Re: [PATCH 01/10] mdadm/Grow: Update new level when starting reshape

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On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 6:10 PM Mariusz Tkaczyk
<mariusz.tkaczyk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 2 Sep 2024 11:50:13 +0200
> Mariusz Tkaczyk <mariusz.tkaczyk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Xiao,
> > Thanks for patches.
> >
> > On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:11:41 +0800
> > Xiao Ni <xni@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > > Reshape needs to specify a backup file when it can't update data offset
> > > of member disks. For this situation, first, it starts reshape and then
> > > it kicks off mdadm-grow-continue service which does backup job and
> > > monitors the reshape process. The service is a new process, so it needs
> > > to read superblock from member disks to get information.
> >
> > Looks like kernel is fine with reset the same level so I don't see a risk in
> > this change for other scenarios but please mention that.
> >
>
> Sorry, I didn't notice that it is new field. We should not update it if it
> doesn't exist. Perhaps, we should print message that kernel patch is needed?

We can merge this patch set after the kernel patch is merged. Because
this change depends on the kernel change. If the kernel patch is
rejected, we need to find another way to fix this problem.

Regards
Xiao
>
> > >
> > > But in the first step, it doesn't update new level in superblock. So
> > > it can't change level after reshape finishes, because the new level is
> > > not right. So records the new level in the first step.
> >
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Xiao Ni <xni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  Grow.c | 3 +++
> > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/Grow.c b/Grow.c
> > > index 5810b128aa99..97e48d86a33f 100644
> > > --- a/Grow.c
> > > +++ b/Grow.c
> > > @@ -2946,6 +2946,9 @@ static int impose_reshape(struct mdinfo *sra,
> > >             if (!err && sysfs_set_num(sra, NULL, "layout",
> > >                                       reshape->after.layout) < 0)
> > >                     err = errno;
> > > +           if (!err && sysfs_set_num(sra, NULL, "new_level",
> > > +                                   info->new_level) < 0)
> > > +                   err = errno;
> >
> > Please add empty line before and after and please merge if statement to one
> > line (we support up to 100).
> >
> >
> > >             if (!err && subarray_set_num(container, sra, "raid_disks",
> > >                                          reshape->after.data_disks +
> > >                                          reshape->parity) < 0)
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Mariusz
> >
>






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