kernel/linux.git/drivers/md/md.h, branch v7.0.11

md/md-bitmap: add a none backend for bitmap grow

2026-05-23T11:09:30+00:00

[ Upstream commit f2926a533d03fe70d753b512b713e06a2aa174af ] Add a real none bitmap backend that exposes the common bitmap sysfs group and use it to keep bitmap/location available when an array has no bitmap. Then switch the bitmap location sysfs path to move only between none and the classic bitmap backend, using the no-sysfs bitmap helpers while merging or unmerging the internal bitmap sysfs group. This restores mdadm --grow bitmap addition through bitmap/location. Fixes: fb8cc3b0d9db ("md/md-bitmap: delay registration of bitmap_ops until creating bitmap") Reviewed-by: Su Yue Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260425024615.1696892-4-yukuai@fnnas.com Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

md: fix return value of mddev_trylock

2026-02-02T07:39:55+00:00

A return value of 0 is treaded as successful lock acquisition. In fact, a return value of 1 means getting the lock successfully. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260127073951.17248-1-xni@redhat.com Fixes: 9e59d609763f ("md: call del_gendisk in control path") Reported-by: Bart Van Assche Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20250611073108.25463-1-xni@redhat.com/T/#mfa369ef5faa4aa58e13e6d9fdb88aecd862b8f2f Signed-off-by: Xiao Ni Reviewed-by: Bart Van Assche Reviewed-by: Li Nan Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai

md: remove recovery_disabled

2026-01-26T05:17:38+00:00

'recovery_disabled' logic is complex and confusing, originally intended to preserve raid in extreme scenarios. It was used in following cases: - When sync fails and setting badblocks also fails, kick out non-In_sync rdev and block spare rdev from joining to preserve raid [1] - When last backup is unavailable, prevent repeated add-remove of spares triggering recovery [2] The original issues are now resolved: - Error handlers in all raid types prevent last rdev from being kicked out - Disks with failed recovery are marked Faulty and can't re-join Therefore, remove 'recovery_disabled' as it's no longer needed. [1] 5389042ffa36 ("md: change managed of recovery_disabled.") [2] 4044ba58dd15 ("md: don't retry recovery of raid1 that fails due to error on source drive.") Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260105110300.1442509-13-linan666@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by: Li Nan Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai

md: remove MD_RECOVERY_ERROR handling and simplify resync_offset update

2026-01-26T05:16:19+00:00

Following previous patch "md: update curr_resync_completed even when MD_RECOVERY_INTR is set", 'curr_resync_completed' always equals 'curr_resync' for resync, so MD_RECOVERY_ERROR can be removed. Also, simplify resync_offset update logic. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260105110300.1442509-8-linan666@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by: Li Nan Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai

md: factor error handling out of md_done_sync into helper

2026-01-26T05:16:07+00:00

The 'ok' parameter in md_done_sync() is redundant for most callers that always pass 'true'. Factor error handling logic into a separate helper function md_sync_error() to eliminate unnecessary parameter passing and improve code clarity. No functional changes introduced. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260105110300.1442509-3-linan666@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by: Li Nan Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai

md/raid5: use mempool to allocate stripe_request_ctx

2026-01-26T05:11:29+00:00

On the one hand, stripe_request_ctx is 72 bytes, and it's a bit huge for a stack variable. On the other hand, the bitmap sectors_to_do is a fixed size, result in max_hw_sector_kb of raid5 array is at most 256 * 4k = 1Mb, and this will make full stripe IO impossible for the array that chunk_size * data_disks is bigger. Allocate ctx during runtime will make it possible to get rid of this limit. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260114171241.3043364-6-yukuai@fnnas.com Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai Reviewed-by: Li Nan

md: merge mddev serialize_policy into mddev_flags

2026-01-26T05:10:51+00:00

There is not need to use a separate field in struct mddev, there are no functional changes. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260114171241.3043364-5-yukuai@fnnas.com Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai Reviewed-by: Li Nan

md: merge mddev faillast_dev into mddev_flags

2026-01-26T05:10:24+00:00

There is not need to use a separate field in struct mddev, there are no functional changes. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260114171241.3043364-4-yukuai@fnnas.com Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai Reviewed-by: Li Nan

md: merge mddev has_superblock into mddev_flags

2026-01-26T05:09:55+00:00

There is not need to use a separate field in struct mddev, there are no functional changes. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260114171241.3043364-3-yukuai@fnnas.com Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai Reviewed-by: Li Nan

md: allow configuring logical block size

2025-11-11T03:20:15+00:00

Previously, raid array used the maximum logical block size (LBS) of all member disks. Adding a larger LBS disk at runtime could unexpectedly increase RAID's LBS, risking corruption of existing partitions. This can be reproduced by: ``` # LBS of sd[de] is 512 bytes, sdf is 4096 bytes. mdadm -CRq /dev/md0 -l1 -n3 /dev/sd[de] missing --assume-clean # LBS is 512 cat /sys/block/md0/queue/logical_block_size # create partition md0p1 parted -s /dev/md0 mklabel gpt mkpart primary 1MiB 100% lsblk | grep md0p1 # LBS becomes 4096 after adding sdf mdadm --add -q /dev/md0 /dev/sdf cat /sys/block/md0/queue/logical_block_size # partition lost partprobe /dev/md0 lsblk | grep md0p1 ``` Simply restricting larger-LBS disks is inflexible. In some scenarios, only disks with 512 bytes LBS are available currently, but later, disks with 4KB LBS may be added to the array. Making LBS configurable is the best way to solve this scenario. After this patch, the raid will: - store LBS in disk metadata - add a read-write sysfs 'mdX/logical_block_size' Future mdadm should support setting LBS via metadata field during RAID creation and the new sysfs. Though the kernel allows runtime LBS changes, users should avoid modifying it after creating partitions or filesystems to prevent compatibility issues. Only 1.x metadata supports configurable LBS. 0.90 metadata inits all fields to default values at auto-detect. Supporting 0.90 would require more extensive changes and no such use case has been observed. Note that many RAID paths rely on PAGE_SIZE alignment, including for metadata I/O. A larger LBS than PAGE_SIZE will result in metadata read/write failures. So this config should be prevented. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20251103125757.1405796-6-linan666@huaweicloud.com Signed-off-by: Li Nan Reviewed-by: Xiao Ni Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai