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authorNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2010-03-31 11:21:44 +1100
committerNeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>2010-05-18 15:27:57 +1000
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md/raid1: delay reads that could overtake behind-writes.
When a raid1 array is configured to support write-behind on some devices, it normally only reads from other devices. If all devices are write-behind (because the rest have failed) it is possible for a read request to be serviced before a behind-write request, which would appear as data corruption. So when forced to read from a WriteMostly device, wait for any write-behind to complete, and don't start any more behind-writes. Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
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diff --git a/drivers/md/bitmap.h b/drivers/md/bitmap.h
index aa82b7caa85f..3797dea4723a 100644
--- a/drivers/md/bitmap.h
+++ b/drivers/md/bitmap.h
@@ -240,6 +240,7 @@ struct bitmap {
atomic_t pending_writes; /* pending writes to the bitmap file */
wait_queue_head_t write_wait;
wait_queue_head_t overflow_wait;
+ wait_queue_head_t behind_wait;
struct sysfs_dirent *sysfs_can_clear;
};
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