From: Michael J. Evans <mjevans1983@xxxxxxxxx> In current release kernels the md module (Software RAID) uses a static array (dev_t[128]) to store partition/device info temporarily for autostart. This patch replaces that static array with a list. Signed-off-by: Michael J. Evans <mjevans1983@xxxxxxxxx> --- Sorry, it looks like I hit reply instead of reply to all yesterday. Version 3: md_autodetect_dev failure message is now more usefully verbose. removed unused i_found that was leftover from initial verification. Thank you Randy Dunlap for pointing where INT_MAX was, fixme fixed. Version 2: using list_add_tail, and corrected missing i_passed++;. removed sections of code that would never be reached. Version 1: The data/structures are only used within md.c, and very close together. However I wonder if the structural information shouldn't go in to... ../../include/linux/raid/md_k.h instead. I discovered this (and that the devices are added as disks/partitions are discovered at boot) while I was debugging why only one of my MD arrays would come up whole, while all the others were short a disk. I eventually discovered that it was enumerating through all of 9 of my 11 hds (2 had only 4 partitions apiece) while the other 9 have 15 partitions (I wanted 64 per drive...). The last partition of the 8th drive in my 9 drive raid 5 sets wasn't added, thus making the final md array short both a parity and data disk, and it was started later, elsewhere. Subject: [patch 1/1] md: Software Raid autodetect dev list not array SOFTWARE RAID (Multiple Disks) SUPPORT P: Ingo Molnar M: mingo@xxxxxxxxxx P: Neil Brown M: neilb@xxxxxxx L: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx S: Supported Unless you have a reason NOT to do so, CC linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 12: Has been tested with CONFIG_PREEMPT, CONFIG_DEBUG_PREEMPT, CONFIG_DEBUG_SLAB, CONFIG_DEBUG_PAGEALLOC, CONFIG_DEBUG_MUTEXES, CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK, CONFIG_DEBUG_SPINLOCK_SLEEP all simultaneously enabled. It has been tested with CONFIG_SMP set and unset (Different x86_64 systems). It has been tested with CONFIG_PREEMPT set and unset (same system). CONFIG_LBD isn't even an option in my .config file. Note: between 2.6.22 and 2.6.23-rc3-git5 rdev = md_import_device(dev,0, 0); became rdev = md_import_device(dev,0, 90); So the patch has been edited to patch around that line. (might be fuzzy) Signed-off-by: Michael J. Evans <mjevans1983@xxxxxxxxx> ============================================================= --- linux/drivers/md/md.c.orig 2007-08-21 03:19:42.511576248 -0700 +++ linux/drivers/md/md.c 2007-08-21 04:30:09.775525710 -0700 @@ -24,4 +24,6 @@ + - autodetect dev list not array: Michael J. Evans <mjevans1983@xxxxxxxxx> + 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, or (at your option) @@ -5752,13 +5754,26 @@ void md_autodetect_dev(dev_t dev) * Searches all registered partitions for autorun RAID arrays * at boot time. */ -static dev_t detected_devices[128]; -static int dev_cnt; + +static LIST_HEAD(all_detected_devices); +struct detected_devices_node { + struct list_head list; + dev_t dev; +}; void md_autodetect_dev(dev_t dev) { - if (dev_cnt >= 0 && dev_cnt < 127) - detected_devices[dev_cnt++] = dev; + struct detected_devices_node *node_detected_dev; + char strbuf[BDEVNAME_SIZE]; + + node_detected_dev = kzalloc(sizeof(*node_detected_dev), GFP_KERNEL);\ + if (node_detected_dev) { + node_detected_dev->dev = dev; + list_add_tail(&node_detected_dev->list, &all_detected_devices); + } else { + printk(KERN_CRIT "md: md_autodetect_dev: kzAlloc node failed" + " (null return), skipping dev(%d,%d)\n", MAJOR(dev), MINOR(dev)); + } } @@ -5765,7 +5760,12 @@ static void autostart_arrays(int part) static void autostart_arrays(int part) { mdk_rdev_t *rdev; - int i; + struct detected_devices_node *node_detected_dev; + dev_t dev; + int i_scanned, i_passed; + + i_scanned = 0; + i_passed = 0; printk(KERN_INFO "md: Autodetecting RAID arrays.\n"); @@ -5772,3 +5792,7 @@ static void autostart_arrays(int part) - for (i = 0; i < dev_cnt; i++) { - dev_t dev = detected_devices[i]; - + while (!list_empty(&all_detected_devices) && i_scanned < INT_MAX) { + i_scanned++; + node_detected_dev = list_entry(all_detected_devices.next, + struct detected_devices_node, list); + list_del(&node_detected_dev->list); + dev = node_detected_dev->dev; + kfree(node_detected_dev); @@ -5781,8 +5807,11 @@ static void autostart_arrays(int part) continue; } list_add(&rdev->same_set, &pending_raid_disks); + i_passed++; } - dev_cnt = 0; + + printk(KERN_INFO "md: Scanned %d and added %d devices.\n", + i_scanned, i_passed); autorun_devices(part); } - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html