[PATCH] md: support write-mostly device in raid1
authorNeilBrown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Fri, 9 Sep 2005 23:23:45 +0000 (16:23 -0700)
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@g5.osdl.org>
Fri, 9 Sep 2005 23:39:10 +0000 (16:39 -0700)
This allows a device in a raid1 to be marked as "write mostly".  Read requests
will only be sent if there is no other option.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@cse.unsw.edu.au>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
drivers/md/md.c
drivers/md/raid1.c
include/linux/raid/md_k.h
include/linux/raid/md_p.h

index ae654466dc239b118c4d98169f32811ee95e2205..f1ac356e656d6423929aab6f860d30db22b33193 100644 (file)
@@ -670,6 +670,7 @@ static int super_90_validate(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
 
        if (mddev->level != LEVEL_MULTIPATH) {
                rdev->faulty = 0;
+               rdev->flags = 0;
                desc = sb->disks + rdev->desc_nr;
 
                if (desc->state & (1<<MD_DISK_FAULTY))
@@ -679,6 +680,8 @@ static int super_90_validate(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
                        rdev->in_sync = 1;
                        rdev->raid_disk = desc->raid_disk;
                }
+               if (desc->state & (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY))
+                       set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
        } else /* MULTIPATH are always insync */
                rdev->in_sync = 1;
        return 0;
@@ -777,6 +780,8 @@ static void super_90_sync(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
                        spare++;
                        working++;
                }
+               if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev2->flags))
+                       d->state |= (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY);
        }
        
        /* now set the "removed" and "faulty" bits on any missing devices */
@@ -990,6 +995,9 @@ static int super_1_validate(mddev_t *mddev, mdk_rdev_t *rdev)
                        rdev->raid_disk = role;
                        break;
                }
+               rdev->flags = 0;
+               if (sb->devflags & WriteMostly1)
+                       set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
        } else /* MULTIPATH are always insync */
                rdev->in_sync = 1;
 
@@ -2152,6 +2160,8 @@ static int get_disk_info(mddev_t * mddev, void __user * arg)
                        info.state |= (1<<MD_DISK_ACTIVE);
                        info.state |= (1<<MD_DISK_SYNC);
                }
+               if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags))
+                       info.state |= (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY);
        } else {
                info.major = info.minor = 0;
                info.raid_disk = -1;
@@ -2237,6 +2247,9 @@ static int add_new_disk(mddev_t * mddev, mdu_disk_info_t *info)
                rdev->saved_raid_disk = rdev->raid_disk;
 
                rdev->in_sync = 0; /* just to be sure */
+               if (info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY))
+                       set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
+
                rdev->raid_disk = -1;
                err = bind_rdev_to_array(rdev, mddev);
                if (err)
@@ -2277,6 +2290,9 @@ static int add_new_disk(mddev_t * mddev, mdu_disk_info_t *info)
                else
                        rdev->in_sync = 0;
 
+               if (info->state & (1<<MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY))
+                       set_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
+
                err = bind_rdev_to_array(rdev, mddev);
                if (err) {
                        export_rdev(rdev);
@@ -3329,6 +3345,8 @@ static int md_seq_show(struct seq_file *seq, void *v)
                        char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
                        seq_printf(seq, " %s[%d]",
                                bdevname(rdev->bdev,b), rdev->desc_nr);
+                       if (test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags))
+                               seq_printf(seq, "(W)");
                        if (rdev->faulty) {
                                seq_printf(seq, "(F)");
                                continue;
index ba643e4bfac99ce86801fa163640e8efe266070c..28839a8193f2763c212ace86c84079e99a540f5e 100644 (file)
@@ -360,13 +360,14 @@ static int read_balance(conf_t *conf, r1bio_t *r1_bio)
 {
        const unsigned long this_sector = r1_bio->sector;
        int new_disk = conf->last_used, disk = new_disk;
+       int wonly_disk = -1;
        const int sectors = r1_bio->sectors;
        sector_t new_distance, current_distance;
-       mdk_rdev_t *new_rdev, *rdev;
+       mdk_rdev_t *rdev;
 
        rcu_read_lock();
        /*
-        * Check if it if we can balance. We can balance on the whole
+        * Check if we can balance. We can balance on the whole
         * device if no resync is going on, or below the resync window.
         * We take the first readable disk when above the resync window.
         */
@@ -376,11 +377,16 @@ static int read_balance(conf_t *conf, r1bio_t *r1_bio)
                /* Choose the first operation device, for consistancy */
                new_disk = 0;
 
-               while ((new_rdev=conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev) == NULL ||
-                      !new_rdev->in_sync) {
-                       new_disk++;
-                       if (new_disk == conf->raid_disks) {
-                               new_disk = -1;
+               for (rdev = conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev;
+                    !rdev || !rdev->in_sync
+                            || test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
+                    rdev = conf->mirrors[++new_disk].rdev) {
+
+                       if (rdev && rdev->in_sync)
+                               wonly_disk = new_disk;
+
+                       if (new_disk == conf->raid_disks - 1) {
+                               new_disk = wonly_disk;
                                break;
                        }
                }
@@ -389,16 +395,26 @@ static int read_balance(conf_t *conf, r1bio_t *r1_bio)
 
 
        /* make sure the disk is operational */
-       while ((new_rdev=conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev) == NULL ||
-              !new_rdev->in_sync) {
+       for (rdev = conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev;
+            !rdev || !rdev->in_sync ||
+                    test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags);
+            rdev = conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev) {
+
+               if (rdev && rdev->in_sync)
+                       wonly_disk = new_disk;
+
                if (new_disk <= 0)
                        new_disk = conf->raid_disks;
                new_disk--;
                if (new_disk == disk) {
-                       new_disk = -1;
-                       goto rb_out;
+                       new_disk = wonly_disk;
+                       break;
                }
        }
+
+       if (new_disk < 0)
+               goto rb_out;
+
        disk = new_disk;
        /* now disk == new_disk == starting point for search */
 
