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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-07-28 05:50:27 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2011-07-28 05:50:27 -0700
commit6140333d3656f62ac7e6a5af87e7fe92cfb8d655 (patch)
treed96f7ad2196b4383f5ca4396c956e24c82b2952c /Documentation
parent6f56c218666b5c7eff354364357307d18c10058b (diff)
parent58c54fcca3bac5bf9290cfed31c76e4c4bfbabaf (diff)
Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md
* 'for-linus' of git://neil.brown.name/md: (75 commits) md/raid10: handle further errors during fix_read_error better. md/raid10: Handle read errors during recovery better. md/raid10: simplify read error handling during recovery. md/raid10: record bad blocks due to write errors during resync/recovery. md/raid10: attempt to fix read errors during resync/check md/raid10: Handle write errors by updating badblock log. md/raid10: clear bad-block record when write succeeds. md/raid10: avoid writing to known bad blocks on known bad drives. md/raid10 record bad blocks as needed during recovery. md/raid10: avoid reading known bad blocks during resync/recovery. md/raid10 - avoid reading from known bad blocks - part 3 md/raid10: avoid reading from known bad blocks - part 2 md/raid10: avoid reading from known bad blocks - part 1 md/raid10: Split handle_read_error out from raid10d. md/raid10: simplify/reindent some loops. md/raid5: Clear bad blocks on successful write. md/raid5. Don't write to known bad block on doubtful devices. md/raid5: write errors should be recorded as bad blocks if possible. md/raid5: use bad-block log to improve handling of uncorrectable read errors. md/raid5: avoid reading from known bad blocks. ...
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-rw-r--r--Documentation/md.txt29
1 files changed, 23 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/md.txt b/Documentation/md.txt
index f0eee83ff78..fc94770f44a 100644
--- a/Documentation/md.txt
+++ b/Documentation/md.txt
@@ -360,18 +360,20 @@ Each directory contains:
A file recording the current state of the device in the array
which can be a comma separated list of
faulty - device has been kicked from active use due to
- a detected fault
+ a detected fault or it has unacknowledged bad
+ blocks
in_sync - device is a fully in-sync member of the array
writemostly - device will only be subject to read
requests if there are no other options.
This applies only to raid1 arrays.
- blocked - device has failed, metadata is "external",
- and the failure hasn't been acknowledged yet.
+ blocked - device has failed, and the failure hasn't been
+ acknowledged yet by the metadata handler.
Writes that would write to this device if
it were not faulty are blocked.
spare - device is working, but not a full member.
This includes spares that are in the process
of being recovered to
+ write_error - device has ever seen a write error.
This list may grow in future.
This can be written to.
Writing "faulty" simulates a failure on the device.
@@ -379,9 +381,11 @@ Each directory contains:
Writing "writemostly" sets the writemostly flag.
Writing "-writemostly" clears the writemostly flag.
Writing "blocked" sets the "blocked" flag.
- Writing "-blocked" clears the "blocked" flag and allows writes
- to complete.
+ Writing "-blocked" clears the "blocked" flags and allows writes
+ to complete and possibly simulates an error.
Writing "in_sync" sets the in_sync flag.
+ Writing "write_error" sets writeerrorseen flag.
+ Writing "-write_error" clears writeerrorseen flag.
This file responds to select/poll. Any change to 'faulty'
or 'blocked' causes an event.
@@ -419,7 +423,6 @@ Each directory contains:
written, it will be rejected.
recovery_start
-
When the device is not 'in_sync', this records the number of
sectors from the start of the device which are known to be
correct. This is normally zero, but during a recovery
@@ -435,6 +438,20 @@ Each directory contains:
Setting this to 'none' is equivalent to setting 'in_sync'.
Setting to any other value also clears the 'in_sync' flag.
+ bad_blocks
+ This gives the list of all known bad blocks in the form of
+ start address and length (in sectors respectively). If output
+ is too big to fit in a page, it will be truncated. Writing
+ "sector length" to this file adds new acknowledged (i.e.
+ recorded to disk safely) bad blocks.
+
+ unacknowledged_bad_blocks
+ This gives the list of known-but-not-yet-saved-to-disk bad
+ blocks in the same form of 'bad_blocks'. If output is too big
+ to fit in a page, it will be truncated. Writing to this file
+ adds bad blocks without acknowledging them. This is largely
+ for testing.
+
An active md device will also contain and entry for each active device