The patch titled md: remove 'experimental' classification from raid5 reshape has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is md-remove-experimental-classification-from-raid5-reshape.patch See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: md: remove 'experimental' classification from raid5 reshape From: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> I have had enough success reports not to believe that this is safe for 2.6.19. Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/Kconfig | 10 ++++++---- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/md/Kconfig~md-remove-experimental-classification-from-raid5-reshape drivers/md/Kconfig --- a/drivers/md/Kconfig~md-remove-experimental-classification-from-raid5-reshape +++ a/drivers/md/Kconfig @@ -138,16 +138,16 @@ config MD_RAID456 If unsure, say Y. config MD_RAID5_RESHAPE - bool "Support adding drives to a raid-5 array (experimental)" - depends on MD_RAID456 && EXPERIMENTAL + bool "Support adding drives to a raid-5 array" + depends on MD_RAID456 + default y ---help--- A RAID-5 set can be expanded by adding extra drives. This requires "restriping" the array which means (almost) every block must be written to a different place. This option allows such restriping to be done while the array - is online. However it is still EXPERIMENTAL code. It should - work, but please be sure that you have backups. + is online. You will need mdadm version 2.4.1 or later to use this feature safely. During the early stage of reshape there is @@ -164,6 +164,8 @@ config MD_RAID5_RESHAPE There should be enough spares already present to make the new array workable. + If unsure, say Y. + config MD_MULTIPATH tristate "Multipath I/O support" depends on BLK_DEV_MD _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from neilb@xxxxxxx are vfs-destroy-the-dentries-contributed-by-a-superblock-on-unmounting.patch knfsd-knfsd-add-some-missing-newlines-in-printks.patch knfsd-knfsd-remove-an-unused-variable-from-e_show.patch knfsd-knfsd-remove-an-unused-variable-from-auth_unix_lookup.patch knfsd-add-a-callback-for-when-last-rpc-thread-finishes.patch knfsd-add-a-callback-for-when-last-rpc-thread-finishes-tidy.patch knfsd-be-more-selective-in-which-sockets-lockd-listens-on.patch knfsd-remove-nfsd_versbits-as-intermediate-storage-for-desired-versions.patch knfsd-separate-out-some-parts-of-nfsd_svc-which-start-nfs-servers.patch knfsd-separate-out-some-parts-of-nfsd_svc-which-start-nfs-servers-tweaks.patch knfsd-define-new-nfsdfs-file-portlist-contains-list-of-ports.patch knfsd-define-new-nfsdfs-file-portlist-contains-list-of-ports-tidy.patch knfsd-define-new-nfsdfs-file-portlist-contains-list-of-ports-fix.patch knfsd-allow-sockets-to-be-passed-to-nfsd-via-portlist.patch knfsd-use-seq_start_token-instead-of-hardcoded-magic-void1.patch knfsd-drop-serv-option-to-svc_recv-and-svc_process.patch knfsd-drop-serv-option-to-svc_recv-and-svc_process-nfs-callback-fix-nfs-callback-fix.patch knfsd-check-return-value-of-lockd_up-in-write_ports.patch knfsd-move-makesock-failed-warning-into-make_socks.patch knfsd-correctly-handle-error-condition-from-lockd_up.patch knfsd-move-tempsock-aging-to-a-timer.patch knfsd-move-tempsock-aging-to-a-timer-tidy.patch knfsd-convert-sk_inuse-to-atomic_t.patch knfsd-use-new-lock-for-svc_sock-deferred-list.patch knfsd-convert-sk_reserved-to-atomic_t.patch knfsd-test-and-set-sk_busy-atomically.patch knfsd-split-svc_serv-into-pools.patch knfsd-split-svc_serv-into-pools-fix.patch knfsd-add-svc_get.patch knfsd-add-svc_set_num_threads.patch knfsd-use-svc_set_num_threads-to-manage-threads-in-knfsd.patch knfsd-make-rpc-threads-pools-numa-aware.patch knfsd-make-rpc-threads-pools-numa-aware-fix.patch knfsd-allow-admin-to-set-nthreads-per-node.patch nfsd-lockdep-annotation.patch knfsd-nfsd-lockdep-annotation-fix.patch knfsd-call-lockd_down-when-closing-a-socket-via-a-write-to-nfsd-portlist.patch knfsd-protect-update-to-sn_nrthreads-with-lock_kernel.patch knfsd-fixed-handling-of-lockd-fail-when-adding-nfsd-socket.patch knfsd-replace-two-page-lists-in-struct-svc_rqst-with-one.patch knfsd-replace-two-page-lists-in-struct-svc_rqst-with-one-fix.patch knfsd-avoid-excess-stack-usage-in-svc_tcp_recvfrom.patch knfsd-prepare-knfsd-for-support-of-rsize-wsize-of-up-to-1mb-over-tcp.patch knfsd-allow-max-size-of-nfsd-payload-to-be-configured.patch knfsd-make-nfsd-readahead-params-cache-smp-friendly.patch knfsd-knfsd-cache-ipmap-per-tcp-socket.patch knfsd-hide-use-of-lockds-h_monitored-flag.patch knfsd-consolidate-common-code-for-statd-lockd-notification.patch knfsd-when-looking-up-a-lockd-host-pass-hostname-length.patch knfsd-lockd-introduce-nsm_handle.patch knfsd-lockd-introduce-nsm_handle-fix.patch knfsd-misc-minor-fixes-indentation-changes.patch knfsd-lockd-make-nlm_host_rebooted-use-the-nsm_handle.patch knfsd-lockd-make-the-nsm-upcalls-use-the-nsm_handle.patch knfsd-lockd-make-the-hash-chains-use-a-hlist_node.patch knfsd-lockd-change-list-of-blocked-list-to-list_node.patch knfsd-change-nlm_file-to-use-a-hlist.patch knfsd-lockd-make-nlm_traverse_-more-flexible.patch knfsd-lockd-add-nlm_destroy_host.patch knfsd-simplify-nlmsvc_invalidate_all.patch knfsd-lockd-optionally-use-hostnames-for-identifying-peers.patch knfsd-make-nlmclnt_next_cookie-smp-safe.patch knfsd-match-granted_res-replies-using-cookies.patch knfsd-export-nsm_local_state-to-user-space-via-sysctl.patch knfsd-lockd-fix-use-of-h_nextrebind.patch knfsd-register-all-rpc-programs-with-portmapper-by-default.patch knfsd-lockd-introduce-nsm_handle-sem2mutex.patch knfsd-svcrpc-gss-factor-out-some-common-wrapping-code.patch knfsd-svcrpc-gss-fix-failure-on-svc_denied-in-integrity-case.patch knfsd-svcrpc-use-consistent-variable-name-for-the-reply-state.patch knfsd-nfsd4-refactor-exp_pseudoroot.patch knfsd-nfsd4-clean-up-exp_pseudoroot.patch knfsd-nfsd4-acls-relax-the-nfsv4-posix-mapping.patch knfsd-nfsd4-acls-fix-inheritance.patch knfsd-nfsd4-acls-simplify-nfs4_acl_nfsv4_to_posix-interface.patch knfsd-nfsd4-acls-fix-handling-of-zero-length-acls.patch md-the-scheduled-removal-of-the-start_array-ioctl-for-md.patch md-fix-a-comment-that-is-wrong-in-raid5h.patch md-factor-out-part-of-raid10d-into-a-separate-function.patch md-replace-magic-numbers-in-sb_dirty-with-well-defined-bit-flags.patch md-remove-the-working_disks-and-failed_disks-from-raid5-state-data.patch md-remove-working_disks-from-raid10-state.patch md-new-sysfs-interface-for-setting-bits-in-the-write-intent-bitmap.patch md-remove-unnecessary-variable-x-in-stripe_to_pdidx.patch md-factor-out-part-of-raid1d-into-a-separate-function.patch md-remove-working_disks-from-raid1-state-data.patch md-improve-locking-around-error-handling.patch md-define-backing_dev_infocongested_fn-for-raid0-and-linear.patch md-define-congested_fn-for-raid1-raid10-and-multipath.patch md-add-a-congested_fn-function-for-raid5-6.patch md-make-messages-about-resync-recovery-etc-more-specific.patch md-fix-duplicity-of-levels-in-mdtxt.patch md-remove-max_md_devs-which-is-an-arbitrary-limit.patch md-remove-experimental-classification-from-raid5-reshape.patch md-use-ffz-instead-of-find_first_set-to-convert-multiplier-to-shift.patch md-allow-set_bitmap_file-to-work-on-64bit-kernel-with-32bit-userspace.patch md-add-error-reporting-to-superblock-write-failure.patch 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