When "mdadm -I" is given a device with no metadata, mdadm tries to add
it as a 'spare' somewhere based on policy.
This patch changes the behaviour in two ways:
1/ If the device is at a 'path' where a previous device was removed
from an array or container, then we preferentially add the spare to
that array or container.
2/ Previously only 'bare' devices were considered for adding as
spares. Now if action=spare-same-slot is active, we will add
non-bare devices, but *only* if the path was previously in use
for some array, and the device will only be added to that array.
Based on code
From: Przemyslaw Czarnowski <przemyslaw.hawrylewicz.czarnowski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Przemyslaw Czarnowski <przemyslaw.hawrylewicz.czarnowski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
The current act_spare tests only test if it is allowed for some
metadata.
As we check each array or partitioning type, we need to double-check
that sparing is allowed for that array or partitioning type.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
We only want to try partition_try_spare if array_try_spare failed.
If it succeeded, there is nothing more to try.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Instead of open coding (and using horrible gotos), make this
a separate function.
Also fix the check for end of device - SEEK_END doesn't work on
block devices.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
If the disk is taken out from its port this port information is
lost. Only udev rule can provide us with this information, and then we
have to store it somehow. This patch adds writing 'cookie' file in
/dev/.mdadm/failed-slots directory in form of file named with value of
f<path-id> containing the metadata type and uuid of the array (or
container) that the device was a member of. The uuid is in exactly
the same format as in the mapfile.
FAILED_SLOTS_DIR constant has been added to hold the location of
cookie files.
Signed-off-by: Przemyslaw Czarnowski <przemyslaw.hawrylewicz.czarnowski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
When we -I -R a device in a container, we must first fail it
from each member array before we can remove it from the container.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
<path-id> allows to identify the port to which given device is plugged
in. In case of hot-removal, udev can pass this information for future
use (eg. write this name as 'cookie' allowing to detect the fact of
reinserting device to the same port).
--path <path-id> parameter has been added to device removal handle
(and char *path has been added to IncrementalRemove() to pass this
value) in order to pass path-id to this handler.
Signed-off-by: Przemyslaw Czarnowski <przemyslaw.hawrylewicz.czarnowski@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Remove the _t pointer typedef and remove the _s suffix for the
structure,
These things do not help readability.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
We more clearly separate out -I on a container, and use
load_container in that case and load_super only for true members.
This removes another use of loaded_container.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
This allows the info for a single array to be extracted,
so we don't have to write it into st->subarray.
For consistency, implement container_content for super0 and super1,
to just return the mdinfo for the single array.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
If the first device found has a much smaller event count than a
subsequent device, that device will not be entered in the 'avail'
array properly.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
To accurately detect when an array has been split and is now being
recombined, we need to track which other devices each thinks is
working.
We should never include a device in an array if it thinks that the
primary device has failed.
This patch just allows get_info_super to return a list of devices
and whether they are thought to be working or not.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
If a device is bare and policy suggests that it can be used as a spare
for virtual 'partitions' array, find an appropriate partition table
and write it to the device.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adding a spare to a group of partitioned devices is quite different
from adding one to an array. So detect which option is worth trying
based on policy and then try one or the other - or possibly both - as
appropriate.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
To support incorpating a new bare device into a collection of arrays -
one partition each - mdadm needs a modest understanding of partition
tables.
The main needs to be able to recognise a partition table on one device
and copy it onto another.
This will be done using pseudo metadata types 'mbr' and 'gpt'.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
If policy allows act_spare or act_force_spare, -I will add a
bare device as a spare to an appropriate array.
We don't support adding non-bare devices as spares yet.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
When we find a device that was recently part of the array but is now
out of date (based on the event count) we might want to add it back in
(like --re-add) if the likely cause was a connection problem or we
might not if the likely cause was device failure.
So make this a policy issue: if action=re-add or better, try to re-add
any device that looks like it might be part of the array.
This applies:
when we assemble the array: old devices will be evicted by the
kernel and need to be re-added.
when we assemble the array during --incr for the same reason.
when we find a device that could be added to a running array.
This doesn't affect arrays with external metadata at all.
For such arrays:
When the container is assembled, the most recent instance of each
device is included without reference to whether it is too old or not.
Then the metadata handler must which slices of which devices to
include in which array and with what state. So the
->container_content should probably check the policy and compare the
sequence numbers/event counts.
When a device is added (--add) to a container with active arrays
we only add as a 'spare'. --re-add doesn't seem to be an option.
When a device is added with -I ->container_content gets another
chance to assess things again. So again it should check the policy.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Commit 3a6ec29ad5 stopped us from adding apparently-working devices
to an active array with --incremental as there is a good chance that they
are actually old/failed devices.
Unfortunately it also stopped spares from being added to an active
array, which is wrong. This patch refines the test to be more
careful.
Reported-by: <fibreraid@gmail.com>
Analysed-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Commit 97b4d0e9 "Incremental: honor an 'enough' flag from external
handlers" introduced a regression in that it changed the error return
code for successful invocations.
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
Reported-by: Ignacy Kasperowicz <ignacy.kasperowicz@intel.com>
GET_ARRAY_INFO always succeeds on an inactive container, so we need to
be a bit more diligent about adding a disk to an active container.
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
--test can be given in Manage mode.
This can be used when there is an attempt to fail or remove 'faulty',
'failed' or 'detached' devices, or to re-add 'missing' devices.
If no devices were failed, removed, or re-added, then mdadm will
exit with status '2'.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Adding devices to active arrays in --incremental is a bit dubious.
Normally the array won't be activated until all expected devices are
present, so this situation would mean that the given device is not
expected, so is probably failed. In that case it should only be added
by explicit sysadmin request.
However if --run was given, then quite possibly the array was
assembled earlier when not complete, so it is less clear whether it is
wrong to add this device or not. In that case add it as that is
generally safest.
It would be nice to allow policy for this to be explicitly given by
sysadmin.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
This can be used for hot-unplug. When a device has been remove,
udev can call
mdadm --incremental --fail sda
and mdadm will find the array holding sda and remove sda from
the array.
Based on code from Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
...i.e. GET_DEVS == (GET_DEVS|SKIP_GONE_DEVS)
A null pointer dereference in Incremental.c can be triggered by
replugging a disk while the old name is in use. When mdadm -I is called
on the new disk we fail the call to sysfs_read(). I audited all the
locations that use GET_DEVS and it appears they can tolerate missing a
drive. So just make SKIP_GONE_DEVS the default behaviour.
Also fix up remaining unchecked usages of the sysfs_read() return value.
Reported-by: Dave Jiang <dave.jiang@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
This reverts commit fdb482f99b.
Now that containers can report state for ->container_enough we can
automatically determine when the array can be started, and no longer
need the --no-degraded hammer.
Conflicts:
Incremental.c
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
This is needed for imsm where:
1/ we want to report raid_disks as zero to allow mdadm -As to
incorporate all spares
2/ we can't determine stale disks by looking at the event counts.
3/ we can't see per-subarray expectations with the info returned from
the container level ->getinfo_super()
Signed-off-by: Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@intel.com>
If an array name contains a "hostname:" prefix, then
--assemble will tend to leave it there, while --incremental
will strip it off (when chosing a device name during auto-assembly).
Make this more consistent: strip the name off if we decide that
the name will be treated as 'local'. Leave it on if it will be
treated as 'foreign'.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
If mdadm.conf contains
HOMEHOST <ignore>
or commandline contains
--homehost=<ignore>
then the check that array metadata mentions the given homehost is
replace by a check that the name recorded in the metadata is not
already used by some other array mentioned in mdadm.conf.
This allows more arrays to use their native name rather than having
an _NN suffix added.
This should only be used during boot time if all arrays required for
normal boot are listed in mdadm.conf.
If auto-assembly is used to find all array during boot, then the
HOMEHOST feature should be used to ensure there is no room for
confusion in choosing array names, and so it should not be set
to <ignore>.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
The line 'auto' in mdadm.conf can be used to disable assembly
of specific metadata types, or of all arrays.
This does not affect assembly of arrays listed in mdadm.conf
or on command line.
auto -all
will disable all auto-assembly.
auto -ddf
will cause mdadm to ignore ddf arrays that are not explicitly
mentioned, and auto assemble anything else it finds.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Sometimes we want to ensure particular arrays are never
assembled automatically. This might include an array made of
devices that are shared between hosts.
To support this, allow ARRAY lines in mdadm.conf to use the word
"ignore" rather than a device name. Arrays which match such lines
are never automatically assembled (though they can still be assembled
by explicitly giving identification information on the mdadm command
line.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
If an array is created with --homehost=any, then --assemble and
--incremental will treat it as being local to 'this' host, no matter
what the name of this host is.
This is useful for array that will be given unique names and be
moved between machines.
This needs to be documented.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>