Re: [PATCH 04/10] mdadm/Grow: sleep a while after removing disk in impose_level

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On Mon, Sep 2, 2024 at 6:14 PM Mariusz Tkaczyk
<mariusz.tkaczyk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, 28 Aug 2024 10:11:44 +0800
> Xiao Ni <xni@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > It needs to remove disks when reshaping from raid456 to raid0. In
> > kernel space it sets MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING. And it will fail to change
> > level. So wait sometime to let md thread to clear this flag.
> >
> > This is found by test case 05r6tor0.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Xiao Ni <xni@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  Grow.c | 6 ++++++
> >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Grow.c b/Grow.c
> > index 2a7587315817..aaf349e9722f 100644
> > --- a/Grow.c
> > +++ b/Grow.c
> > @@ -3028,6 +3028,12 @@ static int impose_level(int fd, int level, char
> > *devname, int verbose) makedev(disk.major, disk.minor));
> >                       hot_remove_disk(fd, makedev(disk.major, disk.minor),
> > 1); }
> > +             /*
> > +              * hot_remove_disk lets kernel set MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING
> > +              * and it can't set level. It needs to wait sometime
> > +              * to let md thread to clear the flag.
> > +              */
> > +             sleep_for(5, 0, true);
>

Hi Mariusz

> Shouldn't we check sysfs is shorter intervals? I know that is the simplest way but
> big sleeps are generally not good.
>
> I will merge it if you don't want to rework it but you need to add log that we
> are waiting 5 second for the user to not panic that it is frozen.

Which sysfs do you mean? If we have a better way, I want to choose it.

Best Regards
Xiao

>
> Thanks,
> Mariusz
>






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