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NeilBrown da7613b8b0 md/raid5: improve removal of extra devices after reshape.
After a reshape which reduced the number of devices we need
to disconnect the extra devices.
The code for this doesn't currently handle 'replacement' devices.
It is very unlikely that such devices will be present, but it is
safest to handle them anyway.

So simplify the handling.  Just clear In_sync and leave it
to remove_and_add_spaces (which will be called soon) to do
the real works.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-05-22 13:55:33 +10:00
NeilBrown 30b67645fa md/raid5: Allow reshape while a bitmap is present.
We always should have allowed this.  A raid5 reshape doesn't change
the size of the bitmap, so not need to restrict it.

Also add a test to make sure we don't try to start a reshape on a
failed array.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-05-22 13:55:28 +10:00
NeilBrown a4a6125a07 md: allow array to be resized while bitmap is present.
Now that bitmaps can be resized, we can allow an array to be resized
while the bitmap is present.

This only covers resizing that involves changing the effective size
of member devices, not resizing that changes the number of devices.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-05-22 13:55:27 +10:00
Shaohua Li bc0934f047 raid5: support sync request
REQ_SYNC is ignored in current raid5 code. Block layer does use it to do
policy,
for example ioscheduler. This patch adds it.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fusionio.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-05-22 13:55:05 +10:00
Shaohua Li cceeca43b5 raid5: remove unused variables
The two variables are useless.

Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fusionio.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-05-22 13:55:04 +10:00
NeilBrown b5254dd5fd md/raid5: allow for change in data_offset while managing a reshape.
The important issue here is incorporating the different in data_offset
into calculations concerning when we might need to over-write data
that is still thought to be valid.

To this end we find the minimum offset difference across all devices
and add that where appropriate.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-05-21 09:27:01 +10:00
NeilBrown 05616be5e1 md/raid5: Use correct data_offset for all IO.
As there can now be two different data_offsets - an 'old' and
a 'new' - we need to carefully choose between them.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-05-21 09:27:00 +10:00
NeilBrown c6563a8c38 md: add possibility to change data-offset for devices.
When reshaping we can avoid costly intermediate backup by
changing the 'start' address of the array on the device
(if there is enough room).

So as a first step, allow such a change to be requested
through sysfs, and recorded in v1.x metadata.

(As we didn't previous check that all 'pad' fields were zero,
 we need a new FEATURE flag for this.
 A (belatedly) check that all remaining 'pad' fields are
 zero to avoid a repeat of this)

The new data offset must be requested separately for each device.
This allows each to have a different change in the data offset.
This is not likely to be used often but as data_offset can be
set per-device, new_data_offset should be too.

This patch also removes the 'acknowledged' arg to rdev_set_badblocks as
it is never used and never will be.  At the same time we add a new
arg ('in_new') which is currently always zero but will be used more
soon.

When a reshape finishes we will need to update the data_offset
and rdev->sectors.  So provide an exported function to do that.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-05-21 09:27:00 +10:00
NeilBrown 2c810cddc4 md: allow a reshape operation to be reversed.
Currently a reshape operation always progresses from the start
of the array to the end unless the number of devices is being
reduced, in which case it progressed in the opposite direction.

To reverse a partial reshape which changes the number of devices
you can stop the array and re-assemble with the raid-disks numbers
reversed and it will undo.

However for a reshape that does not change the number of devices
it is not possible to reverse the reshape in the middle - you have to
wait until it completes.

So add a 'reshape_direction' attribute with is either 'forwards' or
'backwards' and can be explicitly set when delta_disks is zero.

This will become more important when we allow the data_offset to
change in a reshape.  Then the explicit statement of what direction is
being used will be more useful.

This can be enabled in raid5 trivially as it already supports
reverse reshape and just needs to use a different trigger to request it.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-05-21 09:27:00 +10:00
majianpeng c6d2e084c7 md/raid5: Fix a bug about judging if the operation is syncing or replacing
When create a raid5 using assume-clean and echo check or repair to
sync_action.Then component disks did not operated IO but the raid
check/resync faster than normal.
Because the judgement in function analyse_stripe():
		if (do_recovery ||
		    sh->sector >= conf->mddev->recovery_cp)
			s->syncing = 1;
		else
			s->replacing = 1;
When check or repair,the recovery_cp == MaxSectore,so syncing equal zero
not one.

This bug was introduced by commit 9a3e1101b8
    md/raid5:  detect and handle replacements during recovery.
so this patch is suitable for 3.3-stable.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: majianpeng <majianpeng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-04-03 15:37:38 +10:00
NeilBrown 18b9837ea0 md/raid5: fix handling of bad blocks during recovery.
1/ We can only treat a known-bad-block like a read-error if we
   have the data that belongs in that block.  So fix that test.

2/ If we cannot recovery a stripe due to insufficient data,
   don't tell "md_done_sync" that the sync failed unless we really
   did fail something.  If we successfully record bad blocks,
   that is success.

Reported-by: "majianpeng" <majianpeng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-04-03 15:36:17 +10:00
NeilBrown dafb20fa34 md: tidy up rdev_for_each usage.
md.h has an 'rdev_for_each()' macro for iterating the rdevs in an
mddev.  However it uses the 'safe' version of list_for_each_entry,
and so requires the extra variable, but doesn't include 'safe' in the
name, which is useful documentation.

Consequently some places use this safe version without needing it, and
many use an explicity list_for_each entry.

So:
 - rename rdev_for_each to rdev_for_each_safe
 - create a new rdev_for_each which uses the plain
   list_for_each_entry,
 - use the 'safe' version only where needed, and convert all other
   list_for_each_entry calls to use rdev_for_each.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-03-19 12:46:39 +11:00
NeilBrown dc10c643e8 md: allow re-add to failed arrays.
When an array is failed (some data inaccessible) then there is no
point attempting to add a spare as it could not possibly be recovered.

However that may be value in re-adding a recently removed device.
e.g. if there is a write-intent-bitmap and it is clear, then access
to the data could be restored by this action.

So don't reject a re-add to a failed array for RAID10 and RAID5 (the
only arrays  types that check for a failed array).

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-03-19 12:46:37 +11:00
majianpeng 41fe75f60b md/raid5: use atomic_dec_return() instead of atomic_dec() and atomic_read().
Signed-off-by: majianpeng <majianpeng@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-03-13 11:21:25 +11:00
NeilBrown 9d4c7d8799 md/raid5: removed unused 'added_devices' variable.
commit 908f4fbd26 removed the last user of this variable,
so we should discard it completely.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-03-13 11:21:21 +11:00
NeilBrown 1e3fa9bd50 md/raid5: make sure reshape_position is cleared on error path.
Leaving a valid reshape_position value in place could be confusing.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2012-03-13 11:21:18 +11:00
NeilBrown 3a6de2924a md/raid5: Mark device want_replacement when we see a write error.
Now that WantReplacement drives are replaced cleanly, mark a drive
as WantReplacement when we see a write error.  It might get failed soon so
the WantReplacement flag is irrelevant, but if the write error is recorded
in the bad block log, we still want to activate any spare that might
be available.

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by:  NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:54 +11:00
NeilBrown 7bfec5f35c md/raid5: If there is a spare and a want_replacement device, start replacement.
When attempting to add a spare to a RAID[456] array, also consider
adding it as a replacement for a want_replacement device.

This requires that common md code attempt hot_add even when the array
is not formally degraded.

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:53 +11:00
NeilBrown 17045f52ac md/raid5: recognise replacements when assembling array.
If a Replacement is seen, file it as such.

If we see two replacements (or two normal devices) for the one slot,
abort.

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:53 +11:00
NeilBrown dd054fce88 md/raid5: handle activation of replacement device when recovery completes.
When recovery completes - as reported by a call to ->spare_active,
we clear In_sync on the original and set it on the replacement.

Then when the original gets removed we move the replacement from
'replacement' to 'rdev'.

This could race with other code that is looking at these pointers,
so we use memory barriers and careful ordering to ensure that
a reader might see one device twice, but never no devices.
Then the readers guard against using both devices, which could
only happen when writing.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:53 +11:00
NeilBrown 9a3e1101b8 md/raid5: detect and handle replacements during recovery.
During recovery we want to write to the replacement but not
the original.  So we have two new flags
 - R5_NeedReplace if this stripe has a replacement that needs to
   be written at some stage
 - R5_WantReplace if NeedReplace, and the data is available, and
   a 'sync' has been requested on this stripe.

We also distinguish between 'sync and replace' which need to read
all other devices, and 'replace' which only needs to read the
devices being replaced.

Note that during resync we always write to any replacement device.
It might not need to be written to, but as we don't read to compare,
we have to write to be sure.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:53 +11:00
NeilBrown 977df36255 md/raid5: writes should get directed to replacement as well as original.
When writing, we need to submit two writes, one to the original, and
one to the replacement - if there is a replacement.

