linux.git/drivers/md/persistent-data, branch v3.14-rc5

dm thin: allow metadata space larger than supported to go unused

2014-02-27T16:49:08+00:00

It was always intended that a user could provide a thin metadata device
that is larger than the max supported by the on-disk format.  The extra
space would just go unused.

Unfortunately that never worked.  If the user attempted to use a larger
metadata device on creation they would get an error like the following:

 device-mapper: space map common: space map too large
 device-mapper: transaction manager: couldn't create metadata space map
 device-mapper: thin metadata: tm_create_with_sm failed
 device-mapper: table: 252:17: thin-pool: Error creating metadata object
 device-mapper: ioctl: error adding target to table

Fix this by allowing the initial metadata space map creation to cap its
size at the max number of blocks supported (DM_SM_METADATA_MAX_BLOCKS).
get_metadata_dev_size() must also impose DM_SM_METADATA_MAX_BLOCKS (via
THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS), otherwise extending metadata would cap at
THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS_WARNING (which is larger than supported).

Also, the calculation for THIN_METADATA_MAX_SECTORS didn't account for
the sizeof the disk_bitmap_header.  So the supported maximum metadata
size is a bit smaller (reduced from 33423360 to 33292800 sectors).

Lastly, remove the "excess space will not be used" warning message from
get_metadata_dev_size(); it resulted in printing the warning multiple
times.  Factor out warn_if_metadata_device_too_big(), call it from
pool_ctr() and maybe_resize_metadata_dev().

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Acked-by: Joe Thornber

dm space map metadata: fix bug in resizing of thin metadata

2014-01-21T17:15:01+00:00

This bug was introduced in commit 7e664b3dec431e ("dm space map metadata:
fix extending the space map").

When extending a dm-thin metadata volume we:

- Switch the space map into a simple bootstrap mode, which allocates
  all space linearly from the newly added space.
- Add new bitmap entries for the new space
- Increment the reference counts for those newly allocated bitmap
  entries
- Commit changes to disk
- Switch back out of bootstrap mode.

But, the disk commit may allocate space itself, if so this fact will be
lost when switching out of bootstrap mode.

The bug exhibited itself as an error when the bitmap_root, with an
erroneous ref count of 0, was subsequently decremented as part of a
later disk commit.  This would cause the disk commit to fail, and thinp
to enter read_only mode.  The metadata was not damaged (thin_check
passed).

The fix is to put the increments + commit into a loop, running until
the commit has not allocated extra space.  In practise this loop only
runs twice.

With this fix the following device mapper testsuite test passes:
 dmtest run --suite thin-provisioning -n thin_remove_works_after_resize

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # depends on commit 7e664b3dec431e

dm btree: add dm_btree_find_lowest_key

2014-01-09T21:29:17+00:00

dm_btree_find_lowest_key is the reciprocal of dm_btree_find_highest_key.
Factor out common code for dm_btree_find_{highest,lowest}_key.

dm_btree_find_lowest_key is needed for an upcoming DM target, as such it
is best to get this interface in place.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer

dm space map metadata: fix extending the space map

2014-01-08T02:05:18+00:00

When extending a metadata space map we should do the first commit whilst
still in bootstrap mode -- a mode where all blocks get allocated in the
new area.

That way the commit overhead is allocated from the newly added space.
Otherwise we risk running out of space.

With this fix, and the previous commit "dm space map common: make sure
new space is used during extend", the following device mapper testsuite
test passes:
 dmtest run --suite thin-provisioning -n /resize_metadata_no_io/

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

dm space map common: make sure new space is used during extend

2014-01-08T02:05:17+00:00

When extending a low level space map we should update nr_blocks at
the start so the new space is used for the index entries.

Otherwise extend can fail, e.g.: sm_metadata_extend call sequence
that fails:
 -> sm_ll_extend
    -> dm_tm_new_block -> dm_sm_new_block -> sm_bootstrap_new_block
    => returns -ENOSPC because smm->begin == smm->ll.nr_blocks

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

dm persistent data: cleanup dm-thin specific references in text

2014-01-07T15:11:54+00:00

DM's persistent-data library is now used my multiple targets so
exclusive references to "pool" or "thin provisioning" need to be
cleaned up.  Adjust Kconfig's DM_DEBUG_BLOCK_STACK_TRACING text
and remove "pool" from a block manager error message.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Acked-by: Joe Thornber

dm space map metadata: limit errors in sm_metadata_new_block

2014-01-07T15:11:46+00:00

The "unable to allocate new metadata block" error can be a particularly
verbose error if there is a systemic issue with the metadata device.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Acked-by: Joe Thornber

dm array: fix a reference counting bug in shadow_ablock

2013-12-13T19:22:10+00:00

An old array block could have its reference count decremented below
zero when it is being replaced in the btree by a new array block.

The fix is to increment the old ablock's reference count just before
inserting a new ablock into the btree.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.9+

dm space map: disallow decrementing a reference count below zero

2013-12-13T19:22:09+00:00

The old behaviour, returning -EINVAL if a ref_count of 0 would be
decremented, was removed in commit f722063 ("dm space map: optimise
sm_ll_dec and sm_ll_inc").  To fix this regression we return an error
code from the mutator function pointer passed to sm_ll_mutate() and have
dec_ref_count() return -EINVAL if the old ref_count is 0.

Add a DMERR to reflect the potential seriousness of this error.

Also, add missing dm_tm_unlock() to sm_ll_mutate()'s error path.

With this fix the following dmts regression test now passes:
 dmtest run --suite cache -n /metadata_use_kernel/

The next patch fixes the higher-level dm-array code that exposed this
regression.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org # 3.12+

dm thin: allow pool in read-only mode to transition to read-write mode

2013-12-10T21:35:13+00:00

A thin-pool may be in read-only mode because the pool's data or metadata
space was exhausted.  To allow for recovery, by adding more space to the
pool, we must allow a pool to transition from PM_READ_ONLY to PM_WRITE
mode.  Otherwise, running out of space will render the pool permanently
read-only.

Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber 
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org