > network errors
> > - ditto above for a few flow errors
> > - ECONNRESET was not understood by BMI or included in the error
> > code mapping
> > - error codes were printed in hex by some routines
> > - some kernel operation timeouts were translated as EINTR, which is
> > misleading (these were changed to ETIMEDOUT)
> > - timeouts while waiting for a kernel buffer were reported as -1
> > (EPERM) rather than ETIMEDOUT
> >
> > I also noticed quite a bit of fragility in how sockio.c handles
> > error codes, but I didn't address that in this patch other than to
> > work around one common case.  Basically, the issue is that sockio.c
> > still sets errno and returns -1 when it has a problem (most of the
> > PVFS2 source code APIs return -PVFS_ERRORs).  bmi_tcp.c then
> > translates it.  This is fragile for a few reasons, but one that
> > really stands out now is that only sockio.c knows how to translate
> > h_errno values.  That means that now some of the sockio functions
> > do translate error codes immediately, while others defer to let
> > bmi_tcp.c do the work.  This is confusing :)
> >
> > The BMI error handling and ECONNRESET parts of this patch are
> > important for failover scenarios so that clients are able to pick
> > back up without error.
> >
> > The ones related to kernel timeouts are important if you are tuning
> > kernel buffer sizes- at some point if your buffers are large enough
> > you may end up with processes waiting for buffers long enough to
> > exhaust the default timeouts.
> >
> > -Phil
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/socket-collection.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/socket-collection.c  (revision 2846)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/socket-collection.c  (revision 2847)
> > @@ -292,7 +292,7 @@
> >      if(ret < 0)
> >      {
> >       gen_mutex_unlock(&scp->mutex);
> > -     return(-old_errno);
> > +     return(bmi_tcp_errno_to_pvfs(-old_errno));
> >      }
> >
> >      /* nothing ready, just return */
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/sockio.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/sockio.c     (revision 2846)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/sockio.c     (revision 2847)
> > @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@
> >      {
> >       if (errno == EINTR)
> >           goto connect_sock_restart;
> > -        return (-PVFS_ERROR_CODE(errno));
> > +        return (-1);
> >      }
> >      return (sockd);
> >  }
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/bmi-tcp.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/bmi-tcp.c    (revision 2846)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/bmi-tcp.c    (revision 2847)
> > @@ -704,7 +704,7 @@
> >          struct tcp_allowed_connection_s *tcp_allowed_connection =
> > NULL;
> >          if (inout_parameter == NULL)
> >          {
> > -            ret = -EINVAL;
> > +            ret = bmi_tcp_errno_to_pvfs(-EINVAL);
> >              break;
> >          }
> >          else
> > @@ -715,7 +715,7 @@
> >                  (struct tcp_allowed_connection_s *) calloc(1,
> > sizeof(struct tcp_allowed_connection_s));
> >              if (tcp_allowed_connection == NULL)
> >              {
> > -                ret = -ENOMEM;
> > +                ret = bmi_tcp_errno_to_pvfs(-ENOMEM);
> >                  break;
> >              }
> >  #ifdef      __PVFS2_SERVER__
> > @@ -1831,9 +1831,6 @@
> >
> >      if(tcp_addr_data->addr_error)
> >      {
> > -     /* TODO: make this a debug rather than error message once we have
> > -      * tested this out enough
> > -      */
> >          gossip_debug(GOSSIP_BMI_DEBUG_TCP, "%s: attempting
> > reconnect.\n",
> >            __func__);
> >       tcp_addr_data->addr_error = 0;
> > @@ -1930,14 +1927,15 @@
> >       }
> >       else
> >       {
> > +            tmp_errno = errno;
> >              /* BMI_sockio_connect_sock returns a PVFS error */
> >              char buff[300];
> >
> >              snprintf(buff, 300, "Error: BMI_sockio_connect_sock: (%
> > s):",
> >                       tcp_addr_data->hostname);
> >
> > -            PVFS_perror_gossip(buff, ret);
> > -         return (ret);
> > +            PVFS_perror_gossip(buff, bmi_tcp_errno_to_pvfs(-
> > tmp_errno));
> > +         return (bmi_tcp_errno_to_pvfs(-tmp_errno));
> >       }
> >      }
> >
> > @@ -2277,6 +2275,7 @@
> >           if (ret < 0)
> >           {
> >                  PVFS_perror_gossip("Error: payload_progress", ret);
> > +                /* payload_progress() returns BMI error codes */
> >               tcp_forget_addr(query_op->addr, 0, ret);
> >               return (ret);
> >           }
> > @@ -2444,6 +2443,7 @@
> >      gen_mutex_lock(&interface_mutex);
> >      if (ret < 0)
> >      {
> > +        /* BMI_socket_collection_testglobal() returns BMI error
> > code */
> >       return (ret);
> >      }
> >
> > @@ -2457,6 +2457,7 @@
> >       /* skip working on addresses in failure mode */
> >       if(tcp_addr_data->addr_error)
> >       {
> > +            /* addr_error field is in BMI error code format */
> >           tcp_forget_addr(addr_array[i], 0, tcp_addr_data->addr_error);
> >           continue;
> >       }
> > @@ -2727,7 +2728,7 @@
> >                           "...dropping connection.\n");
> >              tcp_forget_addr(map, 0, bmi_tcp_errno_to_pvfs(-EPIPE));
> >          }
> > -     return(ret);
> > +     return(0);
> >      }
> >      else
> >      {
> > @@ -2932,6 +2933,7 @@
> >       if (ret < 0)
> >       {
> >              PVFS_perror_gossip("Error: socket failed to init", ret);
> > +            /* tcp_sock_init() returns BMI error code */
> >           tcp_forget_addr(my_method_op->addr, 0, ret);
> >           return (0);
> >       }
> > @@ -2956,6 +2958,7 @@
> >      if (ret < 0)
> >      {
> >          PVFS_perror_gossip("Error: payload_progress", ret);
> > +        /* payload_progress() returns BMI error codes */
> >       tcp_forget_addr(my_method_op->addr, 0, ret);
> >       return (0);
> >      }
> > @@ -3023,6 +3026,7 @@
> >       if (ret < 0)
> >       {
> >              PVFS_perror_gossip("Error: payload_progress", ret);
> > +            /* payload_progress() returns BMI error codes */
> >           tcp_forget_addr(my_method_op->addr, 0, ret);
> >           return (0);
> >       }
> > @@ -3318,7 +3322,7 @@
> >      if(!(*peer))
> >      {
> >          close(*socket);
> > -        return(-BMI_ENOMEM);
> > +        return(bmi_tcp_errno_to_pvfs(-BMI_ENOMEM));
> >      }
> >      strcpy(*peer, tmp_peer);
> >
> > @@ -3447,6 +3451,7 @@
> >      if (ret < 0)
> >      {
> >       gossip_debug(GOSSIP_BMI_DEBUG_TCP, "tcp_sock_init() failure.\n");
> > +        /* tcp_sock_init() returns BMI error code */
> >       tcp_forget_addr(dest, 0, ret);
> >       return (ret);
> >      }
> > @@ -3489,6 +3494,7 @@
> >      if (ret < 0)
> >      {
> >          PVFS_perror_gossip("Error: payload_progress", ret);
> > +        /* payload_progress() returns BMI error codes */
> >       tcp_forget_addr(dest, 0, ret);
> >       return (ret);
> >      }
> > Index: pvfs2_src/include/pvfs2-types.h
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/include/pvfs2-types.h   (revision 2847)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/include/pvfs2-types.h   (revision 2848)
> > @@ -529,6 +529,7 @@
> >  #define PVFS_EHOSTUNREACH    E(56) /* No route to host */
> >  #define PVFS_EALREADY        E(57) /* Operation already in
> > progress */
> >  #define PVFS_EACCES          E(58) /* Access not allowed */
> > +#define PVFS_ECONNRESET      E(59) /* Connection reset by peer */
> >
> >  /***************** non-errno/pvfs2 specific error codes
> > *****************/
> >  #define PVFS_ECANCEL    (1|(PVFS_NON_ERRNO_ERROR_BIT|PVFS_ERROR_BIT))
> > @@ -547,7 +548,7 @@
> >   * UNIX ERRNO VALUE IN THE MACROS BELOW (USED IN
> >   * src/common/misc/errno-mapping.c and the kernel module)
> >   */
> > -#define PVFS_ERRNO_MAX          59
> > +#define PVFS_ERRNO_MAX          60
> >
> >  #ifndef EUNATCH
> >  #define EUNATCH -1
> > @@ -633,7 +634,8 @@
> >      EHOSTDOWN,                                        \
> >      EHOSTUNREACH,                                     \
> >      EALREADY,                                         \
> > -    EACCES,   /* 58 */                                \
> > +    EACCES,                                           \
> > +    ECONNRESET,   /* 59 */                            \
> >      0         /* PVFS_ERRNO_MAX */                    \
> >  };                                                    \
> >  const char *PINT_non_errno_strerror_mapping[] = {     \
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi-types.h
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi-types.h  (revision 2847)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi-types.h  (revision 2848)
> > @@ -131,6 +131,7 @@
> >  #define BMI_ENETUNREACH     (PVFS_ENETUNREACH | PVFS_ERROR_BMI)
> >  #define BMI_ENETRESET       (PVFS_ENETRESET | PVFS_ERROR_BMI)
