linux-stable.git/drivers/md/raid5.h, branch linux-3.1.y

md/raid5: Clear bad blocks on successful write.

2011-07-28T01:39:23+00:00

On a successful write to a known bad block, flag the sh
so that raid5d can remove the known bad block from the list.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/raid5: write errors should be recorded as bad blocks if possible.

2011-07-28T01:39:22+00:00

When a write error is detected, don't mark the device as failed
immediately but rather record the fact for handle_stripe to deal with.

Handle_stripe then attempts to record a bad block.  Only if that fails
does the device get marked as faulty.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/raid5: use bad-block log to improve handling of uncorrectable read errors.

2011-07-28T01:39:22+00:00

If we get an uncorrectable read error - record a bad block rather than
failing the device.
And if these errors (which may be due to known bad blocks) cause
recovery to be impossible, record a bad block on the recovering
devices, or abort the recovery.

As we might abort a recovery without failing a device we need to teach
RAID5 about recovery_disabled handling.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/raid5: add some more fields to stripe_head_state

2011-07-26T01:35:20+00:00

Adding these three fields will allow more common code to be moved
to handle_stripe()

struct field rearrangement by Namhyung Kim.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim

md/raid5: unify stripe_head_state and r6_state

2011-07-26T01:35:19+00:00

'struct stripe_head_state' stores state about the 'current' stripe
that is passed around while handling the stripe.
For RAID6 there is an extension structure: r6_state, which is also
passed around.
There is no value in keeping these separate, so move the fields from
the latter into the former.

This means that all code now needs to treat s->failed_num as an small
array, but this is a small cost.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim

md/raid5: replace sh->lock with an 'active' flag.

2011-07-26T01:34:20+00:00

sh->lock is now mainly used to ensure that two threads aren't running
in the locked part of handle_stripe[56] at the same time.

That can more neatly be achieved with an 'active' flag which we set
while running handle_stripe.  If we find the flag is set, we simply
requeue the stripe for later by setting STRIPE_HANDLE.

For safety we take ->device_lock while examining the state of the
stripe and creating a summary in 'stripe_head_state / r6_state'.
This possibly isn't needed but as shared fields like ->toread,
->towrite are checked it is safer for now at least.

We leave the label after the old 'unlock' called "unlock" because it
will disappear in a few patches, so renaming seems pointless.

This leaves the stripe 'locked' for longer as we clear STRIPE_ACTIVE
later, but that is not a problem.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim

md/raid5: Remove use of sh->lock in sync_request

2011-07-26T01:19:49+00:00

This is the start of a series of patches to remove sh->lock.

sync_request takes sh->lock before setting STRIPE_SYNCING to ensure
there is no race with testing it in handle_stripe[56].

Instead, use a new flag STRIPE_SYNC_REQUESTED and test it early
in handle_stripe[56] (after getting the same lock) and perform the
same set/clear operations if it was set.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown 
Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim

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

block: remove per-queue plugging

2011-03-10T07:52:07+00:00

Code has been converted over to the new explicit on-stack plugging,
and delay users have been converted to use the new API for that.
So lets kill off the old plugging along with aops->sync_page().

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe

md: implment REQ_FLUSH/FUA support

2010-09-10T10:35:38+00:00

This patch converts md to support REQ_FLUSH/FUA instead of now
deprecated REQ_HARDBARRIER.  In the core part (md.c), the following
changes are notable.

* Unlike REQ_HARDBARRIER, REQ_FLUSH/FUA don't interfere with
  processing of other requests and thus there is no reason to mark the
  queue congested while FLUSH/FUA is in progress.

* REQ_FLUSH/FUA failures are final and its users don't need retry
  logic.  Retry logic is removed.

* Preflush needs to be issued to all member devices but FUA writes can
  be handled the same way as other writes - their processing can be
  deferred to request_queue of member devices.  md_barrier_request()
  is renamed to md_flush_request() and simplified accordingly.

For linear, raid0 and multipath, the core changes are enough.  raid1,
5 and 10 need the following conversions.

* raid1: Handling of FLUSH/FUA bio's can simply be deferred to
  request_queues of member devices.  Barrier related logic removed.

* raid5: Queue draining logic dropped.  FUA bit is propagated through
  biodrain and stripe resconstruction such that all the updated parts
  of the stripe are written out with FUA writes if any of the dirtying
  writes was FUA.  preread_active_stripes handling in make_request()
  is updated as suggested by Neil Brown.

* raid10: FUA bit needs to be propagated to write clones.

linear, raid0, 1, 5 and 10 tested.

Signed-off-by: Tejun Heo 
Reviewed-by: Neil Brown 
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe