The patch titled dm log: fault detection has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is dm-log-fault-detection.patch *** Remember to use Documentation/SubmitChecklist when testing your code *** See http://www.zip.com.au/~akpm/linux/patches/stuff/added-to-mm.txt to find out what to do about this ------------------------------------------------------ Subject: dm log: fault detection From: Jonathan E Brassow <jbrassow@xxxxxxxxxx> This patch gives the disk logging code the ability to store the fact that an error occured on the log device. In addition, an event is raised when an error is encountered during I/O to the log device. Signed-off-by: Jonathan E Brassow <jbrassow@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/md/dm-log.c | 30 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++--- 1 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff -puN drivers/md/dm-log.c~dm-log-fault-detection drivers/md/dm-log.c --- a/drivers/md/dm-log.c~dm-log-fault-detection +++ a/drivers/md/dm-log.c @@ -152,6 +152,7 @@ struct log_c { /* * Disk log fields */ + int log_dev_failed; struct dm_dev *log_dev; struct log_header header; @@ -315,6 +316,7 @@ static int create_log_context(struct dir lc->disk_header = NULL; } else { lc->log_dev = dev; + lc->log_dev_failed = 0; lc->header_location.bdev = lc->log_dev->bdev; lc->header_location.sector = 0; @@ -437,6 +439,15 @@ static int count_bits32(uint32_t *addr, return count; } +static void fail_log_device(struct log_c *lc) +{ + if (lc->log_dev_failed) + return; + + lc->log_dev_failed = 1; + dm_table_event(lc->ti->table); +} + static int disk_resume(struct dirty_log *log) { int r; @@ -446,8 +457,12 @@ static int disk_resume(struct dirty_log /* read the disk header */ r = read_header(lc); - if (r) + if (r) { + DMWARN("%s: Failed to read header on mirror log device", + lc->log_dev->name); + fail_log_device(lc); return r; + } /* set or clear any new bits -- device has grown */ if (lc->sync == NOSYNC) @@ -472,7 +487,14 @@ static int disk_resume(struct dirty_log lc->header.nr_regions = lc->region_count; /* write the new header */ - return write_header(lc); + r = write_header(lc); + if (r) { + DMWARN("%s: Failed to write header on mirror log device", + lc->log_dev->name); + fail_log_device(lc); + } + + return r; } static uint32_t core_get_region_size(struct dirty_log *log) @@ -516,7 +538,9 @@ static int disk_flush(struct dirty_log * return 0; r = write_header(lc); - if (!r) + if (r) + fail_log_device(lc); + else lc->touched = 0; return r; _ Patches currently in -mm which might be from jbrassow@xxxxxxxxxx are dm-log-fault-detection.patch dm-log-report-fault-status.patch dm-raid1-add-handle_errors-feature-flag.patch dm-raid1-fix-to-commit-pending-clear-region-requests.patch dm-raid1-switch-rh_in_sync-to-blocking-in-do_reads.patch dm-log-fix-resume-failed-log-device.patch - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe mm-commits" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html