validate_geometry_imsm() over the years became huge and complicated. It is extremely hard to develop or optimize this code now. What the most important, it doesn't address all scenarios. For example if container contains disks under different controllers (spare container), "autolayout" feature allows to create raid array. This code has a lot of dependencies and it is almost impossible to add support of this scenario without breaking something else. There is also get_disk_controller_domain() which in my understating is a part of validate_geometry_imsm() functionality moved outside, fit ideally to mdmonitor needs. Drive encryption determining will be added to IMSM soon. The encryption status of the drive will be determined for every drive. There is no simple way to add it. The solution added in this serie addresses those problems by making one easily extendable api to analyze every disk separately, outside validate_geometry(). First five patches are optimizations with no functional changes. New functionality replaces get_disk_controller_domain(). It should also cover some verifications done in validate_geometry_imsm() and add_to_super_imsm() but to lower regression risk these parts are not removed yet. Mariusz Tkaczyk (13): mdadm: Add functions for spare criteria verification mdadm: drop get_required_spare_criteria() Manage: fix check after dereference issue Manage: implement manage_add_external() mdadm: introduce sysfs_get_container_devnm() mdadm.h: Introduce custom device policies mdadm: test_and_add device policies implementation Create: Use device policies Manage: check device policies in manage_add_external() Monitor, Incremental: use device policies imsm: test_and_add_device_policies() implementation mdadm: drop get_disk_controller_domain() Revert "policy.c: Avoid to take spare without defined domain by imsm" Create.c | 48 +++++++--- Incremental.c | 77 ++++++++++----- Manage.c | 195 +++++++++++++++++++++---------------- Monitor.c | 50 ++-------- mdadm.h | 90 +++++++++-------- platform-intel.h | 1 - policy.c | 110 +++++++++++++++++---- super-intel.c | 245 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- sysfs.c | 23 +++++ util.c | 117 ++++++++++++---------- 10 files changed, 606 insertions(+), 350 deletions(-) -- 2.35.3
