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+/*
+ * mdadm - manage Linux "md" devices aka RAID arrays.
+ *
+ * Copyright (C) 2006-2007 Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
+ *
+ *
+ *    This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+ *    it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+ *    the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
+ *    (at your option) any later version.
+ *
+ *    This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ *    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ *    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ *    GNU General Public License for more details.
+ *
+ *    You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+ *    along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
+ *    Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307  USA
+ *
+ *    Author: Neil Brown
+ *    Email: <neil@brown.name>
+ *
+ * Specifications for DDF takes from Common RAID DDF Specification Revision 1.2
+ * (July 28 2006).  Reused by permission of SNIA.
+ */
+
+#define HAVE_STDINT_H 1
+#include "mdadm.h"
+#include "mdmon.h"
+#include "sha1.h"
+#include <values.h>
+
+static inline int ROUND_UP(int a, int base)
+{
+       return ((a+base-1)/base)*base;
+}
+
+/* a non-official T10 name for creation GUIDs */
+static char T10[] = "Linux-MD";
+
+/* DDF timestamps are 1980 based, so we need to add
+ * second-in-decade-of-seventies to convert to linux timestamps.
+ * 10 years with 2 leap years.
+ */
+#define DECADE (3600*24*(365*10+2))
+unsigned long crc32(
+       unsigned long crc,
+       const unsigned char *buf,
+       unsigned len);
+
+/* The DDF metadata handling.
+ * DDF metadata lives at the end of the device.
+ * The last 512 byte block provides an 'anchor' which is used to locate
+ * the rest of the metadata which usually lives immediately behind the anchor.
+ *
+ * Note:
+ *  - all multibyte numeric fields are bigendian.
+ *  - all strings are space padded.
+ *
+ */
+
+/* Primary Raid Level (PRL) */
+#define        DDF_RAID0       0x00
+#define        DDF_RAID1       0x01
+#define        DDF_RAID3       0x03
+#define        DDF_RAID4       0x04
+#define        DDF_RAID5       0x05
+#define        DDF_RAID1E      0x11
+#define        DDF_JBOD        0x0f
+#define        DDF_CONCAT      0x1f
+#define        DDF_RAID5E      0x15
+#define        DDF_RAID5EE     0x25
+#define        DDF_RAID6       0x06
+
+/* Raid Level Qualifier (RLQ) */
+#define        DDF_RAID0_SIMPLE        0x00
+#define        DDF_RAID1_SIMPLE        0x00 /* just 2 devices in this plex */
+#define        DDF_RAID1_MULTI         0x01 /* exactly 3 devices in this plex */
+#define        DDF_RAID3_0             0x00 /* parity in first extent */
+#define        DDF_RAID3_N             0x01 /* parity in last extent */
+#define        DDF_RAID4_0             0x00 /* parity in first extent */
+#define        DDF_RAID4_N             0x01 /* parity in last extent */
+/* these apply to raid5e and raid5ee as well */
+#define        DDF_RAID5_0_RESTART     0x00 /* same as 'right asymmetric' - layout 1 */
+#define        DDF_RAID6_0_RESTART     0x01 /* raid6 different from raid5 here!!! */
+#define        DDF_RAID5_N_RESTART     0x02 /* same as 'left asymmetric' - layout 0 */
+#define        DDF_RAID5_N_CONTINUE    0x03 /* same as 'left symmetric' - layout 2 */
+
+#define        DDF_RAID1E_ADJACENT     0x00 /* raid10 nearcopies==2 */
+#define        DDF_RAID1E_OFFSET       0x01 /* raid10 offsetcopies==2 */
+
+/* Secondary RAID Level (SRL) */
+#define        DDF_2STRIPED    0x00    /* This is weirder than RAID0 !! */
+#define        DDF_2MIRRORED   0x01
+#define        DDF_2CONCAT     0x02
+#define        DDF_2SPANNED    0x03    /* This is also weird - be careful */
+
+/* Magic numbers */
+#define        DDF_HEADER_MAGIC        __cpu_to_be32(0xDE11DE11)
+#define        DDF_CONTROLLER_MAGIC    __cpu_to_be32(0xAD111111)
+#define        DDF_PHYS_RECORDS_MAGIC  __cpu_to_be32(0x22222222)
+#define        DDF_PHYS_DATA_MAGIC     __cpu_to_be32(0x33333333)
+#define        DDF_VIRT_RECORDS_MAGIC  __cpu_to_be32(0xDDDDDDDD)
+#define        DDF_VD_CONF_MAGIC       __cpu_to_be32(0xEEEEEEEE)
+#define        DDF_SPARE_ASSIGN_MAGIC  __cpu_to_be32(0x55555555)
+#define        DDF_VU_CONF_MAGIC       __cpu_to_be32(0x88888888)
+#define        DDF_VENDOR_LOG_MAGIC    __cpu_to_be32(0x01dBEEF0)
+#define        DDF_BBM_LOG_MAGIC       __cpu_to_be32(0xABADB10C)
+
+#define        DDF_GUID_LEN    24
+#define DDF_REVISION_0 "01.00.00"
+#define DDF_REVISION_2 "01.02.00"
+
+struct ddf_header {
+       __u32   magic;          /* DDF_HEADER_MAGIC */
+       __u32   crc;
+       char    guid[DDF_GUID_LEN];
+       char    revision[8];    /* 01.02.00 */
+       __u32   seq;            /* starts at '1' */
+       __u32   timestamp;
+       __u8    openflag;
+       __u8    foreignflag;
+       __u8    enforcegroups;
+       __u8    pad0;           /* 0xff */
+       __u8    pad1[12];       /* 12 * 0xff */
+       /* 64 bytes so far */
+       __u8    header_ext[32]; /* reserved: fill with 0xff */
+       __u64   primary_lba;
+       __u64   secondary_lba;
+       __u8    type;
+       __u8    pad2[3];        /* 0xff */
+       __u32   workspace_len;  /* sectors for vendor space -
+                                * at least 32768(sectors) */
+       __u64   workspace_lba;
+       __u16   max_pd_entries; /* one of 15, 63, 255, 1023, 4095 */
+       __u16   max_vd_entries; /* 2^(4,6,8,10,12)-1 : i.e. as above */
+       __u16   max_partitions; /* i.e. max num of configuration
+                                  record entries per disk */
+       __u16   config_record_len; /* 1 +ROUNDUP(max_primary_element_entries
+                                                *12/512) */
+       __u16   max_primary_element_entries; /* 16, 64, 256, 1024, or 4096 */
+       __u8    pad3[54];       /* 0xff */
+       /* 192 bytes so far */
+       __u32   controller_section_offset;
+       __u32   controller_section_length;
+       __u32   phys_section_offset;
+       __u32   phys_section_length;
+       __u32   virt_section_offset;
+       __u32   virt_section_length;
+       __u32   config_section_offset;
+       __u32   config_section_length;
+       __u32   data_section_offset;
+       __u32   data_section_length;
+       __u32   bbm_section_offset;
+       __u32   bbm_section_length;
+       __u32   diag_space_offset;
+       __u32   diag_space_length;
+       __u32   vendor_offset;
+       __u32   vendor_length;
+       /* 256 bytes so far */
+       __u8    pad4[256];      /* 0xff */
+};
+
+/* type field */
+#define        DDF_HEADER_ANCHOR       0x00
+#define        DDF_HEADER_PRIMARY      0x01
+#define        DDF_HEADER_SECONDARY    0x02
+
+/* The content of the 'controller section' - global scope */
+struct ddf_controller_data {
+       __u32   magic;                  /* DDF_CONTROLLER_MAGIC */
+       __u32   crc;
+       char    guid[DDF_GUID_LEN];
+       struct controller_type {
+               __u16 vendor_id;
+               __u16 device_id;
+               __u16 sub_vendor_id;
+               __u16 sub_device_id;
+       } type;
+       char    product_id[16];
+       __u8    pad[8]; /* 0xff */
+       __u8    vendor_data[448];
+};
+
+/* The content of phys_section - global scope */
+struct phys_disk {
+       __u32   magic;          /* DDF_PHYS_RECORDS_MAGIC */
+       __u32   crc;
+       __u16   used_pdes;
+       __u16   max_pdes;
+       __u8    pad[52];
+       struct phys_disk_entry {
+               char    guid[DDF_GUID_LEN];
+               __u32   refnum;
+               __u16   type;
+               __u16   state;
+               __u64   config_size; /* DDF structures must be after here */
+               char    path[18];       /* another horrible structure really */
+               __u8    pad[6];
+       } entries[0];
+};
+
+/* phys_disk_entry.type is a bitmap - bigendian remember */
+#define        DDF_Forced_PD_GUID              1
+#define        DDF_Active_in_VD                2
+#define        DDF_Global_Spare                4 /* VD_CONF records are ignored */
+#define        DDF_Spare                       8 /* overrides Global_spare */
+#define        DDF_Foreign                     16
+#define        DDF_Legacy                      32 /* no DDF on this device */
+
+#define        DDF_Interface_mask              0xf00
+#define        DDF_Interface_SCSI              0x100
+#define        DDF_Interface_SAS               0x200
+#define        DDF_Interface_SATA              0x300
+#define        DDF_Interface_FC                0x400
+
+/* phys_disk_entry.state is a bigendian bitmap */
+#define        DDF_Online                      1
+#define        DDF_Failed                      2 /* overrides  1,4,8 */
+#define        DDF_Rebuilding                  4
+#define        DDF_Transition                  8
+#define        DDF_SMART                       16
+#define        DDF_ReadErrors                  32
+#define        DDF_Missing                     64
+
+/* The content of the virt_section global scope */
+struct virtual_disk {
+       __u32   magic;          /* DDF_VIRT_RECORDS_MAGIC */
+       __u32   crc;
+       __u16   populated_vdes;
+       __u16   max_vdes;
+       __u8    pad[52];
+       struct virtual_entry {
+               char    guid[DDF_GUID_LEN];
+               __u16   unit;
+               __u16   pad0;   /* 0xffff */
+               __u16   guid_crc;
+               __u16   type;
+               __u8    state;
+               __u8    init_state;
+               __u8    pad1[14];
+               char    name[16];
+       } entries[0];
+};
+
+/* virtual_entry.type is a bitmap - bigendian */
+#define        DDF_Shared              1
+#define        DDF_Enforce_Groups      2
+#define        DDF_Unicode             4
+#define        DDF_Owner_Valid         8
+
+/* virtual_entry.state is a bigendian bitmap */
+#define        DDF_state_mask          0x7
+#define        DDF_state_optimal       0x0
+#define        DDF_state_degraded      0x1
+#define        DDF_state_deleted       0x2
+#define        DDF_state_missing       0x3
+#define        DDF_state_failed        0x4
+#define        DDF_state_part_optimal  0x5
+
+#define        DDF_state_morphing      0x8
+#define        DDF_state_inconsistent  0x10
+
+/* virtual_entry.init_state is a bigendian bitmap */
+#define        DDF_initstate_mask      0x03
+#define        DDF_init_not            0x00
+#define        DDF_init_quick          0x01 /* initialisation is progress.
+                                     * i.e. 'state_inconsistent' */
+#define        DDF_init_full           0x02
+
+#define        DDF_access_mask         0xc0
+#define        DDF_access_rw           0x00
+#define        DDF_access_ro           0x80
+#define        DDF_access_blocked      0xc0
+
+/* The content of the config_section - local scope
+ * It has multiple records each config_record_len sectors
+ * They can be vd_config or spare_assign
+ */
+
+struct vd_config {
+       __u32   magic;          /* DDF_VD_CONF_MAGIC */
+       __u32   crc;
+       char    guid[DDF_GUID_LEN];
+       __u32   timestamp;
+       __u32   seqnum;
+       __u8    pad0[24];
+       __u16   prim_elmnt_count;
+       __u8    chunk_shift;    /* 0 == 512, 1==1024 etc */
+       __u8    prl;
+       __u8    rlq;
+       __u8    sec_elmnt_count;
+       __u8    sec_elmnt_seq;
+       __u8    srl;
+       __u64   blocks;         /* blocks per component could be different
+                                * on different component devices...(only
+                                * for concat I hope) */
+       __u64   array_blocks;   /* blocks in array */
+       __u8    pad1[8];
+       __u32   spare_refs[8];
+       __u8    cache_pol[8];
+       __u8    bg_rate;
+       __u8    pad2[3];
+       __u8    pad3[52];
+       __u8    pad4[192];
+       __u8    v0[32]; /* reserved- 0xff */
+       __u8    v1[32]; /* reserved- 0xff */
+       __u8    v2[16]; /* reserved- 0xff */
+       __u8    v3[16]; /* reserved- 0xff */
+       __u8    vendor[32];
+       __u32   phys_refnum[0]; /* refnum of each disk in sequence */
+      /*__u64  lba_offset[0];  LBA offset in each phys.  Note extents in a
+                               bvd are always the same size */
+};
+
+/* vd_config.cache_pol[7] is a bitmap */
+#define        DDF_cache_writeback     1       /* else writethrough */
+#define        DDF_cache_wadaptive     2       /* only applies if writeback */
+#define        DDF_cache_readahead     4
+#define        DDF_cache_radaptive     8       /* only if doing read-ahead */
+#define        DDF_cache_ifnobatt      16      /* even to write cache if battery is poor */
+#define        DDF_cache_wallowed      32      /* enable write caching */
+#define        DDF_cache_rallowed      64      /* enable read caching */
+
+struct spare_assign {
+       __u32   magic;          /* DDF_SPARE_ASSIGN_MAGIC */
+       __u32   crc;
+       __u32   timestamp;
+       __u8    reserved[7];
+       __u8    type;
+       __u16   populated;      /* SAEs used */
+       __u16   max;            /* max SAEs */
+       __u8    pad[8];
+       struct spare_assign_entry {
+               char    guid[DDF_GUID_LEN];
+               __u16   secondary_element;
+               __u8    pad[6];
+       } spare_ents[0];
+};
+/* spare_assign.type is a bitmap */
+#define        DDF_spare_dedicated     0x1     /* else global */
+#define        DDF_spare_revertible    0x2     /* else committable */
+#define        DDF_spare_active        0x4     /* else not active */
+#define        DDF_spare_affinity      0x8     /* enclosure affinity */
+
+/* The data_section contents - local scope */
+struct disk_data {
+       __u32   magic;          /* DDF_PHYS_DATA_MAGIC */
+       __u32   crc;
+       char    guid[DDF_GUID_LEN];
+       __u32   refnum;         /* crc of some magic drive data ... */
+       __u8    forced_ref;     /* set when above was not result of magic */
+       __u8    forced_guid;    /* set if guid was forced rather than magic */
+       __u8    vendor[32];
+       __u8    pad[442];
+};
+
+/* bbm_section content */
+struct bad_block_log {
+       __u32   magic;
+       __u32   crc;
+       __u16   entry_count;
+       __u32   spare_count;
+       __u8    pad[10];
+       __u64   first_spare;
+       struct mapped_block {
+               __u64   defective_start;
+               __u32   replacement_start;
+               __u16   remap_count;
+               __u8    pad[2];
+       } entries[0];
+};
+
+/* Struct for internally holding ddf structures */
+/* The DDF structure stored on each device is potentially
+ * quite different, as some data is global and some is local.
+ * The global data is:
+ *   - ddf header
+ *   - controller_data
+ *   - Physical disk records
+ *   - Virtual disk records
+ * The local data is:
+ *   - Configuration records
+ *   - Physical Disk data section
+ *  (  and Bad block and vendor which I don't care about yet).
+ *
+ * The local data is parsed into separate lists as it is read
+ * and reconstructed for writing.  This means that we only need
+ * to make config changes once and they are automatically
+ * propagated to all devices.
+ * Note that the ddf_super has space of the conf and disk data
+ * for this disk and also for a list of all such data.
+ * The list is only used for the superblock that is being
+ * built in Create or Assemble to describe the whole array.
+ */
+struct ddf_super {
+       struct ddf_header anchor, primary, secondary, *active;
+       struct ddf_controller_data controller;
+       struct phys_disk        *phys;
+       struct virtual_disk     *virt;
+       int pdsize, vdsize;
+       int max_part, mppe, conf_rec_len;
+       int currentdev;
+       struct vcl {
+               struct vcl      *next;
+               __u64           *lba_offset; /* location in 'conf' of
+                                             * the lba table */
+               int     vcnum; /* index into ->virt */
+               __u64           *block_sizes; /* NULL if all the same */
+               struct vd_config conf;
+       } *conflist, *currentconf;
+       struct dl {
+               struct dl       *next;
+               struct disk_data disk;
+               int major, minor;
+               char *devname;
+               int fd;
+               unsigned long long size; /* sectors */
+               int pdnum;      /* index in ->phys */
+               struct spare_assign *spare;
+               struct vcl *vlist[0]; /* max_part in size */
+       } *dlist;
+};
+
+#ifndef offsetof
+#define offsetof(t,f) ((size_t)&(((t*)0)->f))
+#endif
+
+
+static int calc_crc(void *buf, int len)
+{
+       /* crcs are always at the same place as in the ddf_header */
+       struct ddf_header *ddf = buf;
+       __u32 oldcrc = ddf->crc;
+       __u32 newcrc;
+       ddf->crc = 0xffffffff;
+
+       newcrc = crc32(0, buf, len);
+       ddf->crc = oldcrc;
+       return newcrc;
+}
+
+static int load_ddf_header(int fd, unsigned long long lba,
+                          unsigned long long size,
+                          int type,
+                          struct ddf_header *hdr, struct ddf_header *anchor)
+{
+       /* read a ddf header (primary or secondary) from fd/lba
+        * and check that it is consistent with anchor
+        * Need to check:
+        *   magic, crc, guid, rev, and LBA's header_type, and
+        *  everything after header_type must be the same
+        */
+       if (lba >= size-1)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (lseek64(fd, lba<<9, 0) < 0)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (read(fd, hdr, 512) != 512)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (hdr->magic != DDF_HEADER_MAGIC)
+               return 0;
+       if (calc_crc(hdr, 512) != hdr->crc)
+               return 0;
+       if (memcmp(anchor->guid, hdr->guid, DDF_GUID_LEN) != 0 ||
+           memcmp(anchor->revision, hdr->revision, 8) != 0 ||
+           anchor->primary_lba != hdr->primary_lba ||
+           anchor->secondary_lba != hdr->secondary_lba ||
+           hdr->type != type ||
+           memcmp(anchor->pad2, hdr->pad2, 512 -
+                  offsetof(struct ddf_header, pad2)) != 0)
+               return 0;
+
+       /* Looks good enough to me... */
+       return 1;
+}
+
+static void *load_section(int fd, struct ddf_super *super, void *buf,
+                         __u32 offset_be, __u32 len_be, int check)
+{
+       unsigned long long offset = __be32_to_cpu(offset_be);
+       unsigned long long len = __be32_to_cpu(len_be);
+       int dofree = (buf == NULL);
+
+       if (check)
+               if (len != 2 && len != 8 && len != 32
+                   && len != 128 && len != 512)
+                       return NULL;
+
+       if (len > 1024)
+               return NULL;
+       if (buf) {
+               /* All pre-allocated sections are a single block */
+               if (len != 1)
+                       return NULL;
+       } else
+               buf = malloc(len<<9);
+       if (!buf)
+               return NULL;
+
+       if (super->active->type == 1)
+               offset += __be64_to_cpu(super->active->primary_lba);
+       else
+               offset += __be64_to_cpu(super->active->secondary_lba);
+
+       if (lseek64(fd, offset<<9, 0) != (offset<<9)) {
+               if (dofree)
+                       free(buf);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       if (read(fd, buf, len<<9) != (len<<9)) {
+               if (dofree)
+                       free(buf);
+               return NULL;
+       }
+       return buf;
+}
+
+static int load_ddf_headers(int fd, struct ddf_super *super, char *devname)
+{
+       unsigned long long dsize;
+
+       get_dev_size(fd, NULL, &dsize);
+
+       if (lseek64(fd, dsize-512, 0) < 0) {
+               if (devname)
+                       fprintf(stderr,
+                               Name": Cannot seek to anchor block on %s: %s\n",
+                               devname, strerror(errno));
+               return 1;
+       }
+       if (read(fd, &super->anchor, 512) != 512) {
+               if (devname)
+                       fprintf(stderr,
+                               Name ": Cannot read anchor block on %s: %s\n",
+                               devname, strerror(errno));
+               return 1;
+       }
+       if (super->anchor.magic != DDF_HEADER_MAGIC) {
+               if (devname)
+                       fprintf(stderr, Name ": no DDF anchor found on %s\n",
+                               devname);
+               return 2;
+       }
+       if (calc_crc(&super->anchor, 512) != super->anchor.crc) {
+               if (devname)
+                       fprintf(stderr, Name ": bad CRC on anchor on %s\n",
+                               devname);
+               return 2;
+       }
+       if (memcmp(super->anchor.revision, DDF_REVISION_0, 8) != 0 &&
+           memcmp(super->anchor.revision, DDF_REVISION_2, 8) != 0) {
+               if (devname)
+                       fprintf(stderr, Name ": can only support super revision"
+                               " %.8s and earlier, not %.8s on %s\n",
+                               DDF_REVISION_2, super->anchor.revision,devname);
+               return 2;
+       }
+       if (load_ddf_header(fd, __be64_to_cpu(super->anchor.primary_lba),
+                           dsize >> 9,  1,
+                           &super->primary, &super->anchor) == 0) {
+               if (devname)
+                       fprintf(stderr,
+                               Name ": Failed to load primary DDF header "
+                               "on %s\n", devname);
+               return 2;
+       }
+       super->active = &super->primary;
+       if (load_ddf_header(fd, __be64_to_cpu(super->anchor.secondary_lba),
+                           dsize >> 9,  2,
+                           &super->secondary, &super->anchor)) {
+               if ((__be32_to_cpu(super->primary.seq)
+                    < __be32_to_cpu(super->secondary.seq) &&
+                    !super->secondary.openflag)
+                   || (__be32_to_cpu(super->primary.seq)
+                       == __be32_to_cpu(super->secondary.seq) &&
+                       super->primary.openflag && !super->secondary.openflag)
+                       )
+                       super->active = &super->secondary;
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int load_ddf_global(int fd, struct ddf_super *super, char *devname)
+{
+       void *ok;
+       ok = load_section(fd, super, &super->controller,
+                         super->active->controller_section_offset,
+                         super->active->controller_section_length,
+                         0);
+       super->phys = load_section(fd, super, NULL,
+                                  super->active->phys_section_offset,
+                                  super->active->phys_section_length,
+                                  1);
+       super->pdsize = __be32_to_cpu(super->active->phys_section_length) * 512;
+
+       super->virt = load_section(fd, super, NULL,
+                                  super->active->virt_section_offset,
+                                  super->active->virt_section_length,
+                                  1);
+       super->vdsize = __be32_to_cpu(super->active->virt_section_length) * 512;
+       if (!ok ||
+           !super->phys ||
+           !super->virt) {
+               free(super->phys);
+               free(super->virt);
+               super->phys = NULL;
+               super->virt = NULL;
+               return 2;
+       }
+       super->conflist = NULL;
+       super->dlist = NULL;
+
+       super->max_part = __be16_to_cpu(super->active->max_partitions);
+       super->mppe = __be16_to_cpu(super->active->max_primary_element_entries);
+       super->conf_rec_len = __be16_to_cpu(super->active->config_record_len);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int load_ddf_local(int fd, struct ddf_super *super,
+                         char *devname, int keep)
+{
+       struct dl *dl;
+       struct stat stb;
+       char *conf;
+       int i;
+       int vnum;
+       int max_virt_disks = __be16_to_cpu(super->active->max_vd_entries);
+       unsigned long long dsize;
+
+       /* First the local disk info */
+       dl = malloc(sizeof(*dl) +
+                   (super->max_part) * sizeof(dl->vlist[0]));
+
+       load_section(fd, super, &dl->disk,
+                    super->active->data_section_offset,
+                    super->active->data_section_length,
+                    0);
+       dl->devname = devname ? strdup(devname) : NULL;
+
+       fstat(fd, &stb);
+       dl->major = major(stb.st_rdev);
+       dl->minor = minor(stb.st_rdev);
+       dl->next = super->dlist;
+       dl->fd = keep ? fd : -1;
+
+       dl->size = 0;
+       if (get_dev_size(fd, devname, &dsize))
+               dl->size = dsize >> 9;
+       dl->spare = NULL;
+       for (i=0 ; i < super->max_part ; i++)
+               dl->vlist[i] = NULL;
+       super->dlist = dl;
+       dl->pdnum = -1;
+       for (i=0; i < __be16_to_cpu(super->active->max_pd_entries); i++)
+               if (memcmp(super->phys->entries[i].guid,
+                          dl->disk.guid, DDF_GUID_LEN) == 0)
+                       dl->pdnum = i;
+
+       /* Now the config list. */
+       /* 'conf' is an array of config entries, some of which are
+        * probably invalid.  Those which are good need to be copied into
+        * the conflist
+        */
+
+       conf = load_section(fd, super, NULL,
+                           super->active->config_section_offset,
+                           super->active->config_section_length,
+                           0);
+
+       vnum = 0;
+       for (i = 0;
+            i < __be32_to_cpu(super->active->config_section_length);
+            i += super->conf_rec_len) {
+               struct vd_config *vd =
+                       (struct vd_config *)((char*)conf + i*512);
+               struct vcl *vcl;
+
+               if (vd->magic == DDF_SPARE_ASSIGN_MAGIC) {
+                       if (dl->spare)
+                               continue;
+                       dl->spare = malloc(super->conf_rec_len*512);
+                       memcpy(dl->spare, vd, super->conf_rec_len*512);
+                       continue;
+               }
+               if (vd->magic != DDF_VD_CONF_MAGIC)
+                       continue;
+               for (vcl = super->conflist; vcl; vcl = vcl->next) {
+                       if (memcmp(vcl->conf.guid,
+                                  vd->guid, DDF_GUID_LEN) == 0)
+                               break;
+               }
+
+               if (vcl) {
+                       dl->vlist[vnum++] = vcl;
+                       if (__be32_to_cpu(vd->seqnum) <=
+                           __be32_to_cpu(vcl->conf.seqnum))
+                               continue;
+               } else {
+                       vcl = malloc(super->conf_rec_len*512 +
+                                    offsetof(struct vcl, conf));
+                       vcl->next = super->conflist;
+                       vcl->block_sizes = NULL; /* FIXME not for CONCAT */
+                       super->conflist = vcl;
+                       dl->vlist[vnum++] = vcl;
+               }
+               memcpy(&vcl->conf, vd, super->conf_rec_len*512);
+               vcl->lba_offset = (__u64*)
+                       &vcl->conf.phys_refnum[super->mppe];
+
+               for (i=0; i < max_virt_disks ; i++)
+                       if (memcmp(super->virt->entries[i].guid,
+                                  vcl->conf.guid, DDF_GUID_LEN)==0)
+                               break;
+               if (i < max_virt_disks)
+                       vcl->vcnum = i;
+       }
+       free(conf);
+
+       return 0;
+}
+
+#ifndef MDASSEMBLE
+static int load_super_ddf_all(struct supertype *st, int fd,
+                             void **sbp, char *devname, int keep_fd);
+#endif
+static int load_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, int fd,
+                         char *devname)
+{
+       unsigned long long dsize;
+       struct ddf_super *super;
+       int rv;
+
+#ifndef MDASSEMBLE
+       /* if 'fd' is a container, load metadata from all the devices */
+       if (load_super_ddf_all(st, fd, &st->sb, devname, 1) == 0)
+               return 0;
+#endif
+       if (st->subarray[0])
+               return 1; /* FIXME Is this correct */
+
+       if (get_dev_size(fd, devname, &dsize) == 0)
+               return 1;
+
+       /* 32M is a lower bound */
+       if (dsize <= 32*1024*1024) {
+               if (devname) {
+                       fprintf(stderr,
+                               Name ": %s is too small for ddf: "
+                               "size is %llu sectors.\n",
+                               devname, dsize>>9);
+                       return 1;
+               }
+       }
+       if (dsize & 511) {
+               if (devname) {
+                       fprintf(stderr,
+                               Name ": %s is an odd size for ddf: "
+                               "size is %llu bytes.\n",
+                               devname, dsize);
+                       return 1;
+               }
+       }
+
+       super = malloc(sizeof(*super));
+       if (!super) {
+               fprintf(stderr, Name ": malloc of %zu failed.\n",
+                       sizeof(*super));
+               return 1;
+       }
+       memset(super, 0, sizeof(*super));
+
+       rv = load_ddf_headers(fd, super, devname);
+       if (rv) {
+               free(super);
+               return rv;
+       }
+
+       /* Have valid headers and have chosen the best. Let's read in the rest*/
+
+       rv = load_ddf_global(fd, super, devname);
+
+       if (rv) {
+               if (devname)
+                       fprintf(stderr,
+                               Name ": Failed to load all information "
+                               "sections on %s\n", devname);
+               free(super);
+               return rv;
+       }
+
+       load_ddf_local(fd, super, devname, 0);
+
+       /* Should possibly check the sections .... */
+
+       st->sb = super;
+       if (st->ss == NULL) {
+               st->ss = &super_ddf;
+               st->minor_version = 0;
+               st->max_devs = 512;
+       }
+       return 0;
+
+}
+
+static void free_super_ddf(struct supertype *st)
+{
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       if (ddf == NULL)
+               return;
+       free(ddf->phys);
+       free(ddf->virt);
+       while (ddf->conflist) {
+               struct vcl *v = ddf->conflist;
+               ddf->conflist = v->next;
+               if (v->block_sizes)
+                       free(v->block_sizes);
+               free(v);
+       }
+       while (ddf->dlist) {
+               struct dl *d = ddf->dlist;
+               ddf->dlist = d->next;
+               if (d->fd >= 0)
+                       close(d->fd);
+               if (d->spare)
+                       free(d->spare);
+               free(d);
+       }
+       free(ddf);
+       st->sb = NULL;
+}
+
+static struct supertype *match_metadata_desc_ddf(char *arg)
+{
+       /* 'ddf' only support containers */
+       struct supertype *st;
+       if (strcmp(arg, "ddf") != 0 &&
+           strcmp(arg, "default") != 0
+               )
+               return NULL;
+
+       st = malloc(sizeof(*st));
+       memset(st, 0, sizeof(*st));
+       st->ss = &super_ddf;
+       st->max_devs = 512;
+       st->minor_version = 0;
+       st->sb = NULL;
+       return st;
+}
+
+
+#ifndef MDASSEMBLE
+
+static mapping_t ddf_state[] = {
+       { "Optimal", 0},
+       { "Degraded", 1},
+       { "Deleted", 2},
+       { "Missing", 3},
+       { "Failed", 4},
+       { "Partially Optimal", 5},
+       { "-reserved-", 6},
+       { "-reserved-", 7},
+       { NULL, 0}
+};
+
+static mapping_t ddf_init_state[] = {
+       { "Not Initialised", 0},
+       { "QuickInit in Progress", 1},
+       { "Fully Initialised", 2},
+       { "*UNKNOWN*", 3},
+       { NULL, 0}
+};
+static mapping_t ddf_access[] = {
+       { "Read/Write", 0},
+       { "Reserved", 1},
+       { "Read Only", 2},
+       { "Blocked (no access)", 3},
+       { NULL ,0}
+};
+
+static mapping_t ddf_level[] = {
+       { "RAID0", DDF_RAID0},
+       { "RAID1", DDF_RAID1},
+       { "RAID3", DDF_RAID3},
+       { "RAID4", DDF_RAID4},
+       { "RAID5", DDF_RAID5},
+       { "RAID1E",DDF_RAID1E},
+       { "JBOD",  DDF_JBOD},
+       { "CONCAT",DDF_CONCAT},
+       { "RAID5E",DDF_RAID5E},
+       { "RAID5EE",DDF_RAID5EE},
+       { "RAID6", DDF_RAID6},
+       { NULL, 0}
+};
+static mapping_t ddf_sec_level[] = {
+       { "Striped", DDF_2STRIPED},
+       { "Mirrored", DDF_2MIRRORED},
+       { "Concat", DDF_2CONCAT},
+       { "Spanned", DDF_2SPANNED},
+       { NULL, 0}
+};
+#endif
+
+struct num_mapping {
+       int num1, num2;
+};
+static struct num_mapping ddf_level_num[] = {
+       { DDF_RAID0, 0 },
+       { DDF_RAID1, 1 },
+       { DDF_RAID3, LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED },
+       { DDF_RAID4, 4 },
+       { DDF_RAID5, 5 },
+       { DDF_RAID1E, LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED },
+       { DDF_JBOD, LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED },
+       { DDF_CONCAT, LEVEL_LINEAR },
+       { DDF_RAID5E, LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED },
+       { DDF_RAID5EE, LEVEL_UNSUPPORTED },
+       { DDF_RAID6, 6},
+       { MAXINT, MAXINT }
+};
+
+static int map_num1(struct num_mapping *map, int num)
+{
+       int i;
+       for (i=0 ; map[i].num1 != MAXINT; i++)
+               if (map[i].num1 == num)
+                       break;
+       return map[i].num2;
+}
+
+#ifndef MDASSEMBLE
+static void print_guid(char *guid, int tstamp)
+{
+       /* A GUIDs are part (or all) ASCII and part binary.
+        * They tend to be space padded.
+        * We print the GUID in HEX, then in parentheses add
+        * any initial ASCII sequence, and a possible
+        * time stamp from bytes 16-19
+        */
+       int l = DDF_GUID_LEN;
+       int i;
+
+       for (i=0 ; i<DDF_GUID_LEN ; i++) {
+               if ((i&3)==0 && i != 0) printf(":");
+               printf("%02X", guid[i]&255);
+       }
+
+       printf(" (");
+       while (l && guid[l-1] == ' ')
+               l--;
+       for (i=0 ; i<l ; i++) {
+               if (guid[i] >= 0x20 && guid[i] < 0x7f)
+                       fputc(guid[i], stdout);
+               else
+                       break;
+       }
+       if (tstamp) {
+               time_t then = __be32_to_cpu(*(__u32*)(guid+16)) + DECADE;
+               char tbuf[100];
+               struct tm *tm;
+               tm = localtime(&then);
+               strftime(tbuf, 100, " %D %T",tm);
+               fputs(tbuf, stdout);
+       }
+       printf(")");
+}
+
+static void examine_vd(int n, struct ddf_super *sb, char *guid)
+{
+       int crl = sb->conf_rec_len;
+       struct vcl *vcl;
+
+       for (vcl = sb->conflist ; vcl ; vcl = vcl->next) {
+               struct vd_config *vc = &vcl->conf;
+
+               if (calc_crc(vc, crl*512) != vc->crc)
+                       continue;
+               if (memcmp(vc->guid, guid, DDF_GUID_LEN) != 0)
+                       continue;
+
+               /* Ok, we know about this VD, let's give more details */
+               printf(" Raid Devices[%d] : %d\n", n,
+                      __be16_to_cpu(vc->prim_elmnt_count));
+               printf("   Chunk Size[%d] : %d sectors\n", n,
+                      1 << vc->chunk_shift);
+               printf("   Raid Level[%d] : %s\n", n,
+                      map_num(ddf_level, vc->prl)?:"-unknown-");
+               if (vc->sec_elmnt_count != 1) {
+                       printf("  Secondary Position[%d] : %d of %d\n", n,
+                              vc->sec_elmnt_seq, vc->sec_elmnt_count);
+                       printf("  Secondary Level[%d] : %s\n", n,
+                              map_num(ddf_sec_level, vc->srl) ?: "-unknown-");
+               }
+               printf("  Device Size[%d] : %llu\n", n,
+                      __be64_to_cpu(vc->blocks)/2);
+               printf("   Array Size[%d] : %llu\n", n,
+                      __be64_to_cpu(vc->array_blocks)/2);
+       }
+}
+
+static void examine_vds(struct ddf_super *sb)
+{
+       int cnt = __be16_to_cpu(sb->virt->populated_vdes);
+       int i;
+       printf("  Virtual Disks : %d\n", cnt);
+
+       for (i=0; i<cnt; i++) {
+               struct virtual_entry *ve = &sb->virt->entries[i];
+               printf("      VD GUID[%d] : ", i); print_guid(ve->guid, 1);
+               printf("\n");
+               printf("         unit[%d] : %d\n", i, __be16_to_cpu(ve->unit));
+               printf("        state[%d] : %s, %s%s\n", i,
+                      map_num(ddf_state, ve->state & 7),
+                      (ve->state & 8) ? "Morphing, ": "",
+                      (ve->state & 16)? "Not Consistent" : "Consistent");
+               printf("   init state[%d] : %s\n", i,
+                      map_num(ddf_init_state, ve->init_state&3));
+               printf("       access[%d] : %s\n", i,
+                      map_num(ddf_access, (ve->init_state>>6) & 3));
+               printf("         Name[%d] : %.16s\n", i, ve->name);
+               examine_vd(i, sb, ve->guid);
+       }
+       if (cnt) printf("\n");
+}
+
+static void examine_pds(struct ddf_super *sb)
+{
+       int cnt = __be16_to_cpu(sb->phys->used_pdes);
+       int i;
+       struct dl *dl;
+       printf(" Physical Disks : %d\n", cnt);
+
+       for (i=0 ; i<cnt ; i++) {
+               struct phys_disk_entry *pd = &sb->phys->entries[i];
+               int type = __be16_to_cpu(pd->type);
+               int state = __be16_to_cpu(pd->state);
+
+               printf("      PD GUID[%d] : ", i); print_guid(pd->guid, 0);
+               printf("\n");
+               printf("          ref[%d] : %08x\n", i,
+                      __be32_to_cpu(pd->refnum));
+               printf("         mode[%d] : %s%s%s%s%s\n", i,
+                      (type&2) ? "active":"",
+                      (type&4) ? "Global Spare":"",
+                      (type&8) ? "spare" : "",
+                      (type&16)? ", foreign" : "",
+                      (type&32)? "pass-through" : "");
+               printf("        state[%d] : %s%s%s%s%s%s%s\n", i,
+                      (state&1)? "Online": "Offline",
+                      (state&2)? ", Failed": "",
+                      (state&4)? ", Rebuilding": "",
+                      (state&8)? ", in-transition": "",
+                      (state&16)? ", SMART errors": "",
+                      (state&32)? ", Unrecovered Read Errors": "",
+                      (state&64)? ", Missing" : "");
+               printf("   Avail Size[%d] : %llu K\n", i,
+                      __be64_to_cpu(pd->config_size)>>1);
+               for (dl = sb->dlist; dl ; dl = dl->next) {
+                       if (dl->disk.refnum == pd->refnum) {
+                               char *dv = map_dev(dl->major, dl->minor, 0);
+                               if (dv)
+                                       printf("       Device[%d] : %s\n",
+                                              i, dv);
+                       }
+               }
+               printf("\n");
+       }
+}
+
+static void examine_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, char *homehost)
+{
+       struct ddf_super *sb = st->sb;
+
+       printf("          Magic : %08x\n", __be32_to_cpu(sb->anchor.magic));
+       printf("        Version : %.8s\n", sb->anchor.revision);
+       printf("Controller GUID : "); print_guid(sb->controller.guid, 0);
+       printf("\n");
+       printf(" Container GUID : "); print_guid(sb->anchor.guid, 1);
+       printf("\n");
+       printf("            Seq : %08x\n", __be32_to_cpu(sb->active->seq));
+       printf("  Redundant hdr : %s\n", sb->secondary.magic == DDF_HEADER_MAGIC
+              ?"yes" : "no");
+       examine_vds(sb);
+       examine_pds(sb);
+}
+
+static void brief_examine_super_ddf(struct supertype *st)
+{
+       /* We just write a generic DDF ARRAY entry
+        * The uuid is all hex, 6 groups of 4 bytes
+        */
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       int i;
+       printf("ARRAY /dev/ddf metadata=ddf UUID=");
+       for (i = 0; i < DDF_GUID_LEN; i++) {
+               if ((i&3) == 0 && i != 0)
+                       printf(":");
+               printf("%02X", 255&ddf->anchor.guid[i]);
+       }
+       printf("\n");
+}
+
+static void detail_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, char *homehost)
+{
+       /* FIXME later
+        * Could print DDF GUID
+        * Need to find which array
+        *  If whole, briefly list all arrays
+        *  If one, give name
+        */
+}
+
+static void brief_detail_super_ddf(struct supertype *st)
+{
+       /* FIXME I really need to know which array we are detailing.
+        * Can that be stored in ddf_super??
+        */
+//     struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+}
+#endif
+
+static int match_home_ddf(struct supertype *st, char *homehost)
+{
+       /* It matches 'this' host if the controller is a
+        * Linux-MD controller with vendor_data matching
+        * the hostname
+        */
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       int len = strlen(homehost);
+
+       return (memcmp(ddf->controller.guid, T10, 8) == 0 &&
+               len < sizeof(ddf->controller.vendor_data) &&
+               memcmp(ddf->controller.vendor_data, homehost,len) == 0 &&
+               ddf->controller.vendor_data[len] == 0);
+}
+
+static struct vd_config *find_vdcr(struct ddf_super *ddf, int inst)
+{
+       struct vcl *v;
+
+       for (v = ddf->conflist; v; v = v->next)
+               if (inst == v->vcnum)
+                       return &v->conf;
+       return NULL;
+}
+
+static int find_phys(struct ddf_super *ddf, __u32 phys_refnum)
+{
+       /* Find the entry in phys_disk which has the given refnum
+        * and return it's index
+        */
+       int i;
+       for (i=0; i < __be16_to_cpu(ddf->phys->max_pdes); i++)
+               if (ddf->phys->entries[i].refnum == phys_refnum)
+                       return i;
+       return -1;
+}
+
+static void uuid_from_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, int uuid[4])
+{
+       /* The uuid returned here is used for:
+        *  uuid to put into bitmap file (Create, Grow)
+        *  uuid for backup header when saving critical section (Grow)
+        *  comparing uuids when re-adding a device into an array
+        * For each of these we can make do with a truncated
+        * or hashed uuid rather than the original, as long as
+        * everyone agrees.
+        * In each case the uuid required is that of the data-array,
+        * not the device-set.
+        * In the case of SVD we assume the BVD is of interest,
+        * though that might be the case if a bitmap were made for
+        * a mirrored SVD - worry about that later.
+        * So we need to find the VD configuration record for the
+        * relevant BVD and extract the GUID and Secondary_Element_Seq.
+        * The first 16 bytes of the sha1 of these is used.
+        */
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       struct vcl *vcl = ddf->currentconf;
+
+       if (!vcl)
+               memset(uuid, 0, sizeof (uuid));
+       else {
+               char buf[20];
+               struct sha1_ctx ctx;
+               sha1_init_ctx(&ctx);
+               sha1_process_bytes(&vcl->conf.guid, DDF_GUID_LEN, &ctx);
+               if (vcl->conf.sec_elmnt_count > 1)
+                       sha1_process_bytes(&vcl->conf.sec_elmnt_seq, 1, &ctx);
+               sha1_finish_ctx(&ctx, buf);
+               memcpy(uuid, buf, sizeof(uuid));
+       }
+}
+
+static void getinfo_super_ddf_bvd(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *info);
+
+static void getinfo_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *info)
+{
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+
+       if (ddf->currentconf) {
+               getinfo_super_ddf_bvd(st, info);
+               return;
+       }
+
+       info->array.raid_disks    = __be16_to_cpu(ddf->phys->used_pdes);
+       info->array.level         = LEVEL_CONTAINER;
+       info->array.layout        = 0;
+       info->array.md_minor      = -1;
+       info->array.ctime         = DECADE + __be32_to_cpu(*(__u32*)
+                                                        (ddf->anchor.guid+16));
+       info->array.utime         = 0;
+       info->array.chunk_size    = 0;
+
+
+       info->disk.major = 0;
+       info->disk.minor = 0;
+       if (ddf->dlist) {
+               info->disk.number = __be32_to_cpu(ddf->dlist->disk.refnum);
+               info->disk.raid_disk = find_phys(ddf, ddf->dlist->disk.refnum);
+
+               info->data_offset = __be64_to_cpu(ddf->phys->
+                                         entries[info->disk.raid_disk].
+                                         config_size);
+               info->component_size = ddf->dlist->size - info->data_offset;
+       } else {
+               info->disk.number = -1;
+//             info->disk.raid_disk = find refnum in the table and use index;
+       }
+       info->disk.state = (1 << MD_DISK_SYNC);
+
+
+       info->reshape_active = 0;
+
+       strcpy(info->text_version, "ddf");
+
+//     uuid_from_super_ddf(info->uuid, sbv);
+
+//     info->name[] ?? ;
+}
+
+static int rlq_to_layout(int rlq, int prl, int raiddisks);
+
+static void getinfo_super_ddf_bvd(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *info)
+{
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       struct vcl *vc = ddf->currentconf;
+       int cd = ddf->currentdev;
+
+       /* FIXME this returns BVD info - what if we want SVD ?? */
+
+       info->array.raid_disks    = __be16_to_cpu(vc->conf.prim_elmnt_count);
+       info->array.level         = map_num1(ddf_level_num, vc->conf.prl);
+       info->array.layout        = rlq_to_layout(vc->conf.rlq, vc->conf.prl,
+                                                 info->array.raid_disks);
+       info->array.md_minor      = -1;
+       info->array.ctime         = DECADE +
+               __be32_to_cpu(*(__u32*)(vc->conf.guid+16));
+       info->array.utime         = DECADE + __be32_to_cpu(vc->conf.timestamp);
+       info->array.chunk_size    = 512 << vc->conf.chunk_shift;
+
+       if (cd >= 0 && cd < ddf->mppe) {
+               info->data_offset         = __be64_to_cpu(vc->lba_offset[cd]);
+               if (vc->block_sizes)
+                       info->component_size = vc->block_sizes[cd];
+               else
+                       info->component_size = __be64_to_cpu(vc->conf.blocks);
+       }
+
+       info->disk.major = 0;
+       info->disk.minor = 0;
+//     info->disk.number = __be32_to_cpu(ddf->disk.refnum);
+//     info->disk.raid_disk = find refnum in the table and use index;
+//     info->disk.state = ???;
+
+       info->resync_start = 0;
+       if (!(ddf->virt->entries[info->container_member].state
+             & DDF_state_inconsistent)  &&
+           (ddf->virt->entries[info->container_member].init_state
+            & DDF_initstate_mask)
+           == DDF_init_full)
+               info->resync_start = ~0ULL;
+
+       uuid_from_super_ddf(st, info->uuid);
+
+       sprintf(info->text_version, "/%s/%d",
+               devnum2devname(st->container_dev),
+               info->container_member);
+
+//     info->name[] ?? ;
+}
+
+
+static int update_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, struct mdinfo *info,
+                           char *update,
+                           char *devname, int verbose,
+                           int uuid_set, char *homehost)
+{
+       /* For 'assemble' and 'force' we need to return non-zero if any
+        * change was made.  For others, the return value is ignored.
+        * Update options are:
+        *  force-one : This device looks a bit old but needs to be included,
+        *        update age info appropriately.
+        *  assemble: clear any 'faulty' flag to allow this device to
+        *              be assembled.
+        *  force-array: Array is degraded but being forced, mark it clean
+        *         if that will be needed to assemble it.
+        *
+        *  newdev:  not used ????
+        *  grow:  Array has gained a new device - this is currently for
+        *              linear only
+        *  resync: mark as dirty so a resync will happen.
+        *  uuid:  Change the uuid of the array to match what is given
+        *  homehost:  update the recorded homehost
+        *  name:  update the name - preserving the homehost
+        *  _reshape_progress: record new reshape_progress position.
+        *
+        * Following are not relevant for this version:
+        *  sparc2.2 : update from old dodgey metadata
+        *  super-minor: change the preferred_minor number
+        *  summaries:  update redundant counters.
+        */
+       int rv = 0;
+//     struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+//     struct vd_config *vd = find_vdcr(ddf, info->container_member);
+//     struct virtual_entry *ve = find_ve(ddf);
+
+       /* we don't need to handle "force-*" or "assemble" as
+        * there is no need to 'trick' the kernel.  We the metadata is
+        * first updated to activate the array, all the implied modifications
+        * will just happen.
+        */
+
+       if (strcmp(update, "grow") == 0) {
+               /* FIXME */
+       }
+       if (strcmp(update, "resync") == 0) {
+//             info->resync_checkpoint = 0;
+       }
+       /* We ignore UUID updates as they make even less sense
+        * with DDF
+        */
+       if (strcmp(update, "homehost") == 0) {
+               /* homehost is stored in controller->vendor_data,
+                * or it is when we are the vendor
+                */
+//             if (info->vendor_is_local)
+//                     strcpy(ddf->controller.vendor_data, homehost);
+       }
+       if (strcmp(update, "name") == 0) {
+               /* name is stored in virtual_entry->name */
+//             memset(ve->name, ' ', 16);
+//             strncpy(ve->name, info->name, 16);
+       }
+       if (strcmp(update, "_reshape_progress") == 0) {
+               /* We don't support reshape yet */
+       }
+
+//     update_all_csum(ddf);
+
+       return rv;
+}
+
+static void make_header_guid(char *guid)
+{
+       __u32 stamp;
+       int rfd;
+       /* Create a DDF Header of Virtual Disk GUID */
+
+       /* 24 bytes of fiction required.
+        * first 8 are a 'vendor-id'  - "Linux-MD"
+        * next 8 are controller type.. how about 0X DEAD BEEF 0000 0000
+        * Remaining 8 random number plus timestamp
+        */
+       memcpy(guid, T10, sizeof(T10));
+       stamp = __cpu_to_be32(0xdeadbeef);
+       memcpy(guid+8, &stamp, 4);
+       stamp = __cpu_to_be32(0);
+       memcpy(guid+12, &stamp, 4);
+       stamp = __cpu_to_be32(time(0) - DECADE);
+       memcpy(guid+16, &stamp, 4);
+       rfd = open("/dev/urandom", O_RDONLY);
+       if (rfd < 0 || read(rfd, &stamp, 4) != 4)
+               stamp = random();
+       memcpy(guid+20, &stamp, 4);
+       if (rfd >= 0) close(rfd);
+}
+
+static int init_super_ddf_bvd(struct supertype *st,
+                             mdu_array_info_t *info,
+                             unsigned long long size,
+                             char *name, char *homehost,
+                             int *uuid);
+
+static int init_super_ddf(struct supertype *st,
+                         mdu_array_info_t *info,
+                         unsigned long long size, char *name, char *homehost,
+                         int *uuid)
+{
+       /* This is primarily called by Create when creating a new array.
+        * We will then get add_to_super called for each component, and then
+        * write_init_super called to write it out to each device.
+        * For DDF, Create can create on fresh devices or on a pre-existing
+        * array.
+        * To create on a pre-existing array a different method will be called.
+        * This one is just for fresh drives.
+        *
+        * We need to create the entire 'ddf' structure which includes:
+        *  DDF headers - these are easy.
+        *  Controller data - a Sector describing this controller .. not that
+        *                  this is a controller exactly.
+        *  Physical Disk Record - one entry per device, so
+        *                      leave plenty of space.
+        *  Virtual Disk Records - again, just leave plenty of space.
+        *                   This just lists VDs, doesn't give details
+        *  Config records - describes the VDs that use this disk
+        *  DiskData  - describes 'this' device.
+        *  BadBlockManagement - empty
+        *  Diag Space - empty
+        *  Vendor Logs - Could we put bitmaps here?
+        *
+        */
+       struct ddf_super *ddf;
+       char hostname[17];
+       int hostlen;
+       int max_phys_disks, max_virt_disks;
+       unsigned long long sector;
+       int clen;
+       int i;
+       int pdsize, vdsize;
+       struct phys_disk *pd;
+       struct virtual_disk *vd;
+
+       if (!info) {
+               st->sb = NULL;
+               return 0;
+       }
+       if (st->sb)
+               return init_super_ddf_bvd(st, info, size, name, homehost,
+                                         uuid);
+
+       ddf = malloc(sizeof(*ddf));
+       memset(ddf, 0, sizeof(*ddf));
+       ddf->dlist = NULL; /* no physical disks yet */
+       ddf->conflist = NULL; /* No virtual disks yet */
+
+       /* At least 32MB *must* be reserved for the ddf.  So let's just
+        * start 32MB from the end, and put the primary header there.
+        * Don't do secondary for now.
+        * We don't know exactly where that will be yet as it could be
+        * different on each device.  To just set up the lengths.
+        *
+        */
+
+       ddf->anchor.magic = DDF_HEADER_MAGIC;
+       make_header_guid(ddf->anchor.guid);
+
+       memcpy(ddf->anchor.revision, DDF_REVISION_2, 8);
+       ddf->anchor.seq = __cpu_to_be32(1);
+       ddf->anchor.timestamp = __cpu_to_be32(time(0) - DECADE);
+       ddf->anchor.openflag = 0xFF;
+       ddf->anchor.foreignflag = 0;
+       ddf->anchor.enforcegroups = 0; /* Is this best?? */
+       ddf->anchor.pad0 = 0xff;
+       memset(ddf->anchor.pad1, 0xff, 12);
+       memset(ddf->anchor.header_ext, 0xff, 32);
+       ddf->anchor.primary_lba = ~(__u64)0;
+       ddf->anchor.secondary_lba = ~(__u64)0;
+       ddf->anchor.type = DDF_HEADER_ANCHOR;
+       memset(ddf->anchor.pad2, 0xff, 3);
+       ddf->anchor.workspace_len = __cpu_to_be32(32768); /* Must be reserved */
+       ddf->anchor.workspace_lba = ~(__u64)0; /* Put this at bottom
+                                                 of 32M reserved.. */
+       max_phys_disks = 1023;   /* Should be enough */
+       ddf->anchor.max_pd_entries = __cpu_to_be16(max_phys_disks);
+       max_virt_disks = 255;
+       ddf->anchor.max_vd_entries = __cpu_to_be16(max_virt_disks); /* ?? */
+       ddf->anchor.max_partitions = __cpu_to_be16(64); /* ?? */
+       ddf->max_part = 64;
+       ddf->mppe = 256;
+       ddf->conf_rec_len = 1 + ROUND_UP(ddf->mppe * (4+8), 512)/512;
+       ddf->anchor.config_record_len = __cpu_to_be16(ddf->conf_rec_len);
+       ddf->anchor.max_primary_element_entries = __cpu_to_be16(ddf->mppe);
+       memset(ddf->anchor.pad3, 0xff, 54);
+       /* controller sections is one sector long immediately
+        * after the ddf header */
+       sector = 1;
+       ddf->anchor.controller_section_offset = __cpu_to_be32(sector);
+       ddf->anchor.controller_section_length = __cpu_to_be32(1);
+       sector += 1;
+
+       /* phys is 8 sectors after that */
+       pdsize = ROUND_UP(sizeof(struct phys_disk) +
+                         sizeof(struct phys_disk_entry)*max_phys_disks,
+                         512);
+       switch(pdsize/512) {
+       case 2: case 8: case 32: case 128: case 512: break;
+       default: abort();
+       }
+       ddf->anchor.phys_section_offset = __cpu_to_be32(sector);
+       ddf->anchor.phys_section_length =
+               __cpu_to_be32(pdsize/512); /* max_primary_element_entries/8 */
+       sector += pdsize/512;
+
+       /* virt is another 32 sectors */
+       vdsize = ROUND_UP(sizeof(struct virtual_disk) +
+                         sizeof(struct virtual_entry) * max_virt_disks,
+                         512);
+       switch(vdsize/512) {
+       case 2: case 8: case 32: case 128: case 512: break;
+       default: abort();
+       }
+       ddf->anchor.virt_section_offset = __cpu_to_be32(sector);
+       ddf->anchor.virt_section_length =
+               __cpu_to_be32(vdsize/512); /* max_vd_entries/8 */
+       sector += vdsize/512;
+
+       clen = ddf->conf_rec_len * (ddf->max_part+1);
+       ddf->anchor.config_section_offset = __cpu_to_be32(sector);
+       ddf->anchor.config_section_length = __cpu_to_be32(clen);
+       sector += clen;
+
+       ddf->anchor.data_section_offset = __cpu_to_be32(sector);
+       ddf->anchor.data_section_length = __cpu_to_be32(1);
+       sector += 1;
+
+       ddf->anchor.bbm_section_length = __cpu_to_be32(0);
+       ddf->anchor.bbm_section_offset = __cpu_to_be32(0xFFFFFFFF);
+       ddf->anchor.diag_space_length = __cpu_to_be32(0);
+       ddf->anchor.diag_space_offset = __cpu_to_be32(0xFFFFFFFF);
+       ddf->anchor.vendor_length = __cpu_to_be32(0);
+       ddf->anchor.vendor_offset = __cpu_to_be32(0xFFFFFFFF);
+
+       memset(ddf->anchor.pad4, 0xff, 256);
+
+       memcpy(&ddf->primary, &ddf->anchor, 512);
+       memcpy(&ddf->secondary, &ddf->anchor, 512);
+
+       ddf->primary.openflag = 1; /* I guess.. */
+       ddf->primary.type = DDF_HEADER_PRIMARY;
+
+       ddf->secondary.openflag = 1; /* I guess.. */
+       ddf->secondary.type = DDF_HEADER_SECONDARY;
+
+       ddf->active = &ddf->primary;
+
+       ddf->controller.magic = DDF_CONTROLLER_MAGIC;
+
+       /* 24 more bytes of fiction required.
+        * first 8 are a 'vendor-id'  - "Linux-MD"
+        * Remaining 16 are serial number.... maybe a hostname would do?
+        */
+       memcpy(ddf->controller.guid, T10, sizeof(T10));
+       gethostname(hostname, sizeof(hostname));
+       hostname[sizeof(hostname) - 1] = 0;
+       hostlen = strlen(hostname);
+       memcpy(ddf->controller.guid + 24 - hostlen, hostname, hostlen);
+       for (i = strlen(T10) ; i+hostlen < 24; i++)
+               ddf->controller.guid[i] = ' ';
+
+       ddf->controller.type.vendor_id = __cpu_to_be16(0xDEAD);
+       ddf->controller.type.device_id = __cpu_to_be16(0xBEEF);
+       ddf->controller.type.sub_vendor_id = 0;
+       ddf->controller.type.sub_device_id = 0;
+       memcpy(ddf->controller.product_id, "What Is My PID??", 16);
+       memset(ddf->controller.pad, 0xff, 8);
+       memset(ddf->controller.vendor_data, 0xff, 448);
+
+       pd = ddf->phys = malloc(pdsize);
+       ddf->pdsize = pdsize;
+
+       memset(pd, 0xff, pdsize);
+       memset(pd, 0, sizeof(*pd));
+       pd->magic = DDF_PHYS_DATA_MAGIC;
+       pd->used_pdes = __cpu_to_be16(0);
+       pd->max_pdes = __cpu_to_be16(max_phys_disks);
+       memset(pd->pad, 0xff, 52);
+
+       vd = ddf->virt = malloc(vdsize);
+       ddf->vdsize = vdsize;
+       memset(vd, 0, vdsize);
+       vd->magic = DDF_VIRT_RECORDS_MAGIC;
+       vd->populated_vdes = __cpu_to_be16(0);
+       vd->max_vdes = __cpu_to_be16(max_virt_disks);
+       memset(vd->pad, 0xff, 52);
+
+       for (i=0; i<max_virt_disks; i++)
+               memset(&vd->entries[i], 0xff, sizeof(struct virtual_entry));
+
+       st->sb = ddf;
+       return 1;
+}
+
+static int all_ff(char *guid)
+{
+       int i;
+       for (i = 0; i < DDF_GUID_LEN; i++)
+               if (guid[i] != (char)0xff)
+                       return 0;
+       return 1;
+}
+static int chunk_to_shift(int chunksize)
+{
+       return ffs(chunksize/512)-1;
+}
+
+static int level_to_prl(int level)
+{
+       switch (level) {
+       case LEVEL_LINEAR: return DDF_CONCAT;
+       case 0: return DDF_RAID0;
+       case 1: return DDF_RAID1;
+       case 4: return DDF_RAID4;
+       case 5: return DDF_RAID5;
+       case 6: return DDF_RAID6;
+       default: return -1;
+       }
+}
+static int layout_to_rlq(int level, int layout, int raiddisks)
+{
+       switch(level) {
+       case 0:
+               return DDF_RAID0_SIMPLE;
+       case 1:
+               switch(raiddisks) {
+               case 2: return DDF_RAID1_SIMPLE;
+               case 3: return DDF_RAID1_MULTI;
+               default: return -1;
+               }
+       case 4:
+               switch(layout) {
+               case 0: return DDF_RAID4_N;
+               }
+               break;
+       case 5:
+       case 6:
+               switch(layout) {
+               case ALGORITHM_LEFT_ASYMMETRIC:
+                       return DDF_RAID5_N_RESTART;
+               case ALGORITHM_RIGHT_ASYMMETRIC:
+                       if (level == 5)
+                               return DDF_RAID5_0_RESTART;
+                       else
+                               return DDF_RAID6_0_RESTART;
+               case ALGORITHM_LEFT_SYMMETRIC:
+                       return DDF_RAID5_N_CONTINUE;
+               case ALGORITHM_RIGHT_SYMMETRIC:
+                       return -1; /* not mentioned in standard */
+               }
+       }
+       return -1;
+}
+
+static int rlq_to_layout(int rlq, int prl, int raiddisks)
+{
+       switch(prl) {
+       case DDF_RAID0:
+               return 0; /* hopefully rlq == DDF_RAID0_SIMPLE */
+       case DDF_RAID1:
+               return 0; /* hopefully rlq == SIMPLE or MULTI depending
+                            on raiddisks*/
+       case DDF_RAID4:
+               switch(rlq) {
+               case DDF_RAID4_N:
+                       return 0;
+               default:
+                       /* not supported */
+                       return -1; /* FIXME this isn't checked */
+               }
+       case DDF_RAID5:
+               switch(rlq) {
+               case DDF_RAID5_N_RESTART:
+                       return ALGORITHM_LEFT_ASYMMETRIC;
+               case DDF_RAID5_0_RESTART:
+                       return ALGORITHM_RIGHT_ASYMMETRIC;
+               case DDF_RAID5_N_CONTINUE:
+                       return ALGORITHM_LEFT_SYMMETRIC;
+               default:
+                       return -1;
+               }
+       case DDF_RAID6:
+               switch(rlq) {
+               case DDF_RAID5_N_RESTART:
+                       return ALGORITHM_LEFT_ASYMMETRIC;
+               case DDF_RAID6_0_RESTART:
+                       return ALGORITHM_RIGHT_ASYMMETRIC;
+               case DDF_RAID5_N_CONTINUE:
+                       return ALGORITHM_LEFT_SYMMETRIC;
+               default:
+                       return -1;
+               }
+       }
+       return -1;
+}
+
+struct extent {
+       unsigned long long start, size;
+};
+static int cmp_extent(const void *av, const void *bv)
+{
+       const struct extent *a = av;
+       const struct extent *b = bv;
+       if (a->start < b->start)
+               return -1;
+       if (a->start > b->start)
+               return 1;
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static struct extent *get_extents(struct ddf_super *ddf, struct dl *dl)
+{
+       /* find a list of used extents on the give physical device
+        * (dnum) of the given ddf.
+        * Return a malloced array of 'struct extent'
+
+FIXME ignore DDF_Legacy devices?
+
+        */
+       struct extent *rv;
+       int n = 0;
+       int i, j;
+
+       rv = malloc(sizeof(struct extent) * (ddf->max_part + 2));
+       if (!rv)
+               return NULL;
+
+       for (i = 0; i < ddf->max_part; i++) {
+               struct vcl *v = dl->vlist[i];
+               if (v == NULL)
+                       continue;
+               for (j=0; j < v->conf.prim_elmnt_count; j++)
+                       if (v->conf.phys_refnum[j] == dl->disk.refnum) {
+                               /* This device plays role 'j' in  'v'. */
+                               rv[n].start = __be64_to_cpu(v->lba_offset[j]);
+                               rv[n].size = __be64_to_cpu(v->conf.blocks);
+                               n++;
+                               break;
+                       }
+       }
+       qsort(rv, n, sizeof(*rv), cmp_extent);
+
+       rv[n].start = __be64_to_cpu(ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].config_size);
+       rv[n].size = 0;
+       return rv;
+}
+
+static int init_super_ddf_bvd(struct supertype *st,
+                             mdu_array_info_t *info,
+                             unsigned long long size,
+                             char *name, char *homehost,
+                             int *uuid)
+{
+       /* We are creating a BVD inside a pre-existing container.
+        * so st->sb is already set.
+        * We need to create a new vd_config and a new virtual_entry
+        */
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       int venum;
+       struct virtual_entry *ve;
+       struct vcl *vcl;
+       struct vd_config *vc;
+
+       if (__be16_to_cpu(ddf->virt->populated_vdes)
+           >= __be16_to_cpu(ddf->virt->max_vdes)) {
+               fprintf(stderr, Name": This ddf already has the "
+                       "maximum of %d virtual devices\n",
+                       __be16_to_cpu(ddf->virt->max_vdes));
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       for (venum = 0; venum < __be16_to_cpu(ddf->virt->max_vdes); venum++)
+               if (all_ff(ddf->virt->entries[venum].guid))
+                       break;
+       if (venum == __be16_to_cpu(ddf->virt->max_vdes)) {
+               fprintf(stderr, Name ": Cannot find spare slot for "
+                       "virtual disk - DDF is corrupt\n");
+               return 0;
+       }
+       ve = &ddf->virt->entries[venum];
+
+       /* A Virtual Disk GUID contains the T10 Vendor ID, controller type,
+        * timestamp, random number
+        */
+       make_header_guid(ve->guid);
+       ve->unit = __cpu_to_be16(info->md_minor);
+       ve->pad0 = 0xFFFF;
+       ve->guid_crc = crc32(0, (unsigned char*)ddf->anchor.guid, DDF_GUID_LEN);
+       ve->type = 0;
+       ve->state = DDF_state_degraded; /* Will be modified as devices are added */
+       if (info->state & 1) /* clean */
+               ve->init_state = DDF_init_full;
+       else
+               ve->init_state = DDF_init_not;
+
+       memset(ve->pad1, 0xff, 14);
+       memset(ve->name, ' ', 16);
+       if (name)
+               strncpy(ve->name, name, 16);
+       ddf->virt->populated_vdes =
+               __cpu_to_be16(__be16_to_cpu(ddf->virt->populated_vdes)+1);
+
+       /* Now create a new vd_config */
+       vcl = malloc(offsetof(struct vcl, conf) + ddf->conf_rec_len * 512);
+       vcl->lba_offset = (__u64*) &vcl->conf.phys_refnum[ddf->mppe];
+       vcl->vcnum = venum;
+       sprintf(st->subarray, "%d", venum);
+       vcl->block_sizes = NULL; /* FIXME not for CONCAT */
+
+       vc = &vcl->conf;
+
+       vc->magic = DDF_VD_CONF_MAGIC;
+       memcpy(vc->guid, ve->guid, DDF_GUID_LEN);
+       vc->timestamp = __cpu_to_be32(time(0)-DECADE);
+       vc->seqnum = __cpu_to_be32(1);
+       memset(vc->pad0, 0xff, 24);
+       vc->prim_elmnt_count = __cpu_to_be16(info->raid_disks);
+       vc->chunk_shift = chunk_to_shift(info->chunk_size);
+       vc->prl = level_to_prl(info->level);
+       vc->rlq = layout_to_rlq(info->level, info->layout, info->raid_disks);
+       vc->sec_elmnt_count = 1;
+       vc->sec_elmnt_seq = 0;
+       vc->srl = 0;
+       vc->blocks = __cpu_to_be64(info->size * 2);
+       vc->array_blocks = __cpu_to_be64(
+               calc_array_size(info->level, info->raid_disks, info->layout,
+                               info->chunk_size, info->size*2));
+       memset(vc->pad1, 0xff, 8);
+       vc->spare_refs[0] = 0xffffffff;
+       vc->spare_refs[1] = 0xffffffff;
+       vc->spare_refs[2] = 0xffffffff;
+       vc->spare_refs[3] = 0xffffffff;
+       vc->spare_refs[4] = 0xffffffff;
+       vc->spare_refs[5] = 0xffffffff;
+       vc->spare_refs[6] = 0xffffffff;
+       vc->spare_refs[7] = 0xffffffff;
+       memset(vc->cache_pol, 0, 8);
+       vc->bg_rate = 0x80;
+       memset(vc->pad2, 0xff, 3);
+       memset(vc->pad3, 0xff, 52);
+       memset(vc->pad4, 0xff, 192);
+       memset(vc->v0, 0xff, 32);
+       memset(vc->v1, 0xff, 32);
+       memset(vc->v2, 0xff, 16);
+       memset(vc->v3, 0xff, 16);
+       memset(vc->vendor, 0xff, 32);
+
+       memset(vc->phys_refnum, 0xff, 4*ddf->mppe);
+       memset(vc->phys_refnum+(ddf->mppe * 4), 0x00, 8*ddf->mppe);
+
+       vcl->next = ddf->conflist;
+       ddf->conflist = vcl;
+       ddf->currentconf = vcl;
+       return 1;
+}
+
+static void add_to_super_ddf_bvd(struct supertype *st,
+                                mdu_disk_info_t *dk, int fd, char *devname)
+{
+       /* fd and devname identify a device with-in the ddf container (st).
+        * dk identifies a location in the new BVD.
+        * We need to find suitable free space in that device and update
+        * the phys_refnum and lba_offset for the newly created vd_config.
+        * We might also want to update the type in the phys_disk
+        * section.
+        */
+       struct dl *dl;
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       struct vd_config *vc;
+       __u64 *lba_offset;
+       int working;
+       int i;
+       unsigned long long blocks, pos, esize;
+       struct extent *ex;
+
+       for (dl = ddf->dlist; dl ; dl = dl->next)
+               if (dl->major == dk->major &&
+                   dl->minor == dk->minor)
+                       break;
+       if (!dl || ! (dk->state & (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC)))
+               return;
+
+       vc = &ddf->currentconf->conf;
+       lba_offset = ddf->currentconf->lba_offset;
+
+       ex = get_extents(ddf, dl);
+       if (!ex)
+               return;
+
+       i = 0; pos = 0;
+       blocks = __be64_to_cpu(vc->blocks);
+       if (ddf->currentconf->block_sizes)
+               blocks = ddf->currentconf->block_sizes[dk->raid_disk];
+
+       do {
+               esize = ex[i].start - pos;
+               if (esize >= blocks)
+                       break;
+               pos = ex[i].start + ex[i].size;
+               i++;
+       } while (ex[i-1].size);
+
+       free(ex);
+       if (esize < blocks)
+               return;
+
+       ddf->currentdev = dk->raid_disk;
+       vc->phys_refnum[dk->raid_disk] = dl->disk.refnum;
+       lba_offset[dk->raid_disk] = __cpu_to_be64(pos);
+
+       for (i=0; i < ddf->max_part ; i++)
+               if (dl->vlist[i] == NULL)
+                       break;
+       if (i == ddf->max_part)
+               return;
+       dl->vlist[i] = ddf->currentconf;
+
+       dl->fd = fd;
+       dl->devname = devname;
+
+       /* Check how many working raid_disks, and if we can mark
+        * array as optimal yet
+        */
+       working = 0;
+
+       for (i=0; i < __be16_to_cpu(vc->prim_elmnt_count); i++)
+               if (vc->phys_refnum[i] != 0xffffffff)
+                       working++;
+
+       /* Find which virtual_entry */
+       i = ddf->currentconf->vcnum;
+       if (working == __be16_to_cpu(vc->prim_elmnt_count))
+               ddf->virt->entries[i].state =
+                       (ddf->virt->entries[i].state & ~DDF_state_mask)
+                       | DDF_state_optimal;
+
+       if (vc->prl == DDF_RAID6 &&
+           working+1 == __be16_to_cpu(vc->prim_elmnt_count))
+               ddf->virt->entries[i].state =
+                       (ddf->virt->entries[i].state & ~DDF_state_mask)
+                       | DDF_state_part_optimal;
+
+       ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].type &= ~__cpu_to_be16(DDF_Global_Spare);
+       ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].type |= __cpu_to_be16(DDF_Active_in_VD);
+}
+
+/* add a device to a container, either while creating it or while
+ * expanding a pre-existing container
+ */
+static void add_to_super_ddf(struct supertype *st,
+                            mdu_disk_info_t *dk, int fd, char *devname)
+{
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       struct dl *dd;
+       time_t now;
+       struct tm *tm;
+       unsigned long long size;
+       struct phys_disk_entry *pde;
+       int n, i;
+       struct stat stb;
+
+       if (ddf->currentconf) {
+               add_to_super_ddf_bvd(st, dk, fd, devname);
+               return;
+       }
+
+       /* This is device numbered dk->number.  We need to create
+        * a phys_disk entry and a more detailed disk_data entry.
