linux-kernel - [73/98] md: fix small irregularity with start

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Date:	Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:34:39 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...nel.org
Cc:	stable-review@...nel.org, torvalds@...ux-foundation.org,
	akpm@...ux-foundation.org, alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk,
	NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Subject: [73/98] md: fix small irregularity with start_ro module parameter

2.6.32-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let us know.

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From: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>

commit 0f9552b5dc4fe10da37fa3f4a4ca185d90fa41c9 upstream.

The start_ro modules parameter can be used to force arrays to be
started in 'auto-readonly' in which they are read-only until the first
write.  This ensures that no resync/recovery happens until something
else writes to the device.  This is important for resume-from-disk
off an md array.

However if an array is started 'readonly' (by writing 'readonly' to
the 'array_state' sysfs attribute) we want it to be really 'readonly',
not 'auto-readonly'.

So strengthen the condition to only set auto-readonly if the
array is not already read-only.

Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/md/md.c |    2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4173,7 +4173,7 @@ static int do_md_run(mddev_t * mddev)
 	mddev->barriers_work = 1;
 	mddev->ok_start_degraded = start_dirty_degraded;

-	if (start_readonly)
+	if (start_readonly && mddev->ro == 0)
 		mddev->ro = 2; /* read-only, but switch on first write */

 	err = mddev->pers->run(mddev);

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