If the write to the replacement results in a write error, we just fail
the device.  We only try to record write errors to the original.

When writing for recovery, we shouldn't write to the original.  This
will be addressed in a subsequent patch that generally addresses
recovery.

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:53 +11:00
NeilBrown 657e3e4d88 md/raid5: allow removal for failed replacement devices.
Enhance raid5_remove_disk to be able to remove ->replacement
as well as ->rdev.

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:52 +11:00
NeilBrown 14a75d3e07 md/raid5: preferentially read from replacement device if possible.
If a replacement device is present and has been recovered far enough,
then use it for reading into the stripe cache.

If we get an error we don't try to repair it, we just fail the device.
A replacement device that gives errors does not sound sensible.

This requires removing the setting of R5_ReadError when we get
a read error during a read that bypasses the cache.  It was probably
a bad idea anyway as we don't know that every block in the read
caused an error, and it could cause ReadError to be set for the
replacement device, which is bad.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:52 +11:00
NeilBrown 995c4275a7 md/raid5: remove redundant bio initialisations.
We current initialise some fields of a bio when preparing a
stripe_head, and again just before submitting the request.

Remove the duplication by only setting the fields that lower level
devices don't touch in raid5_build_block, and only set the changeable
fields in ops_run_io.

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:52 +11:00
NeilBrown 671488cc25 md/raid5: allow each slot to have an extra replacement device
Just enhance data structures to record a second device per slot to be
used as a 'replacement' device, replacing the original.
We also have a second bio in each slot in each stripe_head.  This will
only be used when writing to the array - we need to write to both the
original and the replacement at the same time, so will need two bios.

For now, only try using the replacement drive for aligned-reads.
In this case, we prefer the replacement if it has been recovered far
enough, otherwise use the original.

This includes a small enhancement.  Previously we would only do
aligned reads if the target device was fully recovered.  Now we also
do them if it has recovered far enough.

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:52 +11:00
NeilBrown b8321b68d1 md: change hot_remove_disk to take an rdev rather than a number.
Soon an array will be able to have multiple devices with the
same raid_disk number (an original and a replacement).  So removing
a device based on the number won't work.  So pass the actual device
handle instead.

Reviewed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:51 +11:00
NeilBrown 908f4fbd26 md/raid5: be more thorough in calculating 'degraded' value.
When an array is being reshaped to change the number of devices,
the two halves can be differently degraded.  e.g. one could be
missing a device and the other not.

So we need to be more careful about calculating the 'degraded'
attribute.

Instead of just inc/dec at appropriate times, perform a full
re-calculation examining both possible cases.  This doesn't happen
often so it not a big cost, and we already have most of the code to
do it.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 10:17:50 +11:00
NeilBrown 30d7a48368 md/raid5: ensure correct assessment of drives during degraded reshape.
While reshaping a degraded array (as when reshaping a RAID0 by first
converting it to a degraded RAID4) we currently get confused about
which devices are in_sync.  In most cases we get it right, but in the
region that is being reshaped we need to treat non-failed devices as
in-sync when we have the data but haven't actually written it out yet.

Reported-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-23 09:57:00 +11:00
Adam Kwolek 5d8c71f9e5 md: raid5 crash during degradation
NULL pointer access causes crash in raid5 module.

Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-09 14:26:11 +11:00
NeilBrown 9283d8c5af md/raid5: never wait for bad-block acks on failed device.
Once a device is failed we really want to completely ignore it.
It should go away soon anyway.

In particular the presence of bad blocks on it should not cause us to
block as we won't be trying to write there anyway.

So as soon as we can check if a device is Faulty, do so and pretend
that it is already gone if it is Faulty.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-12-08 16:27:57 +11:00
Dan Williams 257a4b42af md/raid5: STRIPE_ACTIVE has lock semantics, add barriers
All updates that occur under STRIPE_ACTIVE should be globally visible
when STRIPE_ACTIVE clears.  test_and_set_bit() implies a barrier, but
clear_bit() does not.

This is suitable for 3.1-stable.

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
2011-11-08 16:22:06 +11:00
NeilBrown 9a3f530f39 md/raid5: abort any pending parity operations when array fails.
When the number of failed devices exceeds the allowed number
we must abort any active parity operations (checks or updates) as they
are no longer meaningful, and can lead to a BUG_ON in
handle_parity_checks6.

This bug was introduce by commit 6c0069c0ae
in 2.6.29.

Reported-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Manish Katiyar <mkatiyar@gmail.com>
Acked-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Cc: stable@kernel.org
2011-11-08 16:22:01 +11:00
Linus Torvalds 32aaeffbd4 Merge branch 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux
* 'modsplit-Oct31_2011' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/paulg/linux: (230 commits)
  Revert "tracing: Include module.h in define_trace.h"
  irq: don't put module.h into irq.h for tracking irqgen modules.
  bluetooth: macroize two small inlines to avoid module.h
  ip_vs.h: fix implicit use of module_get/module_put from module.h
  nf_conntrack.h: fix up fallout from implicit moduleparam.h presence
  include: replace linux/module.h with "struct module" wherever possible
  include: convert various register fcns to macros to avoid include chaining
  crypto.h: remove unused crypto_tfm_alg_modname() inline
  uwb.h: fix implicit use of asm/page.h for PAGE_SIZE
  pm_runtime.h: explicitly requires notifier.h
  linux/dmaengine.h: fix implicit use of bitmap.h and asm/page.h
  miscdevice.h: fix up implicit use of lists and types
  stop_machine.h: fix implicit use of smp.h for smp_processor_id
  of: fix implicit use of errno.h in include/linux/of.h
  of_platform.h: delete needless include <linux/module.h>
  acpi: remove module.h include from platform/aclinux.h
  miscdevice.h: delete unnecessary inclusion of module.h
  device_cgroup.h: delete needless include <linux/module.h>
  net: sch_generic remove redundant use of <linux/module.h>
  net: inet_timewait_sock doesnt need <linux/module.h>
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts (other header files, and  removal of the ab3550 mfd driver) in
 - drivers/media/dvb/frontends/dibx000_common.c
 - drivers/media/video/{mt9m111.c,ov6650.c}
 - drivers/mfd/ab3550-core.c
 - include/linux/dmaengine.h
2011-11-06 19:44:47 -08:00
Linus Torvalds b4fdcb02f1 Merge branch 'for-3.2/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block
* 'for-3.2/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block: (29 commits)
  block: don't call blk_drain_queue() if elevator is not up
  blk-throttle: use queue_is_locked() instead of lockdep_is_held()
  blk-throttle: Take blkcg->lock while traversing blkcg->policy_list
  blk-throttle: Free up policy node associated with deleted rule
  block: warn if tag is greater than real_max_depth.
  block: make gendisk hold a reference to its queue
  blk-flush: move the queue kick into
  blk-flush: fix invalid BUG_ON in blk_insert_flush
  block: Remove the control of complete cpu from bio.
  block: fix a typo in the blk-cgroup.h file
  block: initialize the bounce pool if high memory may be added later
  block: fix request_queue lifetime handling by making blk_queue_cleanup() properly shutdown
  block: drop @tsk from attempt_plug_merge() and explain sync rules
  block: make get_request[_wait]() fail if queue is dead
  block: reorganize throtl_get_tg() and blk_throtl_bio()
  block: reorganize queue draining
  block: drop unnecessary blk_get/put_queue() in scsi_cmd_ioctl() and blk_get_tg()
  block: pass around REQ_* flags instead of broken down booleans during request alloc/free
  block: move blk_throtl prototypes to block/blk.h
  block: fix genhd refcounting in blkio_policy_parse_and_set()
  ...

Fix up trivial conflicts due to "mddev_t" -> "struct mddev" conversion
and making the request functions be of type "void" instead of "int" in
 - drivers/md/{faulty.c,linear.c,md.c,md.h,multipath.c,raid0.c,raid1.c,raid10.c,raid5.c}
 - drivers/staging/zram/zram_drv.c
2011-11-04 17:06:58 -07:00
Paul Gortmaker 056075c764 md: Add module.h to all files using it implicitly
A pending cleanup will mean that module.h won't be implicitly
everywhere anymore.  Make sure the modular drivers in md dir
are actually calling out for <module.h> explicitly in advance.

Signed-off-by: Paul Gortmaker <paul.gortmaker@windriver.com>
2011-10-31 19:31:18 -04:00
NeilBrown d890fa2b05 md: Fix some bugs in recovery_disabled handling.
In 3.0 we changed the way recovery_disabled was handle so that instead
of testing against zero, we test an mddev-> value against a conf->
value.
Two problems:
  1/ one place in raid1 was missed and still sets to '1'.
  2/ We didn't explicitly set the conf-> value at array creation
     time.
     It defaulted to '0' just like the mddev value does so they
     could appear equal and thus disable recovery.
     This did not affect normal 'md' as it calls bind_rdev_to_array
     which changes the mddev value.  However the dmraid interface
     doesn't call this and so doesn't change ->recovery_disabled; so at
     array start all recovery is incorrectly disabled.

