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2007-01-26[PATCH] md: fix potential memalloc deadlock in mdNeilBrown
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>
2007-01-26[PATCH] md: make 'repair' actually work for raid1NeilBrown
When 'repair' finds a block that is different one the various parts of the mirror. it is meant to write a chosen good version to the others. However it currently writes out the original data to each. The memcpy to make all the data the same is missing. 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>
2007-01-11[PATCH] md: pass down BIO_RW_SYNC in raid{1,10}Lars Ellenberg
md raidX make_request functions strip off the BIO_RW_SYNC flag, thus introducing additional latency. Fixing this in raid1 and raid10 seems to be straightforward enough. For our particular usage case in DRBD, passing this flag improved some initialization time from ~5 minutes to ~5 seconds. Acked-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Lars Ellenberg <lars@linbit.com> Acked-by: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: <stable@kernel.org> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-12-13[PATCH] md: Don't assume that READ==0 and WRITE==1 - use the names explicitlyNeilBrown
Thanks Jens for alerting me to this. Cc: Jens Axboe <jens.axboe@oracle.com> Cc: <raziebe@gmail.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>
2006-12-10[PATCH] md: assorted md and raid1 one-linersNeilBrown
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>
2006-10-28[PATCH] md: fix printk format warnings, seen on powerpc64:Randy Dunlap
drivers/md/raid1.c:1479: warning: long long unsigned int format, long unsigned int arg (arg 4) drivers/md/raid10.c:1475: warning: long long unsigned int format, long unsigned int arg (arg 4) Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <randy.dunlap@oracle.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>
2006-10-03[PATCH] md: define ->congested_fn for raid1, raid10, and multipathNeilBrown
raid1, raid10 and multipath don't report their 'congested' status through bdi_*_congested, but should. This patch adds the appropriate functions which just check the 'congested' status of all active members (with appropriate locking). raid1 read_balance should be modified to prefer devices where bdi_read_congested returns false. Then we could use the '&' branch rather than the '|' branch. However that should would need some benchmarking first to make sure it is actually a good idea. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-03[PATCH] md: Improve locking around error handlingNeilBrown
The error handling routines don't use proper locking, and so two concurrent errors could trigger a problem. So: - use test-and-set and test-and-clear to synchonise the In_sync bits with the ->degraded count - use the spinlock to protect updates to the degraded count (could use an atomic_t but that would be a bigger change in code, and isn't really justified) - remove un-necessary locking in raid5 Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-03[PATCH] md: Remove working_disks from raid1 state dataNeilBrown
It is equivalent to conf->raid_disks - conf->mddev->degraded. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-03[PATCH] md: Factor out part of raid1d into a separate functionNeilBrown
raid1d has toooo many nested block, so take the fix_read_error functionality out into a separate function. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-10-03[PATCH] md: replace magic numbers in sb_dirty with well defined bit flagsNeilBrown
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>
2006-09-01[PATCH] md: Fix issues with referencing rdev in md/raid1NeilBrown
We need to be careful when referencing mirrors[i].rdev. It can disappear under us at various times. So: fix a couple of problem places. comment a couple of non-problem places move an 'atomic_add' which deferences rdev down a little way to some where where it is sure to not be NULL. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-08-27[PATCH] md: fix recent breakage of md/raid1 array checkingNeilBrown
A recent patch broke the ability to do a user-request check of a raid1. This patch fixes the breakage and also moves a comment that was dislocated by the same patch. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-07-10[PATCH] md: include sector number in messages about corrected read errorsNeilBrown
This is generally useful, but particularly helps see if it is the same sector that always needs correcting, or different ones. [akpm@osdl.org: fix printk warnings] Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-07-10[PATCH] md: fix usage of wrong variable in raid1NeilBrown
Though it rarely matters, we should be using 's' rather than r1_bio->sector here. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] md: Allow re-add to work on array without bitmapsNeilBrown
When an array has a bitmap, a device can be removed and re-added and only blocks changes since the removal (as recorded in the bitmap) will be resynced. It should be possible to do a similar thing to arrays without bitmaps. i.e. if a device is removed and re-added and *no* changes have been made in the interim, then the add should not require a resync. This patch allows that option. This means that when assembling an array one device at a time (e.g. during device discovery) the array can be enabled read-only as soon as enough devices are available, but extra devices can still be added without causing a resync. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] md: allow checkpoint of recovery with version-1 superblockNeilBrown
For a while we have had checkpointing of resync. The version-1 superblock allows recovery to be checkpointed as well, and this patch implements that. Due to early carelessness we need to add a feature flag to signal that the recovery_offset field is in use, otherwise older kernels would assume that a partially recovered array is in fact fully recovered. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-06-26[PATCH] md: reformat code in raid1_end_write_request to avoid gotoNeilBrown
A recent change made this goto unnecessary, so reformat the code to make it clearer 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>
2006-05-01[PATCH] md: Fix 'rdev->nr_pending' count when retrying barrier requestsNeilBrown
When retrying a failed BIO_RW_BARRIER request, we need to keep the reference in ->nr_pending over the whole retry. Currently, we only hold the reference if the failed request is the *last* one to finish - which is silly, because it would normally be the first to finish. So move the rdev_dec_pending call up into the didn't-fail branch. As the rdev isn't used in the later code, calling rdev_dec_pending earlier doesn't hurt. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-01[PATCH] md: Improve detection of lack of barrier support in raid1NeilBrown
Move the test for 'do barrier work' down a bit so that if the first write to a raid1 is a BIO_RW_BARRIER write, the checking done by superblock writes will cause the right thing to happen. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-05-01[PATCH] md: Change ENOTSUPP to EOPNOTSUPPNeilBrown
Because that is what you get if a BIO_RW_BARRIER isn't supported! Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-04-01BUG_ON() Conversion in md/raid1.cEric Sesterhenn
this changes if() BUG(); constructs to BUG_ON() which is cleaner and can better optimized away Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn <snakebyte@gmx.de> Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
2006-03-31[PATCH] md: Don't clear bits in bitmap when writing to one device fails ↵NeilBrown
during recovery Currently a device failure during recovery leaves bits set in the bitmap. This normally isn't a problem as the offending device will be rejected because of errors. However if device re-adding is being used with non-persistent bitmaps, this can be a problem. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-27[PATCH] md: Restore 'remaining' count when retrying an write operationNeilBrown
When retrying a write due to barrier failure, we don't reset 'remaining', so it goes negative and never hits 0 again. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-27[PATCH] md: Split reshape handler in check_reshape and start_reshapeNeilBrown
check_reshape checks validity and does things that can be done instantly - like adding devices to raid1. start_reshape initiates a restriping process to convert the whole array. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-27[PATCH] md: Checkpoint and allow restart of raid5 reshapeNeilBrown
We allow the superblock to record an 'old' and a 'new' geometry, and a position where any conversion is up to. The geometry allows for changing chunksize, layout and level as well as number of devices. When using verion-0.90 superblock, we convert the version to 0.91 while the conversion is happening so that an old kernel will refuse the assemble the array. For version-1, we use a feature bit for the same effect. When starting an array we check for an incomplete reshape and restart the reshape process if needed. If the reshape stopped at an awkward time (like when updating the first stripe) we refuse to assemble the array, and let user-space worry about it. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-03-09[PATCH] md: Fix several raid1 bugs which cause a memory leakNeilBrown
- wrong test for 'is this a BARRIER bio' - not freeing on all possible paths. - using r1_bio after freeing it. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-14[PATCH] Unlinline a bunch of other functionsArjan van de Ven
Remove the "inline" keyword from a bunch of big functions in the kernel with the goal of shrinking it by 30kb to 40kb Signed-off-by: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> Acked-by: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: count corrected read errors per driveNeilBrown
Store this total in superblock (As appropriate), and make it available to userspace via sysfs. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: allow array level to be set textually via sysfsNeilBrown
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Acked-by: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: fix rdev->pending counts in raid1NeilBrown
When we do a user-requested check/repair, we lose count of the outstanding requests... Also make sure that when anything is written to md/sync_action, the RECOVERY_NEEDED flag is set and the thread is woken up so any changes take effect. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: define and use safe_put_page for mdNeilBrown
md sometimes call put_page on NULL pointers (treating it like kfree). This is not safe, so define and use a 'safe_put_page' which checks for NULL. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: fix possible problem in raid1/raid10 error overwritingNeilBrown
The code to overwrite/reread for addressing read errors in raid1/raid10 currently assumes that the read will not alter the buffer which could be used to write to the next device. This is not a safe assumption to make. So we split the loops into a overwrite loop and a separate re-read loop, so that the writing is complete before reading is attempted. Cc: Paul Clements <paul.clements@steeleye.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>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: remove personality numbering from mdNeilBrown
md supports multiple different RAID level, each being implemented by a 'personality' (which is often in a separate module). These personalities have fairly artificial 'numbers'. The numbers are use to: 1- provide an index into an array where the various personalities are recorded 2- identify the module (via an alias) which implements are particular personality. Neither of these uses really justify the existence of personality numbers. The array can be replaced by a linked list which is searched (array lookup only happens very rarely). Module identification can be done using an alias based on level rather than 'personality' number. The current 'raid5' modules support two level (4 and 5) but only one personality. This slight awkwardness (which was handled in the mapping from level to personality) can be better handled by allowing raid5 to register 2 personalities. With this change in place, the core md module does not need to have an exhaustive list of all possible personalities, so other personalities can be added independently. This patch also moves the check for chunksize being non-zero into the ->run routines for the personalities that need it, rather than having it in core-md. This has a side effect of allowing 'faulty' and 'linear' not to have a chunk-size set. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: convert md to use kzalloc throughoutNeilBrown
