[PATCH 003 of 12] md: Delay starting md threads until array is completely setup.

From: NeilBrown
Date: Tue Jun 27 2006 - 03:09:21 EST



When an array is started we start one or two threads (two if
there is a reshape or recovery that needs to be completed).

We currently start these *before* the array is completely set up and
in particular before queue->queuedata is set. If the thread
actually starts very quickly on another CPU, we can end up
dereferencing queue->queuedata and oops.

This patch also makes sure we don't try to start a recovery if
a reshape is being restarted.

### Diffstat output
./drivers/md/md.c | 10 +++++-----
./drivers/md/raid5.c | 3 ---
2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff .prev/drivers/md/md.c ./drivers/md/md.c
--- .prev/drivers/md/md.c 2006-06-27 12:17:32.000000000 +1000
+++ ./drivers/md/md.c 2006-06-27 12:17:32.000000000 +1000
@@ -3100,8 +3100,7 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
}

set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &mddev->recovery);
- md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);

+
if (mddev->sb_dirty)
md_update_sb(mddev);

@@ -3121,7 +3120,7 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
* start recovery here. If we leave it to md_check_recovery,
* it will remove the drives and not do the right thing
*/
- if (mddev->degraded) {
+ if (mddev->degraded && !mddev->sync_thread) {
struct list_head *rtmp;
int spares = 0;
ITERATE_RDEV(mddev,rdev,rtmp)
@@ -3142,10 +3141,11 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
mdname(mddev));
/* leave the spares where they are, it shouldn't hurt */
mddev->recovery = 0;
- } else
- md_wakeup_thread(mddev->sync_thread);
+ }
}
}
+ md_wakeup_thread(mddev->thread);
+ md_wakeup_thread(mddev->sync_thread); /* possibly kick off a reshape */

mddev->changed = 1;
md_new_event(mddev);

diff .prev/drivers/md/raid5.c ./drivers/md/raid5.c
--- .prev/drivers/md/raid5.c 2006-06-27 12:16:41.000000000 +1000
+++ ./drivers/md/raid5.c 2006-06-27 12:17:32.000000000 +1000
@@ -3248,9 +3248,6 @@ static int run(mddev_t *mddev)
set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_RUNNING, &mddev->recovery);
mddev->sync_thread = md_register_thread(md_do_sync, mddev,
"%s_reshape");
- /* FIXME if md_register_thread fails?? */
- md_wakeup_thread(mddev->sync_thread);
-
}

/* read-ahead size must cover two whole stripes, which is
-
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