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<title>md/raid10: round up to bdev_logical_block_size in narrow_write_error.</title>
<updated>2015-02-16T03:51:54+00:00</updated>
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<name>NeilBrown</name>
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<published>2015-02-16T03:51:54+00:00</published>
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RAID10 version of earlier fix for RAID1.  We must never initiate
IO with sizes less that logical_block_size.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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RAID10 version of earlier fix for RAID1.  We must never initiate
IO with sizes less that logical_block_size.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md/raid10: fix conversion from RAID0 to RAID10</title>
<updated>2015-02-12T03:09:57+00:00</updated>
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<name>NeilBrown</name>
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<published>2015-02-12T03:09:57+00:00</published>
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A RAID0 array (like a LINEAR array) does not have a concept
of 'size' being the amount of each device that is in use.
Rather, as much of each device as is available is used.
So the 'size' is set to 0 and ignored.

RAID10 does have this concept and needs it to be set correctly.
So when we convert RAID0 to RAID10 we must determine the
'size' (that being the size of the first 'strip_zone' in the
RAID0), and set it correctly.

Reported-and-tested-by: Xiao Ni &lt;xni@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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A RAID0 array (like a LINEAR array) does not have a concept
of 'size' being the amount of each device that is in use.
Rather, as much of each device as is available is used.
So the 'size' is set to 0 and ignored.

RAID10 does have this concept and needs it to be set correctly.
So when we convert RAID0 to RAID10 we must determine the
'size' (that being the size of the first 'strip_zone' in the
RAID0), and set it correctly.

Reported-and-tested-by: Xiao Ni &lt;xni@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md: rename -&gt;stop to -&gt;free</title>
<updated>2015-02-03T21:35:52+00:00</updated>
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<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2014-12-15T01:56:58+00:00</published>
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Now that the -&gt;stop function only frees the private data,
rename is accordingly.

Also pass in the private pointer as an arg rather than using
mddev-&gt;private.  This flexibility will be useful in level_store().

Finally, don't clear -&gt;private.  It doesn't make sense to clear
it seeing that isn't what we free, and it is no longer necessary
to clear -&gt;private (it was some time ago before  -&gt;to_remove was
introduced).

Setting -&gt;to_remove in -&gt;free() is a bit of a wart, but not a
big problem at the moment.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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Now that the -&gt;stop function only frees the private data,
rename is accordingly.

Also pass in the private pointer as an arg rather than using
mddev-&gt;private.  This flexibility will be useful in level_store().

Finally, don't clear -&gt;private.  It doesn't make sense to clear
it seeing that isn't what we free, and it is no longer necessary
to clear -&gt;private (it was some time ago before  -&gt;to_remove was
introduced).

Setting -&gt;to_remove in -&gt;free() is a bit of a wart, but not a
big problem at the moment.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md: split detach operation out from -&gt;stop.</title>
<updated>2015-02-03T21:35:52+00:00</updated>
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<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2014-12-15T01:56:57+00:00</published>
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Each md personality has a 'stop' operation which does two
things:
 1/ it finalizes some aspects of the array to ensure nothing
    is accessing the -&gt;private data
 2/ it frees the -&gt;private data.

All the steps in '1' can apply to all arrays and so can be
performed in common code.

This is useful as in the case where we change the personality which
manages an array (in level_store()), it would be helpful to do
step 1 early, and step 2 later.

So split the 'step 1' functionality out into a new mddev_detach().

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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Each md personality has a 'stop' operation which does two
things:
 1/ it finalizes some aspects of the array to ensure nothing
    is accessing the -&gt;private data
 2/ it frees the -&gt;private data.

All the steps in '1' can apply to all arrays and so can be
performed in common code.

This is useful as in the case where we change the personality which
manages an array (in level_store()), it would be helpful to do
step 1 early, and step 2 later.

So split the 'step 1' functionality out into a new mddev_detach().

