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authorNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2006-06-26 12:26:09 +1000
committerNeil Brown <neilb@suse.de>2006-06-26 12:26:09 +1000
commit7eae7080e2e9edd69d31ae2c88d9e28d1c24217c (patch)
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parentc3684618b7cc50a12a651bf2f83f62b24ba95bcd (diff)
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Work around bug in --add handling for version-1 superblocks
In 2.6.17 (and prior), the dev_number is ignored when a device is added to an active array. Rather the first free number is used. So we work around this by making sure we use the first free number for dev_number. Description...
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog2
-rw-r--r--Manage.c17
-rw-r--r--super1.c6
3 files changed, 21 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index c6b1a13..ecbb598 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ Changes Prior to this release
- Stop map_dev from returning [0:0], as that breaks things.
- Add 'Array Slot' line to --examine for version-1 superblocks
to make it a bit easier to see what is happening.
+ - Work around bug in --add handling for version-1 superblocks
+ in 2.6.17 (and prior).
Changes Prior to 2.5.1 release
- Various fixes for gcc warnings
diff --git a/Manage.c b/Manage.c
index a1e152c..1067bfe 100644
--- a/Manage.c
+++ b/Manage.c
@@ -271,8 +271,14 @@ int Manage_subdevs(char *devname, int fd,
* If so, we can simply re-add it.
*/
st->ss->uuid_from_super(duuid, dsuper);
-
- if (osuper) {
+
+ /* re-add doesn't work for version-1 superblocks
+ * before 2.6.18 :-(
+ */
+ if (array.major_version == 1 &&
+ get_linux_version() <= 2006018)
+ ;
+ else if (osuper) {
st->ss->uuid_from_super(ouuid, osuper);
if (memcmp(duuid, ouuid, sizeof(ouuid))==0) {
/* look close enough for now. Kernel
@@ -295,7 +301,12 @@ int Manage_subdevs(char *devname, int fd,
}
}
}
- for (j=0; j< st->max_devs; j++) {
+ /* in 2.6.17 and earlier, version-1 superblocks won't
+ * use the number we write, but will choose a free number.
+ * we must choose the same free number, which requires
+ * starting at 'raid_disks' and counting up
+ */
+ for (j = array.raid_disks; j< st->max_devs; j++) {
disc.number = j;
if (ioctl(fd, GET_DISK_INFO, &disc))
break;
diff --git a/super1.c b/super1.c
index 6862155..8e6703b 100644
--- a/super1.c
+++ b/super1.c
@@ -779,7 +779,11 @@ static int write_init_super1(struct supertype *st, void *sbv,
if (memcmp(sb->set_uuid, refsb->set_uuid, 16)==0) {
/* same array, so preserve events and dev_number */
sb->events = refsb->events;
- sb->dev_number = refsb->dev_number;
+ /* bugs in 2.6.17 and earlier mean the dev_number
+ * chosen in Manage must be preserved
+ */
+ if (get_linux_version() >= 2006018)
+ sb->dev_number = refsb->dev_number;
}
free(refsb);
}