[PATCH 009 of 9] md: md: support blocking writes to an array on device failure

From: NeilBrown
Date: Mon Apr 28 2008 - 23:38:29 EST



From: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>

Allows a userspace metadata handler to take action upon detecting a device
failure.

Based on an original patch by Neil Brown.

Changes:
-added blocked_wait waitqueue to rdev
-don't qualify Blocked with Faulty always let userspace block writes
-added md_wait_for_blocked_rdev to wait for the block device to be clear, if
userspace misses the notification another one is sent every 5 seconds
-set MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED after clearing "blocked"
-kill DoBlock flag, just test mddev->external

Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@xxxxxxx>

### Diffstat output
./drivers/md/md.c | 33 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
./drivers/md/raid1.c | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++++++---
./drivers/md/raid10.c | 29 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
./drivers/md/raid5.c | 33 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
./include/linux/raid/md.h | 1 +
./include/linux/raid/md_k.h | 4 ++++
6 files changed, 120 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff .prev/drivers/md/md.c ./drivers/md/md.c
--- .prev/drivers/md/md.c 2008-04-29 12:27:57.000000000 +1000
+++ ./drivers/md/md.c 2008-04-29 12:27:58.000000000 +1000
@@ -1827,6 +1827,10 @@ state_show(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, char *page)
len += sprintf(page+len, "%swrite_mostly",sep);
sep = ",";
}
+ if (test_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags)) {
+ len += sprintf(page+len, "%sblocked", sep);
+ sep = ",";
+ }
if (!test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) &&
!test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
len += sprintf(page+len, "%sspare", sep);
@@ -1843,6 +1847,8 @@ state_store(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, const char
* remove - disconnects the device
* writemostly - sets write_mostly
* -writemostly - clears write_mostly
+ * blocked - sets the Blocked flag
+ * -blocked - clears the Blocked flag
*/
int err = -EINVAL;
if (cmd_match(buf, "faulty") && rdev->mddev->pers) {
@@ -1865,6 +1871,16 @@ state_store(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, const char
} else if (cmd_match(buf, "-writemostly")) {
clear_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
err = 0;
+ } else if (cmd_match(buf, "blocked")) {
+ set_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags);
+ err = 0;
+ } else if (cmd_match(buf, "-blocked")) {
+ clear_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags);
+ wake_up(&rdev->blocked_wait);
+ set_bit(MD_RECOVERY_NEEDED, &rdev->mddev->recovery);
+ md_wakeup_thread(rdev->mddev->thread);
+
+ err = 0;
}
return err ? err : len;
}
@@ -2193,7 +2209,9 @@ static mdk_rdev_t *md_import_device(dev_
goto abort_free;
}
}
+
INIT_LIST_HEAD(&rdev->same_set);
+ init_waitqueue_head(&rdev->blocked_wait);

return rdev;

@@ -4957,6 +4975,9 @@ void md_error(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t

if (!rdev || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags))
return;
+
+ if (mddev->external)
+ set_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags);
/*
dprintk("md_error dev:%s, rdev:(%d:%d), (caller: %p,%p,%p,%p).\n",
mdname(mddev),
@@ -5759,7 +5780,7 @@ static int remove_and_add_spares(mddev_t

rdev_for_each(rdev, rtmp, mddev)
if (rdev->raid_disk >= 0 &&
- !mddev->external &&
+ !test_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags) &&
(test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags) ||
! test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) &&
atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)==0) {
@@ -5958,6 +5979,16 @@ void md_check_recovery(mddev_t *mddev)
}
}

+void md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, mddev_t *mddev)
+{
+ sysfs_notify(&rdev->kobj, NULL, "state");
+ wait_event_timeout(rdev->blocked_wait,
+ !test_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags),
+ msecs_to_jiffies(5000));
+ rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(md_wait_for_blocked_rdev);
+
static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
unsigned long code, void *x)
{

diff .prev/drivers/md/raid10.c ./drivers/md/raid10.c
--- .prev/drivers/md/raid10.c 2008-04-29 12:25:24.000000000 +1000
+++ ./drivers/md/raid10.c 2008-04-29 12:27:58.000000000 +1000
@@ -790,6 +790,7 @@ static int make_request(struct request_q
const int do_sync = bio_sync(bio);
struct bio_list bl;
unsigned long flags;
+ mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev;

