NeilBrown [Tue, 10 May 2011 06:30:40 +0000 (16:30 +1000)]
Give suitable error for mdadm /dev/md0 --stop
Options like --stop must come before the device that is being
stopped. If (in --misc mode) a device does not have an option,
nothing will be done to it, which can be confusing.
So report an error in this case.
NeilBrown [Tue, 10 May 2011 03:09:37 +0000 (13:09 +1000)]
Grow: allow auto-readonly arrays to be reshaped.
In an array is auto-readonly then a reshape will not start.
But auto-readonly is only wanted until something is explicitly
done to acknowledge that the array is really wanted.
So it is perfectly correct to switch an auto-readonly array to
'clean' if a reshape has been requested.
NeilBrown [Tue, 10 May 2011 02:53:51 +0000 (12:53 +1000)]
Grow: handle abort/restart of grow while being monitored.
If a device fails while the grow is being monitored but the array is
still functional, the Grow will appear to abort and then almost
instantly restart from where it was up to.
So if it appears to abort, wait up to 10 seconds for a restart (it
should be much much less than this.
NeilBrown [Tue, 10 May 2011 00:44:00 +0000 (10:44 +1000)]
Grow: When setting component size make sure components are ready.
If you change the size of a member of an array (e.g. it might be a
dm device that can be resized, or on a smart storage device), md
doesn't notice and so the space cannot be used without explicitly
telling md that the device is bigger.
This change causes "mdadm --grow --size=...." to make sure each
component device is making at least that much space available if it
can.
Normally usage of "--size=max" will cause all devices to make max
space available, the md will use as much as it can of that.
When level is changed from raid0 to raid5 memory is required for replace device
smaller device/array object.
This memory is allocated in manager context in prepare_update()
Prepare_update() is called in manager context so memory allocation are
allowed here. This allows us to look for spare devices for meta update.
Introducing raid0->raid5 level migration metadata update structure
is prepared for future use.
Adding spare device is required to hold additional raid5 parity.
Mdadm just checks for spares, but it is not included in update.
If there are no spares available, abort. Otherwise we will create
degraded array what should be not allowed.
Mdmon will decide what spare device is used for parity.
Adam Kwolek [Mon, 2 May 2011 06:12:03 +0000 (16:12 +1000)]
imsm: FIX: Do not write check-point '0'
When 2 arrays are configured in container and arrays are reassembled during
rebuild or initialization, checkpoint for one array can be reset. It depends
on arrays assembly order.
Scenario:
1. Create 2 arrays (e.g. raid5)
2. Add spare to container
3. Degrade arrays /rebuild starts on array #1 and continues to n%/
4. Reassembly arrays
5. Rebuild starts on array #2 /because of assembly order/ from 0%
6. On first checkpoint stored for array #2 (non 0 value), checkpoint
for array #1 is cleared /it is delayed rebuild in md, so progress is 0/
7. Rebuild on #1 starts from n% /it was configured before checkpoint
was cleared/.
Any next reassembly during rebuild of #2 array (after p.6) causes
checkpoint information lost for array #1.
Solution is not store checkpoint for progress == 0.
Checkpoint is set to 0 when rebuild/initialization starts.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Tue, 19 Apr 2011 07:25:43 +0000 (17:25 +1000)]
FIX: Check correctly raid disks during reshape restart
During reshape restart info->array.raid_disks contains new raid_disks number
It cannot be compared against old disks number. Such check will always fail.
Check raid disks array field against final disks number for restart.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:31:43 +0000 (10:31 +1000)]
FIX: Count correctly added devices
When array is in reshape state raid_disks field contains final disks number.
To know how many disks were added, disk.raid_disk index has to be compared
against old disk number computed using delta_disks.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:31:15 +0000 (10:31 +1000)]
FIX: Set proper raid disks during migration
During migration raid_disks field contains new disks number now.
It should be set old disks number first and then new disks number
to allow md to calculate e.g. delta_disks parameter.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Mon, 18 Apr 2011 00:31:06 +0000 (10:31 +1000)]
FIX: Fiddle raid_disks number when restarting reshape
When restarting a reshape, the value of 'raid_disks' is the *new*
value. The old value is found by subtracting delta_disks.
So before calling analyse_change we must set raid_disks to be the
old value, and then reset it afterwards.
All other fields are cleanly separated with the main field being
the 'old' value and a new_* field available.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Thu, 14 Apr 2011 07:50:17 +0000 (17:50 +1000)]
FIX: Use successfully loaded metadata only
Values greater than 0, means error. We exit from loop on error
with empty super-block pointer when sd pointer is valid.
