linux-kernel - [40/48] md/raid1: perform bad-block tests for WriteMostly devices too.

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Date:	Mon, 16 Jan 2012 10:45:07 -0800
From:	Greg KH <gregkh@...e.de>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org
Cc:	torvalds@...ux-foundation.org, akpm@...ux-foundation.org,
	alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk, NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Subject: [40/48] md/raid1: perform bad-block tests for WriteMostly devices too.

3.1-stable review patch.  If anyone has any objections, please let me know.

------------------

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

commit 307729c8bc5b5a41361af8af95906eee7552acb1 upstream.

We normally try to avoid reading from write-mostly devices, but when
we do we really have to check for bad blocks and be sure not to
try reading them.

With the current code, best_good_sectors might not get set and that
causes zero-length read requests to be send down which is very
confusing.

This bug was introduced in commit d2eb35acfdccbe2 and so the patch
is suitable for 3.1.x and 3.2.x

Reported-and-tested-by: Michał Mirosław <mirq-linux@...e.qmqm.pl>
Reported-and-tested-by: Art -kwaak- van Breemen <ard@...egraafnet.nl>
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@...e.de>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>

---
 drivers/md/raid1.c |   11 ++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -508,8 +508,17 @@ static int read_balance(conf_t *conf, r1
 		if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags)) {
 			/* Don't balance among write-mostly, just
 			 * use the first as a last resort */
-			if (best_disk < 0)
+			if (best_disk < 0) {
+				if (is_badblock(rdev, this_sector, sectors,
+						&first_bad, &bad_sectors)) {
+					if (first_bad < this_sector)
+						/* Cannot use this */
+						continue;
+					best_good_sectors = first_bad - this_sector;
+				} else
+					best_good_sectors = sectors;
 				best_disk = disk;
+			}
 			continue;
 		}
 		/* This is a reasonable device to use.  It might


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