From 6f91fe88e4e28b40b4f08d99e0ea6d17b70e9567 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: NeilBrown Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 22:52:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] md: make sure 64bit fields in version-1 metadata are 64-bit aligned reshape_position is a 64bit field that was not 64bit aligned. So swap with new_level. NOTE: this is a user-visible change. However: - The bad code has not appeared in a released kernel - This code is still marked 'experimental' - This only affects version-1 superblock, which are not in wide use - These field are only used (rather than simply reported) by user-space tools in extemely rare circumstances : after a reshape crashes in the first second of the reshape process. So I believe that, at this stage, the change is safe. Especially if people heed the 'help' message on use mdadm-2.4.1. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds --- drivers/md/Kconfig | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) (limited to 'drivers/md/Kconfig') diff --git a/drivers/md/Kconfig b/drivers/md/Kconfig index fd2aae150ccc..ac25a48362ac 100644 --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/md/Kconfig @@ -139,11 +139,12 @@ config MD_RAID5_RESHAPE is online. However it is still EXPERIMENTAL code. It should work, but please be sure that you have backups. - You will need a version of mdadm newer than 2.3.1. During the - early stage of reshape there is a critical section where live data - is being over-written. A crash during this time needs extra care - for recovery. The newer mdadm takes a copy of the data in the - critical section and will restore it, if necessary, after a crash. + You will need mdadm verion 2.4.1 or later to use this + feature safely. During the early stage of reshape there is + a critical section where live data is being over-written. A + crash during this time needs extra care for recovery. The + newer mdadm takes a copy of the data in the critical section + and will restore it, if necessary, after a crash. The mdadm usage is e.g. mdadm --grow /dev/md1 --raid-disks=6 -- cgit v1.2.2