This cannot be detected by check condition as error.
For sure we shouldn't go forward with error condition.
It leads to throwing exception with core file when metadata handler
wants to access non existing super-block.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Mon, 11 Apr 2011 05:00:13 +0000 (15:00 +1000)]
FIX: Raid0 expansion cannot be restarted
When raid0 expansion is restarted, mdadm refuses to correctly assemble
array because critical section cannot be restored from backup file.
mdadm exits with information:
mdadm: Failed to restore critical section for reshape - sorry.
For raid0 new level is 0, current array level is 4.
Function Grow_restart() doesn't allow for level change.
Grow_restart really shouldn't be checking for level changes.
As they are always instantaneous they should never appear
in the metadata so it doesn't mean anything to check for them.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Mike Frysinger [Mon, 11 Apr 2011 04:54:42 +0000 (14:54 +1000)]
mdadm/mdmon: use CFLAGS when linking
People often put flags that control ABI options into CFLAGS (like -mcpu)
and don't duplicate them in LDFLAGS because most build systems nowadays
(like autotools) use both when linking. So make that work with mdadm's
custom build system too.
Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Wed, 6 Apr 2011 02:40:31 +0000 (12:40 +1000)]
imsm: fix: report aligned component size value
OROM can create array with chunk size not aligned.
To resolve this problem in mdadm, metadata handler has to report
component size aligned value for mdadm operations
while metadata value stays unchanged.
Do not correct alignment for raid1 and in error case.
Correction allows check in analyse_change() (Grow.c:905) to pass.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Wed, 6 Apr 2011 02:40:04 +0000 (12:40 +1000)]
imsm: FIX: Check array alignment before expansion
It can occur that OROM creates array not aligned properly.
Expansion cannot be run in such cases. It is detected in analyse_change().
It is too late. This causes that metadata is in migration state already,
when expansion cannot be started.
This problem has to be detected before metadata is updated,
in all arrays in reshaped container.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Wed, 6 Apr 2011 02:38:50 +0000 (12:38 +1000)]
imsm: Warn user about reboot risk
Current check-pointing implementation doesn't allow for interrupting reshape of boot arrays
due to checkpoint restore has to be done before system start.
There is problem with passing backup file name to array automatically mounted during boot time,
especially when scan mode is used.
Until IMSM check-pointing implementation will be introduced, warning about reboot risk
should be placed in mdadm.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
restripe: make sure zero buffer is always large enough.
If restripe is called to restore stripes of one size and then
save stripes with a larger chunk size, the 'zero' buffer will not
be large enough and a double-degraded RAID6 will over-run the buffer.
So record the current size of the zero buffer and use it when deciding
if we need to allocate a new buffer.
When -e option is given then the first validate_geometry
sets default chunk. Size must be rounded there and do_default_chunk
needs to be set to 0 so that we don't repeat the message below.
If we start without st then what we find on the the first disk determines
the st and sets chunk. So after running
validate_geometry on the first disk we need to fix the size too.
At this point chunk should always be set but it is safer to keep the check.
Signed-off-by: Anna Czarnowska <anna.czarnowska@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Czarnowska, Anna [Wed, 30 Mar 2011 10:28:11 +0000 (11:28 +0100)]
Create: check for UnSet when looking at chunk
A default chunk size of 0 gets modified to UnSet, so any location that
checks for !chunk really needs to check for !(chunk || chunk == UnSet).
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Anna Czarnowska <anna.czarnowska@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:56:49 +0000 (13:56 +0200)]
FIX: After discarding array give chance monitor to remove it
When raid0 expansion occurs, takeover operation is used.
After backward takeover monitor remains in memory.
This happens due to remaining just removed active array in mdmon structures.
If there is no other monitored arrays, mdmon has to finish his work.
Problem was introduced in patch (2011.03.22):
mdmon: Stop keeping track of RAID0 (and LINEAR) arrays.
Prior to this patch mdmon kicking occurs via replace_array() where
wakeup_monitor() was called.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Major change is code cleanup and simplification.
Furthermore, a better error handling and a couple
of bug fixes.
Last but not least, the command line parameters are
changed from "bytes" to "stripes", which is more
convenient, I guess.
Allow RAID-6 check to be passed only the
MD device, start and length.
The three parameters are mandatory.
All necessary information is collected using
the "sysfs_read()" call.
Furthermore, if "length" is "0", then the check
is performed until the end of the array.
Some checks are done, for example if the md device
is really a RAID-6. Nevertheless I guess it is not
bullet proof...
Next patch will include the "suspend" action.
My idea is to do it "per stripe", please let me
know if you've some better options.
Some of util.c is dependent on lots of other code, some of it
is stand-alone.
Move some of the stand-alone stuff into a new lib.c so it can be used
by smaller utilities.
NeilBrown [Mon, 28 Mar 2011 02:24:04 +0000 (13:24 +1100)]
test: Don't use dev6 and dev7 together in a non-multipath test
dev6 and dev7 refer to the same storage and are used for
multipath testing. So using them both in any other test will
be confusing. So change 11spare-migration test 5 to use
dev10 rather than dev7
Content of EFI variable is stored in "data" file. Moreover size of data
provided by given variable can be initially validated by reading value of
"size" file.
Function read_efi_variable() has been introduced to simplify the code.
Krzysztof Wojcik [Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:15:01 +0000 (10:15 +1100)]
FIX: imsm: Do not change serial if disk failed
This patch rollback one change connected with mdadm-OROM
compatibility:
adding ':0' at the end of disk serial number if disk is
detected as failed.
Current mdadm's implementation does not distinguish two
cases when disk is marked as failed:
1. If disk is really failed- disconnected, broken
2. Just marked as failed by mdadm- using "-f" option
Second case is not yet fully handled and compatible with
IMSM standard.
Changing serial number of existing, operational disk causes
problems in "thunderdome" and "load_super" functions that use
serial numbers to disks comparisons and searching.
The change must be recalled until full support will be
developed.
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Wojcik <krzysztof.wojcik@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Krzysztof Wojcik [Wed, 23 Mar 2011 23:11:58 +0000 (10:11 +1100)]
FIX: Tests: raid0->raid10 without degradation
raid0->raid10 transition needs at least 2 spare devices.
After level changing to raid10 recovery is triggered on
failed (missing) disks. At the end of recovery process
we have fully operational (not degraded) raid10 array.
Initialy there was possibility to migrate raid0->raid10
without recovery triggering (it results degraded raid10).
Now it is not possible.
This patch adapt tests to new mdadm's behavior.
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Wojcik <krzysztof.wojcik@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Krzysztof Wojcik [Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:04:20 +0000 (16:04 +0100)]
FIX: imsm: Rebuild does not start on second failed disk
Problem:
If we have an array with two failed disks and the array is in degraded
state (now it is possible only for raid10 with 2 degraded mirrors) and
we have two spare devices in the container, recovery process should be
triggered on booth failed disks. It does not.
Recovery is triggered only for first failed disk.
Second failed disk remains unchanged although the spare drive exists
in the container and is ready to recovery.
Root cause:
mdmon does not check if the array is degraded after recovery of first
drive is completed.
Resolution:
Check if current number of disks in the array equals target number of disks.
If not, trigger degradation check and then recovery process.
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Wojcik <krzysztof.wojcik@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
NeilBrown [Wed, 23 Mar 2011 04:42:24 +0000 (15:42 +1100)]
--stop: separate 'is busy' test for 'did it stop properly'.
Stopping an md array requires that there is no other user of it.
However with udev and udisks and such there can be transient other
users of md devices which can interfere with stopping the array.
If there is a transient users, we really want "mdadm --stop" to wait a
little while and retry.
However if the array is genuinely in-use (e.g. mounted), then we
don't want to wait at all - we want to fail immediately.
So before trying to stop, re-open device with O_EXCL. If this fails
then the device is probably in use, so give up.
If it succeeds, but a subsequent STOP_ARRAY fails, then it is possibly
a transient failure, so try again for a few seconds.
NeilBrown [Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:07:27 +0000 (11:07 +1100)]
Assemble: improve efficacy of -Af in assembling degraded dirty arrays.
If a degraded dirty array has some superblocks which are clean and
others that are dirty, and the dirty ones are newer by precisely '1'
in the event count, then the current code to force the array to be
clean will not work.
We need to make sure to find a superblock with most recent event count
and force that one to be 'clean'.
Reported-by: A J Wyborny <ajwyborny@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Labun, Marcin [Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:05:53 +0000 (12:05 +1100)]
super-intel: enable loading metadata from non-IMSM compliant disks
Honor ignore_hw_compat to load metadata from disk attached to non-IMSM
controller or when there are no IMSM OROM/EFI capabilities.
Used only for guessing and examining metadata format.
Signed-off-by: Marcin Labun <marcin.labun@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Labun, Marcin [Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:04:46 +0000 (12:04 +1100)]
examine: allows to examine a disk metadata on non-metadata compliant systems
Allow for loading metadata from disk attached to non-metadata compliant
system. Affects mdadm --examine and guess_super.
Added ignore_hw_compat in supertype to pass information to load_super
handler. If ignore_hw_compat is set the handler should load metadata
also from disks that do not comply with metadata requirements (i.e. disk is not
attached to native controller, etc).
Signed-off-by: Marcin Labun <marcin.labun@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
NeilBrown [Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:47:55 +0000 (14:47 +1100)]
Monitor: handle v.quick removal of devices better.
If a device fails and then is removed before Monitor sees
the failure, GET_DISK_INFO returns nothing so Monitor relies
on mdstat info where '_' is incorrectly interpreted as 'a spare'.
We should treat '_' as 'removed' - that is safer.
Without this, a v.quick fail+remove gets reported as 'Failed' then
'SpareActive'.
NeilBrown [Wed, 23 Mar 2011 00:07:27 +0000 (11:07 +1100)]
Assemble: improve efficacy of -Af in assembling degraded dirty arrays.
If a degraded dirty array has some superblocks which are clean and
others that are dirty, and the dirty ones are newer by precisely '1'
in the event count, then the current code to force the array to be
clean will not work.
We need to make sure to find a superblock with most recent event count
and force that one to be 'clean'.
Reported-by: A J Wyborny <ajwyborny@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
NeilBrown [Tue, 22 Mar 2011 06:23:17 +0000 (17:23 +1100)]
mdmon: Stop keeping track of RAID0 (and LINEAR) arrays.
Tracking RAID0 arrays doesn't really work. There is no need,
and there are some sysfs files which won't exist when the array
appears and then won't be opened when the level is changed.
So simply ignore RAID0 and LINEAR arrays - don't add them when they
appear and if an array we are monitoring turns into one of these,
discard it promptly.
NeilBrown [Tue, 22 Mar 2011 05:10:22 +0000 (16:10 +1100)]
mdmon: don't wait for O_EXCL when shutting down.
If mdmon is shutting down because there are no devices
left to look at, then don't wait 5 seconds for an O_EXCL open,
and that can block progress of --grow.
NeilBrown [Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:52:37 +0000 (14:52 +1100)]
mdmon: allow manage_member to cope with ->container becoming NULL.
As monitor() can set ->container to NULL, we need to be careful
about dereferencing it.
So take a copy in manage_member, return if it is NULL, and only
use the copy.
NeilBrown [Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:52:36 +0000 (14:52 +1100)]
Grow: increase raid_disks before adding specific spares.
When we add spared that have been targeted at a specific slot,
we need raid_disks to be bigger than the slot number.
But currently we don't increase raid_disks until after we add
these spares.
So introduce an early increase of raid_disks to allow the spares
to be added.
NeilBrown [Tue, 22 Mar 2011 03:47:55 +0000 (14:47 +1100)]
Monitor: handle v.quick removal of devices better.
If a device fails and then is removed before Monitor sees
the failure, GET_DISK_INFO returns nothing so Monitor relies
on mdstat info where '_' is incorrectly interpreted as 'a spare'.
We should treat '_' as 'removed' - that is safer.
Without this, a v.quick fail+remove gets reported as 'Failed' then
'SpareActive'.
NeilBrown [Mon, 21 Mar 2011 23:09:30 +0000 (10:09 +1100)]
test: call "udevadm settle" after stopping array.
If we don't do this, then the unlink from /dev might happen
after the next step in the test creates something in /dev,
and device names seem to go missing.
please find attached a patch, to mdadm-3.2 base, including
a standalone versione of the raid-6 check.
This is basically a re-working (and hopefully improvement)
of the already implemented check in "restripe.c".
I splitted the check function into "collect" and "stats",
so that the second one could be easily replaced.
The API is also simplified.
The command line option are reduced, since we only level
is raid-6, but the ":offset" option is included.
The output reports the block/stripe rotation, P/Q errors
and the possible HDD (or unknown).
BTW, the patch applies also to the already patched "restripe.c",
including the last ":offset" patch (which is not yet in git).
Other item is that due to "sysfs.c" linking (see below) the
"Makefile" needed some changes, I hope this is not a problem.
Next steps (TODO list you like) would be:
1) Add the "sysfs.c" code in order to retrieve the HDDs info
from the MD device. It is already linked, together with the
whole (mdadm) universe, since it seems it cannot leave alone.
I'll need some advice or hint on how to do use it. I checked
"sysfs.c", but before I dig deep into it maybe better to
have some advice (maybe just one function call will do it).
2) Add the suspend lo/hi control. Fellow John Robinson was
suggesting to look into "Grow.c", which I did, but I guess
the same story as 1) is valid: better to have some hint on
where to look before wasting time.
3) Add a repair option (future). This should have different
levels, like "all", "disk", "stripe". That is, fix everything
(more or less like "repair"), fix only if a disk is clearly
having problems, fix each stripe which has clearly a problem
(but maybe different stripes may belong to different HDDs).
So, for the point 1) and 2) would be nice to have some more
detail on where to look what. Point 3) we will discuss later.
Krzysztof Wojcik [Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:42:17 +0000 (12:42 +1100)]
Retry writing 'inactive' state during stopping array
Issue observed:
Sporadicaly stopping arrays using "mdadm -Ss" command does not succeded.
Cause:
Writting "inactive" to the array state not succeded- array is busy
(accessed by udev, blkid etc.)
Resolution:
If writing 'inactive' fails, wait and retry again (because it is possibly
a transient failure)
Signed-off-by: Krzysztof Wojcik <krzysztof.wojcik@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adam Kwolek [Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:32:16 +0000 (12:32 +1100)]
FIX: ping_monitor() usage causes memory leaks
When for ping_monitor() input devnum2devname() is used,
received string pointer should be passed to free() for memory release.
It is not made in several places. This use case should have function
to avoid memory leak.
Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
NeilBrown [Fri, 18 Mar 2011 01:31:45 +0000 (12:31 +1100)]
Manage: fix the mess I made in earlier patch.
When I separated the 'native metadata' case more cleanly from the
"external metadata" case for adding a drive, I left some 'external'
code in the 'native' case, and didn't copy it to the 'external' case.
When - in the external case - we add to super, we much check for
mdmon first, so we know whether to do the metadata update ourselves
or not, then afterwards call either flush_metadata_updates (to send
to mdmon) or sync_metadata (to do it directly).
Reported-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
NeilBrown [Thu, 17 Mar 2011 02:35:10 +0000 (13:35 +1100)]
--stop: separate 'is busy' test for 'did it stop properly'.
Stopping an md array requires that there is no other user of it.
However with udev and udisks and such there can be transient other
users of md devices which can interfere with stopping the array.
If there is a transient users, we really want "mdadm --stop" to wait a
little while and retry.
However if the array is genuinely in-use (e.g. mounted), then we
don't want to wait at all - we want to fail immediately.
So before trying to stop, re-open device with O_EXCL. If this fails
then the device is probably in use, so give up.
If it succeeds, but a subsequent STOP_ARRAY fails, then it is possibly
a transient failure, so try again for a few seconds.
NeilBrown [Tue, 15 Mar 2011 05:31:20 +0000 (16:31 +1100)]
Fix regression when using 'grow' to add a bitmap.
When we allowed a devlist to accompany some --grow modes - but not
--bitmap - we made --bitmap always fail, in stead of fail of a device
was given to add.
As 'devs_found' includes the md device, we need to compare against
'1'.
Labun, Marcin [Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:09:31 +0000 (15:09 +1100)]
IMSM: Fix problem in mdmon monitor of using removed disk in imsm container.
Manager thread shall pass the information to monitor thread (mdmon)
that some devices are removed from container. Otherwise, monitor
(mdmon) might use such devices (spares) to rebuild the array that has
gone degraded.
This problem happens for imsm containers, since a list of the
container disks is maintained in intel_super structure. When array
goes degraded, the list is searched to find a spare disks to start
rebuild. Without this fix the rebuild could be stared on the spare
device that was a member of the container, but has been removed from
it.
New super type function handler has been introduced to prepare
metadata format specific information about removed devices.
int (*remove_from_super)(struct supertype *st, mdu_disk_info_t *dinfo)
The message prepared in remove_from_super is later processed by
process_update handler in monitor thread.
Signed-off-by: Marcin Labun <marcin.labun@intel.com> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
NeilBrown [Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:09:24 +0000 (15:09 +1100)]
DDF Allow a RAID1 to be 'partially optimal'.
If a RAID1 is meant to have more than 2 device and while it doesn't
have that many, it still has more than 1, then according to the
DDF spec it is "partially optional" rather than "degraded"
So make that so.
NeilBrown [Tue, 15 Mar 2011 04:02:49 +0000 (15:02 +1100)]
ddf: remove failed devices that are no longer in use.
The DDF spec requires we have a phys disk record for every physically
attached device. But it isn't clear what that means in the case
of soft raid in a general purpose Linux computer.
So remove phys disk records for any failed device that is not
active in any array.
NeilBrown [Tue, 15 Mar 2011 03:51:12 +0000 (14:51 +1100)]
managemon: Don't do spare assignment while any updates are pending.
Spare assignment requires full knowledge of array state. A pending
update might modify that state (such as a pending spare assignment)
so don't try while there are updates pending.
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