linux.git/drivers/md/bitmap.c, branch v3.3-rc2

md/bitmap: be more consistent when setting new bits in memory bitmap.

2011-12-22T23:17:51+00:00

For each active region corresponding to a bit in the bitmap with have
a 14bit counter (and some flags).
This counts
   number of active writes + bit in the on-disk bitmap + delay-needed.

The "delay-needed" is because we always want a delay before clearing a
bit.  So the number here is normally number of active writes plus 2.
If there have been no writes for a while, we drop to 1.
If still no writes we clear the bit and drop to 0.

So for consistency, when setting bit from the on-disk bitmap or by
request from user-space it is best to set the counter to '2' to start
with.

In particular we might also set the NEEDED_MASK flag at this time, and
in all other cases NEEDED_MASK is only set when the counter is 2 or
more.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/bitmap: daemon_work cleanup.

2011-12-22T23:17:50+00:00

We have a variable 'mddev' in this function, but repeatedly get the
same value by dereferencing bitmap->mddev.
There is room for simplification here...

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/bitmap: It is OK to clear bits during recovery.

2011-12-22T22:57:48+00:00

commit d0a4bb492772ce5c4bdfba3744a99ed6f6fb238f introduced a
regression which is annoying but fairly harmless.

When writing to an array that is undergoing recovery (a spare
in being integrated into the array), writing to the array will
set bits in the bitmap, but they will not be cleared when the
write completes.

For bits covering areas that have not been recovered yet this is not a
problem as the recovery will clear the bits.  However bits set in
already-recovered region will stay set and never be cleared.
This doesn't risk data integrity.  The only negatives are:
 - next time there is a crash, more resyncing than necessary will
   be done.
 - the bitmap doesn't look clean, which is confusing.

While an array is recovering we don't want to update the
'events_cleared' setting in the bitmap but we do still want to clear
bits that have very recently been set - providing they were written to
the recovering device.

So split those two needs - which previously both depended on 'success'
and always clear the bit of the write went to all devices.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/lock: ensure updates to page_attrs are properly locked.

2011-11-22T23:18:52+00:00

Page attributes are set using __set_bit rather than set_bit as
it normally called under a spinlock so the extra atomicity is not
needed.

However there are two places where we might set or clear page
attributes without holding the spinlock.
So add the spinlock in those cases.

This might be the cause of occasional reports that bits a aren't
getting clear properly - theory is that BITMAP_PAGE_PENDING gets lost
when BITMAP_PAGE_NEEDWRITE is set or cleared.  This is an
inconvenience, not a threat to data safety.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/bitmap remove fault injection options.

2011-10-11T05:49:56+00:00

These are too hard to use to be much more than noise.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: remove typedefs: mddev_t -> struct mddev

2011-10-11T05:47:53+00:00

Having mddev_t and 'struct mddev_s' is ugly and not preferred

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: removing typedefs: mdk_rdev_t -> struct md_rdev

2011-10-11T05:45:26+00:00

The typedefs are just annoying. 'mdk' probably refers to 'md_k.h'
which used to be an include file that defined this thing.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: remove PRINTK and dprintk debugging and use pr_debug

2011-10-07T03:23:17+00:00

Being able to dynamically enable these make them much more useful.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/bitmap: improve handling of 'allclean'.

2011-09-21T05:37:46+00:00

The 'allclean' flag is used to cache the fact that there is nothing to
do, so we can avoid waking up and scanning the bitmap regularly.

The two sorts of pages that might need the attention of the bitmap
daemon are BITMAP_PAGE_PENDING and BITMAP_PAGE_NEEDWRITE pages.

So make sure allclean reflects exactly when there are none of those.
So:
  set it before scanning all pages with either bit set.
  clear it whenever these bits are set
  clear it when we desire not to clear one of these bits.
  don't clear it any other time.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/bitmap: rename and tidy up BITMAP_PAGE_CLEAN

2011-09-21T05:37:46+00:00

The flag 'BITMAP_PAGE_CLEAN' has a confusing name as it doesn't mean
that the page is clean, but rather that there are counters in the page
which allow bits in the bitmap to be cleared - i.e. maybe cleaning can
happen.

So change it to BITMAP_PAGE_PENDING and fix some irregularities:
 - Don't set it in bitmap_init_from_disk as bitmap_set_memory_bits
   sets it when needed
 - in bitmap_daemon_work, if we find a counter that is '1', but
   need_sync is set, then set BITMAP_PAGE_PENDING again (it was
   recently cleared) to ensure we don't forget about this bit.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown