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<title>Allow raid10 resync to happening in larger chunks.</title>
<updated>2008-08-05T05:56:32+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2008-08-05T05:54:14+00:00</published>
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The raid10 resync/recovery code currently limits the amount of
in-flight resync IO to 2Meg.  This was copied from raid1 where
it seems quite adequate.  However for raid10, some layouts require
a bit of seeking to perform a resync, and allowing a larger buffer
size means that the seeking can be significantly reduced.

There is probably no real need to limit the amount of in-flight
IO at all.  Any shortage of memory will naturally reduce the
amount of buffer space available down to a set minimum, and any
concurrent normal IO will quickly cause resync IO to back off.

The only problem would be that normal IO has to wait for all resync IO
to finish, so a very large amount of resync IO could cause unpleasant
latency when normal IO starts up.

So: increase RESYNC_DEPTH to allow 32Meg of buffer (if memory is
available) which seems to be a good amount.  Also reduce the amount
of memory reserved as there is no need to keep 2Meg just for resync if
memory is tight.

Thanks to Keld for the suggestion.

Cc: Keld Jørn Simonsen &lt;keld@dkuug.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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The raid10 resync/recovery code currently limits the amount of
in-flight resync IO to 2Meg.  This was copied from raid1 where
it seems quite adequate.  However for raid10, some layouts require
a bit of seeking to perform a resync, and allowing a larger buffer
size means that the seeking can be significantly reduced.

There is probably no real need to limit the amount of in-flight
IO at all.  Any shortage of memory will naturally reduce the
amount of buffer space available down to a set minimum, and any
concurrent normal IO will quickly cause resync IO to back off.

The only problem would be that normal IO has to wait for all resync IO
to finish, so a very large amount of resync IO could cause unpleasant
latency when normal IO starts up.

So: increase RESYNC_DEPTH to allow 32Meg of buffer (if memory is
available) which seems to be a good amount.  Also reduce the amount
of memory reserved as there is no need to keep 2Meg just for resync if
memory is tight.

Thanks to Keld for the suggestion.

Cc: Keld Jørn Simonsen &lt;keld@dkuug.dk&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md</title>
<updated>2008-08-01T18:56:07+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2008-08-01T18:56:07+00:00</published>
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* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md:
  md: raid10: wake up frozen array
  md: do not count blocked devices as spares
  md: do not progress the resync process if the stripe was blocked
  md: delay notification of 'active_idle' to the recovery thread
  md: fix merge error
  md: move async_tx_issue_pending_all outside spin_lock_irq
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* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md:
  md: raid10: wake up frozen array
  md: do not count blocked devices as spares
  md: do not progress the resync process if the stripe was blocked
  md: delay notification of 'active_idle' to the recovery thread
  md: fix merge error
  md: move async_tx_issue_pending_all outside spin_lock_irq
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<entry>
<title>md: raid10: wake up frozen array</title>
<updated>2008-08-01T02:55:14+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Arthur Jones</name>
<email>ajones@riverbed.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-07-25T19:03:38+00:00</published>
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When rescheduling a bio in raid10, we wake up
the md thread, but if the array is frozen, this
will have no effect.  This causes the array to
remain frozen for eternity.  We add a wake_up
to allow the array to de-freeze.  This code is
nearly identical to the raid1 code, which has
this fix already.

Signed-off-by: Arthur Jones &lt;ajones@riverbed.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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When rescheduling a bio in raid10, we wake up
the md thread, but if the array is frozen, this
will have no effect.  This causes the array to
remain frozen for eternity.  We add a wake_up
to allow the array to de-freeze.  This code is
nearly identical to the raid1 code, which has
this fix already.