So initialise the 'conf' value to one less that the mddev value, so
the will only be the same when explicitly set that way.

Reported-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown  <neilb@suse.de>
2011-10-26 11:54:39 +11:00
NeilBrown 355840e7a7 md/raid5: fix bug that could result in reads from a failed device.
This bug was introduced in 415e72d034
which was in 2.6.36.

There is a small window of time between when a device fails and when
it is removed from the array.  During this time we might still read
from it, but we won't write to it - so it is possible that we could
read stale data.

We didn't need the test of 'Faulty' before because the test on
In_sync is sufficient.  Since we started allowing reads from the early
part of non-In_sync devices we need a test on Faulty too.

This is suitable for any kernel from 2.6.36 onwards, though the patch
might need a bit of tweaking in 3.0 and earlier.

Cc: stable@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-10-26 10:31:04 +11:00
Jens Axboe 5c04b426f2 Merge branch 'v3.1-rc10' into for-3.2/core
Conflicts:
	block/blk-core.c
	include/linux/blkdev.h

Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <axboe@kernel.dk>
2011-10-19 14:30:42 +02:00
NeilBrown 84fc4b56db md: rename "mdk_personality" to "md_personality"
"mdk" doesn't mean anything any more.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-10-11 16:49:58 +11:00
NeilBrown d1688a6d55 md/raid5: typedef removal: raid5_conf_t -> struct r5conf
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-10-11 16:49:52 +11:00
NeilBrown e373ab1091 md/raid0: typedef removal: raid0_conf_t -> struct r0conf
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-10-11 16:48:59 +11:00
NeilBrown fd01b88c75 md: remove typedefs: mddev_t -> struct mddev
Having mddev_t and 'struct mddev_s' is ugly and not preferred

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-10-11 16:47:53 +11:00
NeilBrown 3cb0300200 md: removing typedefs: mdk_rdev_t -> struct md_rdev
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 <neilb@suse.de>
2011-10-11 16:45:26 +11:00
NeilBrown bdc04e6b15 md: remove some old DEBUGging code.
This code is not really helpful and is hard to maintain, so just
discard it.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-10-07 14:23:04 +11:00
NeilBrown db298e1946 md/raid5: convert to macros into inline functions.
More type-safety.  Easier to read.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-10-07 14:23:00 +11:00
NeilBrown e4f869d9de md/raid5: remove pointless NULL test.
In the 'abort' branch of run(), 'conf' cannot possibly be NULL,
so remove the test.

Reported-by: Zdenek Kabelac <zdenek.kabelac@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
2011-10-07 14:22:49 +11:00
NeilBrown 01f96c0a99 md: Avoid waking up a thread after it has been freed.
Two related problems:

1/ some error paths call "md_unregister_thread(mddev->thread)"
   without subsequently clearing ->thread.  A subsequent call
   to mddev_unlock will try to wake the thread, and crash.

2/ Most calls to md_wakeup_thread are protected against the thread
   disappeared either by:
      - holding the ->mutex
      - having an active request, so something else must be keeping
        the array active.
   However mddev_unlock calls md_wakeup_thread after dropping the
   mutex and without any certainty of an active request, so the
   ->thread could theoretically disappear.
   So we need a spinlock to provide some protections.

So change md_unregister_thread to take a pointer to the thread
pointer, and ensure that it always does the required locking, and
clears the pointer properly.

Reported-by: "Moshe Melnikov" <moshe@zadarastorage.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
cc: stable@kernel.org
2011-09-21 15:30:20 +10:00
Christoph Hellwig 5a7bbad27a block: remove support for bio remapping from ->make_request
There is very little benefit in allowing to let a ->make_request
instance update the bios device and sector and loop around it in
__generic_make_request when we can archive the same through calling
generic_make_request from the driver and letting the loop in
generic_make_request handle it.

Note that various drivers got the return value from ->make_request and
returned non-zero values for errors.

Signed-off-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Acked-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Jens Axboe <jaxboe@fusionio.com>
2011-09-12 12:12:01 +02:00
NeilBrown 43220aa0f2 md/raid5: fix a hang on device failure.
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 <neilb@suse.de>
2011-08-31 12:49:14 +10:00