[PATCH] md: new sysfs interface for setting bits in the write-intent-bitmap

Add a new sysfs interface that allows the bitmap of an array to be dirtied.
The interface is write-only, and is used as follows:

echo "1000" > /sys/block/md2/md/bitmap

(dirty the bit for chunk 1000 [offset 0] in the in-memory and on-disk
bitmaps of array md2)

echo "1000-2000" > /sys/block/md1/md/bitmap

(dirty the bits for chunks 1000-2000 in md1's bitmap)

This is useful, for example, in cluster environments where you may need to
combine two disjoint bitmaps into one (following a server failure, after a
secondary server has taken over the array).  By combining the bitmaps on
the two servers, a full resync can be avoided (This was discussed on the
list back on March 18, 2005, "[PATCH 1/2] md bitmap bug fixes" thread).

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.c b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
index ecc5676..0a44298 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.c
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.c
@@ -613,6 +613,7 @@ static inline unsigned long file_page_offset(unsigned long chunk)
 static inline struct page *filemap_get_page(struct bitmap *bitmap,
 					unsigned long chunk)
 {
+	if (file_page_index(chunk) >= bitmap->file_pages) return NULL;
 	return bitmap->filemap[file_page_index(chunk) - file_page_index(0)];
 }
 
@@ -739,6 +740,7 @@ static void bitmap_file_set_bit(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t block)
 	}
 
 	page = filemap_get_page(bitmap, chunk);
+	if (!page) return;
 	bit = file_page_offset(chunk);
 
  	/* set the bit */
@@ -1322,6 +1324,18 @@ static void bitmap_set_memory_bits(struct bitmap *bitmap, sector_t offset, int n
 
 }
 
+/* dirty the memory and file bits for bitmap chunks "s" to "e" */
+void bitmap_dirty_bits(struct bitmap *bitmap, unsigned long s, unsigned long e)
+{
+	unsigned long chunk;
+
+	for (chunk = s; chunk <= e; chunk++) {
+		sector_t sec = chunk << CHUNK_BLOCK_SHIFT(bitmap);
+		bitmap_set_memory_bits(bitmap, sec, 1);
+		bitmap_file_set_bit(bitmap, sec);
+	}
+}
+
 /*
  * flush out any pending updates
  */