kernel/linux.git/drivers/md/md.c, branch v2.6.28

md: revert the recent addition of a call to the BLKRRPART ioctl.

2008-11-06T06:28:01+00:00

It turns out that it is only safe to call blkdev_ioctl when the device is actually open (as ->bd_disk is set to NULL on last close). And it is quite possible for do_md_stop to be called when the device is not open. So discard the call to blkdev_ioctl(BLKRRPART) which was added in commit 934d9c23b4c7e31840a895ba4b7e88d6413c81f3 It is just as easy to call this ioctl from userspace when needed (on mdadm -S) so leave it out of the kernel Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: destroy partitions and notify udev when md array is stopped.

2008-10-28T06:01:23+00:00

md arrays are not currently destroyed when they are stopped - they remain in /sys/block. Last time I tried this I tripped over locking too much. A consequence of this is that udev doesn't remove anything from /dev. This is rather ugly. As an interim measure until proper device removal can be achieved, make sure all partitions are removed using the BLKRRPART ioctl, and send a KOBJ_CHANGE when an md array is stopped. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md

2008-10-26T23:42:18+00:00

* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md: md: allow extended partitions on md devices. md: use sysfs_notify_dirent to notify changes to md/dev-xxx/state md: use sysfs_notify_dirent to notify changes to md/array_state

[PATCH] pass fmode_t to blkdev_put()

2008-10-21T11:48:58+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

[PATCH] switch md

2008-10-21T11:48:31+00:00

Signed-off-by: Al Viro

[PATCH] beginning of methods conversion

2008-10-21T11:47:32+00:00

To keep the size of changesets sane we split the switch by drivers; to keep the damn thing bisectable we do the following: 1) rename the affected methods, add ones with correct prototypes, make (few) callers handle both. That's this changeset. 2) for each driver convert to new methods. *ALL* drivers are converted in this series. 3) kill the old (renamed) methods. Note that it _is_ a flagday; all in-tree drivers are converted and by the end of this series no trace of old methods remain. The only reason why we do that this way is to keep the damn thing bisectable and allow per-driver debugging if anything goes wrong. New methods: open(bdev, mode) release(disk, mode) ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg) /* Called without BKL */ compat_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg) locked_ioctl(bdev, mode, cmd, arg) /* Called with BKL, legacy */ Signed-off-by: Al Viro

md: allow extended partitions on md devices.

2008-10-21T02:25:32+00:00

The new extended partition support provides a much nicer was to have partitions on md devices that the 'mdp' alternate major. We cannot really get rid of 'mdp' at this time, but we can enable extended partitions as that will probably make life easier for sysadmins. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: use sysfs_notify_dirent to notify changes to md/dev-xxx/state

2008-10-21T02:25:28+00:00

The 'state' file for a device reports, for example, when the device has failed. Changes should be reported to userspace ASAP without the possibility of blocking on low-memory. sysfs_notify does have that possibility (as it takes a mutex which can be held across a kmalloc) so use sysfs_notify_dirent instead. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: use sysfs_notify_dirent to notify changes to md/array_state

2008-10-21T02:25:21+00:00

Now that we have sysfs_notify_dirent, use it to notify changes to md/array_state. As sysfs_notify_dirent can be called in atomic context, we can remove the delayed notify and the MD_NOTIFY_ARRAY_STATE flag. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown

md: fix input truncation in safe_delay_store()

2008-10-16T06:03:08+00:00

safe_delay_store() currently truncates the last character of input since it tells strlcpy that the buffer can only hold 'len' characters, off by one. sysfs already null terminates the buffer, so just increase the last argument to strlcpy. Signed-off-by: Dan Williams Signed-off-by: NeilBrown