linux.git/drivers/md, branch v3.1-rc5

md/raid5: fix a hang on device failure.

2011-08-31T02:49:14+00:00

Waiting for a 'blocked' rdev to become unblocked in the raid5d thread
cannot work with internal metadata as it is the raid5d thread which
will clear the blocked flag.
This wasn't a problem in 3.0 and earlier as we only set the blocked
flag when external metadata was used then.
However we now set it always, so we need to be more careful.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: fix clearing of 'blocked' flag in the presence of bad blocks.

2011-08-30T06:20:17+00:00

When the 'blocked' flag on a device is cleared while there are
unacknowledged bad blocks we must fail the device.  This is needed for
backwards compatability of the interface.

The code currently uses the wrong test for "unacknowledged bad blocks
exist".  Change it to the right test.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md/linear: avoid corrupting structure while waiting for rcu_free to complete.

2011-08-25T04:43:53+00:00

I don't know what I was thinking putting 'rcu' after a dynamically
sized array!  The array could still be in use when we call rcu_free()
(That is the point) so we mustn't corrupt it.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: use REQ_NOIDLE flag in md_super_write()

2011-08-25T04:43:34+00:00

Queue idling is used for the anticipation of immediate
sequencial I/O's but md_super_write() is a kind of one-
shot operation, coupled with md_super_wait(), so the
idling in this case will be just a waste of time.

Specifying REQ_NOIDLE prevents it. Instead of adding
the flag to submit_bio() directly, use pre-defined
macro WRITE_FLUSH_FUA.

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

md: ensure changes to 'write-mostly' are reflected in metadata.

2011-08-25T04:43:08+00:00

The 'write-mostly' flag can be changed through sysfs.
With 0.90 metadata, those changes are reflected in the metadata.
For 1.x metadata, they aren't.

So fix super_1_sync to record 'write-mostly' status.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: report failure if a 'set faulty' request doesn't.

2011-08-25T04:42:51+00:00

Sometimes a device will refuse to be set faulty.  e.g. RAID1 will
never let the last working device become faulty.

So check if "md_error()" did manage to set the faulty flag and fail
with EBUSY if it didn't.

Resolves-Debian-Bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=601198
Reported-by: Mike Hommey 
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

dm table: set flush capability based on underlying devices

2011-08-02T11:32:08+00:00

DM has always advertised both REQ_FLUSH and REQ_FUA flush capabilities
regardless of whether or not a given DM device's underlying devices
also advertised a need for them.

Block's flush-merge changes from 2.6.39 have proven to be more costly
for DM devices.  Performance regressions have been reported even when
DM's underlying devices do not advertise that they have a write cache.

Fix the performance regressions by configuring a DM device's flushing
capabilities based on those of the underlying devices' capabilities.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm crypt: optionally support discard requests

2011-08-02T11:32:08+00:00

Add optional parameter field to dmcrypt table and support
"allow_discards" option.

Discard requests bypass crypt queue processing. Bio is simple remapped
to underlying device.

Note that discard will be never enabled by default because of security
consequences.  It is up to the administrator to enable it for encrypted
devices.

(Note that userspace cryptsetup does not understand new optional
parameters yet.  Support for this will come later.  Until then, you
should use 'dmsetup' to enable and disable this.)

Signed-off-by: Milan Broz 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm raid: add md raid1 support

2011-08-02T11:32:07+00:00

Support the MD RAID1 personality through dm-raid.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon

dm raid: support metadata devices

2011-08-02T11:32:07+00:00

Add the ability to parse and use metadata devices to dm-raid.  Although
not strictly required, without the metadata devices, many features of
RAID are unavailable.  They are used to store a superblock and bitmap.

The role, or position in the array, of each device must be recorded in
its superblock.  This is to help with fault handling, array reshaping,
and sanity checks.  RAID 4/5/6 devices must be loaded in a specific order:
in this way, the 'array_position' field helps validate the correctness
of the mapping when it is loaded.  It can be used during reshaping to
identify which devices are added/removed.  Fault handling is impossible
without this field.  For example, when a device fails it is recorded in
the superblock.  If this is a RAID1 device and the offending device is
removed from the array, there must be a way during subsequent array
assembly to determine that the failed device was the one removed.  This
is done by correlating the 'array_position' field and the bit-field
variable 'failed_devices'.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow 
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon