linux-stable.git/drivers/md/md.c, branch v3.3.7

MD: Add del_timer_sync to mddev_suspend (fix nasty panic)

2012-05-21T17:46:22+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: Greg Kroah-Hartman

md: fix possible corruption of array metadata on shutdown.

2012-04-27T17:16:49+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: Greg Kroah-Hartman

md: don't call ->add_disk unless there is good reason.

2012-04-27T17:16:49+00:00

commit ed209584c38fb74b7eecc03e5b1bfe674e591bd8 upstream.

Commit 7bfec5f35c68121e7b18

   md/raid5: If there is a spare and a want_replacement device, start replacement.

cause md_check_recovery to call ->add_disk much more often.
Instead of only when the array is degraded, it is now called whenever
md_check_recovery finds anything useful to do, which includes
updating the metadata for clean<->dirty transition.
This causes unnecessary work, and causes info messages from ->add_disk
to be reported much too often.

So refine md_check_recovery to only do any actual recovery checking
(including ->add_disk) if MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED is set.

This fix is suitable for 3.3.y:

Reported-by: Jan Ceuleers 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

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

2012-04-02T17:31:56+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.

2012-04-02T17:31:56+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

Merge tag 'md-3.3-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md

2012-02-09T03:06:30+00:00

Some simple md-related fixes.

1/ two small fixes to ensure we handle an interrupted resync properly.
2/ avoid loading the bitmap multiple times in dm-raid

* tag 'md-3.3-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md:
  md: two small fixes to handling interrupt resync.
  Prevent DM RAID from loading bitmap twice.

md: two small fixes to handling interrupt resync.

2012-02-07T01:01:51+00:00

1/ If a resync is aborted we should record how far we got
 (recovery_cp) the last request that we know has completed
 (->curr_resync_completed) rather than the last request that was
 submitted (->curr_resync).

2/ When a resync aborts we still want to update the metadata with
 any changes, so set MD_CHANGE_DEVS even if we 'skip'.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

Merge branch 'for-3.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block

2012-01-15T20:24:45+00:00

* 'for-3.3/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (37 commits)
  Revert "block: recursive merge requests"
  block: Stop using macro stubs for the bio data integrity calls
  blockdev: convert some macros to static inlines
  fs: remove unneeded plug in mpage_readpages()
  block: Add BLKROTATIONAL ioctl
  block: Introduce blk_set_stacking_limits function
  block: remove WARN_ON_ONCE() in exit_io_context()
  block: an exiting task should be allowed to create io_context
  block: ioc_cgroup_changed() needs to be exported
  block: recursive merge requests
  block, cfq: fix empty queue crash caused by request merge
  block, cfq: move icq creation and rq->elv.icq association to block core
  block, cfq: restructure io_cq creation path for io_context interface cleanup
  block, cfq: move io_cq exit/release to blk-ioc.c
  block, cfq: move icq cache management to block core
  block, cfq: move io_cq lookup to blk-ioc.c
  block, cfq: move cfqd->icq_list to request_queue and add request->elv.icq
  block, cfq: reorganize cfq_io_context into generic and cfq specific parts
  block: remove elevator_queue->ops
  block: reorder elevator switch sequence
  ...

Fix up conflicts in:
 - block/blk-cgroup.c
	Switch from can_attach_task to can_attach
 - block/cfq-iosched.c
	conflict with now removed cic index changes (we now use q->id instead)

Merge tag 'md-3.3-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md

2012-01-12T02:51:55+00:00

Two bugfixes for md.

One is a recently introduced regression that affects an unusual
configuration with a guaranteed BUG_ON.  Has been tagged for -stable.
The other is minor missing functionality.

* tag 'md-3.3-fixes' of git://neil.brown.name/md:
  md/raid1: perform bad-block tests for WriteMostly devices too.
  md: notify the 'degraded' sysfs attribute on failure.

block: Introduce blk_set_stacking_limits function

2012-01-11T15:27:11+00:00

Stacking driver queue limits are typically bounded exclusively by the
capabilities of the low level devices, not by the stacking driver
itself.

This patch introduces blk_set_stacking_limits() which has more liberal
metrics than the default queue limits function. This allows us to
inherit topology parameters from bottom devices without manually
tweaking the default limits in each driver prior to calling the stacking
function.

Since there is now a clear distinction between stacking and low-level
devices, blk_set_default_limits() has been modified to carry the more
conservative values that we used to manually set in
blk_queue_make_request().

Signed-off-by: Martin K. Petersen 
Acked-by: Mike Snitzer 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe