Re: [PATCH 3/4] FIX: monitor doesn't handshake with md

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On Thu, 20 Jan 2011 11:57:38 +0100
Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> when in container are present raid0 and raid5 arrays, and reshape
> order is: 1. raid0 array
> 2. raid5 array
> 
> mdadm cannot set new raid_disks for raid0 array. For this action md
> has to have handshake with mdmon. We have the following conditions:
> 1. Raid0 is not monitored
> 2. raid0 has been just takeovered to raid4/5 (it has to be monitored
> 3. monitor has to start monitor new raid4/5 array
> 4. monitor is not started (it is started to second raid5 array)
> In such situation pig_monitor is required to let know to m monitor
> about new array (not in the starting monitor case only)
> 
> Signed-off-by: Adam Kwolek <adam.kwolek@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  Grow.c |    2 +-
>  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Grow.c b/Grow.c
> index 23ef88e..717d087 100644
> --- a/Grow.c
> +++ b/Grow.c
> @@ -1662,8 +1662,8 @@ static int reshape_array(char *container, int
> fd, char *devname, if (reshape.level > 0 && st->ss->external &&
>  	    !mdmon_running(st->container_dev)) {
>  		start_mdmon(st->container_dev);
> -		ping_monitor(container);
>  	}
> +	ping_monitor(container);
>

I see the need, but calling ping_monitor out side the test for
->external is wrong.
I've re-written the patch a bit so it should be safer and more general.

Thanks,
NeilBrown
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