The processing of METADATA_UPDATED message is too simple and prone to errors. Besides, it would not update the internal data structures as required. This set of patches reads the superblock from one of the device of the MD and checks for changes in the in-memory data structures. If there is a change, it performs the necessary actions to keep the internal data structures as it would be in the primary node. An example is if a devices turns faulty. The algorithm is: 1. The primary node marks the device as faulty and updates the superblock 2. The primary node sends METADATA_UPDATED with an advisory device number to the rest of the nodes. 3. The secondary node on receiving the METADATA_UPDATED message 3.1 Reads the superblock 3.2 Detects a device has failed by comparing with memory structure 3.3 Calls the necessary functions to record the failure and get the device out of the active array. 3.4 Acknowledges the message. -- 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