> >  #define BMI_ENOBUFS         (PVFS_ENOBUFS | PVFS_ERROR_BMI)
> > +#define BMI_ECONNRESET      (PVFS_ECONNRESET | PVFS_ERROR_BMI)
> >  #define BMI_ETIMEDOUT       (PVFS_ETIMEDOUT | PVFS_ERROR_BMI)
> >  #define BMI_ECONNREFUSED    (PVFS_ECONNREFUSED | PVFS_ERROR_BMI)
> >  #define BMI_EHOSTDOWN       (PVFS_EHOSTDOWN | PVFS_ERROR_BMI)
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi.c        (revision 2848)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi.c        (revision 2849)
> > @@ -1861,6 +1861,7 @@
> >          __CASE(EHOSTUNREACH);
> >          __CASE(EALREADY);
> >          __CASE(EACCES);
> > +        __CASE(ECONNRESET);
> >  #undef __CASE
> >      }
> >      return bmi_errno;
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/common/misc/errno-mapping.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/common/misc/errno-mapping.c (revision 2849)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/common/misc/errno-mapping.c (revision 2850)
> > @@ -73,7 +73,7 @@
> >      }
> >      else
> >      {
> > -     fprintf(stderr, "Warning: non PVFS2 error code (%x):\n",
> > +     fprintf(stderr, "Warning: non PVFS2 error code (%d):\n",
> >                  -retcode);
> >       fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", text, strerror(-retcode));
> >      }
> > @@ -103,7 +103,7 @@
> >      }
> >      else
> >      {
> > -     gossip_err("Warning: non PVFS2 error code (%x):\n", -retcode);
> > +     gossip_err("Warning: non PVFS2 error code (%d):\n", -retcode);
> >       gossip_err("%s: %s\n", text, strerror(-retcode));
> >      }
> >      return;
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/apps/kernel/linux/pvfs2-client-core.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/apps/kernel/linux/pvfs2-client-core.c       (revision
> > 2996)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/apps/kernel/linux/pvfs2-client-core.c       (revision
> > 2997)
> > @@ -2439,7 +2439,11 @@
> >              /* replace non-errno error code to avoid passing to
> > kernel */
> >              if (*error_code == -PVFS_ECANCEL)
> >              {
> > -                *error_code = -PVFS_EINTR;
> > +                /* if an ECANCEL shows up here without going
> > through the
> > +                 * cancel_op_in_progress() path, then -
> > PVFS_ETIMEDOUT is
> > +                 * a better errno approximation than -PVFS_EINTR
> > +                 */
> > +                *error_code = -PVFS_ETIMEDOUT;
> >              }
> >              break;
> >          case PVFS2_VFS_OP_FILE_IOX:
> > @@ -2469,7 +2473,11 @@
> >              /* replace non-errno error code to avoid passing to
> > kernel */
> >              if (*error_code == -PVFS_ECANCEL)
> >              {
> > -                *error_code = -PVFS_EINTR;
> > +                /* if an ECANCEL shows up here without going
> > through the
> > +                 * cancel_op_in_progress() path, then -
> > PVFS_ETIMEDOUT is
> > +                 * a better errno approximation than -PVFS_EINTR
> > +                 */
> > +                *error_code = -PVFS_ETIMEDOUT;
> >              }
> >              break;
> >          }
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/io/flow/flowproto-bmi-trove/flowproto-
> > multiqueue.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/io/flow/flowproto-bmi-trove/flowproto-
> > multiqueue.c  (revision 2997)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/io/flow/flowproto-bmi-trove/flowproto-
> > multiqueue.c  (revision 2998)
> > @@ -472,7 +472,10 @@
> >                       "%s: called on active flow, %lld bytes
> > transferred.\n",
> >                       __func__, lld(flow_d->total_transferred));
> >          assert(flow_d->state == FLOW_TRANSMITTING);
> > -        handle_io_error(-PVFS_ECANCEL, NULL, flow_data);
> > +        /* NOTE: set flow error class bit so that system interface
> > understands
> > +         * that this may be a retry-able error
> > +         */
> > +        handle_io_error(-(PVFS_ECANCEL|PVFS_ERROR_FLOW), NULL,
> > flow_data);
> >          if(flow_data->parent->state == FLOW_COMPLETE)
> >          {
> >              gen_mutex_unlock(flow_data->parent->flow_mutex);
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/common/misc/errno-mapping.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/common/misc/errno-mapping.c (revision 2997)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/common/misc/errno-mapping.c (revision 2998)
> > @@ -62,14 +62,15 @@
> >          char buf[MAX_PVFS_STRERROR_LEN] = {0};
> >          int index = PVFS_get_errno_mapping(-retcode);
> >
> > -        snprintf(buf,MAX_PVFS_STRERROR_LEN,"%s: %s\n",text,
> > -                 PINT_non_errno_strerror_mapping[index]);
> > +        snprintf(buf,MAX_PVFS_STRERROR_LEN,"%s: %s (error class: %
> > d)\n",text,
> > +                 PINT_non_errno_strerror_mapping[index],
> > PVFS_ERROR_CLASS(-retcode));
> >          fprintf(stderr, "%s", buf);
> >      }
> >      else if (IS_PVFS_ERROR(-retcode))
> >      {
> > -     fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s\n", text,
> > -     strerror(PVFS_ERROR_TO_ERRNO(-retcode)));
> > +     fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s (error class: %d)\n", text,
> > +     strerror(PVFS_ERROR_TO_ERRNO(-retcode)),
> > +        PVFS_ERROR_CLASS(-retcode));
> >      }
> >      else
> >      {
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-bufmap.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-bufmap.c     (revision 3000)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/kernel/linux-2.6/pvfs2-bufmap.c     (revision 3001)
> > @@ -331,6 +239,7 @@
> >              if (!schedule_timeout(timeout))
> >              {
> >                  gossip_debug(GOSSIP_BUFMAP_DEBUG, "***
> > wait_for_a_slot timed out\n");
> > +                ret = -ETIMEDOUT;
> >                  break;
> >              }
> >              continue;
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/sockio.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/sockio.c     (revision 3082)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/sockio.c     (revision 3083)
> > @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@
> >      return (sockd);
> >  }
> >
> > +/* NOTE: this function returns BMI error codes */
> >  int BMI_sockio_bind_sock_specific(int sockd,
> >                const char *name,
> >             int service)
> > @@ -75,12 +76,13 @@
> >      {
> >       if (errno == EINTR)
> >           goto bind_sock_restart;
> > -     return (-1);
> > +        return(bmi_errno_to_pvfs(-errno));
> >      }
> >      return (sockd);
> >  }
> >
> >
> > +/* NOTE: this function returns BMI error codes */
> >  int BMI_sockio_connect_sock(int sockd,
> >                const char *name,
> >                int service)
> > @@ -89,13 +91,13 @@
> >      int ret;
> >
> >      if ((ret = BMI_sockio_init_sock(&saddr, name, service)) != 0)
> > -     return (ret); /* converted to PVFS error code below */
> > +     return (ret);
> >    connect_sock_restart:
> >      if (connect(sockd, (struct sockaddr *) &saddr, sizeof(saddr))
> > < 0)
> >      {
> >       if (errno == EINTR)
> >           goto connect_sock_restart;
> > -        return (-1);
> > +        return(bmi_errno_to_pvfs(-errno));
> >      }
> >      return (sockd);
> >  }
> > Index: pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/bmi-tcp.c
> > ===================================================================
> > --- pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/bmi-tcp.c    (revision 3082)
> > +++ pvfs2_src/src/io/bmi/bmi_tcp/bmi-tcp.c    (revision 3083)
> > @@ -1978,6 +1978,12 @@
> >          ret = BMI_sockio_bind_sock_specific(tcp_addr_data->socket,
> >              tcp_addr_data->hostname,
> >              tcp_addr_data->port);
> > +        /* NOTE: this particular function converts errno in
> > advance */
> > +        if(ret < 0)
> > +        {
> > +            PVFS_perror_gossip("BMI_sockio_bind_sock_specific", ret);
> > +            return(ret);
> > +        }
> >      }
> >      else
> >      {
> > @@ -2155,22 +2161,21 @@
> >
> >      if (ret < 0)
> >      {
> > -     if (errno == EINPROGRESS)
> > +     if (ret == -EINPROGRESS)
> >       {
> >           tcp_addr_data->not_connected = 1;
> >           /* this will have to be connected later with a poll */
> >       }
> >       else
> >       {
> > -            tmp_errno = errno;
> > -            /* BMI_sockio_connect_sock returns a PVFS error */
> > +            /* NOTE: BMI_sockio_connect_sock returns a PVFS error */
> >              char buff[300];
> >
> >              snprintf(buff, 300, "Error: BMI_sockio_connect_sock: (%
> > s):",
> >                       tcp_addr_data->hostname);
> >
> > -            PVFS_perror_gossip(buff, bmi_tcp_errno_to_pvfs(-
> > tmp_errno));
> > -         return (bmi_tcp_errno_to_pvfs(-tmp_errno));
> > +            PVFS_perror_gossip(buff, ret);
> > +         return (ret);
> >       }
> >      }
> >
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