+        */
+       fstat(fd, &stb);
+       dd = malloc(sizeof(*dd) + sizeof(dd->vlist[0]) * ddf->max_part);
+       dd->major = major(stb.st_rdev);
+       dd->minor = minor(stb.st_rdev);
+       dd->devname = devname;
+       dd->next = ddf->dlist;
+       dd->fd = fd;
+       dd->spare = NULL;
+
+       dd->disk.magic = DDF_PHYS_DATA_MAGIC;
+       now = time(0);
+       tm = localtime(&now);
+       sprintf(dd->disk.guid, "%8s%04d%02d%02d",
+               T10, tm->tm_year+1900, tm->tm_mon+1, tm->tm_mday);
+       *(__u32*)(dd->disk.guid + 16) = random();
+       *(__u32*)(dd->disk.guid + 20) = random();
+
+       do {
+               /* Cannot be bothered finding a CRC of some irrelevant details*/
+               dd->disk.refnum = random();
+               for (i = __be16_to_cpu(ddf->active->max_pd_entries) - 1;
+                    i >= 0; i--)
+                       if (ddf->phys->entries[i].refnum == dd->disk.refnum)
+                               break;
+       } while (i >= 0);
+
+       dd->disk.forced_ref = 1;
+       dd->disk.forced_guid = 1;
+       memset(dd->disk.vendor, ' ', 32);
+       memcpy(dd->disk.vendor, "Linux", 5);
+       memset(dd->disk.pad, 0xff, 442);
+       for (i = 0; i < ddf->max_part ; i++)
+               dd->vlist[i] = NULL;
+
+       n = __be16_to_cpu(ddf->phys->used_pdes);
+       pde = &ddf->phys->entries[n];
+       dd->pdnum = n;
+
+       n++;
+       ddf->phys->used_pdes = __cpu_to_be16(n);
+
+       memcpy(pde->guid, dd->disk.guid, DDF_GUID_LEN);
+       pde->refnum = dd->disk.refnum;
+       pde->type = __cpu_to_be16(DDF_Forced_PD_GUID | DDF_Global_Spare);
+       pde->state = __cpu_to_be16(DDF_Online);
+       get_dev_size(fd, NULL, &size);
+       /* We are required to reserve 32Meg, and record the size in sectors */
+       pde->config_size = __cpu_to_be64( (size - 32*1024*1024) / 512);
+       sprintf(pde->path, "%17.17s","Information: nil") ;
+       memset(pde->pad, 0xff, 6);
+
+       dd->size = size >> 9;
+       ddf->dlist = dd;
+}
+
+/*
+ * This is the write_init_super method for a ddf container.  It is
+ * called when creating a container or adding another device to a
+ * container.
+ */
+
+#ifndef MDASSEMBLE
+static int __write_init_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, int do_close)
+{
+
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       int i;
+       struct dl *d;
+       int n_config;
+       int conf_size;
+
+       unsigned long long size, sector;
+
+       for (d = ddf->dlist; d; d=d->next) {
+               int fd = d->fd;
+
+               if (fd < 0)
+                       continue;
+
+               /* We need to fill in the primary, (secondary) and workspace
+                * lba's in the headers, set their checksums,
+                * Also checksum phys, virt....
+                *
+                * Then write everything out, finally the anchor is written.
+                */
+               get_dev_size(fd, NULL, &size);
+               size /= 512;
+               ddf->anchor.workspace_lba = __cpu_to_be64(size - 32*1024*2);
+               ddf->anchor.primary_lba = __cpu_to_be64(size - 16*1024*2);
+               ddf->anchor.seq = __cpu_to_be32(1);
+               memcpy(&ddf->primary, &ddf->anchor, 512);
+               memcpy(&ddf->secondary, &ddf->anchor, 512);
+
+               ddf->anchor.openflag = 0xFF; /* 'open' means nothing */
+               ddf->anchor.seq = 0xFFFFFFFF; /* no sequencing in anchor */
+               ddf->anchor.crc = calc_crc(&ddf->anchor, 512);
+
+               ddf->primary.openflag = 0;
+               ddf->primary.type = DDF_HEADER_PRIMARY;
+
+               ddf->secondary.openflag = 0;
+               ddf->secondary.type = DDF_HEADER_SECONDARY;
+
+               ddf->primary.crc = calc_crc(&ddf->primary, 512);
+               ddf->secondary.crc = calc_crc(&ddf->secondary, 512);
+
+               sector = size - 16*1024*2;
+               lseek64(fd, sector<<9, 0);
+               write(fd, &ddf->primary, 512);
+
+               ddf->controller.crc = calc_crc(&ddf->controller, 512);
+               write(fd, &ddf->controller, 512);
+
+               ddf->phys->crc = calc_crc(ddf->phys, ddf->pdsize);
+
+               write(fd, ddf->phys, ddf->pdsize);
+
+               ddf->virt->crc = calc_crc(ddf->virt, ddf->vdsize);
+               write(fd, ddf->virt, ddf->vdsize);
+
+               /* Now write lots of config records. */
+               n_config = ddf->max_part;
+               conf_size = ddf->conf_rec_len * 512;
+               for (i = 0 ; i <= n_config ; i++) {
+                       struct vcl *c = d->vlist[i];
+                       if (i == n_config)
+                               c = (struct vcl*)d->spare;
+
+                       if (c) {
+                               c->conf.crc = calc_crc(&c->conf, conf_size);
+                               write(fd, &c->conf, conf_size);
+                       } else {
+                               __u32 sig = 0xffffffff;
+                               write(fd, &sig, 4);
+                               lseek64(fd, conf_size-4, SEEK_CUR);
+                       }
+               }
+               d->disk.crc = calc_crc(&d->disk, 512);
+               write(fd, &d->disk, 512);
+
+               /* Maybe do the same for secondary */
+
+               lseek64(fd, (size-1)*512, SEEK_SET);
+               write(fd, &ddf->anchor, 512);
+               if (do_close) {
+                       close(fd);
+                       d->fd = -1;
+               }
+       }
+       return 1;
+}
+
+static int write_init_super_ddf(struct supertype *st)
+{
+
+       if (st->update_tail) {
+               /* queue the virtual_disk and vd_config as metadata updates */
+               struct virtual_disk *vd;
+               struct vd_config *vc;
+               struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+               int len;
+
+               /* First the virtual disk.  We have a slightly fake header */
+               len = sizeof(struct virtual_disk) + sizeof(struct virtual_entry);
+               vd = malloc(len);
+               *vd = *ddf->virt;
+               vd->entries[0] = ddf->virt->entries[ddf->currentconf->vcnum];
+               vd->populated_vdes = __cpu_to_be16(ddf->currentconf->vcnum);
+               append_metadata_update(st, vd, len);
+
+               /* Then the vd_config */
+               len = ddf->conf_rec_len * 512;
+               vc = malloc(len);
+               memcpy(vc, &ddf->currentconf->conf, len);
+               append_metadata_update(st, vc, len);
+
+               /* FIXME I need to close the fds! */
+               return 0;
+       } else 
+               return __write_init_super_ddf(st, 1);
+}
+
+#endif
+
+static __u64 avail_size_ddf(struct supertype *st, __u64 devsize)
+{
+       /* We must reserve the last 32Meg */
+       if (devsize <= 32*1024*2)
+               return 0;
+       return devsize - 32*1024*2;
+}
+
+#ifndef MDASSEMBLE
+static int validate_geometry_ddf_container(struct supertype *st,
+                                   int level, int layout, int raiddisks,
+                                   int chunk, unsigned long long size,
+                                   char *dev, unsigned long long *freesize);
+
+static int validate_geometry_ddf_bvd(struct supertype *st,
+                                    int level, int layout, int raiddisks,
+                                    int chunk, unsigned long long size,
+                                    char *dev, unsigned long long *freesize);
+
+static int validate_geometry_ddf(struct supertype *st,
+                         int level, int layout, int raiddisks,
+                         int chunk, unsigned long long size,
+                         char *dev, unsigned long long *freesize)
+{
+       int fd;
+       struct mdinfo *sra;
+       int cfd;
+
+       /* ddf potentially supports lots of things, but it depends on
+        * what devices are offered (and maybe kernel version?)
+        * If given unused devices, we will make a container.
+        * If given devices in a container, we will make a BVD.
+        * If given BVDs, we make an SVD, changing all the GUIDs in the process.
+        */
+
+       if (level == LEVEL_CONTAINER) {
+               /* Must be a fresh device to add to a container */
+               return validate_geometry_ddf_container(st, level, layout,
+                                              raiddisks,
+                                              chunk, size, dev, freesize);
+       }
+
+       if (st->sb) {
+               /* A container has already been opened, so we are
+                * creating in there.  Maybe a BVD, maybe an SVD.
+                * Should make a distinction one day.
+                */
+               return validate_geometry_ddf_bvd(st, level, layout, raiddisks,
+                                                chunk, size, dev, freesize);
+       }
+       if (!dev) {
+               /* Initial sanity check.  Exclude illegal levels. */
+               int i;
+               for (i=0; ddf_level_num[i].num1 != MAXINT; i++)
+                       if (ddf_level_num[i].num2 == level)
+                               break;
+               if (ddf_level_num[i].num1 == MAXINT)
+                       return 0;
+               /* Should check layout? etc */
+               return 1;
+       }
+
+       /* This is the first device for the array.
+        * If it is a container, we read it in and do automagic allocations,
+        * no other devices should be given.
+        * Otherwise it must be a member device of a container, and we
+        * do manual allocation.
+        * Later we should check for a BVD and make an SVD.
+        */
+       fd = open(dev, O_RDONLY|O_EXCL, 0);
+       if (fd >= 0) {
+               sra = sysfs_read(fd, 0, GET_VERSION);
+               close(fd);
+               if (sra && sra->array.major_version == -1 &&
+                   strcmp(sra->text_version, "ddf") == 0) {
+
+                       /* load super */
+                       /* find space for 'n' devices. */
+                       /* remember the devices */
+                       /* Somehow return the fact that we have enough */
+               }
+
+               fprintf(stderr,
+                       Name ": Cannot create this array on device %s\n",
+                       dev);
+               return 0;
+       }
+       if (errno != EBUSY || (fd = open(dev, O_RDONLY, 0)) < 0) {
+               fprintf(stderr, Name ": Cannot open %s: %s\n",
+                       dev, strerror(errno));
+               return 0;
+       }
+       /* Well, it is in use by someone, maybe a 'ddf' container. */
+       cfd = open_container(fd);
+       if (cfd < 0) {
+               close(fd);
+               fprintf(stderr, Name ": Cannot use %s: It is busy\n",
+                       dev);
+               return 0;
+       }
+       sra = sysfs_read(cfd, 0, GET_VERSION);
+       close(fd);
+       if (sra && sra->array.major_version == -1 &&
+           strcmp(sra->text_version, "ddf") == 0) {
+               /* This is a member of a ddf container.  Load the container
+                * and try to create a bvd
+                */
+               struct ddf_super *ddf;
+               if (load_super_ddf_all(st, cfd, (void **)&ddf, NULL, 1) == 0) {
+                       st->sb = ddf;
+                       st->container_dev = fd2devnum(cfd);
+                       close(cfd);
+                       return validate_geometry_ddf_bvd(st, level, layout,
+                                                        raiddisks, chunk, size,
+                                                        dev, freesize);
+               }
+               close(cfd);
+       } else /* device may belong to a different container */
+               return 0;
+
+       return 1;
+}
+
+static int validate_geometry_ddf_container(struct supertype *st,
+                                  int level, int layout, int raiddisks,
+                                  int chunk, unsigned long long size,
+                                  char *dev, unsigned long long *freesize)
+{
+       int fd;
+       unsigned long long ldsize;
+
+       if (level != LEVEL_CONTAINER)
+               return 0;
+       if (!dev)
+               return 1;
+
+       fd = open(dev, O_RDONLY|O_EXCL, 0);
+       if (fd < 0) {
+               fprintf(stderr, Name ": Cannot open %s: %s\n",
+                       dev, strerror(errno));
+               return 0;
+       }
+       if (!get_dev_size(fd, dev, &ldsize)) {
+               close(fd);
+               return 0;
+       }
+       close(fd);
+
+       *freesize = avail_size_ddf(st, ldsize >> 9);
+
+       return 1;
+}
+
+static int validate_geometry_ddf_bvd(struct supertype *st,
+                                    int level, int layout, int raiddisks,
+                                    int chunk, unsigned long long size,
+                                    char *dev, unsigned long long *freesize)
+{
+       struct stat stb;
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       struct dl *dl;
+       unsigned long long pos = 0;
+       unsigned long long maxsize;
+       struct extent *e;
+       int i;
+       /* ddf/bvd supports lots of things, but not containers */
+       if (level == LEVEL_CONTAINER)
+               return 0;
+       /* We must have the container info already read in. */
+       if (!ddf)
+               return 0;
+
+       if (!dev) {
+               /* General test:  make sure there is space for
+                * 'raiddisks' device extents of size 'size'.
+                */
+               unsigned long long minsize = size;
+               int dcnt = 0;
+               if (minsize == 0)
+                       minsize = 8;
+               for (dl = ddf->dlist; dl ; dl = dl->next)
+               {
+                       int found = 0;
+                       pos = 0;
+
+                       i = 0;
+                       e = get_extents(ddf, dl);
+                       if (!e) continue;
+                       do {
+                               unsigned long long esize;
+                               esize = e[i].start - pos;
+                               if (esize >= minsize)
+                                       found = 1;
+                               pos = e[i].start + e[i].size;
+                               i++;
+                       } while (e[i-1].size);
+                       if (found)
+                               dcnt++;
+                       free(e);
+               }
+               if (dcnt < raiddisks) {
+                       fprintf(stderr, Name ": Not enough devices with space "
+                               "for this array (%d < %d)\n",
+                               dcnt, raiddisks);
+                       return 0;
+               }
+               return 1;
+       }
+       /* This device must be a member of the set */
+       if (stat(dev, &stb) < 0)
+               return 0;
+       if ((S_IFMT & stb.st_mode) != S_IFBLK)
+               return 0;
+       for (dl = ddf->dlist ; dl ; dl = dl->next) {
+               if (dl->major == major(stb.st_rdev) &&
+                   dl->minor == minor(stb.st_rdev))
+                       break;
+       }
+       if (!dl) {
+               fprintf(stderr, Name ": %s is not in the same DDF set\n",
+                       dev);
+               return 0;
+       }
+       e = get_extents(ddf, dl);
+       maxsize = 0;
+       i = 0;
+       if (e) do {
+               unsigned long long esize;
+               esize = e[i].start - pos;
+               if (esize >= maxsize)
+                       maxsize = esize;
+               pos = e[i].start + e[i].size;
+               i++;
+       } while (e[i-1].size);
+       *freesize = maxsize;
+       // FIXME here I am
+
+       return 1;
+}
+
+static int load_super_ddf_all(struct supertype *st, int fd,
+                             void **sbp, char *devname, int keep_fd)
+{
+       struct mdinfo *sra;
+       struct ddf_super *super;
+       struct mdinfo *sd, *best = NULL;
+       int bestseq = 0;
+       int seq;
+       char nm[20];
+       int dfd;
+
+       sra = sysfs_read(fd, 0, GET_LEVEL|GET_VERSION|GET_DEVS|GET_STATE);
+       if (!sra)
+               return 1;
+       if (sra->array.major_version != -1 ||
+           sra->array.minor_version != -2 ||
+           strcmp(sra->text_version, "ddf") != 0)
+               return 1;
+
+       super = malloc(sizeof(*super));
+       if (!super)
+               return 1;
+       memset(super, 0, sizeof(*super));
+
+       /* first, try each device, and choose the best ddf */
+       for (sd = sra->devs ; sd ; sd = sd->next) {
+               int rv;
+               sprintf(nm, "%d:%d", sd->disk.major, sd->disk.minor);
+               dfd = dev_open(nm, O_RDONLY);
+               if (dfd < 0)
+                       return 2;
+               rv = load_ddf_headers(dfd, super, NULL);
+               close(dfd);
+               if (rv == 0) {
+                       seq = __be32_to_cpu(super->active->seq);
+                       if (super->active->openflag)
+                               seq--;
+                       if (!best || seq > bestseq) {
+                               bestseq = seq;
+                               best = sd;
+                       }
+               }
+       }
+       if (!best)
+               return 1;
+       /* OK, load this ddf */
+       sprintf(nm, "%d:%d", best->disk.major, best->disk.minor);
+       dfd = dev_open(nm, O_RDONLY);
+       if (dfd < 0)
+               return 1;
+       load_ddf_headers(dfd, super, NULL);
+       load_ddf_global(dfd, super, NULL);
+       close(dfd);
+       /* Now we need the device-local bits */
+       for (sd = sra->devs ; sd ; sd = sd->next) {
+               sprintf(nm, "%d:%d", sd->disk.major, sd->disk.minor);
+               dfd = dev_open(nm, keep_fd? O_RDWR : O_RDONLY);
+               if (dfd < 0)
+                       return 2;
+               seq = load_ddf_local(dfd, super, NULL, keep_fd);
+               if (!keep_fd) close(dfd);
+       }
+       if (st->subarray[0]) {
+               struct vcl *v;
+
+               for (v = super->conflist; v; v = v->next)
+                       if (v->vcnum == atoi(st->subarray))
+                               super->currentconf = v;
+               if (!super->currentconf)
+                       return 1;
+       }
+       *sbp = super;
+       if (st->ss == NULL) {
+               st->ss = &super_ddf;
+               st->minor_version = 0;
+               st->max_devs = 512;
+               st->container_dev = fd2devnum(fd);
+       }
+       return 0;
+}
+#endif
+
+static struct mdinfo *container_content_ddf(struct supertype *st)
+{
+       /* Given a container loaded by load_super_ddf_all,
+        * extract information about all the arrays into
+        * an mdinfo tree.
+        *
+        * For each vcl in conflist: create an mdinfo, fill it in,
+        *  then look for matching devices (phys_refnum) in dlist
+        *  and create appropriate device mdinfo.
+        */
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       struct mdinfo *rest = NULL;
+       struct vcl *vc;
+
+       for (vc = ddf->conflist ; vc ; vc=vc->next)
+       {
+               int i;
+               struct mdinfo *this;
+               this = malloc(sizeof(*this));
+               memset(this, 0, sizeof(*this));
+               this->next = rest;
+               rest = this;
+
+               this->array.level = map_num1(ddf_level_num, vc->conf.prl);
+               this->array.raid_disks =
+                       __be16_to_cpu(vc->conf.prim_elmnt_count);
+               this->array.layout = rlq_to_layout(vc->conf.rlq, vc->conf.prl,
+                                                  this->array.raid_disks);
+               this->array.md_minor      = -1;
+               this->array.ctime         = DECADE +
+                       __be32_to_cpu(*(__u32*)(vc->conf.guid+16));
+               this->array.utime         = DECADE +
+                       __be32_to_cpu(vc->conf.timestamp);
+               this->array.chunk_size    = 512 << vc->conf.chunk_shift;
+
+               i = vc->vcnum;
+               if ((ddf->virt->entries[i].state & DDF_state_inconsistent) ||
+                   (ddf->virt->entries[i].init_state & DDF_initstate_mask) !=
+                   DDF_init_full) {
+                       this->array.state = 0;
+                       this->resync_start = 0;
+               } else {
+                       this->array.state = 1;
+                       this->resync_start = ~0ULL;
+               }
+               memcpy(this->name, ddf->virt->entries[i].name, 32);
+               this->name[33]=0;
+
+               memset(this->uuid, 0, sizeof(this->uuid));
+               this->component_size = __be64_to_cpu(vc->conf.blocks);
+               this->array.size = this->component_size / 2;
+               this->container_member = i;
+
+               sprintf(this->text_version, "/%s/%d",
+                       devnum2devname(st->container_dev),
+                       this->container_member);
+
+               for (i=0 ; i < ddf->mppe ; i++) {
+                       struct mdinfo *dev;
+                       struct dl *d;
+
+                       if (vc->conf.phys_refnum[i] == 0xFFFFFFFF)
+                               continue;
+
+                       this->array.working_disks++;
+
+                       for (d = ddf->dlist; d ; d=d->next)
+                               if (d->disk.refnum == vc->conf.phys_refnum[i])
+                                       break;
+                       if (d == NULL)
+                               break;
+
+                       dev = malloc(sizeof(*dev));
+                       memset(dev, 0, sizeof(*dev));
+                       dev->next = this->devs;
+                       this->devs = dev;
+
+                       dev->disk.number = __be32_to_cpu(d->disk.refnum);
+                       dev->disk.major = d->major;
+                       dev->disk.minor = d->minor;
+                       dev->disk.raid_disk = i;
+                       dev->disk.state = (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC)|(1<<MD_DISK_ACTIVE);
+
+                       dev->events = __le32_to_cpu(ddf->primary.seq);
+                       dev->data_offset = vc->lba_offset[i];
+                       dev->component_size = __be64_to_cpu(vc->conf.blocks);
+                       if (d->devname)
+                               strcpy(dev->name, d->devname);
+               }
+       }
+       return rest;
+}
+
+static int store_zero_ddf(struct supertype *st, int fd)
+{
+       unsigned long long dsize;
+       char buf[512];
+       memset(buf, 0, 512);
+
+       if (!get_dev_size(fd, NULL, &dsize))
+               return 1;
+
+       lseek64(fd, dsize-512, 0);
+       write(fd, buf, 512);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+static int compare_super_ddf(struct supertype *st, struct supertype *tst)
+{
+       /*
+        * return:
+        *  0 same, or first was empty, and second was copied
+        *  1 second had wrong number
+        *  2 wrong uuid
+        *  3 wrong other info
+        */
+       struct ddf_super *first = st->sb;
+       struct ddf_super *second = tst->sb;
+
+       if (!first) {
+               st->sb = tst->sb;
+               tst->sb = NULL;
+               return 0;
+       }
+
+       if (memcmp(first->anchor.guid, second->anchor.guid, DDF_GUID_LEN) != 0)
+               return 2;
+
+       /* FIXME should I look at anything else? */
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * A new array 'a' has been started which claims to be instance 'inst'
+ * within container 'c'.
+ * We need to confirm that the array matches the metadata in 'c' so
+ * that we don't corrupt any metadata.
+ */
+static int ddf_open_new(struct supertype *c, struct active_array *a, char *inst)
+{
+       fprintf(stderr, "ddf: open_new %s\n", inst);
+       a->info.container_member = atoi(inst);
+       return 0;
+}
+
+/*
+ * The array 'a' is to be marked clean in the metadata.
+ * If '->resync_start' is not ~(unsigned long long)0, then the array is only
+ * clean up to the point (in sectors).  If that cannot be recorded in the
+ * metadata, then leave it as dirty.
+ *
+ * For DDF, we need to clear the DDF_state_inconsistent bit in the
+ * !global! virtual_disk.virtual_entry structure.
+ */
+static void ddf_set_array_state(struct active_array *a, int consistent)
+{
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = a->container->sb;
+       int inst = a->info.container_member;
+       if (consistent)
+               ddf->virt->entries[inst].state &= ~DDF_state_inconsistent;
+       else
+               ddf->virt->entries[inst].state |= DDF_state_inconsistent;
+       ddf->virt->entries[inst].init_state &= ~DDF_initstate_mask;
+       if (a->resync_start == ~0ULL)
+               ddf->virt->entries[inst].init_state |= DDF_init_full;
+       else if (a->resync_start == 0)
+               ddf->virt->entries[inst].init_state |= DDF_init_not;
+       else
+               ddf->virt->entries[inst].init_state |= DDF_init_quick;
+
+       printf("ddf mark %s %llu\n", consistent?"clean":"dirty",
+              a->resync_start);
+}
+
+/*
+ * The state of each disk is stored in the global phys_disk structure
+ * in phys_disk.entries[n].state.
+ * This makes various combinations awkward.
+ * - When a device fails in any array, it must be failed in all arrays
+ *   that include a part of this device.
+ * - When a component is rebuilding, we cannot include it officially in the
+ *   array unless this is the only array that uses the device.
+ *
+ * So: when transitioning:
+ *   Online -> failed,  just set failed flag.  monitor will propagate
+ *   spare -> online,   the device might need to be added to the array.
+ *   spare -> failed,   just set failed.  Don't worry if in array or not.
+ */
+static void ddf_set_disk(struct active_array *a, int n, int state)
+{
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = a->container->sb;
+       int inst = a->info.container_member;
+       struct vd_config *vc = find_vdcr(ddf, inst);
+       int pd = find_phys(ddf, vc->phys_refnum[n]);
+       int i, st, working;
+
+       if (vc == NULL) {
+               fprintf(stderr, "ddf: cannot find instance %d!!\n", inst);
+               return;
+       }
+       if (pd < 0) {
+               /* disk doesn't currently exist. If it is now in_sync,
+                * insert it. */
+               if ((state & DS_INSYNC) && ! (state & DS_FAULTY)) {
+                       /* Find dev 'n' in a->info->devs, determine the
+                        * ddf refnum, and set vc->phys_refnum and update
+                        * phys->entries[]
+                        */
+                       /* FIXME */
+               }
+       } else {
+               if (state & DS_FAULTY)
+                       ddf->phys->entries[pd].state  |= __cpu_to_be16(DDF_Failed);
+               if (state & DS_INSYNC) {
+                       ddf->phys->entries[pd].state  |= __cpu_to_be16(DDF_Online);
+                       ddf->phys->entries[pd].state  &= __cpu_to_be16(~DDF_Rebuilding);
+               }
+       }
+
+       fprintf(stderr, "ddf: set_disk %d to %x\n", n, state);
+
+       /* Now we need to check the state of the array and update
+        * virtual_disk.entries[n].state.
+        * It needs to be one of "optimal", "degraded", "failed".
+        * I don't understand 'deleted' or 'missing'.
+        */
+       working = 0;
+       for (i=0; i < a->info.array.raid_disks; i++) {
+               pd = find_phys(ddf, vc->phys_refnum[i]);
+               if (pd < 0)
+                       continue;
+               st = __be16_to_cpu(ddf->phys->entries[pd].state);
+               if ((st & (DDF_Online|DDF_Failed|DDF_Rebuilding))
+                   == DDF_Online)
+                       working++;
+       }
+       state = DDF_state_degraded;
+       if (working == a->info.array.raid_disks)
+               state = DDF_state_optimal;
+       else switch(vc->prl) {
+       case DDF_RAID0:
+       case DDF_CONCAT:
+       case DDF_JBOD:
+               state = DDF_state_failed;
+               break;
+       case DDF_RAID1:
+               if (working == 0)
+                       state = DDF_state_failed;
+               break;
+       case DDF_RAID4:
+       case DDF_RAID5:
+               if (working < a->info.array.raid_disks-1)
+                       state = DDF_state_failed;
+               break;
+       case DDF_RAID6:
+               if (working < a->info.array.raid_disks-2)
+                       state = DDF_state_failed;
+               else if (working == a->info.array.raid_disks-1)
+                       state = DDF_state_part_optimal;
+               break;
+       }
+
+       ddf->virt->entries[inst].state =
+               (ddf->virt->entries[inst].state & ~DDF_state_mask)
+               | state;
+
+}
+
+static void ddf_sync_metadata(struct supertype *st)
+{
+
+       /*
+        * Write all data to all devices.
+        * Later, we might be able to track whether only local changes
+        * have been made, or whether any global data has been changed,
+        * but ddf is sufficiently weird that it probably always
+        * changes global data ....
+        */
+       __write_init_super_ddf(st, 0);
+       fprintf(stderr, "ddf: sync_metadata\n");
+}
+
+static void ddf_process_update(struct supertype *st,
+                              struct metadata_update *update)
+{
+       /* Apply this update to the metadata.
+        * The first 4 bytes are a DDF_*_MAGIC which guides
+        * our actions.
+        * Possible update are:
+        *  DDF_PHYS_RECORDS_MAGIC
+        *    Add a new physical device.  Changes to this record
+        *    only happen implicitly.
+        *    used_pdes is the device number.
+        *  DDF_VIRT_RECORDS_MAGIC
+        *    Add a new VD.  Possibly also change the 'access' bits.
+        *    populated_vdes is the entry number.
+        *  DDF_VD_CONF_MAGIC
+        *    New or updated VD.  the VIRT_RECORD must already
+        *    exist.  For an update, phys_refnum and lba_offset
+        *    (at least) are updated, and the VD_CONF must
+        *    be written to precisely those devices listed with
+        *    a phys_refnum.
+        *  DDF_SPARE_ASSIGN_MAGIC
+        *    replacement Spare Assignment Record... but for which device?
+        *
+        * So, e.g.:
+        *  - to create a new array, we send a VIRT_RECORD and
+        *    a VD_CONF.  Then assemble and start the array.
+        *  - to activate a spare we send a VD_CONF to add the phys_refnum
+        *    and offset.  This will also mark the spare as active with
+        *    a spare-assignment record.
+        */
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       __u32 *magic = (__u32*)update->buf;
+       struct phys_disk *pd;
+       struct virtual_disk *vd;
+       struct vd_config *vc;
+       struct vcl *vcl;
+       struct dl *dl;
+       int mppe;
+       int ent;
+
+       printf("Process update %x\n", *magic);
+
+       switch (*magic) {
+       case DDF_PHYS_RECORDS_MAGIC:
+
+               if (update->len != (sizeof(struct phys_disk) +
+                                   sizeof(struct phys_disk_entry)))
+                       return;
+               pd = (struct phys_disk*)update->buf;
+
+               ent = __be16_to_cpu(pd->used_pdes);
+               if (ent >= __be16_to_cpu(ddf->phys->max_pdes))
+                       return;
+               if (!all_ff(ddf->phys->entries[ent].guid))
+                       return;
+               ddf->phys->entries[ent] = pd->entries[0];
+               ddf->phys->used_pdes = __cpu_to_be16(1 +
+                                          __be16_to_cpu(ddf->phys->used_pdes));
+               break;
+
+       case DDF_VIRT_RECORDS_MAGIC:
+
+               if (update->len != (sizeof(struct virtual_disk) +
+                                   sizeof(struct virtual_entry)))
+                       return;
+               vd = (struct virtual_disk*)update->buf;
+
+               ent = __be16_to_cpu(vd->populated_vdes);
+               if (ent >= __be16_to_cpu(ddf->virt->max_vdes))
+                       return;
+               if (!all_ff(ddf->virt->entries[ent].guid))
+                       return;
+               ddf->virt->entries[ent] = vd->entries[0];
+               ddf->virt->populated_vdes = __cpu_to_be16(1 +
+                             __be16_to_cpu(ddf->virt->populated_vdes));
+               break;
+
+       case DDF_VD_CONF_MAGIC:
+               printf("len %d %d\n", update->len, ddf->conf_rec_len);
+
+               mppe = __be16_to_cpu(ddf->anchor.max_primary_element_entries);
+               if (update->len != ddf->conf_rec_len * 512)
+                       return;
+               vc = (struct vd_config*)update->buf;
+               for (vcl = ddf->conflist; vcl ; vcl = vcl->next)
+                       if (memcmp(vcl->conf.guid, vc->guid, DDF_GUID_LEN) == 0)
+                               break;
+               printf("vcl = %p\n", vcl);
+               if (vcl) {
+                       /* An update, just copy the phys_refnum and lba_offset
+                        * fields
+                        */
+                       memcpy(vcl->conf.phys_refnum, vc->phys_refnum,
+                              mppe * (sizeof(__u32) + sizeof(__u64)));
+               } else {
+                       /* A new VD_CONF */
+                       vcl = update->space;
+                       update->space = NULL;
+                       vcl->next = ddf->conflist;
+                       memcpy(&vcl->conf, vc, update->len);
+                       vcl->lba_offset = (__u64*)
+                               &vcl->conf.phys_refnum[mppe];
+                       ddf->conflist = vcl;
+               }
+               /* Now make sure vlist is correct for each dl. */
+               for (dl = ddf->dlist; dl; dl = dl->next) {
+                       int dn;
+                       int vn = 0;
+                       for (vcl = ddf->conflist; vcl ; vcl = vcl->next)
+                               for (dn=0; dn < ddf->mppe ; dn++)
+                                       if (vcl->conf.phys_refnum[dn] ==
+                                           dl->disk.refnum) {
+                                               printf("dev %d has %p at %d\n",
+                                                      dl->pdnum, vcl, vn);
+                                               dl->vlist[vn++] = vcl;
+                                               break;
+                                       }
+                       while (vn < ddf->max_part)
+                               dl->vlist[vn++] = NULL;
+                       if (dl->vlist[0]) {
+                               ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].type &=
+                                       ~__cpu_to_be16(DDF_Global_Spare);
+                               ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].type |=
+                                       __cpu_to_be16(DDF_Active_in_VD);
+                       }
+                       if (dl->spare) {
+                               ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].type &=
+                                       ~__cpu_to_be16(DDF_Global_Spare);
+                               ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].type |=
+                                       __cpu_to_be16(DDF_Spare);
+                       }
+                       if (!dl->vlist[0] && !dl->spare) {
+                               ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].type |=
+                                       __cpu_to_be16(DDF_Global_Spare);
+                               ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].type &=
+                                       ~__cpu_to_be16(DDF_Spare |
+                                                      DDF_Active_in_VD);
+                       }
+               }
+               break;
+       case DDF_SPARE_ASSIGN_MAGIC:
+       default: break;
+       }
+}
+
+static void ddf_prepare_update(struct supertype *st,
+                              struct metadata_update *update)
+{
+       /* This update arrived at managemon.
+        * We are about to pass it to monitor.
+        * If a malloc is needed, do it here.
+        */
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = st->sb;
+       __u32 *magic = (__u32*)update->buf;
+       if (*magic == DDF_VD_CONF_MAGIC)
+               update->space = malloc(offsetof(struct vcl, conf)
+                                      + ddf->conf_rec_len * 512);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Check if the array 'a' is degraded but not failed.
+ * If it is, find as many spares as are available and needed and
+ * arrange for their inclusion.
+ * We only choose devices which are not already in the array,
+ * and prefer those with a spare-assignment to this array.
+ * otherwise we choose global spares - assuming always that
+ * there is enough room.
+ * For each spare that we assign, we return an 'mdinfo' which
+ * describes the position for the device in the array.
+ * We also add to 'updates' a DDF_VD_CONF_MAGIC update with
+ * the new phys_refnum and lba_offset values.
+ *
+ * Only worry about BVDs at the moment.
+ */
+static struct mdinfo *ddf_activate_spare(struct active_array *a,
+                                        struct metadata_update **updates)
+{
+       int working = 0;
+       struct mdinfo *d;
+       struct ddf_super *ddf = a->container->sb;
+       int global_ok = 0;
+       struct mdinfo *rv = NULL;
+       struct mdinfo *di;
+       struct metadata_update *mu;
+       struct dl *dl;
+       int i;
+       struct vd_config *vc;
+       __u64 *lba;
+
+       for (d = a->info.devs ; d ; d = d->next) {
+               if ((d->curr_state & DS_FAULTY) &&
+                       d->state_fd >= 0)
+                       /* wait for Removal to happen */
+                       return NULL;
+               if (d->state_fd >= 0)
+                       working ++;
+       }
+
+       printf("ddf_activate: working=%d (%d) level=%d\n", working, a->info.array.raid_disks,
+              a->info.array.level);
+       if (working == a->info.array.raid_disks)
+               return NULL; /* array not degraded */
+       switch (a->info.array.level) {
+       case 1:
+               if (working == 0)
+                       return NULL; /* failed */
+               break;
+       case 4:
+       case 5:
+               if (working < a->info.array.raid_disks - 1)
+                       return NULL; /* failed */
+               break;
+       case 6:
+               if (working < a->info.array.raid_disks - 2)
+                       return NULL; /* failed */
+               break;
+       default: /* concat or stripe */
+               return NULL; /* failed */
+       }
+
+       /* For each slot, if it is not working, find a spare */
+       dl = ddf->dlist;
+       for (i = 0; i < a->info.array.raid_disks; i++) {
+               for (d = a->info.devs ; d ; d = d->next)
+                       if (d->disk.raid_disk == i)
+                               break;
+               printf("found %d: %p %x\n", i, d, d?d->curr_state:0);
+               if (d && (d->state_fd >= 0))
+                       continue;
+
+               /* OK, this device needs recovery.  Find a spare */
+       again:
+               for ( ; dl ; dl = dl->next) {
+                       unsigned long long esize;
+                       unsigned long long pos;
+                       struct mdinfo *d2;
+                       int is_global = 0;
+                       int is_dedicated = 0;
+                       struct extent *ex;
+                       int j;
+                       /* If in this array, skip */
+                       for (d2 = a->info.devs ; d2 ; d2 = d2->next)
+                               if (d2->disk.major == dl->major &&
+                                   d2->disk.minor == dl->minor) {
+                                       printf("%x:%x already in array\n", dl->major, dl->minor);
+                                       break;
+                               }
+                       if (d2)
+                               continue;
+                       if (ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].type &
+                           __cpu_to_be16(DDF_Spare)) {
+                               /* Check spare assign record */
+                               if (dl->spare) {
+                                       if (dl->spare->type & DDF_spare_dedicated) {
+                                               /* check spare_ents for guid */
+                                               for (j = 0 ;
+                                                    j < __be16_to_cpu(dl->spare->populated);
+                                                    j++) {
+                                                       if (memcmp(dl->spare->spare_ents[j].guid,
+                                                                  ddf->virt->entries[a->info.container_member].guid,
+                                                                  DDF_GUID_LEN) == 0)
+                                                               is_dedicated = 1;
+                                               }
+                                       } else
+                                               is_global = 1;
+                               }
+                       } else if (ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].type &
+                                  __cpu_to_be16(DDF_Global_Spare)) {
+                               is_global = 1;
+                       }
+                       if ( ! (is_dedicated ||
+                               (is_global && global_ok))) {
+                               printf("%x:%x not suitable: %d %d\n", dl->major, dl->minor,
+                                      is_dedicated, is_global);
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
+                       /* We are allowed to use this device - is there space?
+                        * We need a->info.component_size sectors */
+                       ex = get_extents(ddf, dl);
+                       if (!ex) {
+                               printf("cannot get extents\n");
+                               continue;
+                       }
+                       j = 0; pos = 0;
+                       esize = 0;
+
+                       do {
+                               esize = ex[j].start - pos;
+                               if (esize >= a->info.component_size)
+                                       break;
+                               pos = ex[i].start + ex[i].size;
+                               i++;
+                       } while (ex[i-1].size);
+
+                       free(ex);
+                       if (esize < a->info.component_size) {
+                               printf("%x:%x has no room: %llu %llu\n", dl->major, dl->minor,
+                                      esize, a->info.component_size);
+                               /* No room */
+                               continue;
+                       }
+
+                       /* Cool, we have a device with some space at pos */
+                       di = malloc(sizeof(*di));
+                       memset(di, 0, sizeof(*di));
+                       di->disk.number = i;
+                       di->disk.raid_disk = i;
+                       di->disk.major = dl->major;
+                       di->disk.minor = dl->minor;
+                       di->disk.state = 0;
+                       di->data_offset = pos;
+                       di->component_size = a->info.component_size;
+                       di->container_member = dl->pdnum;
+                       di->next = rv;
+                       rv = di;
+                       printf("%x:%x to be %d at %llu\n", dl->major, dl->minor,
+                              i, pos);
+
+                       break;
+               }
+               if (!dl && ! global_ok) {
+                       /* not enough dedicated spares, try global */
+                       global_ok = 1;
+                       dl = ddf->dlist;
+                       goto again;
+               }
+       }
+
+       if (!rv)
+               /* No spares found */
+               return rv;
+       /* Now 'rv' has a list of devices to return.
+        * Create a metadata_update record to update the
+        * phys_refnum and lba_offset values
+        */
+       mu = malloc(sizeof(*mu));
+       mu->buf = malloc(ddf->conf_rec_len * 512);
+       mu->space = malloc(sizeof(struct vcl));
+       mu->len = ddf->conf_rec_len;
+       mu->next = *updates;
+       vc = find_vdcr(ddf, a->info.container_member);
+       memcpy(mu->buf, vc, ddf->conf_rec_len * 512);
+
+       vc = (struct vd_config*)mu->buf;
+       lba = (__u64*)&vc->phys_refnum[ddf->mppe];
+       for (di = rv ; di ; di = di->next) {
+               vc->phys_refnum[di->disk.raid_disk] =
+                       ddf->phys->entries[dl->pdnum].refnum;
+               lba[di->disk.raid_disk] = di->data_offset;
+       }
+       *updates = mu;
+       return rv;
+}
+
+struct superswitch super_ddf = {
+#ifndef        MDASSEMBLE
+       .examine_super  = examine_super_ddf,
+       .brief_examine_super = brief_examine_super_ddf,
+       .detail_super   = detail_super_ddf,
+       .brief_detail_super = brief_detail_super_ddf,
+       .validate_geometry = validate_geometry_ddf,
+       .write_init_super = write_init_super_ddf,
+#endif
+       .match_home     = match_home_ddf,
+       .uuid_from_super= uuid_from_super_ddf,
+       .getinfo_super  = getinfo_super_ddf,
+       .update_super   = update_super_ddf,
+
+       .avail_size     = avail_size_ddf,
+
+       .compare_super  = compare_super_ddf,
+
+       .load_super     = load_super_ddf,
+       .init_super     = init_super_ddf,
+       .store_super    = store_zero_ddf,
+       .free_super     = free_super_ddf,
+       .match_metadata_desc = match_metadata_desc_ddf,
+       .add_to_super   = add_to_super_ddf,
+       .container_content = container_content_ddf,
+
+       .external       = 1,
+
+/* for mdmon */
+       .open_new       = ddf_open_new,
+       .set_array_state= ddf_set_array_state,
+       .set_disk       = ddf_set_disk,
+       .sync_metadata  = ddf_sync_metadata,
+       .process_update = ddf_process_update,
+       .prepare_update = ddf_prepare_update,
+       .activate_spare = ddf_activate_spare,
+
+};