kernel/linux.git/drivers/md/raid5.c, branch v7.0-rc7

Convert more 'alloc_obj' cases to default GFP_KERNEL arguments

2026-02-22T04:03:00+00:00

This converts some of the visually simpler cases that have been split over multiple lines. I only did the ones that are easy to verify the resulting diff by having just that final GFP_KERNEL argument on the next line. Somebody should probably do a proper coccinelle script for this, but for me the trivial script actually resulted in an assertion failure in the middle of the script. I probably had made it a bit _too_ trivial. So after fighting that far a while I decided to just do some of the syntactically simpler cases with variations of the previous 'sed' scripts. The more syntactically complex multi-line cases would mostly really want whitespace cleanup anyway. Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds

Convert 'alloc_obj' family to use the new default GFP_KERNEL argument

2026-02-22T01:09:51+00:00

This was done entirely with mindless brute force, using git grep -l '\

treewide: Replace kmalloc with kmalloc_obj for non-scalar types

2026-02-21T09:02:28+00:00

This is the result of running the Coccinelle script from scripts/coccinelle/api/kmalloc_objs.cocci. The script is designed to avoid scalar types (which need careful case-by-case checking), and instead replace kmalloc-family calls that allocate struct or union object instances: Single allocations: kmalloc(sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_obj(TYPE, ...) Array allocations: kmalloc_array(COUNT, sizeof(TYPE), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_objs(TYPE, COUNT, ...) Flex array allocations: kmalloc(struct_size(PTR, FAM, COUNT), ...) are replaced with: kmalloc_flex(*PTR, FAM, COUNT, ...) (where TYPE may also be *VAR) The resulting allocations no longer return "void *", instead returning "TYPE *". Signed-off-by: Kees Cook

md/raid5: fix IO hang with degraded array with llbitmap

2026-01-26T05:18:59+00:00

When llbitmap bit state is still unwritten, any new write should force rcw, as bitmap_ops->blocks_synced() is checked in handle_stripe_dirtying(). However, later the same check is missing in need_this_block(), causing stripe to deadloop during handling because handle_stripe() will decide to go to handle_stripe_fill(), meanwhile need_this_block() always return 0 and nothing is handled. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260123182623.3718551-2-yukuai@fnnas.com Fixes: 5ab829f1971d ("md/md-llbitmap: introduce new lockless bitmap") Signed-off-by: Yu Kuai Reviewed-by: Li Nan

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: mark rdev Faulty when badblocks setting fails

2026-01-26T05:16:15+00:00

Currently when sync read fails and badblocks set fails (exceeding 512 limit), rdev isn't immediately marked Faulty. Instead 'recovery_disabled' is set and non-In_sync rdevs are removed later. This preserves array availability if bad regions aren't read, but bad sectors might be read by users before rdev removal. This occurs due to incorrect resync/recovery_offset updates that include these bad sectors. When badblocks exceed 512, keeping the disk provides little benefit while adding complexity. Prompt disk replacement is more important. Therefore when badblocks set fails, directly call md_error to mark rdev Faulty immediately, preventing potential data access issues. After this change, cleanup of offset update logic and 'recovery_disabled' handling will follow. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260105110300.1442509-6-linan666@huaweicloud.com Fixes: 5e5702898e93 ("md/raid10: Handle read errors during recovery better.") Fixes: 3a9f28a5117e ("md/raid1: improve handling of read failure during recovery.") Signed-off-by: Li Nan 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: make sure max_sectors is not less than io_opt

2026-01-26T05:11:51+00:00

Otherwise, even if user issue IO by io_opt, such IO will be split by max_sectors before they are submitted to raid5. For consequence, full stripe IO is impossible. BTW, dm-raid5 is not affected and still have such problem. Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-raid/20260114171241.3043364-7-yukuai@fnnas.com 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