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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2010-05-18 09:28:43 +1000
committerNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2010-05-18 15:28:01 +1000
commita8707c08f4f718bb0ed65499d3f43201f6e41455 (patch)
tree8fc3ea9ea924ebc4f28012c11f3c1e70ad60bcb2 /drivers/md
parent7b0bb5368a7195606eca475d9f4e291ab7227052 (diff)
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md: simplify updating of event count to sometimes avoid updating spares.
When updating the event count for a simple clean <-> dirty transition, we try to avoid updating the spares so they can safely spin-down. As the event_counts across an array must be +/- 1, this means decrementing the event_count on a dirty->clean transition. This is not always safe and we have to avoid the unsafe time. We current do this with a misguided idea about it being safe or not depending on whether the event_count is odd or even. This approach only works reliably in a few common instances, but easily falls down. So instead, simply keep internal state concerning whether it is safe or not, and always assume it is not safe when an array is first assembled. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'drivers/md')
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/md.c26
-rw-r--r--drivers/md/md.h6
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 20 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index fec4abc..9ef21d9 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -2088,7 +2088,6 @@ static void sync_sbs(mddev_t * mddev, int nospares)
if (rdev->sb_events == mddev->events ||
(nospares &&
rdev->raid_disk < 0 &&
- (rdev->sb_events&1)==0 &&
rdev->sb_events+1 == mddev->events)) {
/* Don't update this superblock */
rdev->sb_loaded = 2;
@@ -2141,28 +2140,14 @@ repeat:
* and 'events' is odd, we can roll back to the previous clean state */
if (nospares
&& (mddev->in_sync && mddev->recovery_cp == MaxSector)
- && (mddev->events & 1)
- && mddev->events != 1)
+ && mddev->can_decrease_events
+ && mddev->events != 1) {
mddev->events--;
- else {
+ mddev->can_decrease_events = 0;
+ } else {
/* otherwise we have to go forward and ... */
mddev->events ++;
- if (!mddev->in_sync || mddev->recovery_cp != MaxSector) { /* not clean */
- /* .. if the array isn't clean, an 'even' event must also go
- * to spares. */
- if ((mddev->events&1)==0) {
- nospares = 0;
- sync_req = 2; /* force a second update to get the
- * even/odd in sync */
- }
- } else {
- /* otherwise an 'odd' event must go to spares */
- if ((mddev->events&1)) {
- nospares = 0;
- sync_req = 2; /* force a second update to get the
- * even/odd in sync */
- }
- }
+ mddev->can_decrease_events = nospares;
}
if (!mddev->events) {
@@ -4606,6 +4591,7 @@ static void md_clean(mddev_t *mddev)
mddev->layout = 0;
mddev->max_disks = 0;
mddev->events = 0;
+ mddev->can_decrease_events = 0;
mddev->delta_disks = 0;
mddev->new_level = LEVEL_NONE;
mddev->new_layout = 0;
diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h
index a536f54..7ab5ea1 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.h
+++ b/drivers/md/md.h
@@ -150,6 +150,12 @@ struct mddev_s
int external_size; /* size managed
* externally */
__u64 events;
+ /* If the last 'event' was simply a clean->dirty transition, and
+ * we didn't write it to the spares, then it is safe and simple
+ * to just decrement the event count on a dirty->clean transition.
+ * So we record that possibility here.
+ */
+ int can_decrease_events;
char uuid[16];
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