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<title>BUG_ON() Conversion in md/raid5.c</title>
<updated>2006-04-02T11:31:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Eric Sesterhenn</name>
<email>snakebyte@gmx.de</email>
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<published>2006-04-02T11:31:42+00:00</published>
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this changes if() BUG(); constructs to BUG_ON() which is
cleaner and can better optimized away

Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn &lt;snakebyte@gmx.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@stusta.de&gt;
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this changes if() BUG(); constructs to BUG_ON() which is
cleaner and can better optimized away

Signed-off-by: Eric Sesterhenn &lt;snakebyte@gmx.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Adrian Bunk &lt;bunk@stusta.de&gt;
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<title>[PATCH] md: Remove bi_end_io call out from under a spinlock</title>
<updated>2006-03-27T16:45:03+00:00</updated>
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<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2006-03-27T09:18:17+00:00</published>
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raid5 overloads bi_phys_segments to count the number of blocks that the
request was broken in to so that it knows when the bio is completely handled.

Accessing this must always be done under a spinlock.  In one case we also call
bi_end_io under that spinlock, which probably isn't ideal as bi_end_io could
be expensive (even though it isn't allowed to sleep).

So we reducde the range of the spinlock to just accessing bi_phys_segments.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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raid5 overloads bi_phys_segments to count the number of blocks that the
request was broken in to so that it knows when the bio is completely handled.

Accessing this must always be done under a spinlock.  In one case we also call
bi_end_io under that spinlock, which probably isn't ideal as bi_end_io could
be expensive (even though it isn't allowed to sleep).

So we reducde the range of the spinlock to just accessing bi_phys_segments.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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<title>[PATCH] md: Remove some stray semi-colons after functions called in macro..</title>
<updated>2006-03-27T16:45:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2006-03-27T09:18:16+00:00</published>
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wait_event_lock_irq puts a ';' after its usage of the 4th arg, so we don't
need to.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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wait_event_lock_irq puts a ';' after its usage of the 4th arg, so we don't
need to.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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<title>[PATCH] md: Improve comments about locking situation in raid5 make_request</title>
<updated>2006-03-27T16:45:02+00:00</updated>
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<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2006-03-27T09:18:15+00:00</published>
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Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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<title>[PATCH] md: Support suspending of IO to regions of an md array</title>
<updated>2006-03-27T16:45:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
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<published>2006-03-27T09:18:14+00:00</published>
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This allows user-space to access data safely.  This is needed for raid5
reshape as user-space needs to take a backup of the first few stripes before
allowing reshape to commence.

It will also be useful in cluster-aware raid1 configurations so that all
cluster members can leave a section of the array untouched while a
resync/recovery happens.

A 'start' and 'end' of the suspended range are written to 2 sysfs attributes.
Note that only one range can be suspended at a time.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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This allows user-space to access data safely.  This is needed for raid5
reshape as user-space needs to take a backup of the first few stripes before
allowing reshape to commence.

It will also be useful in cluster-aware raid1 configurations so that all
cluster members can leave a section of the array untouched while a
resync/recovery happens.

A 'start' and 'end' of the suspended range are written to 2 sysfs attributes.
Note that only one range can be suspended at a time.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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<title>[PATCH] md: Split reshape handler in check_reshape and start_reshape</title>
<updated>2006-03-27T16:45:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2006-03-27T09:18:13+00:00</published>
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check_reshape checks validity and does things that can be done instantly -
like adding devices to raid1.  start_reshape initiates a restriping process to
convert the whole array.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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check_reshape checks validity and does things that can be done instantly -
like adding devices to raid1.  start_reshape initiates a restriping process to
convert the whole array.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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<title>[PATCH] md: Only checkpoint expansion progress occasionally</title>
<updated>2006-03-27T16:45:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2006-03-27T09:18:12+00:00</published>
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Instead of checkpointing at each stripe, only checkpoint when a new write
would overwrite uncheckpointed data.  Block any write to the uncheckpointed
area.  Arbitrarily checkpoint at least every 3Meg.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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Instead of checkpointing at each stripe, only checkpoint when a new write
would overwrite uncheckpointed data.  Block any write to the uncheckpointed
area.  Arbitrarily checkpoint at least every 3Meg.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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<title>[PATCH] md: Checkpoint and allow restart of raid5 reshape</title>
<updated>2006-03-27T16:45:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2006-03-27T09:18:11+00:00</published>
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We allow the superblock to record an 'old' and a 'new' geometry, and a
position where any conversion is up to.  The geometry allows for changing
chunksize, layout and level as well as number of devices.

When using verion-0.90 superblock, we convert the version to 0.91 while the
conversion is happening so that an old kernel will refuse the assemble the
array.  For version-1, we use a feature bit for the same effect.

When starting an array we check for an incomplete reshape and restart the
reshape process if needed.  If the reshape stopped at an awkward time (like
when updating the first stripe) we refuse to assemble the array, and let
user-space worry about it.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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We allow the superblock to record an 'old' and a 'new' geometry, and a
position where any conversion is up to.  The geometry allows for changing
chunksize, layout and level as well as number of devices.

When using verion-0.90 superblock, we convert the version to 0.91 while the
conversion is happening so that an old kernel will refuse the assemble the
array.  For version-1, we use a feature bit for the same effect.

When starting an array we check for an incomplete reshape and restart the
reshape process if needed.  If the reshape stopped at an awkward time (like
when updating the first stripe) we refuse to assemble the array, and let
user-space worry about it.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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<title>[PATCH] md: Final stages of raid5 expand code</title>
<updated>2006-03-27T16:45:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2006-03-27T09:18:10+00:00</published>
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This patch adds raid5_reshape and end_reshape which will start and finish the
reshape processes.

raid5_reshape is only enabled in CONFIG_MD_RAID5_RESHAPE is set, to discourage
accidental use.

Read the 'help' for the CONFIG_MD_RAID5_RESHAPE entry.

and Make sure that you have backups, just in case.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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This patch adds raid5_reshape and end_reshape which will start and finish the
reshape processes.

raid5_reshape is only enabled in CONFIG_MD_RAID5_RESHAPE is set, to discourage
accidental use.

Read the 'help' for the CONFIG_MD_RAID5_RESHAPE entry.

and Make sure that you have backups, just in case.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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<title>[PATCH] md: Core of raid5 resize process</title>
<updated>2006-03-27T16:45:01+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>NeilBrown</name>
<email>neilb@suse.de</email>
</author>
<published>2006-03-27T09:18:09+00:00</published>
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This patch provides the core of the resize/expand process.

sync_request notices if a 'reshape' is happening and acts accordingly.

It allocated new stripe_heads for the next chunk-wide-stripe in the target
geometry, marking them STRIPE_EXPANDING.

Then it finds which stripe heads in the old geometry can provide data needed
by these and marks them STRIPE_EXPAND_SOURCE.  This causes stripe_handle to
read all blocks on those stripes.

Once all blocks on a STRIPE_EXPAND_SOURCE stripe_head are read, any that are
needed are copied into the corresponding STRIPE_EXPANDING stripe_head.  Once a
STRIPE_EXPANDING stripe_head is full, it is marks STRIPE_EXPAND_READY and then
is written out and released.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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This patch provides the core of the resize/expand process.

sync_request notices if a 'reshape' is happening and acts accordingly.

It allocated new stripe_heads for the next chunk-wide-stripe in the target
geometry, marking them STRIPE_EXPANDING.

Then it finds which stripe heads in the old geometry can provide data needed
by these and marks them STRIPE_EXPAND_SOURCE.  This causes stripe_handle to
read all blocks on those stripes.

Once all blocks on a STRIPE_EXPAND_SOURCE stripe_head are read, any that are
needed are copied into the corresponding STRIPE_EXPANDING stripe_head.  Once a
STRIPE_EXPANDING stripe_head is full, it is marks STRIPE_EXPAND_READY and then
is written out and released.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown &lt;neilb@suse.de&gt;
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton &lt;akpm@osdl.org&gt;
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds &lt;torvalds@osdl.org&gt;
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