> From: Mr. James W. Laferriere [mailto:babydr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Hello Dan , > > On Thu, 13 Sep 2007, Dan Williams wrote: > > On 9/13/07, Yuri Tikhonov <yur@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Hi Dan, > >> On Friday 07 September 2007 20:02, you wrote: > >>> You need to fetch from the 'md-for-linus' tree. But I have attached > >>> them as well. > >>> > >>> git fetch git://lost.foo-projects.org/~dwillia2/git/iop > >>> md-for-linus:md-for-linus > >> > >> Thanks. > >> > >> Unrelated question. Comparing the drivers/md/raid5.c file in the Linus's > >> 2.6.23-rc6 tree and in your md-for-linus one I'd found the following > >> difference in the expand-related part of the handle_stripe5() function: > >> > >> - s.locked += handle_write_operations5(sh, 1, 1); > >> + s.locked += handle_write_operations5(sh, 0, 1); > >> > >> That is, in your case we are passing rcw=0, whereas in the Linus's case > the > >> handle_write_operation5() is called with rcw=1. What code is correct ? > >> > > There was a recent bug discovered in my changes to the expansion code. > > The fix has now gone into Linus's tree through Andrew's tree. I kept > > the fix out of my 'md-for-linus' tree to prevent it getting dropped > > from -mm due to automatic git-tree merge-detection. I have now > > rebased my git tree so everything is in sync. > > > > However, after talking with Neil at LCE we came to the conclusion that > > it would be best if I just sent patches since git tree updates tend to > > not get enough review, and because the patch sets will be more > > manageable now that the big pieces of the acceleration infrastructure > > have been merged. > > > >> Regards, Yuri > > > > Thanks, > > Dan > Does this discussion of patches include any changes to cure the 'BUG' > instance I reported ? > > ie: raid5:md3: kernel BUG , followed by , Silent halt . No, this is referring to: http://marc.info/?l=linux-raid&m=118845398229443&w=2 The BUG you reported currently looks to be caused by interactions with the bitmap support code... still investigating. > Tia , JimL Thanks, Dan - 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
