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* md: fix bug with linear hot-add and elsewhereNeilBrown2007-05-23
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Adding a drive to a linear array seems to have stopped working, due to changes elsewhere in md, and insufficient ongoing testing... So the patch to make linear hot-add work in the first place introduced a subtle bug elsewhere that interracts poorly with older version of mdadm. This fixes it all up. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* md: improve the is_mddev_idle testNeilBrown2007-05-11
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | During a 'resync' or similar activity, md checks if the devices in the array are otherwise active and winds back resync activity when they are. This test in done in is_mddev_idle, and it is somewhat fragile - it sometimes thinks there is non-sync io when there isn't. The test compares the total sectors of io (disk_stat_read) with the sectors of resync io (disk->sync_io). This has problems because total sectors gets updated when a request completes, while resync io gets updated when the request is submitted. The time difference can cause large differenced between the two which do not actually imply non-resync activity. The test currently allows for some fuzz (+/- 4096) but there are some cases when it is not enough. The test currently looks for any (non-fuzz) difference, either positive or negative. This clearly is not needed. Any non-sync activity will cause the total sectors to grow faster than the sync_io count (never slower) so we only need to look for a positive differences. If we do this then the amount of in-flight sync io will never cause the appearance of non-sync IO. Once enough non-sync IO to worry about starts happening, resync will be slowed down and the measurements will thus be more precise (as there is less in-flight) and control of resync will still be suitably responsive. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* Revert "md: improve partition detection in md array"Linus Torvalds2007-05-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | This reverts commit 5b479c91da90eef605f851508744bfe8269591a0. Quoth Neil Brown: "It causes an oops when auto-detecting raid arrays, and it doesn't seem easy to fix. The array may not be 'open' when do_md_run is called, so bdev->bd_disk might be NULL, so bd_set_size can oops. This whole approach of opening an md device before it has been assembled just seems to get more and more painful. I think I'm going to have to come up with something clever to provide both backward comparability with usage expectation, and sane integration into the rest of the kernel." Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* md: improve partition detection in md arrayNeilBrown2007-05-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | md currently uses ->media_changed to make sure rescan_partitions is call on md array after they are assembled. However that doesn't happen until the array is opened, which is later than some people would like. So use blkdev_ioctl to do the rescan immediately that the array has been assembled. This means we can remove all the ->change infrastructure as it was only used to trigger a partition rescan. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* md: allow reshape_position for md arrays to be set via sysfsNeilBrown2007-05-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | "reshape_position" records how much progress has been made on a "reshape" (adding drives, changing layout or chunksize). When it is set, the number of drives, layout and chunksize can have two possible values, an old an a new. So allow these different values to be visible, and allow both old and new to be set: Set the old ones first, then the reshape_position, then the new values. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* md: stop using csum_partial for checksum calculation in mdNeilBrown2007-05-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | | If CONFIG_NET is not selected, csum_partial is not exported, so md.ko cannot use it. We shouldn't really be using csum_partial anyway as it is an internal-to-networking interface. So replace it with C code to do the same thing. Speed is not crucial here, so something simple and correct is best. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* md: move test for whether level supports bitmap to correct placeNeilBrown2007-05-09
| | | | | | | | | | | | We need to check for internal-consistency of superblock in load_super. validate_super is for inter-device consistency. With the test in the wrong place, a badly created array will confuse md rather an produce sensible errors. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* md: cleanup: use seq_release_private() where appropriateMartin Peschke2007-05-09
| | | | | | | | | We can save some lines of code by using seq_release_private(). Signed-off-by: Martin Peschke <mp3@de.ibm.com> Acked-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* drivers/md.c: Use ARRAY_SIZE macro when appropriateAhmed S. Darwish2007-05-09