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md: make merge_bvec_fn more robust in face of personality changes.</title>
<updated>2015-02-03T21:35:52+00:00</updated>
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<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2014-12-15T01:56:57+00:00</published>
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There is no locking around calls to merge_bvec_fn(), so
it is possible that calls which coincide with a level (or personality)
change could go wrong.

So create a central dispatch point for these functions and use
rcu_read_lock().
If the array is suspended, reject any merge that can be rejected.
If not, we know it is safe to call the function.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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There is no locking around calls to merge_bvec_fn(), so
it is possible that calls which coincide with a level (or personality)
change could go wrong.

So create a central dispatch point for these functions and use
rcu_read_lock().
If the array is suspended, reject any merge that can be rejected.
If not, we know it is safe to call the function.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md: make -&gt;congested robust against personality changes.</title>
<updated>2015-02-03T21:35:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2014-12-15T01:56:56+00:00</published>
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There is currently no locking around calls to the 'congested'
bdi function.  If called at an awkward time while an array is
being converted from one level (or personality) to another, there
is a tiny chance of running code in an unreferenced module etc.

So add a 'congested' function to the md_personality operations
structure, and call it with appropriate locking from a central
'mddev_congested'.

When the array personality is changing the array will be 'suspended'
so no IO is processed.
If mddev_congested detects this, it simply reports that the
array is congested, which is a safe guess.
As mddev_suspend calls synchronize_rcu(), mddev_congested can
avoid races by included the whole call inside an rcu_read_lock()
region.
This require that the congested functions for all subordinate devices
can be run under rcu_lock.  Fortunately this is the case.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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There is currently no locking around calls to the 'congested'
bdi function.  If called at an awkward time while an array is
being converted from one level (or personality) to another, there
is a tiny chance of running code in an unreferenced module etc.

So add a 'congested' function to the md_personality operations
structure, and call it with appropriate locking from a central
'mddev_congested'.

When the array personality is changing the array will be 'suspended'
so no IO is processed.
If mddev_congested detects this, it simply reports that the
array is congested, which is a safe guess.
As mddev_suspend calls synchronize_rcu(), mddev_congested can
avoid races by included the whole call inside an rcu_read_lock()
region.
This require that the congested functions for all subordinate devices
can be run under rcu_lock.  Fortunately this is the case.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>md: remove unwanted white space from md.c</title>
<updated>2014-10-14T02:08:29+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2014-09-30T04:23:59+00:00</published>
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My editor shows much of this is RED.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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My editor shows much of this is RED.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md/raid10: another memory leak due to reshape.</title>
<updated>2014-10-14T02:08:28+00:00</updated>
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<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2014-08-23T10:19:26+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>md: use set_bit/clear_bit instead of shift/mask for bi_flags changes.</title>
<updated>2014-10-08T23:07:04+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2014-08-23T10:19:26+00:00</published>
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Using {set,clear}_bit is more consistent than shifting and masking.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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Using {set,clear}_bit is more consistent than shifting and masking.

No functional change.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<title>md/raid10: always initialise -&gt;state on newly allocated r10_bio</title>
<updated>2014-08-19T07:20:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2014-08-18T04:38:45+00:00</published>
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Most places which allocate an r10_bio zero the -&gt;state, some don't.
As the r10_bio comes from a mempool, and the allocation function uses
kzalloc it is often zero anyway.  But sometimes it isn't and it is
best to be safe.

I only noticed this because of the bug fixed by an earlier patch
where the r10_bios allocated for a reshape were left around to
be used by a subsequent resync.  In that case the R10BIO_IsReshape
flag caused problems.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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Most places which allocate an r10_bio zero the -&gt;state, some don't.
As the r10_bio comes from a mempool, and the allocation function uses
kzalloc it is often zero anyway.  But sometimes it isn't and it is
best to be safe.

I only noticed this because of the bug fixed by an earlier patch
where the r10_bios allocated for a reshape were left around to
be used by a subsequent resync.  In that case the R10BIO_IsReshape
flag caused problems.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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