@@ -419,37 +435,41 @@ static int read_balance(conf_t *conf, r1bio_t *r1_bio)
                        disk = conf->raid_disks;
                disk--;
 
-               if ((rdev=conf->mirrors[disk].rdev) == NULL ||
-                   !rdev->in_sync)
+               rdev = conf->mirrors[disk].rdev;
+
+               if (!rdev ||
+                   !rdev->in_sync ||
+                   test_bit(WriteMostly, &rdev->flags))
                        continue;
 
                if (!atomic_read(&rdev->nr_pending)) {
                        new_disk = disk;
-                       new_rdev = rdev;
                        break;
                }
                new_distance = abs(this_sector - conf->mirrors[disk].head_position);
                if (new_distance < current_distance) {
                        current_distance = new_distance;
                        new_disk = disk;
-                       new_rdev = rdev;
                }
        } while (disk != conf->last_used);
 
-rb_out:
+ rb_out:
 
 
        if (new_disk >= 0) {
-               conf->next_seq_sect = this_sector + sectors;
-               conf->last_used = new_disk;
-               atomic_inc(&new_rdev->nr_pending);
-               if (!new_rdev->in_sync) {
+               rdev = conf->mirrors[new_disk].rdev;
+               if (!rdev)
+                       goto retry;
+               atomic_inc(&rdev->nr_pending);
+               if (!rdev->in_sync) {
                        /* cannot risk returning a device that failed
                         * before we inc'ed nr_pending
                         */
-                       atomic_dec(&new_rdev->nr_pending);
+                       atomic_dec(&rdev->nr_pending);
                        goto retry;
                }
+               conf->next_seq_sect = this_sector + sectors;
+               conf->last_used = new_disk;
        }
        rcu_read_unlock();
 
@@ -1109,6 +1129,7 @@ static sector_t sync_request(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t sector_nr, int *skipped, i
        sector_t max_sector, nr_sectors;
        int disk;
        int i;
+       int wonly;
        int write_targets = 0;
        int sync_blocks;
        int still_degraded = 0;
@@ -1164,14 +1185,21 @@ static sector_t sync_request(mddev_t *mddev, sector_t sector_nr, int *skipped, i
         */
        disk = conf->last_used;
        /* make sure disk is operational */
-
+       wonly = disk;
        while (conf->mirrors[disk].rdev == NULL ||
-              !conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->in_sync) {
+              !conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->in_sync ||
+              test_bit(WriteMostly, &conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->flags)
+               ) {
+               if (conf->mirrors[disk].rdev  &&
+                   conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->in_sync)
+                       wonly = disk;
                if (disk <= 0)
                        disk = conf->raid_disks;
                disk--;
-               if (disk == conf->last_used)
+               if (disk == conf->last_used) {
+                       disk = wonly;
                        break;
+               }
        }
        conf->last_used = disk;
        atomic_inc(&conf->mirrors[disk].rdev->nr_pending);
index 817062bf73524293d81cf57e463a254f78dae285..7ef78e15ce04afe100935bfcdd588cff1f7ffa88 100644 (file)
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ struct mdk_rdev_s
        int faulty;                     /* if faulty do not issue IO requests */
        int in_sync;                    /* device is a full member of the array */
 
+       unsigned long   flags;          /* Should include faulty and in_sync here. */
+#define        WriteMostly     4               /* Avoid reading if at all possible */
+
        int desc_nr;                    /* descriptor index in the superblock */
        int raid_disk;                  /* role of device in array */
        int saved_raid_disk;            /* role that device used to have in the
index dc65cd4354942d4efd7b31bd9eba4bba7c8bf405..4f047f84fb1fdfb5db735ab39a67f7c6f1513487 100644 (file)
 #define MD_DISK_SYNC           2 /* disk is in sync with the raid set */
 #define MD_DISK_REMOVED                3 /* disk is in sync with the raid set */
 
+#define        MD_DISK_WRITEMOSTLY     9 /* disk is "write-mostly" is RAID1 config.
+                                  * read requests will only be sent here in
+                                  * dire need
+                                  */
+
 typedef struct mdp_device_descriptor_s {
        __u32 number;           /* 0 Device number in the entire set          */
        __u32 major;            /* 1 Device major number                      */
@@ -193,7 +198,7 @@ struct mdp_superblock_1 {
 
        __u64   ctime;          /* lo 40 bits are seconds, top 24 are microseconds or 0*/
        __u32   level;          /* -4 (multipath), -1 (linear), 0,1,4,5 */
-       __u32   layout;         /* only for raid5 currently */
+       __u32   layout;         /* only for raid5 and raid10 currently */
        __u64   size;           /* used size of component devices, in 512byte sectors */
 
        __u32   chunksize;      /* in 512byte sectors */
@@ -212,7 +217,9 @@ struct mdp_superblock_1 {
        __u32   dev_number;     /* permanent identifier of this  device - not role in raid */
        __u32   cnt_corrected_read; /* number of read errors that were corrected by re-writing */
        __u8    device_uuid[16]; /* user-space setable, ignored by kernel */
-       __u8    pad2[64-56];    /* set to 0 when writing */
+       __u8    devflags;       /* per-device flags.  Only one defined...*/
+#define        WriteMostly1    1       /* mask for writemostly flag in above */
+       __u8    pad2[64-57];    /* set to 0 when writing */
 
        /* array state information - 64 bytes */
        __u64   utime;          /* 40 bits second, 24 btes microseconds */