| | | | | | | | | Use ARRAY_SIZE macro already defined in kernel.h Signed-off-by: Ahmed S. Darwish <darwish.07@gmail.com> Acked-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* mm: remove destroy_dirty_buffers from invalidate_bdev()Peter Zijlstra2007-05-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Remove the destroy_dirty_buffers argument from invalidate_bdev(), it hasn't been used in 6 years (so akpm says). find * -name \*.[ch] | xargs grep -l invalidate_bdev | while read file; do quilt add $file; sed -ie 's/invalidate_bdev(\([^,]*\),[^)]*)/invalidate_bdev(\1)/g' $file; done Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] md: avoid a deadlock when removing a device from an md array via sysfsNeilBrown2007-04-05
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | A device can be removed from an md array via e.g. echo remove > /sys/block/md3/md/dev-sde/state This will try to remove the 'dev-sde' subtree which will deadlock since commit e7b0d26a86943370c04d6833c6edba2a72a6e240 With this patch we run the kobject_del via schedule_work so as to avoid the deadlock. Cc: Alan Stern <stern@rowland.harvard.edu> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] md: convert compile time warnings into runtime warningsNeilBrown2007-03-27
| | | | | | | | ... still not sure why we need this .... Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] md: clear the congested_fn when stopping a raid5NeilBrown2007-03-27
| | | | | | | | | If this mddev and queue got reused for another array that doesn't register a congested_fn, this function would get called incorretly. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] md: restart a (raid5) reshape that has been aborted due to a ↵NeilBrown2007-03-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | read/write error An error always aborts any resync/recovery/reshape on the understanding that it will immediately be restarted if that still makes sense. However a reshape currently doesn't get restarted. With this patch it does. To avoid restarting when it is not possible to do work, we call into the personality to check that a reshape is ok, and strengthen raid5_check_reshape to fail if there are too many failed devices. We also break some code out into a separate function: remove_and_add_spares as the indent level for that code was getting crazy. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] md: clean out unplug and other queue function on md shutdownNeilBrown2007-03-01
| | | | | | | | | The mddev and queue might be used for another array which does not set these, so they need to be cleared. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] md: move warning about creating a raid array on partitions of the ↵NeilBrown2007-03-01
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | one device md tries to warn the user if they e.g. create a raid1 using two partitions of the same device, as this does not provide true redundancy. However it also warns if a raid0 is created like this, and there is nothing wrong with that. At the place where the warning is currently printer, we don't necessarily know what level the array will be, so move the warning from the point where the device is added to the point where the array is started. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] sysctl: remove insert_at_head from register_sysctlEric W. Biederman2007-02-14
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The semantic effect of insert_at_head is that it would allow new registered sysctl entries to override existing sysctl entries of the same name. Which is pain for caching and the proc interface never implemented. I have done an audit and discovered that none of the current users of register_sysctl care as (excpet for directories) they do not register duplicate sysctl entries. So this patch simply removes the support for overriding existing entries in the sys_sysctl interface since no one uses it or cares and it makes future enhancments harder. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Acked-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Acked-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> Cc: David Howells <dhowells@redhat.com> Cc: "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck@intel.com> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@samba.org> Cc: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com> Cc: Andi Kleen <ak@muc.de> Cc: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk> Cc: Corey Minyard <minyard@acm.org> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@tuxdriver.com> Cc: James Bottomley <James.Bottomley@steeleye.com> Cc: Jan Kara <jack@ucw.cz> Cc: Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@fys.uio.no> Cc: Mark Fasheh <mark.fasheh@oracle.com> Cc: David Chinner <dgc@sgi.com> Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@davemloft.net> Cc: Patrick McHardy <kaber@trash.net> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] sysctl: md: remove unnecessary insert_at_head flagEric W. Biederman2007-02-14
| | | | | | | | | | The sysctls used by the md driver are have unique binary numbers so remove the insert_at_head flag as it serves no useful purpose. Signed-off-by: Eric W. Biederman <ebiederm@xmission.com> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] mark struct file_operations const 4Arjan van de Ven2007-02-12
| | | | | | | | | | | | Many struct file_operations in the kernel can be "const". Marking them const moves these to the .rodata section, which avoids false sharing with potential dirty data. In addition it'll catch accidental writes at compile time to these shared resources. [akpm@sdl.org: dvb fix] Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] md: fix potential memalloc deadlock in mdNeilBrown2007-01-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If a GFP_KERNEL allocation is attempted in md while the mddev_lock is held, it is possible for a deadlock to eventuate. This happens if the array was marked 'clean', and the memalloc triggers a write-out to the md device. For the writeout to succeed, the array must be marked 'dirty', and that requires getting the mddev_lock. So, before attempting a GFP_KERNEL allocation while holding the lock, make sure the array is marked 'dirty' (unless it is currently read-only). Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] md: make sure the events count in an md array never returns to zeroNeilBrown2007-01-26
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Now that we sometimes step the array events count backwards (when transitioning dirty->clean where nothing else interesting has happened - so that we don't need to write to spares all the time), it is possible for the event count to return to zero, which is potentially confusing and triggers and MD_BUG. We could possibly remove the MD_BUG, but is just as easy, and probably safer, to make sure we never return to zero. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
* [PATCH] md: fix a few problems with the interface (sysfs and ioctl) to mdNeilBrown2006-12-22
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | While developing more functionality in mdadm I found some bugs in md... - When we remove a device from an inactive array (write 'remove' to the 'state' sysfs file - see 'state_store') would should not update the superblock information - as we may not have read and processed it all properly yet. - initialise all raid_disk entries to '-1' else the 'slot sysfs file will claim '0' for all devices in an array before the array is started. - all '\n' not to be present at the end of words written to sysfs files - when we use SET_ARRAY_INFO to set the md metadata version, set the flag to say that there is persistant metadata. - allow GET_BITMAP_FILE to be called on an array that hasn't been started yet. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: assorted md and raid1 one-linersNeilBrown2006-12-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fix few bugs that meant that: - superblocks weren't alway written at exactly the right time (this could show up if the array was not written to - writting to the array causes lots of superblock updates and so hides these errors). - restarting device recovery after a clean shutdown (version-1 metadata only) didn't work as intended (or at all). 1/ Ensure superblock is updated when a new device is added. 2/ Remove an inappropriate test on MD_RECOVERY_SYNC in md_do_sync. The body of this if takes one of two branches depending on whether MD_RECOVERY_SYNC is set, so testing it in the clause of the if is wrong. 3/ Flag superblock for updating after a resync/recovery finishes. 4/ If we find the neeed to restart a recovery in the middle (version-1 metadata only) make sure a full recovery (not just as guided by bitmaps) does get done. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] MD: conditionalize some codeJeff Garzik2006-12-10
| | | | | | | | | | The autorun code is only used if this module is built into the static kernel image. Adjust #ifdefs accordingly. Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik <jeff@garzik.org> Acked-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: tidy up device-change notification when an md array is stoppedNeilBrown2006-12-10
| | | | | | | | | | An md array can be stopped leaving all the setting still in place, or it can torn down and destroyed. set_capacity and other change notifications only happen in the latter case, but should happen in both. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] struct path: convert mdJosef Sipek2006-12-08
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Josef Sipek <jsipek@fsl.cs.sunysb.edu> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] lockdep: avoid lockdep warning in mdNeilBrown2006-12-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | md_open takes ->reconfig_mutex which causes lockdep to complain. This (normally) doesn't have deadlock potential as the possible conflict is with a reconfig_mutex in a different device. I say "normally" because if a loop were created in the array->member hierarchy a deadlock could happen. However that causes bigger problems than a deadlock and should be fixed independently. So we flag the lock in md_open as a nested lock. This requires defining mutex_lock_interruptible_nested. Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Acked-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] remove the old bd_mutex lockdep annotationPeter Zijlstra2006-12-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | Remove the old complex and crufty bd_mutex annotation. Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra <a.p.zijlstra@chello.nl> Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@linux.intel.com> Cc: Jason Baron <jbaron@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] Add include/linux/freezer.h and move definitions from sched.hNigel Cunningham2006-12-07
| | | | | | | | | | | | | Move process freezing functions from include/linux/sched.h to freezer.h, so that modifications to the freezer or the kernel configuration don't require recompiling just about everything. [akpm@osdl.org: fix ueagle driver] Signed-off-by: Nigel Cunningham <nigel@suspend2.net> Cc: "Rafael J. Wysocki" <rjw@sisk.pl> Cc: Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: do not freeze md threads for suspendRafael J. Wysocki2006-11-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If there's a swap file on a software RAID, it should be possible to use this file for saving the swsusp's suspend image. Also, this file should be available to the memory management subsystem when memory is being freed before the suspend image is created. For the above reasons it seems that md_threads should not be frozen during the suspend and the appended patch makes this happen, but then there is the question if they don't cause any data to be written to disks after the suspend image has been created, provided that all filesystems are frozen at that time. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: change ONLINE/OFFLINE events to a single CHANGE eventNeilBrown2006-11-08
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | It turns out that CHANGE is preferred to ONLINE/OFFLINE for various reasons (not least of which being that udev understands it already). So remove the recently added KOBJ_OFFLINE (no-one is likely to care anyway) and change the ONLINE to a CHANGE event Cc: Kay Sievers <kay.sievers@vrfy.org> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: send online/offline uevents when an md array starts/stopsNeilBrown2006-11-03
| | | | | | | | | | This allows udev to do something intelligent when an array becomes available. Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: simplify checking of available size when resizing an arrayNeilBrown2006-10-28
| | | | | | | | | | | | | When "mdadm --grow --size=xxx" is used to resize an array (use more or less of each device), we check the new siza against the available space in each device. We already have that number recorded in rdev->size, so calculating it is pointless (and wrong in one obscure case). Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: fix bug where spares don't always get rebuilt properly when they ↵NeilBrown2006-10-28
| | | | | | | | | | | become live If save_raid_disk is >= 0, then the device could be a device that is already in sync that is being re-added. So we need to default this value to -1. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: endian annotation for v1 superblock accessNeilBrown2006-10-21
| | | | | | | | Includes a couple of bugfixes found by sparse. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: fix /proc/mdstat refcountingAkinobu Mita2006-10-17
| | | | | | | | | | | | I have seen mdadm oops after successfully unloading md module. This patch privents from unloading md module while mdadm is polling /proc/mdstat. Cc: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Akinbou Mita <akinobu.mita@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: fix bug where new drives added to an md array sometimes don't ↵NeilBrown2006-10-06
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | sync properly This fixes a bug introduced in 2.6.18. If a drive is added to a raid1 using older tools (mdadm-1.x or raidtools) then it will be included in the array without any resync happening. It has been submitted for 2.6.18.1. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* BUG_ON cleanup for drivers/md/Eric Sesterhenn2006-10-03
| | | | | | | | This changes two if() BUG(); usages to BUG_ON(); so people can disable it safely. Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
* [PATCH] md: add error reporting to superblock write failureNeilBrown2006-10-03
| | | | | | Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: remove MAX_MD_DEVS which is an arbitrary limitNeilBrown2006-10-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Once upon a time we needed to fixed limit to the number of md devices, probably because we preallocated some array. This need no longer exists, but we still have an arbitrary limit. So remove MAX_MD_DEVS and allow as many devices as we can fit into the 'minor' part of a device number. Also remove some useless noise at init time (which reports MAX_MD_DEVS) and remove MD_THREAD_NAME_MAX which hasn't been used for a while. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: make messages about resync/recovery etc more specificNeilBrown2006-10-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | It is possible to request a 'check' of an md/raid array where the whole array is read and consistancies are reported. This uses the same mechanisms as 'resync' and so reports in the kernel logs that a resync is being started. This understandably confuses/worries people. Also the text in /proc/mdstat suggests a 'resync' is happen when it is just a check. This patch changes those messages to be more specific about what is happening. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: new sysfs interface for setting bits in the write-intent-bitmapPaul Clements2006-10-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Add a new sysfs interface that allows the bitmap of an array to be dirtied. The interface is write-only, and is used as follows: echo "1000" > /sys/block/md2/md/bitmap (dirty the bit for chunk 1000 [offset 0] in the in-memory and on-disk bitmaps of array md2) echo "1000-2000" > /sys/block/md1/md/bitmap (dirty the bits for chunks 1000-2000 in md1's bitmap) This is useful, for example, in cluster environments where you may need to combine two disjoint bitmaps into one (following a server failure, after a secondary server has taken over the array). By combining the bitmaps on the two servers, a full resync can be avoided (This was discussed on the list back on March 18, 2005, "[PATCH 1/2] md bitmap bug fixes" thread). Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: replace magic numbers in sb_dirty with well defined bit flagsNeilBrown2006-10-03
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Instead of magic numbers (0,1,2,3) in sb_dirty, we have some flags instead: MD_CHANGE_DEVS Some device state has changed requiring superblock update on all devices. MD_CHANGE_CLEAN The array has transitions from 'clean' to 'dirty' or back, requiring a superblock update on active devices, but possibly not on spares MD_CHANGE_PENDING A superblock update is underway. We wait for an update to complete by waiting for all flags to be clear. A flag can be set at any time, even during an update, without risk that the change will be lost. Stop exporting md_update_sb - isn't needed. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: the scheduled removal of the START_ARRAY ioctl for mdAdrian Bunk2006-10-03
| | | | | | | | | This patch contains the scheduled removal of the START_ARRAY ioctl for md. Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: avoid backward event updates in md superblock when degraded.NeilBrown2006-08-27
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | If we - shut down a clean array, - restart with one (or more) drive(s) missing - make some changes - pause, so that they array gets marked 'clean', the event count on the superblock of included drives will be the same as that of the removed drives. So adding the removed drive back in will cause it to be included with no resync. To avoid this, we only update the eventcount backwards when the array is not degraded. In this case there can (should) be no non-connected drives that we can get confused with, and this is the particular case where updating-backwards is valuable. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: fix oops in error-handlingAndrew Morton2006-07-10
| | | | | | | | | During early MD setup (superblock reading), we don't have a personality yet. But the error-handling code tries to dereference mddev->pers. Fix. Acked-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for (re-)configuring md devices via sysfsNeilBrown2006-07-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | The ioctl requires CAP_SYS_ADMIN, so sysfs should too. Note that we don't require CAP_SYS_ADMIN for reading attributes even though the ioctl does. There is no reason to limit the read access, and much of the information is already available via /proc/mdstat Cc: Chris Wright <chrisw@sous-sol.org> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: unify usage of symbolic names for permsNeilBrown2006-07-10
| | | | | | | | | | | Some places we use number (0660) someplaces names (S_IRUGO). Change all numbers to be names, and change 0655 to be what it should be. Also make some formatting more consistent. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: fix resync speed calculation for restarted resyncsNeilBrown2006-07-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | We introduced 'io_sectors' recently so we could count the sectors that causes io during resync separate from sectors which didn't cause IO - there can be a difference if a bitmap is being used to accelerate resync. However when a speed is reported, we find the number of sectors processed recently by subtracting an oldish io_sectors count from a current 'curr_resync' count. This is wrong because curr_resync counts all sectors, not just io sectors. So, add a field to mddev to store the curren io_sectors separately from curr_resync, and use that in the calculations. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
* [PATCH] md: delay starting md threads until array is completely setupNeilBrown2006-07-10
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | When an array is started we start one or two threads (two if there is a reshape or recovery that needs to be completed). We currently start these *before* the array is completely set up and in particular before queue->queuedata is set. If the thread actually starts very quickly on another CPU, we can end up dereferencing queue->queuedata and oops. This patch also makes sure we don't try to start a recovery if a reshape is being restarted. Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>