linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 0/5] md: fix/prevent dm-raid regressions

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Message-ID: <CAPhsuW7trizGqWcBWQ1R1mrxyA6sNTuwXOK-0vxtCHO6fqcTbQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 20:41:28 -0800
From: Song Liu <song@...nel.org>
To: Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com>, Mikulas Patocka <mpatocka@...hat.com>
Cc: dm-devel@...ts.linux.dev, msnitzer@...hat.com, heinzm@...hat.com, 
	yukuai3@...wei.com, linux-raid@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	yi.zhang@...wei.com, yangerkun@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/5] md: fix/prevent dm-raid regressions

On Sat, Jan 20, 2024 at 2:41 AM Yu Kuai <yukuai1@...weicloud.com> wrote:
>
> From: Yu Kuai <yukuai3@...wei.com>
>
> There are some problems that we fixed in md/raid, and some apis is changed.
> However, dm-raid rely the old apis(noted that old apis is problematic in
> corner cases), and now there are regressions in lvm2 testsuite.
>
> This patchset fix some regressions(patch 1-3), and revert changes to
> prevent regressions(patch 4,5). Noted that the problems in patch 4,5 is
> not clear yet, and I'm not able to locate the root cause ASAP, hence I
> decide to revert changes to prevent regressions first.

Thanks for looking into this!

Patch 1-3 look good to me. But since we need to back port these fixes
to 6.7 kernels, let's make it very clear what issues are being fixed.
Please:
1. Test on both Linus' master branch and 6.7.y, and explain which tests
are failing before the fixes. (From my tests, the two branches don't have
the same test results). We can put these results in the cover letter and
include them in a merge commit.
2. If possible, add Fixes tag to all patches.
3. Add more details in the commit log, so it is clear what is being fixed.
4. Add "reported-by" and maybe also "closes" tag.

For patch 4-5, especially 5, I wonder whether the same issue also
happens with md. We can probably ship 4-5 now, with the same
improvements as patch 1-3.

I will run more tests on my side.

Mykulas, please also review and test these patches.

Thanks,
Song

>
> Yu Kuai (5):
>   md: don't ignore suspended array in md_check_recovery()
>   md: don't ignore read-only array in md_check_recovery()
>   md: make sure md_do_sync() will set MD_RECOVERY_DONE
>   md: revert commit fa2bbff7b0b4 ("md: synchronize flush io with array
>     reconfiguration") for dm-raid
>   md: use md_reap_sync_thread() directly for dm-raid
>
>  drivers/md/md.c | 58 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-------------------
>  1 file changed, 36 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.39.2
>
>