[PATCH v2 1/3] md/raid10: fix still_degraded being inverted in raid10_sync_request()

Yunye Zhao <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 21:55:33 +0800
Newsgroups org.kernel.vger.linux-raid,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Commit fe6a19d40ceb ("md/md-bitmap: merge md_bitmap_start_sync() into
bitmap_operations") converted still_degraded from int to bool, but
inverted the assignment in the loop that checks whether the array will
still be degraded after the current device is recovered:
"still_degraded = 1" became "still_degraded = false".

As a result, recovering a device while another mirror is still missing
calls md_bitmap_start_sync() with degraded == false, which clears bitmap
bits that the still-missing device needs.  When that device is re-added,
its bitmap-based recovery finds the bits already cleared and skips every
region written while the array was degraded, so it is marked In_sync
while holding stale data: silent corruption.

Reproducer (raid10 near=2, 4 disks, internal bitmap):
 - fail and remove one disk of each mirror pair
 - write to the degraded array
 - re-add both disks and let recovery finish
 - "check" reports mismatch_cnt=262272 after 256 MiB of degraded
   writes and file contents differ; the second disk's "recovery"
   completes in milliseconds because everything is skipped

The same conversion in raid1 got it right (still_degraded = true).
Restore the correct value.

Fixes: fe6a19d40ceb ("md/md-bitmap: merge md_bitmap_start_sync() into bitmap_operations")
Cc: [email protected]
Signed-off-by: Yunye Zhao <[email protected]>
---
 drivers/md/raid10.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid10.c b/drivers/md/raid10.c
index 0a3cfdd3f5df..54cddb3a98cd 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid10.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid10.c
@@ -3365,7 +3365,7 @@ static sector_t raid10_sync_request(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t sector_nr,
 				struct md_rdev *rdev = conf->mirrors[j].rdev;
 
 				if (rdev == NULL || test_bit(Faulty, &rdev->flags)) {
-					still_degraded = false;
+					still_degraded = true;
 					break;
 				}
 			}

base-commit: 4539944e515183668109bdf4d0c3d7d228383d88
-- 
2.19.1.6.gb485710b