Re: [PATCH 1/2] md/raid5: FIX: manually-added spare is not used

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On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 14:13:34 +0000 "Kwolek, Adam" <adam.kwolek@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: NeilBrown [mailto:neilb@xxxxxxx]
> > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2011 1:45 AM
> > To: Kwolek, Adam
> > Cc: linux-raid@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; Williams, Dan J; Ciechanowski, Ed;
> > Neubauer, Wojciech
> > Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] md/raid5: FIX: manually-added spare is not
> > used
> > 
> > On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:28:21 +1100 NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Mon, 17 Jan 2011 10:11:28 +1100 NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, 14 Jan 2011 14:00:00 +0100 Adam Kwolek
> > <adam.kwolek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Manually added spares are not used due to fact that they not
> > added to md configuration.
> > > > > Counters are updated only.
> > > > >
> > > > > Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@xxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > ---
> > > > >
> > > > >  drivers/md/raid5.c |    6 ++++--
> > > > >  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > >
> > > > > diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> > > > > index a2087c7..59c4150 100644
> > > > > --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c
> > > > > +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c
> > > > > @@ -5592,8 +5592,10 @@ static int raid5_start_reshape(mddev_t
> > *mddev)
> > > > >  		} else if (rdev->raid_disk >= conf-
> > >previous_raid_disks
> > > > >  			   && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
> > > > >  			/* This is a spare that was manually added */
> > > > > -			set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
> > > > > -			added_devices++;
> > > > > +			if (raid5_add_disk(mddev, rdev) == 0) {
> > > > > +				set_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags);
> > > > > +				added_devices++;
> > > > > +			}
> > > > >  		}
> > > > >
> > > > >  	/* When a reshape changes the number of devices, ->degraded
> > > >
> > > > This should not be needed.
> > > > When a device is manually added, the desired slot number is written
> > to
> > > >    ..../md/dev-XXX/slot
> > > >
> > > > This calls slot_store (in md.c) which call mddev->pers-
> > >hot_add_disk which
> > > > for raid5 is raid5_add_disk.
> > > > So you shouldn't need to call raid5_add_disk again.
> > > >
> > >
> > > ahhh... I see.  raid5_add_disk doesn't do the right thing in that
> > case.  It
> > > actually indexes beyond the end of an array, which is bad.
> > >
> > > We possibly do need the raid5_add_disk where you had put it.  I'll
> > have a
> > > think and see what is best.
> > 
> > On third thoughts, I cannot see the problem you are seeing.
> > I even did some simple testing (manually writing to things in sysfs)
> > and it
> > seems to include the new device properly.
> > 
> > There are some issues that I found which are address by the following
> > patch,
> > but it isn't clear to me that any of them relate to what you are
> > seeing.
> > Maybe if you could be more specific about what you see happening?
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > NeilBrown
> 
> 
> When I'm not using raid5_add_disk() in raid5_start_reshape() added disk LED light doesn't blinks
> (but it should during reshape ;)),
> md doesn't make any signs that something goes wrong (even size can be increased).
> 
> I've made some debug, and at second (during reshape start) raid5_add_disk() call rcu_assign_pointer() is called again.
> This means that somehow previous assignment when slot is set was cleared.
> 
> Correct situation (all disks are used during reshape) I can archive when instead raid5_add_disk() call
> I've add the following code:
> 
>      struct disk_info *p = conf->disks + rdev->raid_disk;
>      rcu_assign_pointer(p->rdev, rdev);
> 
> and (conf->disks + rdev->raid_disk)->rdev pointer is present in configuration.
> I've checked that if I do not do call to rcu_assign_pointer() pointer  (p->rdev) has NULL value.
> In both cases call rcu_assign_pointer() sets p->rdev to the same value, so rdev doesn't change his location in memory.
> 
> 
> BR
> Adam
> 

Could you put some debug printks in slot_store (in md.c) and make sure it is
being called, and that it calls raid5_add_disk, and see what raid5_add_disk
does in that case?
Thanks,

NeilBrown
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