user/sven/linux.git/include/linux/raid/raid5.h, branch v2.6.16.45

[PATCH] md: tidy up raid5/6 hash table code

2006-01-06T16:34:06Z

- replace open-coded hash chain with hlist macros - Fix hash-table size at one page - it is already quite generous, so there will never be a need to use multiple pages, so no need for __get_free_pages No functional change. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] md: fix up some rdev rcu locking in raid5/6

2006-01-06T16:34:04Z

There is this "FIXME" comment with a typo in it!! that been annoying me for days, so I just had to remove it. conf->disks[i].rdev should only be accessed if - we know we hold a reference or - the mddev->reconfig_sem is down or - we have a rcu_readlock handle_stripe was referencing rdev in three places without any of these. For the first two, get an rcu_readlock. For the last, the same access (md_sync_acct call) is made a little later after the rdev has been claimed under and rcu_readlock, if R5_Syncio is set. So just use that access... However R5_Syncio isn't really needed as the 'syncing' variable contains the same information. So use that instead. Issues, comment, and fix are identical in raid5 and raid6. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] md: fix raid6 resync check/repair code

2006-01-06T16:34:03Z

raid6 currently does not check the P/Q syndromes when doing a resync, it just calculates the correct value and writes it. Doing the check can reduce writes (often to 0) for a resync, and it is needed to properly implement the echo check > sync_action operation. This patch implements the appropriate checks and tidies up some related code. It also allows raid6 user-requested resync to bypass the intent bitmap. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] md: change raid5 sysfs attribute to not create a new directory

2005-11-09T15:56:38Z

There isn't really a need for raid5 attributes to be an a subdirectory, so this patch moves them from /sys/block/mdX/md/raid5/attribute to /sys/block/mdX/md/attribute This suggests that all md personalities should co-operate about namespace usage, but that shouldn't be a problem. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] md: add kobject/sysfs support to raid5

2005-11-09T15:56:37Z

/sys/block/mdX/md/raid5/ contains raid5-related attributes. Currently stripe_cache_size is number of entries in stripe cache, and is settable. stripe_cache_active is number of active entries, and in only readable. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Cc: Greg KH Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] md: better handling of readerrors with raid5.

2005-11-09T15:56:36Z

This patch changes the behaviour of raid5 when it gets a read error. Instead of just failing the device, it tried to find out what should have been there, and writes it over the bad block. For some media-errors, this has a reasonable chance of fixing the error. If the write succeeds, and a subsequent read succeeds as well, raid5 decided the address is OK and conitnues. Instead of failing a drive on read-error, we attempt to re-write the block, and then re-read. If that all works, we allow the device to remain in the array. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] md: add write-intent-bitmap support to raid5

2005-09-09T23:39:12Z

Most awkward part of this is delaying write requests until bitmap updates have been flushed. To achieve this, we have a sequence number (seq_flush) which is incremented each time the raid5 is unplugged. If the raid thread notices that this has changed, it flushes bitmap changes, and assigned the value of seq_flush to seq_write. When a write request arrives, it is given the number from seq_write, and that write request may not complete until seq_flush is larger than the saved seq number. We have a new queue for storing stripes which are waiting for a bitmap flush and an extra flag for stripes to record if the write was 'degraded' and so should not clear the a bit in the bitmap. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] raid5 overlapping read hack

2005-02-07T23:47:54Z

If we detect an overlap, we set a flag and wait for a wakeup. When requests are handled, if the flag was set, we perform the wakeup. Note that the code currently in -mm is badly broken. With this patch applied, it passes tests the use O_DIRECT to cause lots of overlapping requests. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

[PATCH] Remove blk_run_queues() remnants

2004-05-19T09:36:55Z

It no longer exists.

[PATCH] md: Fix typo in comment

2004-01-20T11:12:18Z

From: NeilBrown Thanks dann frazier