linux-stable.git/drivers/md/md.c, branch v4.0

md: fix problems with freeing private data after ->run failure.

2015-03-20T22:40:36+00:00

If ->run() fails, it can either free the data structures it
allocated, or leave that task to ->free() which will be called
on failures.

However:
  md.c calls ->free() even if ->private_data is NULL, which
     causes problems in some personalities.
  raid0.c frees the data, but doesn't clear ->private_data,
     which will become a problem when we fix md.c

So better fix both these issues at once.

Reported-by: Richard W.M. Jones 
Fixes: 5aa61f427e4979be733e4847b9199ff9cc48a47e
URL: https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=94381
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: mark some attributes as pre-alloc

2015-02-25T00:38:46+00:00

Since __ATTR_PREALLOC was introduced in v3.19-rc1~78^2~18
it can now be used by md.

This ensure that writing to these sysfs attributes will never
block due to a memory allocation.
Such blocking could become a deadlock if mdmon is trying to
reconfigure an array after a failure prior to re-enabling writes.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: make reconfig_mutex optional for writes to md sysfs files.

2015-02-05T22:32:56+00:00

Rather than using mddev_lock() to take the reconfig_mutex
when writing to any md sysfs file, we only take mddev_lock()
in the particular _store() functions that require it.
Admittedly this is most, but it isn't all.

This also allows us to remove special-case handling for new_dev_store
(in md_attr_store).

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: move mddev_lock and related to md.h

2015-02-05T22:32:56+00:00

The one which is not inline (mddev_unlock) gets EXPORTed.

This makes the locking available to personality modules so that it
doesn't have to be imposed upon them.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: use mddev->lock to protect updates to resync_{min,max}.

2015-02-05T22:32:56+00:00

There are interdependencies between these two sysfs attributes
and whether a resync is currently running.

Rather than depending on reconfig_mutex to ensure no races when
testing these interdependencies are met, use the spinlock.
This will allow the mutex to be remove from protecting this
code in a subsequent patch.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: minor cleanup in safe_delay_store.

2015-02-05T22:32:56+00:00

There isn't really much room for races with ->safemode_delay.
But as I am trying to clean up any racy code and will soon
be removing reconfig_mutex protection from most _store()
functions:
 - only set mddev->safemode_delay once, to ensure no code
   can see an intermediate value
 - use safemode_timer to call md_safemode_timeout() rather than
   calling it directly, to ensure it never races with itself.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: move GET_BITMAP_FILE ioctl out from mddev_lock.

2015-02-05T22:32:56+00:00

It makes more sense to report bitmap_info->file, rather than
bitmap->file (the later is only available once the array is
active).

With that change, use mddev->lock to protect bitmap_info being
set to NULL, and we can call get_bitmap_file() without taking
the mutex.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: tidy up set_bitmap_file

2015-02-05T22:32:56+00:00

1/ delay setting mddev->bitmap_info.file until 'f' looks
   usable, so we don't have to unset it.
2/ Don't allow bitmap file to be set if bitmap_info.file
   is already set.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: remove unnecessary 'buf' from get_bitmap_file.

2015-02-05T22:32:56+00:00

'buf' is only used because d_path fills from the end of the
buffer instead of from the start.
We don't need a separate buf to handle that, we just need to use
memmove() to move the string to the start.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: remove mddev_lock from rdev_attr_show()

2015-02-05T22:32:56+00:00

No rdev attributes need locking for 'show', though
state_show() might benefit from ensuring it sees a
consistent set of flags.

None even use rdev->mddev, so testing for it isn't really
needed and it certainly doesn't need to be held constant.

So improve state_show() and remove the locking.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown