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<title>md: avoid deadlock when md_set_badblocks.</title>
<updated>2013-11-13T03:08:09+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Bian Yu</name>
<email>bianyu@kedacom.com</email>
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<published>2013-10-12T05:10:03+00:00</published>
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commit 905b0297a9533d7a6ee00a01a990456636877dd6 upstream.

When operate harddisk and hit errors, md_set_badblocks is called after
scsi_restart_operations which already disabled the irq. but md_set_badblocks
will call write_sequnlock_irq and enable irq. so softirq can preempt the
current thread and that may cause a deadlock. I think this situation should
use write_sequnlock_irqsave/irqrestore instead.

I met the situation and the call trace is below:
[  638.919974] BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#0, scsi_eh_13/1010
[  638.921923]  lock: 0xffff8800d4d51fc8, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: scsi_eh_13/1010, .owner_cpu: 0
[  638.923890] CPU: 0 PID: 1010 Comm: scsi_eh_13 Not tainted 3.12.0-rc5+ #37
[  638.925844] Hardware name: To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M./MAHOBAY, BIOS 4.6.5 03/05/2013
[  638.927816]  ffff880037ad4640 ffff880118c03d50 ffffffff8172ff85 0000000000000007
[  638.929829]  ffff8800d4d51fc8 ffff880118c03d70 ffffffff81730030 ffff8800d4d51fc8
[  638.931848]  ffffffff81a72eb0 ffff880118c03d90 ffffffff81730056 ffff8800d4d51fc8
[  638.933884] Call Trace:
[  638.935867]  &lt;IRQ&gt;  [&lt;ffffffff8172ff85&gt;] dump_stack+0x55/0x76
[  638.937878]  [&lt;ffffffff81730030&gt;] spin_dump+0x8a/0x8f
[  638.939861]  [&lt;ffffffff81730056&gt;] spin_bug+0x21/0x26
[  638.941836]  [&lt;ffffffff81336de4&gt;] do_raw_spin_lock+0xa4/0xc0
[  638.943801]  [&lt;ffffffff8173f036&gt;] _raw_spin_lock+0x66/0x80
[  638.945747]  [&lt;ffffffff814a73ed&gt;] ? scsi_device_unbusy+0x9d/0xd0
[  638.947672]  [&lt;ffffffff8173fb1b&gt;] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x2b/0x50
[  638.949595]  [&lt;ffffffff814a73ed&gt;] scsi_device_unbusy+0x9d/0xd0
[  638.951504]  [&lt;ffffffff8149ec47&gt;] scsi_finish_command+0x37/0xe0
[  638.953388]  [&lt;ffffffff814a75e8&gt;] scsi_softirq_done+0xa8/0x140
[  638.955248]  [&lt;ffffffff8130e32b&gt;] blk_done_softirq+0x7b/0x90
[  638.957116]  [&lt;ffffffff8104fddd&gt;] __do_softirq+0xfd/0x330
[  638.958987]  [&lt;ffffffff810b964f&gt;] ? __lock_release+0x6f/0x100
[  638.960861]  [&lt;ffffffff8174a5cc&gt;] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
[  638.962724]  [&lt;ffffffff81004c7d&gt;] do_softirq+0x8d/0xc0
[  638.964565]  [&lt;ffffffff8105024e&gt;] irq_exit+0x10e/0x150
[  638.966390]  [&lt;ffffffff8174ad4a&gt;] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4a/0x60
[  638.968223]  [&lt;ffffffff817499af&gt;] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6f/0x80
[  638.970079]  &lt;EOI&gt;  [&lt;ffffffff810b964f&gt;] ? __lock_release+0x6f/0x100
[  638.971899]  [&lt;ffffffff8173fa6a&gt;] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x3a/0x50
[  638.973691]  [&lt;ffffffff8173fa60&gt;] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x50
[  638.975475]  [&lt;ffffffff81562393&gt;] md_set_badblocks+0x1f3/0x4a0
[  638.977243]  [&lt;ffffffff81566e07&gt;] rdev_set_badblocks+0x27/0x80
[  638.978988]  [&lt;ffffffffa00d97bb&gt;] raid5_end_read_request+0x36b/0x4e0 [raid456]
[  638.980723]  [&lt;ffffffff811b5a1d&gt;] bio_endio+0x1d/0x40
[  638.982463]  [&lt;ffffffff81304ff3&gt;] req_bio_endio.isra.65+0x83/0xa0
[  638.984214]  [&lt;ffffffff81306b9f&gt;] blk_update_request+0x7f/0x350
[  638.985967]  [&lt;ffffffff81306ea1&gt;] blk_update_bidi_request+0x31/0x90
[  638.987710]  [&lt;ffffffff813085e0&gt;] __blk_end_bidi_request+0x20/0x50
[  638.989439]  [&lt;ffffffff8130862f&gt;] __blk_end_request_all+0x1f/0x30
[  638.991149]  [&lt;ffffffff81308746&gt;] blk_peek_request+0x106/0x250
[  638.992861]  [&lt;ffffffff814a62a9&gt;] ? scsi_kill_request.isra.32+0xe9/0x130
[  638.994561]  [&lt;ffffffff814a633a&gt;] scsi_request_fn+0x4a/0x3d0
[  638.996251]  [&lt;ffffffff813040a7&gt;] __blk_run_queue+0x37/0x50
[  638.997900]  [&lt;ffffffff813045af&gt;] blk_run_queue+0x2f/0x50
[  638.999553]  [&lt;ffffffff814a5750&gt;] scsi_run_queue+0xe0/0x1c0
[  639.001185]  [&lt;ffffffff814a7721&gt;] scsi_run_host_queues+0x21/0x40
[  639.002798]  [&lt;ffffffff814a2e87&gt;] scsi_restart_operations+0x177/0x200
[  639.004391]  [&lt;ffffffff814a4fe9&gt;] scsi_error_handler+0xc9/0xe0
[  639.005996]  [&lt;ffffffff814a4f20&gt;] ? scsi_unjam_host+0xd0/0xd0
[  639.007600]  [&lt;ffffffff81072f6b&gt;] kthread+0xdb/0xe0
[  639.009205]  [&lt;ffffffff81072e90&gt;] ? flush_kthread_worker+0x170/0x170
[  639.010821]  [&lt;ffffffff81748cac&gt;] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[  639.012437]  [&lt;ffffffff81072e90&gt;] ? flush_kthread_worker+0x170/0x170

This bug was introduce in commit  2e8ac30312973dd20e68073653
(the first time rdev_set_badblock was call from interrupt context),
so this patch is appropriate for 3.5 and subsequent kernels.

Signed-off-by: Bian Yu &lt;bianyu@kedacom.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jianpeng Ma &lt;majianpeng@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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commit 905b0297a9533d7a6ee00a01a990456636877dd6 upstream.

When operate harddisk and hit errors, md_set_badblocks is called after
scsi_restart_operations which already disabled the irq. but md_set_badblocks
will call write_sequnlock_irq and enable irq. so softirq can preempt the
current thread and that may cause a deadlock. I think this situation should
use write_sequnlock_irqsave/irqrestore instead.

I met the situation and the call trace is below:
[  638.919974] BUG: spinlock recursion on CPU#0, scsi_eh_13/1010
[  638.921923]  lock: 0xffff8800d4d51fc8, .magic: dead4ead, .owner: scsi_eh_13/1010, .owner_cpu: 0
[  638.923890] CPU: 0 PID: 1010 Comm: scsi_eh_13 Not tainted 3.12.0-rc5+ #37
[  638.925844] Hardware name: To be filled by O.E.M. To be filled by O.E.M./MAHOBAY, BIOS 4.6.5 03/05/2013
[  638.927816]  ffff880037ad4640 ffff880118c03d50 ffffffff8172ff85 0000000000000007
[  638.929829]  ffff8800d4d51fc8 ffff880118c03d70 ffffffff81730030 ffff8800d4d51fc8
[  638.931848]  ffffffff81a72eb0 ffff880118c03d90 ffffffff81730056 ffff8800d4d51fc8
[  638.933884] Call Trace:
[  638.935867]  &lt;IRQ&gt;  [&lt;ffffffff8172ff85&gt;] dump_stack+0x55/0x76
[  638.937878]  [&lt;ffffffff81730030&gt;] spin_dump+0x8a/0x8f
[  638.939861]  [&lt;ffffffff81730056&gt;] spin_bug+0x21/0x26
[  638.941836]  [&lt;ffffffff81336de4&gt;] do_raw_spin_lock+0xa4/0xc0
[  638.943801]  [&lt;ffffffff8173f036&gt;] _raw_spin_lock+0x66/0x80
[  638.945747]  [&lt;ffffffff814a73ed&gt;] ? scsi_device_unbusy+0x9d/0xd0
[  638.947672]  [&lt;ffffffff8173fb1b&gt;] ? _raw_spin_unlock+0x2b/0x50
[  638.949595]  [&lt;ffffffff814a73ed&gt;] scsi_device_unbusy+0x9d/0xd0
[  638.951504]  [&lt;ffffffff8149ec47&gt;] scsi_finish_command+0x37/0xe0
[  638.953388]  [&lt;ffffffff814a75e8&gt;] scsi_softirq_done+0xa8/0x140
[  638.955248]  [&lt;ffffffff8130e32b&gt;] blk_done_softirq+0x7b/0x90
[  638.957116]  [&lt;ffffffff8104fddd&gt;] __do_softirq+0xfd/0x330
[  638.958987]  [&lt;ffffffff810b964f&gt;] ? __lock_release+0x6f/0x100
[  638.960861]  [&lt;ffffffff8174a5cc&gt;] call_softirq+0x1c/0x30
[  638.962724]  [&lt;ffffffff81004c7d&gt;] do_softirq+0x8d/0xc0
[  638.964565]  [&lt;ffffffff8105024e&gt;] irq_exit+0x10e/0x150
[  638.966390]  [&lt;ffffffff8174ad4a&gt;] smp_apic_timer_interrupt+0x4a/0x60
[  638.968223]  [&lt;ffffffff817499af&gt;] apic_timer_interrupt+0x6f/0x80
[  638.970079]  &lt;EOI&gt;  [&lt;ffffffff810b964f&gt;] ? __lock_release+0x6f/0x100
[  638.971899]  [&lt;ffffffff8173fa6a&gt;] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x3a/0x50
[  638.973691]  [&lt;ffffffff8173fa60&gt;] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x30/0x50
[  638.975475]  [&lt;ffffffff81562393&gt;] md_set_badblocks+0x1f3/0x4a0
[  638.977243]  [&lt;ffffffff81566e07&gt;] rdev_set_badblocks+0x27/0x80
[  638.978988]  [&lt;ffffffffa00d97bb&gt;] raid5_end_read_request+0x36b/0x4e0 [raid456]
[  638.980723]  [&lt;ffffffff811b5a1d&gt;] bio_endio+0x1d/0x40
[  638.982463]  [&lt;ffffffff81304ff3&gt;] req_bio_endio.isra.65+0x83/0xa0
[  638.984214]  [&lt;ffffffff81306b9f&gt;] blk_update_request+0x7f/0x350
[  638.985967]  [&lt;ffffffff81306ea1&gt;] blk_update_bidi_request+0x31/0x90
[  638.987710]  [&lt;ffffffff813085e0&gt;] __blk_end_bidi_request+0x20/0x50
[  638.989439]  [&lt;ffffffff8130862f&gt;] __blk_end_request_all+0x1f/0x30
[  638.991149]  [&lt;ffffffff81308746&gt;] blk_peek_request+0x106/0x250
[  638.992861]  [&lt;ffffffff814a62a9&gt;] ? scsi_kill_request.isra.32+0xe9/0x130
[  638.994561]  [&lt;ffffffff814a633a&gt;] scsi_request_fn+0x4a/0x3d0
[  638.996251]  [&lt;ffffffff813040a7&gt;] __blk_run_queue+0x37/0x50
[  638.997900]  [&lt;ffffffff813045af&gt;] blk_run_queue+0x2f/0x50
[  638.999553]  [&lt;ffffffff814a5750&gt;] scsi_run_queue+0xe0/0x1c0
[  639.001185]  [&lt;ffffffff814a7721&gt;] scsi_run_host_queues+0x21/0x40
[  639.002798]  [&lt;ffffffff814a2e87&gt;] scsi_restart_operations+0x177/0x200
[  639.004391]  [&lt;ffffffff814a4fe9&gt;] scsi_error_handler+0xc9/0xe0
[  639.005996]  [&lt;ffffffff814a4f20&gt;] ? scsi_unjam_host+0xd0/0xd0
[  639.007600]  [&lt;ffffffff81072f6b&gt;] kthread+0xdb/0xe0
[  639.009205]  [&lt;ffffffff81072e90&gt;] ? flush_kthread_worker+0x170/0x170
[  639.010821]  [&lt;ffffffff81748cac&gt;] ret_from_fork+0x7c/0xb0
[  639.012437]  [&lt;ffffffff81072e90&gt;] ? flush_kthread_worker+0x170/0x170

This bug was introduce in commit  2e8ac30312973dd20e68073653
(the first time rdev_set_badblock was call from interrupt context),
so this patch is appropriate for 3.5 and subsequent kernels.

Signed-off-by: Bian Yu &lt;bianyu@kedacom.com&gt;
Reviewed-by: Jianpeng Ma &lt;majianpeng@gmail.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman &lt;gregkh@linuxfoundation.org&gt;

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<entry>
<title>md: Remove recent change which allows devices to skip recovery.</title>
<updated>2013-07-18T04:18:03+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2013-07-17T04:55:31+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=5024c298311f3b97c85cb034f9edaa333fdb9338'/>
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commit 7ceb17e87bde79d285a8b988cfed9eaeebe60b86
    md: Allow devices to be re-added to a read-only array.

allowed a bit more than just that.  It also allows devices to be added
to a read-write array and to end up skipping recovery.

This patch removes the offending piece of code pending a rewrite for a
subsequent release.

More specifically:
 If the array has a bitmap, then the device will still need a bitmap
 based resync ('saved_raid_disk' is set under different conditions
 is a bitmap is present).
 If the array doesn't have a bitmap, then this is correct as long as
 nothing has been written to the array since the metadata was checked
 by -&gt;validate_super.  However there is no locking to ensure that there
 was no write.

Bug was introduced in 3.10 and causes data corruption so
patch is suitable for 3.10-stable.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (3.10)
Reported-by: Joe Lawrence &lt;joe.lawrence@stratus.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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commit 7ceb17e87bde79d285a8b988cfed9eaeebe60b86
    md: Allow devices to be re-added to a read-only array.

allowed a bit more than just that.  It also allows devices to be added
to a read-write array and to end up skipping recovery.

This patch removes the offending piece of code pending a rewrite for a
subsequent release.

More specifically:
 If the array has a bitmap, then the device will still need a bitmap
 based resync ('saved_raid_disk' is set under different conditions
 is a bitmap is present).
 If the array doesn't have a bitmap, then this is correct as long as
 nothing has been written to the array since the metadata was checked
 by -&gt;validate_super.  However there is no locking to ensure that there
 was no write.

Bug was introduced in 3.10 and causes data corruption so
patch is suitable for 3.10-stable.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (3.10)
Reported-by: Joe Lawrence &lt;joe.lawrence@stratus.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>MD: Remember the last sync operation that was performed</title>
<updated>2013-06-26T02:38:24+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jonathan Brassow</name>
<email>jbrassow@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-06-25T06:23:59+00:00</published>
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MD:  Remember the last sync operation that was performed

This patch adds a field to the mddev structure to track the last
sync operation that was performed.  This is especially useful when
it comes to what is recorded in mismatch_cnt in sysfs.  If the
last operation was "data-check", then it reports the number of
descrepancies found by the user-initiated check.  If it was a
"repair" operation, then it is reporting the number of
descrepancies repaired.  etc.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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MD:  Remember the last sync operation that was performed

This patch adds a field to the mddev structure to track the last
sync operation that was performed.  This is especially useful when
it comes to what is recorded in mismatch_cnt in sysfs.  If the
last operation was "data-check", then it reports the number of
descrepancies found by the user-initiated check.  If it was a
"repair" operation, then it is reporting the number of
descrepancies repaired.  etc.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>md: replace strict_strto*() with kstrto*()</title>
<updated>2013-06-13T22:10:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Jingoo Han</name>
<email>jg1.han@samsung.com</email>
</author>
<published>2013-06-01T07:15:16+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=b29bebd66dbd492105668ec3515a5ffb0b25e4c1'/>
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The usage of strict_strtoul() is not preferred, because
strict_strtoul() is obsolete. Thus, kstrtoul() should be
used.

Signed-off-by: Jingoo Han &lt;jg1.han@samsung.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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The usage of strict_strtoul() is not preferred, because
strict_strtoul() is obsolete. Thus, kstrtoul() should be
used.

Signed-off-by: Jingoo Han &lt;jg1.han@samsung.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>md: Wait for md_check_recovery before attempting device removal.</title>
<updated>2013-06-13T22:10:26+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Hannes Reinecke</name>
<email>hare@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2013-04-02T06:38:55+00:00</published>
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When a device has failed, it needs to be removed from the personality
module before it can be removed from the array as a whole.
The first step is performed by md_check_recovery() which is called
from the raid management thread.

So when a HOT_REMOVE ioctl arrives, wait briefly for md_check_recovery
to have run.  This increases the chance that the ioctl will succeed.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke &lt;hare@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;nfbrown@suse.de&gt;
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When a device has failed, it needs to be removed from the personality
module before it can be removed from the array as a whole.
The first step is performed by md_check_recovery() which is called
from the raid management thread.

So when a HOT_REMOVE ioctl arrives, wait briefly for md_check_recovery
to have run.  This increases the chance that the ioctl will succeed.

Signed-off-by: Hannes Reinecke &lt;hare@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;nfbrown@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge tag 'md-3.10-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md</title>
<updated>2013-06-13T17:13:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-06-13T17:13:29+00:00</published>
<link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='https://git.tavy.me/linux-stable.git/commit/?id=82ea4be61f45d1a7ba1f5151d90124d1ece0c07a'/>
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Pull md bugfixes from Neil Brown:
 "A few bugfixes for md

  Some tagged for -stable"

* tag 'md-3.10-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md:
  md/raid1,5,10: Disable WRITE SAME until a recovery strategy is in place
  md/raid1,raid10: use freeze_array in place of raise_barrier in various places.
  md/raid1: consider WRITE as successful only if at least one non-Faulty and non-rebuilding drive completed it.
  md: md_stop_writes() should always freeze recovery.
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Pull md bugfixes from Neil Brown:
 "A few bugfixes for md

  Some tagged for -stable"

* tag 'md-3.10-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md:
  md/raid1,5,10: Disable WRITE SAME until a recovery strategy is in place
  md/raid1,raid10: use freeze_array in place of raise_barrier in various places.
  md/raid1: consider WRITE as successful only if at least one non-Faulty and non-rebuilding drive completed it.
  md: md_stop_writes() should always freeze recovery.
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<title>md: md_stop_writes() should always freeze recovery.</title>
<updated>2013-06-13T03:18:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2013-05-08T23:48:30+00:00</published>
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__md_stop_writes() will currently sometimes freeze recovery.
So any caller must be ready for that to happen, and indeed they are.

However if __md_stop_writes() doesn't freeze_recovery, then
a recovery could start before mddev_suspend() is called, which
could be awkward.  This can particularly cause problems or dm-raid.

So change __md_stop_writes() to always freeze recovery.  This is safe
and more predicatable.

Reported-by: Brassow Jonathan &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Brassow Jonathan &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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__md_stop_writes() will currently sometimes freeze recovery.
So any caller must be ready for that to happen, and indeed they are.

However if __md_stop_writes() doesn't freeze_recovery, then
a recovery could start before mddev_suspend() is called, which
could be awkward.  This can particularly cause problems or dm-raid.

So change __md_stop_writes() to always freeze recovery.  This is safe
and more predicatable.

Reported-by: Brassow Jonathan &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Tested-by: Brassow Jonathan &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>Merge branch 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block</title>
<updated>2013-05-08T17:13:35+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2013-05-08T17:13:35+00:00</published>
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Pull block core updates from Jens Axboe:

 - Major bit is Kents prep work for immutable bio vecs.

 - Stable candidate fix for a scheduling-while-atomic in the queue
   bypass operation.

 - Fix for the hang on exceeded rq-&gt;datalen 32-bit unsigned when merging
   discard bios.

 - Tejuns changes to convert the writeback thread pool to the generic
   workqueue mechanism.

 - Runtime PM framework, SCSI patches exists on top of these in James'
   tree.

 - A few random fixes.

* 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (40 commits)
  relay: move remove_buf_file inside relay_close_buf
  partitions/efi.c: replace useless kzalloc's by kmalloc's
  fs/block_dev.c: fix iov_shorten() criteria in blkdev_aio_read()
  block: fix max discard sectors limit
  blkcg: fix "scheduling while atomic" in blk_queue_bypass_start
  Documentation: cfq-iosched: update documentation help for cfq tunables
  writeback: expose the bdi_wq workqueue
  writeback: replace custom worker pool implementation with unbound workqueue
  writeback: remove unused bdi_pending_list
  aoe: Fix unitialized var usage
  bio-integrity: Add explicit field for owner of bip_buf
  block: Add an explicit bio flag for bios that own their bvec
  block: Add bio_alloc_pages()
  block: Convert some code to bio_for_each_segment_all()
  block: Add bio_for_each_segment_all()
  bounce: Refactor __blk_queue_bounce to not use bi_io_vec
  raid1: use bio_copy_data()
  pktcdvd: Use bio_reset() in disabled code to kill bi_idx usage
  pktcdvd: use bio_copy_data()
  block: Add bio_copy_data()
  ...
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Pull block core updates from Jens Axboe:

 - Major bit is Kents prep work for immutable bio vecs.

 - Stable candidate fix for a scheduling-while-atomic in the queue
   bypass operation.

 - Fix for the hang on exceeded rq-&gt;datalen 32-bit unsigned when merging
   discard bios.

 - Tejuns changes to convert the writeback thread pool to the generic
   workqueue mechanism.

 - Runtime PM framework, SCSI patches exists on top of these in James'
   tree.

 - A few random fixes.

* 'for-3.10/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (40 commits)
  relay: move remove_buf_file inside relay_close_buf
  partitions/efi.c: replace useless kzalloc's by kmalloc's
  fs/block_dev.c: fix iov_shorten() criteria in blkdev_aio_read()
  block: fix max discard sectors limit
  blkcg: fix "scheduling while atomic" in blk_queue_bypass_start
  Documentation: cfq-iosched: update documentation help for cfq tunables
  writeback: expose the bdi_wq workqueue
  writeback: replace custom worker pool implementation with unbound workqueue
  writeback: remove unused bdi_pending_list
  aoe: Fix unitialized var usage
  bio-integrity: Add explicit field for owner of bip_buf
  block: Add an explicit bio flag for bios that own their bvec
  block: Add bio_alloc_pages()
  block: Convert some code to bio_for_each_segment_all()
  block: Add bio_for_each_segment_all()
  bounce: Refactor __blk_queue_bounce to not use bi_io_vec
  raid1: use bio_copy_data()
  pktcdvd: Use bio_reset() in disabled code to kill bi_idx usage
  pktcdvd: use bio_copy_data()
  block: Add bio_copy_data()
  ...
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>block_device_operations-&gt;release() should return void</title>
<updated>2013-05-07T06:16:21+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Al Viro</name>
<email>viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk</email>
</author>
<published>2013-05-06T01:52:57+00:00</published>
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The value passed is 0 in all but "it can never happen" cases (and those
only in a couple of drivers) *and* it would've been lost on the way
out anyway, even if something tried to pass something meaningful.
Just don't bother.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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The value passed is 0 in all but "it can never happen" cases (and those
only in a couple of drivers) *and* it would've been lost on the way
out anyway, even if something tried to pass something meaningful.
Just don't bother.

Signed-off-by: Al Viro &lt;viro@zeniv.linux.org.uk&gt;
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</entry>
<entry>
<title>md: bad block list should default to disabled.</title>
<updated>2013-04-30T04:49:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2013-04-24T01:42:44+00:00</published>
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Maintenance of a bad-block-list currently defaults to 'enabled'
and is then disabled when it cannot be supported.
This is backwards and causes problem for dm-raid which didn't know
to disable it.

So fix the defaults, and only enabled for v1.x metadata which
explicitly has bad blocks enabled.

The problem with dm-raid has been present since badblock support was
added in v3.1, so this patch is suitable for any -stable from 3.1
onwards.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (3.1+)
Reported-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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Maintenance of a bad-block-list currently defaults to 'enabled'
and is then disabled when it cannot be supported.
This is backwards and causes problem for dm-raid which didn't know
to disable it.

So fix the defaults, and only enabled for v1.x metadata which
explicitly has bad blocks enabled.

The problem with dm-raid has been present since badblock support was
added in v3.1, so this patch is suitable for any -stable from 3.1
onwards.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org (3.1+)
Reported-by: Jonathan Brassow &lt;jbrassow@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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