NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> writes: > Next patch will unite fetch_block5 and fetch_block6. > First I want to make the differences a little more clear. > > For RAID6 if we are writing at all and there is a failed device, then > we need to load or compute every block so we can do a > reconstruct-write. > This case isn't needed for RAID5 - we will do a read-modify-write in > that case. > So make that test a separate test in fetch_block6 rather than merged > with two other tests. > > Make a similar change in fetch_block5 so the one bit that is not > needed for RAID6 is clearly separate. > > Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@xxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxx> -- 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
