linux-stable.git/drivers/md/md.c, branch v3.2.22

md: using GFP_NOIO to allocate bio for flush request

2012-05-30T23:43:46+00:00

commit b5e1b8cee7ad58a15d2fa79bcd7946acb592602d upstream.

A flush request is usually issued in transaction commit code path, so
using GFP_KERNEL to allocate memory for flush request bio falls into
the classic deadlock issue.

This is suitable for any -stable kernel to which it applies as it
avoids a possible deadlock.

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

MD: Add del_timer_sync to mddev_suspend (fix nasty panic)

2012-05-20T21:56:50+00:00

commit 0d9f4f135eb6dea06bdcb7065b1e4ff78274a5e9 upstream.

Use del_timer_sync to remove timer before mddev_suspend finishes.

We don't want a timer going off after an mddev_suspend is called.  This is
especially true with device-mapper, since it can call the destructor function
immediately following a suspend.  This results in the removal (kfree) of the
structures upon which the timer depends - resulting in a very ugly panic.
Therefore, we add a del_timer_sync to mddev_suspend to prevent this.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

md: fix possible corruption of array metadata on shutdown.

2012-05-11T12:13:59+00:00

commit 30b8aa9172dfeaac6d77897c67ee9f9fc574cdbb upstream.

commit c744a65c1e2d59acc54333ce8
  md: don't set md arrays to readonly on shutdown.

removed the possibility of a 'BUG' when data is written to an array
that has just been switched to read-only, but also introduced the
possibility that the array metadata could be corrupted.

If, when md_notify_reboot gets the mddev lock, the array is
in a state where it is assembled but hasn't been started (as can
happen if the personality module is not available, or in other unusual
situations), then incorrect metadata will be written out making it
impossible to re-assemble the array.

So only call __md_stop_writes() if the array has actually been
activated.

This patch is needed for any stable kernel which has had the above
commit applied.

Reported-by: Christoph Nelles 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Signed-off-by: Ben Hutchings

md: fix clearing of the 'changed' flags for the bad blocks list.

2012-04-02T16:52:46+00:00

commit d0962936bff659d20522555b517582a2715fd23f upstream.

In super_1_sync (the first hunk) we need to clear 'changed' before
checking read_seqretry(), otherwise we might race with other code
adding a bad block and so won't retry later.

In md_update_sb (the second hunk), in the case where there is no
metadata (neither persistent nor external), we treat any bad blocks as
an error.  However we need to clear the 'changed' flag before calling
md_ack_all_badblocks, else it won't do anything.

This patch is suitable for -stable release 3.0 and later.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

md: don't set md arrays to readonly on shutdown.

2012-04-02T16:52:46+00:00

commit c744a65c1e2d59acc54333ce80a5b0702a98010b upstream.

It seems that with recent kernel, writeback can still be happening
while shutdown is happening, and consequently data can be written
after the md reboot notifier switches all arrays to read-only.
This causes a BUG.

So don't switch them to read-only - just mark them clean and
set 'safemode' to '2' which mean that immediately after any
write the array will be switch back to 'clean'.

This could result in the shutdown happening when array is marked
dirty, thus forcing a resync on reboot.  However if you reboot
without performing a "sync" first, you get to keep both halves.

This is suitable for any stable kernel (though there might be some
conflicts with obvious fixes in earlier kernels).

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

md: don't give up looking for spares on first failure-to-add

2011-12-22T22:57:19+00:00

Before performing a recovery we try to remove any spares that
might not be working, then add any that might have become relevant.

Currently we abort on the first spare that cannot be added.
This is a false optimisation.
It is conceivable that - depending on rules in the personality - a
subsequent spare might be accepted.
Also the loop does other things like count the available spares and
reset the 'recovery_offset' value.

If we abort early these might not happen properly.

So remove the early abort.

In particular if you have an array what is undergoing recovery and
which has extra spares, then the recovery may not restart after as
reboot as the could of 'spares' might end up as zero.

Reported-by: Anssi Hannula 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: ensure new badblocks are handled promptly.

2011-12-08T05:26:08+00:00

When we mark blocks as bad we need them to be acknowledged by the
metadata handler promptly.

For an in-kernel metadata handler that was already being done.  But
for an external metadata handler we need to alert it of the change by
sending a notification through the sysfs file.  This adds that
notification.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: bad blocks shouldn't cause a Blocked status on a Faulty device.

2011-12-08T05:22:48+00:00

Once a device is marked Faulty the badblocks - whether acknowledged or
not - become irrelevant.  So they shouldn't cause the device to be
marked as Blocked.

Without this patch, a process might write "-blocked" to clear the
Blocked status, but while that will correctly fail the device, it
won't remove the apparent 'blocked' status.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: take a reference to mddev during sysfs access.

2011-12-08T04:49:46+00:00

When we are accessing an mddev via sysfs we know that the
mddev cannot disappear because it has an embedded kobj which
is refcounted by sysfs.
And we also take the mddev_lock.
However this is not enough.

The final mddev_put could have been called and the
mddev_delayed_delete is waiting for sysfs to let go so it can destroy
the kobj and mddev.
In this state there are a lot of changes that should not be attempted.

To to guard against this we:
 - initialise mddev->all_mddevs in on last put so the state can be
   easily detected.
 - in md_attr_show and md_attr_store, check ->all_mddevs under
   all_mddevs_lock and mddev_get the mddev if it still appears to
   be active.

This means that if we get to sysfs as the mddev is being deleted we
will get -EBUSY.

rdev_attr_store and rdev_attr_show are similar but already have
sufficient protection.  They check that rdev->mddev still points to
mddev after taking mddev_lock.  As this is cleared  before delayed
removal which can only be requested under the mddev_lock, this
ensure the rdev and mddev are still alive.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: refine interpretation of "hold_active == UNTIL_IOCTL".

2011-12-08T04:49:12+00:00

We like md devices to disappear when they really are not needed.
However it is not possible to tell from the current state whether it
is needed or not.  We can only tell from recent history of changes.

In particular immediately after we create an md device it looks very
similar to immediately after we have finished with it.

So we always preserve a newly created md device until something
significant happens.  This state is stored in 'hold_active'.

The normal case is to keep it until an ioctl happens, as that will
normally either activate it, or explicitly de-activate it.  If it
doesn't then it was probably created by mistake and it is now time to
get rid of it.

We can also modify an array via sysfs (instead of via ioctl) and we
currently treat any change via sysfs like an ioctl as a sign that if
it now isn't more active, it should be destroyed.
However this is not appropriate as changes made via sysfs are more
gradual so we should look for a more definitive change.

So this patch only clears 'hold_active' from UNTIL_IOCTL to clear when
the array_state is changed via sysfs.  Other changes via sysfs
are ignored.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown