linux-stable.git/drivers/md/md.h, branch v3.0

MD: support initial bitmap creation in-kernel

2011-06-09T01:41:36+00:00

Add bitmap support to the device-mapper specific metadata area.

This patch allows the creation of the bitmap metadata area upon
initial array creation via device-mapper.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

MD: add sync_super to mddev_t struct

2011-06-08T05:11:31+00:00

Add the 'sync_super' function pointer to MD array structure (struct mddev_s)

If device-mapper (dm-raid.c) is to define its own on-disk superblock and be
able to load it, there must still be a way for MD to initiate superblock
updates.  The simplest way to make this happen is to provide a pointer in
the MD array structure that can be set by device-mapper (or other module)
with a function to do this.  If the function has been set, it will be used;
otherwise, the method with be looked up via 'super_types' as usual.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: provide generic support for handling unplug callbacks.

2011-04-18T08:25:42+00:00

When an md device adds a request to a queue, it can call
mddev_check_plugged.
If this succeeds then we know that the md thread will be woken up
shortly, and ->plug_cnt will be non-zero until then, so some
processing can be delayed.

If it fails, then no unplug callback is expected and the make_request
function needs to do whatever is required to make the request happen.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md - remove old plugging code.

2011-04-18T08:25:42+00:00

md has some plugging infrastructure for RAID5 to use because the
normal plugging infrastructure required a 'request_queue', and when
called from dm, RAID5 doesn't have one of those available.

This relied on the ->unplug_fn callback which doesn't exist any more.

So remove all of that code, both in md and raid5.  Subsequent patches
with restore the plugging functionality.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

Fix common misspellings

2011-03-31T14:26:23+00:00

Fixes generated by 'codespell' and manually reviewed.

Signed-off-by: Lucas De Marchi

md: Fix - again - partition detection when array becomes active

2011-02-24T06:26:41+00:00

Revert
    b821eaa572fd737faaf6928ba046e571526c36c6
and
    f3b99be19ded511a1bf05a148276239d9f13eefa

When I wrote the first of these I had a wrong idea about the
lifetime of 'struct block_device'.  It can disappear at any time that
the block device is not open if it falls out of the inode cache.

So relying on the 'size' recorded with it to detect when the
device size has changed and so we need to revalidate, is wrong.

Rather, we really do need the 'changed' attribute stored directly in
the mddev and set/tested as appropriate.

Without this patch, a sequence of:
   mknod / open / close / unlink

(which can cause a block_device to be created and then destroyed)
will result in a rescan of the partition table and consequence removal
and addition of partitions.
Several of these in a row can get udev racing to create and unlink and
other code can get confused.

With the patch, the rescan is only performed when needed and so there
are no races.

This is suitable for any stable kernel from 2.6.35.

Reported-by: "Wojcik, Krzysztof" 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Cc: stable@kernel.org

md: Remove the AllReserved flag for component devices.

2011-01-31T01:10:09+00:00

This flag is not needed and is used badly.

Devices that are included in a native-metadata array are reserved
exclusively for that array - and currently have AllReserved set.
They all are bd_claimed for the rdev and so cannot be shared.

Devices that are included in external-metadata arrays can be shared
among multiple arrays - providing there is no overlap.
These are bd_claimed for md in general - not for a particular rdev.

When changing the amount of a device that is used in an array we need
to check for overlap.  This currently includes a check on AllReserved
So even without overlap, sharing with an AllReserved device is not
allowed.
However the bd_claim usage already precludes sharing with these
devices, so the test on AllReserved is not needed.  And in fact it is
wrong.

As this is the only use of AllReserved, simply remove all usage and
definition of AllReserved.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: separate meta and data devs

2011-01-13T22:14:34+00:00

Allow the metadata to be on a separate device from the
data.

This doesn't mean the data and metadata will by on separate
physical devices - it simply gives device-mapper and userspace
tools more flexibility.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md-new-param-to_sync_page_io

2011-01-13T22:14:33+00:00

Add new parameter to 'sync_page_io'.

The new parameter allows us to distinguish between metadata and data
operations.  This becomes important later when we add the ability to
use separate devices for data and metadata.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow

md: Ensure no IO request to get md device before it is properly initialised.

2011-01-13T22:14:33+00:00

When an md device is in the process of coming on line it is possible
for an IO request (typically a partition table probe) to get through
before the array is fully initialised, which can cause unexpected
behaviour (e.g. a crash).

So explicitly record when the array is ready for IO and don't allow IO
through until then.

There is no possibility for a similar problem when the array is going
off-line as there must only be one 'open' at that time, and it is busy
off-lining the array and so cannot send IO requests.  So no memory
barrier is needed in md_stop()

This has been a bug since commit 409c57f3801 in 2.6.30 which
introduced md_make_request.  Before then, each personality would
register its own make_request_fn when it was ready.
This is suitable for any stable kernel from 2.6.30.y onwards.

Cc: 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Reported-by:  "Hawrylewicz Czarnowski, Przemyslaw"