Replace multiple kmalloc/memset pairs with kzalloc calls. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: clean up 'page' related names in mdNeilBrown
Substitute: page_cache_get -> get_page page_cache_release -> put_page PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT -> PAGE_SHIFT PAGE_CACHE_SIZE -> PAGE_SIZE PAGE_CACHE_MASK -> PAGE_MASK __free_page -> put_page because we aren't using the page cache, we are just using pages. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: make sure read error on last working drive of raid1 actually ↵NeilBrown
returns failure We are inadvertently setting the R1BIO_Uptodate bit on read errors when we decide not to try correcting (because there are no other working devices). This means that the read error is reported to the client as success. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: allow raid1 to check consistencyNeilBrown
Where performing a user-requested 'check' or 'repair', we read all readable devices, and compare the contents. We only write to blocks which had read errors, or blocks with content that differs from the first good device found. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: handle errors when read-onlyNeilBrown
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: better handling for read error in raid1 during resyncNeilBrown
Handling of read errors during resync is separate from handling of read errors during normal IO in raid1. A previous patch added support for read errors during normal IO. This one adds support for read errors during resync or recovery. The key differences are that we don't need to freeze the array, because the normal handling of resync means that this part of the array will be idle except for resync, and the read/overwrite/re-read is needed in a separate piece of code. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: tidyup some issues with raid1 resync and prepare for catching ↵NeilBrown
read errors We are dereferencing ->rdev without an rcu lock! Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: attempt to auto-correct read errors in raid1NeilBrown
On a read-error we suspend the array, then synchronously read the block from other arrays until we find one where we can read it. Then we try writing the good data back everywhere and make sure it works. If any write or subsequent read fails, only then do we fail the device out of the array. To be able to suspend the array, we need to also keep track of how many requests are queued for handling by raid1d. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: move bitmap_create to after md array has been initialisedNeilBrown
This is important because bitmap_create uses mddev->resync_max_sectors and that doesn't have a valid value until after the array has been initialised (with pers->run()). [It doesn't make a difference for current personalities that support bitmaps, but will make a difference for raid10] This has the added advantage of meaning with can move the thread->timeout manipulation inside the bitmap.c code instead of sprinkling identical code throughout all personalities. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2006-01-06[PATCH] md: improve raid1 "IO Barrier" conceptNeilBrown
raid1 needs to put up a barrier to new requests while it does resync or other background recovery. The code for this is currently open-coded, slighty obscure by its use of two waitqueues, and not documented. This patch gathers all the related code into 4 functions, and includes a comment which (hopefully) explains 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>
2005-12-12[PATCH] md: fix a use-after-free bug in raid1NeilBrown
Who would submit code with a FIXME like that in it !!!! Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-28[PATCH] md: fix --re-add for raid1 and raid6NeilBrown
If you have an array with a write-intent-bitmap, and you remove a device, then re-add it, a full recovery isn't needed. We detect a re-add by looking at saved_raid_disk. For raid1, it doesn't matter which disk it was, only whether or not it was an active device. The old code being removed set a value of 'mirror' which was then ignored, so it can go. The changed code performs the correct check. For raid6, if there are two missing devices, make sure we chose the right slot on --re-add rather than always the first slot. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-09[PATCH] md: make manual repair work for raid1NeilBrown
Raid1 currently optimises resync using the intent bitmap etc. This optimisation is not wanted when we explicitly request a repair through sysfs, so add appropriate checks. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-09[PATCH] md: support BIO_RW_BARRIER for md/raid1NeilBrown
We can only accept BARRIER requests if all slaves handle barriers, and that can, of course, change with time.... So we keep track of whether the whole array seems safe for barriers, and also whether each individual rdev handles barriers. We initially assumes barriers are OK. When writing the superblock we try a barrier, and if that fails, we flag things for no-barriers. This will usually clear the flags fairly quickly. If writing the superblock finds that BIO_RW_BARRIER is -ENOTSUPP, we need to resubmit, so introduce function "md_super_wait" which waits for requests to finish, and retries ENOTSUPP requests without the barrier flag. When writing the real raid1, write requests which were BIO_RW_BARRIER but which aresn't supported need to be retried. So raid1d is enhanced to do this, and when any bio write completes (i.e. no retry needed) we remove it from the r1bio, so that devices needing retry are easy to find. We should hardly ever get -ENOTSUPP errors when writing data to the raid. It should only happen if: 1/ the device used to support BARRIER, but now doesn't. Few devices change like this, though raid1 can! or 2/ the array has no persistent superblock, so there was no opportunity to pre-test for barriers when writing the superblock. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-09[PATCH] md: convert 'faulty' and 'in_sync' fields to bits in 'flags' fieldNeilBrown
This has the advantage of removing the confusion caused by 'rdev_t' and 'mddev_t' both having 'in_sync' fields. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-11-09[PATCH] md: provide proper rcu_dereference / rcu_assign_pointer annotations ↵Suzanne Wood
in md Acked-by: <paulmck@us.ibm.com> Signed-off-by: Suzanne Wood <suzannew@cs.pdx.edu> Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>