Signed-off-by: Arthur Jones &lt;ajones@riverbed.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md</title>
<updated>2008-07-21T17:29:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Linus Torvalds</name>
<email>torvalds@linux-foundation.org</email>
</author>
<published>2008-07-21T17:29:12+00:00</published>
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* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md: (52 commits)
  md: Protect access to mddev-&gt;disks list using RCU
  md: only count actual openers as access which prevent a 'stop'
  md: linear: Make array_size sector-based and rename it to array_sectors.
  md: Make mddev-&gt;array_size sector-based.
  md: Make super_type-&gt;rdev_size_change() take sector-based sizes.
  md: Fix check for overlapping devices.
  md: Tidy up rdev_size_store a bit:
  md: Remove some unused macros.
  md: Turn rdev-&gt;sb_offset into a sector-based quantity.
  md: Make calc_dev_sboffset() return a sector count.
  md: Replace calc_dev_size() by calc_num_sectors().
  md: Make update_size() take the number of sectors.
  md: Better control of when do_md_stop is allowed to stop the array.
  md: get_disk_info(): Don't convert between signed and unsigned and back.
  md: Simplify restart_array().
  md: alloc_disk_sb(): Return proper error value.
  md: Simplify sb_equal().
  md: Simplify uuid_equal().
  md: sb_equal(): Fix misleading printk.
  md: Fix a typo in the comment to cmd_match().
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* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md: (52 commits)
  md: Protect access to mddev-&gt;disks list using RCU
  md: only count actual openers as access which prevent a 'stop'
  md: linear: Make array_size sector-based and rename it to array_sectors.
  md: Make mddev-&gt;array_size sector-based.
  md: Make super_type-&gt;rdev_size_change() take sector-based sizes.
  md: Fix check for overlapping devices.
  md: Tidy up rdev_size_store a bit:
  md: Remove some unused macros.
  md: Turn rdev-&gt;sb_offset into a sector-based quantity.
  md: Make calc_dev_sboffset() return a sector count.
  md: Replace calc_dev_size() by calc_num_sectors().
  md: Make update_size() take the number of sectors.
  md: Better control of when do_md_stop is allowed to stop the array.
  md: get_disk_info(): Don't convert between signed and unsigned and back.
  md: Simplify restart_array().
  md: alloc_disk_sb(): Return proper error value.
  md: Simplify sb_equal().
  md: Simplify uuid_equal().
  md: sb_equal(): Fix misleading printk.
  md: Fix a typo in the comment to cmd_match().
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<entry>
<title>md: Make mddev-&gt;array_size sector-based.</title>
<updated>2008-07-21T07:05:22+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Andre Noll</name>
<email>maan@systemlinux.org</email>
</author>
<published>2008-07-21T07:05:22+00:00</published>
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This patch renames the array_size field of struct mddev_s to array_sectors
and converts all instances to use units of 512 byte sectors instead of 1k
blocks.

Signed-off-by: Andre Noll &lt;maan@systemlinux.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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This patch renames the array_size field of struct mddev_s to array_sectors
and converts all instances to use units of 512 byte sectors instead of 1k
blocks.

Signed-off-by: Andre Noll &lt;maan@systemlinux.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Add bvec_merge_data to handle stacked devices and -&gt;merge_bvec()</title>
<updated>2008-07-03T11:21:15+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Alasdair G Kergon</name>
<email>agk@redhat.com</email>
</author>
<published>2008-07-03T07:53:43+00:00</published>
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When devices are stacked, one device's merge_bvec_fn may need to perform
the mapping and then call one or more functions for its underlying devices.

The following bio fields are used:
  bio-&gt;bi_sector
  bio-&gt;bi_bdev
  bio-&gt;bi_size
  bio-&gt;bi_rw  using bio_data_dir()

This patch creates a new struct bvec_merge_data holding a copy of those
fields to avoid having to change them directly in the struct bio when
going down the stack only to have to change them back again on the way
back up.  (And then when the bio gets mapped for real, the whole
exercise gets repeated, but that's a problem for another day...)

Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Milan Broz &lt;mbroz@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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When devices are stacked, one device's merge_bvec_fn may need to perform
the mapping and then call one or more functions for its underlying devices.

