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09 Nov, 2016 1 commit

md/raid1: fix: IO can block resync indefinitely · f2c771a6

NeilBrown authored Nov 09, 2016

While performing a resync/recovery, raid1 divides the
array space into three regions:
 - before the resync
 - at or shortly after the resync point
 - much further ahead of the resync point.

Write requests to the first or third do not need to wait.  Write
requests to the middle region do need to wait if resync requests are
pending.

If there are any active write requests in the middle region, resync
will wait for them.

Due to an accounting error, there is a small range of addresses,
between conf->next_resync and conf->start_next_window, where write
requests will *not* be blocked, but *will* be counted in the middle
region.  This can effectively block resync indefinitely if filesystem
writes happen repeatedly to this region.

As ->next_window_requests is incremented when the sector is after
  conf->start_next_window + NEXT_NORMALIO_DISTANCE
the same boundary should be used for determining when write requests
should wait.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>

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07 Nov, 2016 24 commits

md/bitmap: Don't write bitmap while earlier writes might be in-flight · 85c9ccd4

NeilBrown authored Nov 04, 2016

As we don't wait for writes to complete in bitmap_daemon_work, they
could still be in-flight when bitmap_unplug writes again.  Or when
bitmap_daemon_work tries to write again.
This can be confusing and could risk the wrong data being written last.

So make sure we wait for old writes to complete before new writes start.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>

85c9ccd4

md/raid10: abort delayed writes when device fails. · a9ae93c8

NeilBrown authored Nov 04, 2016

When writing to an array with a bitmap enabled, the writes are grouped
in batches which are preceded by an update to the bitmap.

It is quite likely if that a drive develops a problem which is not
media related, that the bitmap write will be the first to report an
error and cause the device to be marked faulty (as the bitmap write is
at the start of a batch).

In this case, there is point submiting the subsequent writes to the
failed device - that just wastes times.

So re-check the Faulty state of a device before submitting a
delayed write.

This requires that we keep the 'rdev', rather than the 'bdev' in the
bio, then swap in the bdev just before final submission.
Reported-by: Hannes Reinecke <hare@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>

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md/raid1: abort delayed writes when device fails. · 5e2c7a36

NeilBrown authored Nov 04, 2016

When writing to an array with a bitmap enabled, the writes are grouped
in batches which are preceded by an update to the bitmap.

It is quite likely if that a drive develops a problem which is not
media related, that the bitmap write will be the first to report an
error and cause the device to be marked faulty (as the bitmap write is
at the start of a batch).

In this case, there is point submiting the subsequent writes to the
failed device - that just wastes times.

So re-check the Faulty state of a device before submitting a
delayed write.

This requires that we keep the 'rdev', rather than the 'bdev' in the
bio, then swap in the bdev just before final submission.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>

5e2c7a36

md: perform async updates for metadata where possible. · 060b0689

NeilBrown authored Nov 04, 2016

When adding devices to, or removing device from, an array we need to
update the metadata.  However we don't need to do it synchronously as
data integrity doesn't depend on these changes being recorded
instantly.  So avoid the synchronous call to md_update_sb and just set
a flag so that the thread will do it.

This can reduce the number of updates performed when lots of devices
are being added or removed.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>

060b0689

raid5-cache: restrict the use area of the log_offset variable · 3fd880af

JackieLiu authored Nov 02, 2016

We can calculate this offset by using ctx->meta_total_blocks,
without passing in from the function
Signed-off-by: JackieLiu <liuyun01@kylinos.cn>
Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@fb.com>