3 files changed, 20 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
index be48cedf986b..c54de989eb00 100644
--- a/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/dm-raid1.c
@@ -255,7 +255,9 @@ static struct region *__rh_alloc(struct region_hash *rh, region_t region)
         struct region *reg, *nreg;
 
         read_unlock(&rh->hash_lock);
-        nreg = mempool_alloc(rh->region_pool, GFP_NOIO);
+        nreg = mempool_alloc(rh->region_pool, GFP_ATOMIC);
+        if (unlikely(!nreg))
+                nreg = kmalloc(sizeof(struct region), GFP_NOIO);
         nreg->state = rh->log->type->in_sync(rh->log, region, 1) ?
                 RH_CLEAN : RH_NOSYNC;
         nreg->rh = rh;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index b6d16022a53e..8dbab2ef3885 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -1597,6 +1597,19 @@ void md_update_sb(mddev_t * mddev)
 
 repeat:
         spin_lock_irq(&mddev->write_lock);
+
+        if (mddev->degraded && mddev->sb_dirty == 3)
+                /* If the array is degraded, then skipping spares is both
+                 * dangerous and fairly pointless.
+                 * Dangerous because a device that was removed from the array
+                 * might have a event_count that still looks up-to-date,
+                 * so it can be re-added without a resync.
+                 * Pointless because if there are any spares to skip,
+                 * then a recovery will happen and soon that array won't
+                 * be degraded any more and the spare can go back to sleep then.
+                 */
+                mddev->sb_dirty = 1;
+
         sync_req = mddev->in_sync;
         mddev->utime = get_seconds();
         if (mddev->sb_dirty == 3)
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 1efe22a2d041..87bfe9e7d8ca 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -1625,15 +1625,16 @@ static sector_t sync_request(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t sector_nr, int *skipped, i
                 return 0;
         }
 
-        /* before building a request, check if we can skip these blocks..
-         * This call the bitmap_start_sync doesn't actually record anything
-         */
         if (mddev->bitmap == NULL &&
             mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector &&
+            !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_REQUESTED, &mddev->recovery) &&
             conf->fullsync == 0) {
                 *skipped = 1;
                 return max_sector - sector_nr;
         }
+        /* before building a request, check if we can skip these blocks..
+         * This call the bitmap_start_sync doesn't actually record anything
+         */
         if (!bitmap_start_sync(mddev->bitmap, sector_nr, &sync_blocks, 1) &&
             !conf->fullsync && !test_bit(MD_RECOVERY_REQUESTED, &mddev->recovery)) {
                 /* We can skip this block, and probably several more */