The following bio fields are used:
  bio-&gt;bi_sector
  bio-&gt;bi_bdev
  bio-&gt;bi_size
  bio-&gt;bi_rw  using bio_data_dir()

This patch creates a new struct bvec_merge_data holding a copy of those
fields to avoid having to change them directly in the struct bio when
going down the stack only to have to change them back again on the way
back up.  (And then when the bio gets mapped for real, the whole
exercise gets repeated, but that's a problem for another day...)

Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon &lt;agk@redhat.com&gt;
Cc: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Cc: Milan Broz &lt;mbroz@redhat.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe &lt;jens.axboe@oracle.com&gt;
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<entry>
<title>rationalise return value for -&gt;hot_add_disk method.</title>
<updated>2008-06-27T22:31:33+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Neil Brown</name>
<email>neilb@notabene.brown</email>
</author>
<published>2008-06-27T22:31:33+00:00</published>
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For all array types but linear, -&gt;hot_add_disk returns 1 on
success, 0 on failure.
For linear, it returns 0 on success and -errno on failure.

This doesn't cause a functional problem because the -&gt;hot_add_disk
function of linear is used quite differently to the others.
However it is confusing.

So convert all to return 0 for success or -errno on failure
and fix call sites to match.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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For all array types but linear, -&gt;hot_add_disk returns 1 on
success, 0 on failure.
For linear, it returns 0 on success and -errno on failure.

This doesn't cause a functional problem because the -&gt;hot_add_disk
function of linear is used quite differently to the others.
However it is confusing.

So convert all to return 0 for success or -errno on failure
and fix call sites to match.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Support adding a spare to a live md array with external metadata.</title>
<updated>2008-06-27T22:31:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Neil Brown</name>
<email>neilb@notabene.brown</email>
</author>
<published>2008-06-27T22:31:31+00:00</published>
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i.e. extend the 'md/dev-XXX/slot' attribute so that you can
tell a device to fill an vacant slot in an and md array.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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i.e. extend the 'md/dev-XXX/slot' attribute so that you can
tell a device to fill an vacant slot in an and md array.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>Ensure interrupted recovery completed properly (v1 metadata plus bitmap)</title>
<updated>2008-06-27T22:30:52+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Neil Brown</name>
<email>neilb@notabene.brown</email>
</author>
<published>2008-06-27T22:30:52+00:00</published>
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If, while assembling an array, we find a device which is not fully
in-sync with the array, it is important to set the "fullsync" flags.
This is an exact analog to the setting of this flag in hot_add_disk
methods.

Currently, only v1.x metadata supports having devices in an array
which are not fully in-sync (it keep track of how in sync they are).
The 'fullsync' flag only makes a difference when a write-intent bitmap
is being used.  In this case it tells recovery to ignore the bitmap
and recovery all blocks.

This fix is already in place for raid1, but not raid5/6 or raid10.

So without this fix, a raid1 ir raid4/5/6 array with version 1.x
metadata and a write intent bitmaps, that is stopped in the middle
of a recovery, will appear to complete the recovery instantly
after it is reassembled, but the recovery will not be correct.

If you might have an array like that, issueing
   echo repair &gt; /sys/block/mdXX/md/sync_action

will make sure recovery completes properly.

Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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If, while assembling an array, we find a device which is not fully
in-sync with the array, it is important to set the "fullsync" flags.
This is an exact analog to the setting of this flag in hot_add_disk
methods.

Currently, only v1.x metadata supports having devices in an array
which are not fully in-sync (it keep track of how in sync they are).
The 'fullsync' flag only makes a difference when a write-intent bitmap
is being used.  In this case it tells recovery to ignore the bitmap
and recovery all blocks.

This fix is already in place for raid1, but not raid5/6 or raid10.

So without this fix, a raid1 ir raid4/5/6 array with version 1.x
metadata and a write intent bitmaps, that is stopped in the middle
of a recovery, will appear to complete the recovery instantly
after it is reassembled, but the recovery will not be correct.

If you might have an array like that, issueing
   echo repair &gt; /sys/block/mdXX/md/sync_action

will make sure recovery completes properly.

Cc: &lt;stable@kernel.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
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<entry>
<title>md: restart recovery cleanly after device failure.</title>
<updated>2008-05-24T16:56:10+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2008-05-23T20:04:39+00:00</published>
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When we get any IO error during a recovery (rebuilding a spare), we abort
the recovery and restart it.

For RAID6 (and multi-drive RAID1) it may not be best to restart at the
beginning: when multiple failures can be tolerated, the recovery may be
able to continue and re-doing all that has already been done doesn't make
sense.

We already have the infrastructure to record where a recovery is up to
and restart from there, but it is not being used properly.
This is because:
  - We sometimes abort with MD_RECOVERY_ERR rather than just MD_RECOVERY_INTR,
    which causes the recovery not be be checkpointed.
  - We remove spares and then re-added them which loses important state
    information.

The distinction between MD_RECOVERY_ERR and MD_RECOVERY_INTR really isn't
needed.  If there is an error, the relevant drive will be marked as
Faulty, and that is enough to ensure correct handling of the error.  So we
first remove MD_RECOVERY_ERR, changing some of the uses of it to
MD_RECOVERY_INTR.

Then we cause the attempt to remove a non-faulty device from an array to
fail (unless recovery is impossible as the array is too degraded).  Then
when remove_and_add_spares attempts to remove the devices on which
recovery can continue, it will fail, they will remain in place, and
recovery will continue on them as desired.

Issue:  If we are halfway through rebuilding a spare and another drive
fails, and a new spare is immediately available,  do we want to:
 1/ complete the current rebuild, then go back and rebuild the new spare or
 2/ restart the rebuild from the start and rebuild both devices in
    parallel.

Both options can be argued for.  The code currently takes option 2 as
  a/ this requires least code change
  b/ this results in a minimally-degraded array in minimal time.

Cc: "Eivind Sarto" &lt;ivan@kasenna.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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When we get any IO error during a recovery (rebuilding a spare), we abort
the recovery and restart it.

For RAID6 (and multi-drive RAID1) it may not be best to restart at the
beginning: when multiple failures can be tolerated, the recovery may be
able to continue and re-doing all that has already been done doesn't make
sense.

We already have the infrastructure to record where a recovery is up to
and restart from there, but it is not being used properly.
This is because:
  - We sometimes abort with MD_RECOVERY_ERR rather than just MD_RECOVERY_INTR,
    which causes the recovery not be be checkpointed.
  - We remove spares and then re-added them which loses important state
    information.

The distinction between MD_RECOVERY_ERR and MD_RECOVERY_INTR really isn't
needed.  If there is an error, the relevant drive will be marked as
Faulty, and that is enough to ensure correct handling of the error.  So we
first remove MD_RECOVERY_ERR, changing some of the uses of it to
MD_RECOVERY_INTR.

Then we cause the attempt to remove a non-faulty device from an array to
fail (unless recovery is impossible as the array is too degraded).  Then
when remove_and_add_spares attempts to remove the devices on which
recovery can continue, it will fail, they will remain in place, and
recovery will continue on them as desired.

Issue:  If we are halfway through rebuilding a spare and another drive
fails, and a new spare is immediately available,  do we want to:
 1/ complete the current rebuild, then go back and rebuild the new spare or
 2/ restart the rebuild from the start and rebuild both devices in
    parallel.

Both options can be argued for.  The code currently takes option 2 as
  a/ this requires least code change
  b/ this results in a minimally-degraded array in minimal time.

Cc: "Eivind Sarto" &lt;ivan@kasenna.com&gt;
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@linux-foundation.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@linux-foundation.org&gt;
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