if (unlikely(bio_barrier(bio))) {
bio_endio(bio, -EOPNOTSUPP);
@@ -879,17 +880,23 @@ static int make_request(struct request_q
/*
* WRITE:
*/
- /* first select target devices under spinlock and
+ /* first select target devices under rcu_lock and
* inc refcount on their rdev. Record them by setting
* bios[x] to bio
*/
raid10_find_phys(conf, r10_bio);
+ retry_write:
+ blocked_rdev = 0;
rcu_read_lock();
for (i = 0; i < conf->copies; i++) {
int d = r10_bio->devs[i].devnum;
mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[d].rdev);
- if (rdev &&
- !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
+ if (rdev && unlikely(test_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags))) {
+ atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
+ blocked_rdev = rdev;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
r10_bio->devs[i].bio = bio;
} else {
@@ -899,6 +906,22 @@ static int make_request(struct request_q
}
rcu_read_unlock();

+ if (unlikely(blocked_rdev)) {
+ /* Have to wait for this device to get unblocked, then retry */
+ int j;
+ int d;
+
+ for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
+ if (r10_bio->devs[j].bio) {
+ d = r10_bio->devs[j].devnum;
+ rdev_dec_pending(conf->mirrors[d].rdev, mddev);
+ }
+ allow_barrier(conf);
+ md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(blocked_rdev, mddev);
+ wait_barrier(conf);
+ goto retry_write;
+ }
+
atomic_set(&r10_bio->remaining, 0);

bio_list_init(&bl);

diff .prev/drivers/md/raid1.c ./drivers/md/raid1.c
--- .prev/drivers/md/raid1.c 2008-04-29 12:25:24.000000000 +1000
+++ ./drivers/md/raid1.c 2008-04-29 12:27:58.000000000 +1000
@@ -773,7 +773,6 @@ static int make_request(struct request_q
r1bio_t *r1_bio;
struct bio *read_bio;
int i, targets = 0, disks;
- mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
struct bitmap *bitmap = mddev->bitmap;
unsigned long flags;
struct bio_list bl;
@@ -781,6 +780,7 @@ static int make_request(struct request_q
const int rw = bio_data_dir(bio);
const int do_sync = bio_sync(bio);
int do_barriers;
+ mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev;

/*
* Register the new request and wait if the reconstruction
@@ -862,10 +862,17 @@ static int make_request(struct request_q
first = 0;
}
#endif
+ retry_write:
+ blocked_rdev = NULL;
rcu_read_lock();
for (i = 0; i < disks; i++) {
- if ((rdev=rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev)) != NULL &&
- !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
+ mdk_rdev_t *rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->mirrors[i].rdev);
+ if (rdev && unlikely(test_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags))) {
+ atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
+ blocked_rdev = rdev;
+ break;
+ }
+ if (rdev && !test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
if (test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
rdev_dec_pending(rdev, mddev);
@@ -878,6 +885,20 @@ static int make_request(struct request_q
}
rcu_read_unlock();

+ if (unlikely(blocked_rdev)) {
+ /* Wait for this device to become unblocked */
+ int j;
+
+ for (j = 0; j < i; j++)
+ if (r1_bio->bios[j])
+ rdev_dec_pending(conf->mirrors[j].rdev, mddev);
+
+ allow_barrier(conf);
+ md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(blocked_rdev, mddev);
+ wait_barrier(conf);
+ goto retry_write;
+ }
+
BUG_ON(targets == 0); /* we never fail the last device */

if (targets < conf->raid_disks) {

diff .prev/drivers/md/raid5.c ./drivers/md/raid5.c
--- .prev/drivers/md/raid5.c 2008-04-29 12:27:58.000000000 +1000
+++ ./drivers/md/raid5.c 2008-04-29 12:27:58.000000000 +1000
@@ -2610,6 +2610,7 @@ static void handle_stripe_expansion(raid
}
}

+
/*
* handle_stripe - do things to a stripe.
*
@@ -2635,6 +2636,7 @@ static void handle_stripe5(struct stripe
struct stripe_head_state s;
struct r5dev *dev;
unsigned long pending = 0;
+ mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev = NULL;

memset(&s, 0, sizeof(s));
pr_debug("handling stripe %llu, state=%#lx cnt=%d, pd_idx=%d "
@@ -2694,6 +2696,11 @@ static void handle_stripe5(struct stripe
if (dev->written)
s.written++;
rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
+ if (rdev && unlikely(test_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags))) {
+ blocked_rdev = rdev;
+ atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
+ break;
+ }
if (!rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
/* The ReadError flag will just be confusing now */
clear_bit(R5_ReadError, &dev->flags);
@@ -2708,6 +2715,11 @@ static void handle_stripe5(struct stripe
}
rcu_read_unlock();

+ if (unlikely(blocked_rdev)) {
+ set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state);
+ goto unlock;
+ }
+
if (s.to_fill && !test_and_set_bit(STRIPE_OP_BIOFILL, &sh->ops.pending))
sh->ops.count++;

@@ -2897,8 +2909,13 @@ static void handle_stripe5(struct stripe
if (sh->ops.count)
pending = get_stripe_work(sh);

+ unlock:
spin_unlock(&sh->lock);

+ /* wait for this device to become unblocked */
+ if (unlikely(blocked_rdev))
+ md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(blocked_rdev, conf->mddev);
+
if (pending)
raid5_run_ops(sh, pending);

@@ -2915,6 +2932,7 @@ static void handle_stripe6(struct stripe
struct stripe_head_state s;
struct r6_state r6s;
struct r5dev *dev, *pdev, *qdev;
+ mdk_rdev_t *blocked_rdev = NULL;

r6s.qd_idx = raid6_next_disk(pd_idx, disks);
pr_debug("handling stripe %llu, state=%#lx cnt=%d, "
@@ -2978,6 +2996,11 @@ static void handle_stripe6(struct stripe
if (dev->written)
s.written++;
rdev = rcu_dereference(conf->disks[i].rdev);
+ if (rdev && unlikely(test_bit(Blocked, &rdev->flags))) {
+ blocked_rdev = rdev;
+ atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
+ break;
+ }
if (!rdev || !test_bit(In_sync, &rdev->flags)) {
/* The ReadError flag will just be confusing now */
clear_bit(R5_ReadError, &dev->flags);
@@ -2992,6 +3015,11 @@ static void handle_stripe6(struct stripe
set_bit(R5_Insync, &dev->flags);
}
rcu_read_unlock();
+
+ if (unlikely(blocked_rdev)) {
+ set_bit(STRIPE_HANDLE, &sh->state);
+ goto unlock;
+ }
pr_debug("locked=%d uptodate=%d to_read=%d"
" to_write=%d failed=%d failed_num=%d,%d\n",
s.locked, s.uptodate, s.to_read, s.to_write, s.failed,
@@ -3097,8 +3125,13 @@ static void handle_stripe6(struct stripe
!test_bit(STRIPE_OP_COMPUTE_BLK, &sh->ops.pending))
handle_stripe_expansion(conf, sh, &r6s);

+ unlock:
spin_unlock(&sh->lock);

+ /* wait for this device to become unblocked */
+ if (unlikely(blocked_rdev))
+ md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(blocked_rdev, conf->mddev);
+
return_io(return_bi);

for (i=disks; i-- ;) {

diff .prev/include/linux/raid/md.h ./include/linux/raid/md.h
--- .prev/include/linux/raid/md.h 2008-04-29 12:25:24.000000000 +1000
+++ ./include/linux/raid/md.h 2008-04-29 12:27:58.000000000 +1000
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ extern int sync_page_io(struct block_dev
extern void md_do_sync(mddev_t *mddev);
extern void md_new_event(mddev_t *mddev);
extern void md_allow_write(mddev_t *mddev);
+extern void md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(mdk_rdev_t *rdev, mddev_t *mddev);

#endif /* CONFIG_MD */
#endif

diff .prev/include/linux/raid/md_k.h ./include/linux/raid/md_k.h
--- .prev/include/linux/raid/md_k.h 2008-04-29 12:27:58.000000000 +1000
+++ ./include/linux/raid/md_k.h 2008-04-29 12:27:58.000000000 +1000
@@ -84,6 +84,10 @@ struct mdk_rdev_s
#define AllReserved 6 /* If whole device is reserved for
* one array */
#define AutoDetected 7 /* added by auto-detect */
+#define Blocked 8 /* An error occured on an externally
+ * managed array, don't allow writes
+ * until it is cleared */
+ wait_queue_head_t blocked_wait;

int desc_nr; /* descriptor index in the superblock */
int raid_disk; /* role of device in array */
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