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-rw-r--r--drivers/md/raid10.c6
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 867f06ae33d..713dc9c2c73 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -552,7 +552,11 @@ static int read_balance(conf_t *conf, r10bio_t *r10_bio)
!test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags))
continue;
- if (!atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
+ /* This optimisation is debatable, and completely destroys
+ * sequential read speed for 'far copies' arrays. So only
+ * keep it for 'near' arrays, and review those later.
+ */
+ if (conf->near_copies > 1 && !atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
disk = ndisk;
slot = nslot;
break;