raid5-cache uses journal disk rdev->bdev, rdev->mddev in several places. Don't allow journal disk disappear magically. On the other hand, we do need to update superblock for other disks to bump up ->events, so next time journal disk will be identified as stale. Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li <shli@xxxxxx> --- drivers/md/raid5.c | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/drivers/md/raid5.c b/drivers/md/raid5.c index 216fa3c..6430098 100644 --- a/drivers/md/raid5.c +++ b/drivers/md/raid5.c @@ -7128,6 +7128,15 @@ static int raid5_remove_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev) struct disk_info *p = conf->disks + number; print_raid5_conf(conf); + if (test_bit(Journal, &rdev->flags)) { + /* + * journal disk is not removable, but we need give a chance to + * update superblock of other disks. Otherwise journal disk + * will be considered as 'fresh' + * */ + set_bit(MD_CHANGE_DEVS, &mddev->flags); + return -EINVAL; + } if (rdev == p->rdev) rdevp = &p->rdev; else if (rdev == p->replacement) @@ -7190,6 +7199,8 @@ static int raid5_add_disk(struct mddev *mddev, struct md_rdev *rdev) int first = 0; int last = conf->raid_disks - 1; + if (test_bit(Journal, &rdev->flags)) + return -EINVAL; if (mddev->recovery_disabled == conf->recovery_disabled) return -EBUSY; -- 2.4.6 -- 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