linux-toradex.git/drivers/md/raid5.c, branch v3.5.1

md: fix up plugging (again).

2012-07-03T07:45:31+00:00

The value returned by "mddev_check_plug" is only valid until the
next 'schedule' as that will unplug things.  This could happen at any
call to mempool_alloc.
So just calling mddev_check_plug at the start doesn't really make
sense.

So call it just before, or just after, queuing things for the thread.
As the action that happens at unplug is to wake the thread, this makes
lots of sense.
If we cannot add a plug (which requires a small GFP_ATOMIC alloc) we
wake thread immediately.

RAID5 is a bit different.  Requests are queued for the thread and the
thread is woken by release_stripe.  So we don't need to wake the
thread on failure.
However the thread doesn't perform certain actions when there is any
active plug, so it is important to install a plug before waking the
thread.  So for RAID5 we install the plug *before* queuing the request
and waking the thread.

Without this patch it is possible for raid1 or raid10 to queue a
request without then waking the thread, resulting in the array locking
up.

Also change raid10 to only flush_pending_write when there are not
active plugs, just like raid1.

This patch is suitable for 3.0 or later.  I plan to submit it to
-stable, but I'll like to let it spend a few weeks in mainline
first to be sure it is completely safe.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

raid5: delayed stripe fix

2012-07-03T05:57:19+00:00

There isn't locking setting STRIPE_DELAYED and STRIPE_PREREAD_ACTIVE bits, but
the two bits have relationship. A delayed stripe can be moved to hold list only
when preread active stripe count is below IO_THRESHOLD. If a stripe has both
the bits set, such stripe will be in delayed list and preread count not 0,
which will make such stripe never leave delayed list.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/raid456: When read error cannot be recovered, record bad block

2012-07-03T05:57:02+00:00

We may not be able to fix a bad block if:
 - the array is degraded
 - the over-write fails.

In these cases we currently eject the device, but we should
record a bad block if possible.

Signed-off-by: majianpeng 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: make 'name' arg to md_register_thread non-optional.

2012-07-03T05:56:52+00:00

Having the 'name' arg optional and defaulting to the current
personality name is no necessary and leads to errors, as when
changing the level of an array we can end up using the
name of the old level instead of the new one.

So make it non-optional and always explicitly pass the name
of the level that the array will be.

Reported-by: majianpeng 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/raid5: fix refcount problem when blocked_rdev is set.

2012-07-03T02:13:29+00:00

commit 43220aa0f22cd3ce5b30246d50ccd696d119edea
    md/raid5: fix a hang on device failure.

fixed a hang, but introduced a refcounting in-balance so
that if the presence of bad-blocks ever caused an rdev to
be 'blocked' we would increment the refcount on the rdev and
never decrement it.

So added the needed rdev_dec_pending when md_wait_for_blocked_rdev
is not called.

Reported-by: majianpeng 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/raid5: In ops_run_io, inc nr_pending before calling md_wait_for_blocked_rdev

2012-07-03T02:11:54+00:00

In ops_run_io(), the call to md_wait_for_blocked_rdev will decrement
nr_pending so we lose the reference we hold on the rdev.
So atomic_inc it first to maintain the reference.

This bug was introduced by commit  73e92e51b7969ef5477d
    md/raid5.  Don't write to known bad block on doubtful devices.

which appeared in 3.0, so patch is suitable for stable kernels since
then.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: majianpeng 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/raid5: Do not add data_offset before call to is_badblock

2012-07-03T02:09:57+00:00

In chunk_aligned_read() we are adding data_offset before calling
is_badblock.  But is_badblock also adds data_offset, so that is bad.

So move the addition of data_offset to after the call to
is_badblock.

This bug was introduced by commit 31c176ecdf3563140e639
     md/raid5: avoid reading from known bad blocks.
which first appeared in 3.0.  So that patch is suitable for any
-stable kernel from 3.0.y onwards.  However it will need minor
revision for most of those (as the comment didn't appear until
recently).

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: majianpeng 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/raid5: prefer replacing failed devices over want-replacement devices.

2012-07-03T01:46:53+00:00

If a RAID5 has both a failed device and a device marked as
'WantReplacement', then we should preferentially replace the failed
device.
However the current code replaces whichever is found first.
So split into 2 loops, check fail failed/missing first, and only check
for WantReplacement if nothing is failed or missing.

Reported-by: majianpeng 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/raid5: improve removal of extra devices after reshape.

2012-05-22T03:55:33+00:00

After a reshape which reduced the number of devices we need
to disconnect the extra devices.
The code for this doesn't currently handle 'replacement' devices.
It is very unlikely that such devices will be present, but it is
safest to handle them anyway.

So simplify the handling.  Just clear In_sync and leave it
to remove_and_add_spaces (which will be called soon) to do
the real works.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/raid5: Allow reshape while a bitmap is present.

2012-05-22T03:55:28+00:00

We always should have allowed this.  A raid5 reshape doesn't change
the size of the bitmap, so not need to restrict it.

Also add a test to make sure we don't try to start a reshape on a
failed array.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown