dm raid: enhance comments in takeover checks
authorHeinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@redhat.com>
Wed, 15 Jun 2016 20:29:09 +0000 (22:29 +0200)
committerMike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Mon, 18 Jul 2016 19:37:21 +0000 (15:37 -0400)
Signed-off-by: Heinz Mauelshagen <heinzm@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
drivers/md/dm-raid.c

index 864e903cddda4148f103d60a76f6a7d81ddb3a76..cc6eb7c27a7dac8c9abfba737f51718f1f45d5bb 100644 (file)
@@ -1610,7 +1610,7 @@ static int rs_check_takeover(struct raid_set *rs)
                    mddev->raid_disks == 2)
                        return 0;
 
-               /* raid5 with parity N -> raid6 with parity N */
+               /* raid5_* ->  raid6_*_6 with Q-Syndrome N (e.g. raid5_ra -> raid6_ra_6 */
                if (mddev->new_level == 6 &&
                    ((mddev->layout == ALGORITHM_PARITY_N && mddev->new_layout == ALGORITHM_PARITY_N) ||
                      __within_range(mddev->new_layout, ALGORITHM_LEFT_ASYMMETRIC_6, ALGORITHM_RIGHT_SYMMETRIC_6)))
@@ -1628,7 +1628,7 @@ static int rs_check_takeover(struct raid_set *rs)
                    mddev->layout == ALGORITHM_PARITY_N)
                        return 0;
 
-               /* raid6_*_n with parity N -> raid5_* */
+               /* raid6_*_n with Q-Syndrome N -> raid5_* */
                if (mddev->new_level == 5 &&
                    ((mddev->layout == ALGORITHM_PARITY_N && mddev->new_layout == ALGORITHM_PARITY_N) ||
                     __within_range(mddev->new_layout, ALGORITHM_LEFT_ASYMMETRIC, ALGORITHM_RIGHT_SYMMETRIC)))