Re: [PATCH v3] md/raid5: fix reshape deadlock while failed devices more than max degraded
"yu kuai" <[email protected]> Thu, 30 Jul 2026 17:37:32 +0800
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-raid,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel |
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在 2026/6/24 15:58, Chen Cheng 写道: > From: Chen Cheng<[email protected]> > > reshape stripe lifetime: > - start reshape ==> reshape_request(): > * get destination stripe, > - if need to copy source data chunks, set STRIPE_EXPANDING; > - or, if new regions past the old end of the array, zero-filled, > no need source data, set STRIPE_EXPANDING | STRIPE_READY > * get source stripe, > - set STRIPE_EXPAND_SOURCE > > - handle expand stripe ==> handle_stripe(): > reshape use reconstruct-write to construct stripe, > four stages: > 1. prepare source data chunks for old geometry stripe > - fill source stripe data by read or compute > 2. move data from old geometry source stripe to new geometry > destination stripe > - source stripe clear STRIPE_EXPAND_SOURCE > - drain data from source to destination stripe > - mark stripe chunk as R5_Expanded|R5_UPTODATE when the > drain from source chunk to destionation chunk is completed > - all stripe chunks drain are completed, then mark > STRIPE_EXPAND_READY > 3. calculate p/q chunks for destination stripe > - if destination stripe does't depends on source dstripe, > then we can clear STRIPE_EXPANDING > 4. write-out to disks and release > - set R5_Wantwrite|R5_Locked, writeout to disk > - if write-out successed, clear STRIPE_EXPAND_READY, and > decrement reshape_stripe, call md_done_sync() to report > reshape progress. > > 1. cleanup the following kinds of **destination stripe** > when failed device more than max degraded: > - new regions past the old end of the array, zero-filled in place, > requires no source data. > (STRIPE_EXPANDING | STRIPE_EXPAND_READY) > - prepare source data chunks already done, and writeout failed > (STRIPE_EXPAND_READY) > > 2. destination stripes that need source data > (STRIPE_EXPANDING, no STRIPE_HANDLE) > - these kind of stripes sit idle in the stripe cache and are never seen > by handle_stripe(). So clean up indirectly when thier source stripe > (type 3) is processed. > > 3. source stripes (STRIPE_EXPAND_SOURCE) > - hit handle_stripe() after thier member disks are markded Faulty. > - clear STRIPE_EXPAND_SOURCE, finds and cleanup all dependent destination > stripes that were waiting for data. > - walks the source's data disks, compute the corresponding destination > sector, looks up the destination stripe, and do cleanup(clear flags, > dec counters, call md_done_sync()) > > Reproducer: > - Create a 4-disk RAID5 with mdadm on top of 5 disposable test disks > wrapped by dm targets. > - Add the 5th device as a spare and start a 4 -> 5 reshape. > - Wait until /sys/block/mdX/md/sync_action reports "reshape". > - Inject failures on two members so reshape exceeds max_degraded. > - After a few seconds, write "frozen" to /sys/block/mdX/md/sync_action. > Before this fix, the write blocks indefinitely. > > Read-error variant: > - Use dm-dust on /dev/sd[b-f]. > - Preload bad blocks on two source members, e.g. dust0 and dust1: > dmsetup message dust0 0 addbadblock <range> > dmsetup message dust1 0 addbadblock <range> > - Start reshape: > mdadm -C /dev/mdX -e 1.2 -l 5 -n 4 -c 64 --assume-clean /dev/mapper/dust{0..3} > mdadm --manage /dev/mdX --add /dev/mapper/dust4 > mdadm --grow /dev/mdX -n 5 --backup-file=/tmp/grow.backup & > - Once reshape starts, enable the injected read failures: > dmsetup message dust0 0 enable > dmsetup message dust1 0 enable > - Then: > echo frozen > /sys/block/mdX/md/sync_action > hangs forever before the fix. > > Write-error variant: > - Use dm-flakey on /dev/sd[b-f]. > - Start the same 4 -> 5 reshape on flakey0..flakey4. > - Once reshape starts, switch two members, e.g. flakey3 and flakey4, > to error_writes. > - Then: > echo frozen > /sys/block/mdX/md/sync_action > hangs forever before the fix. > > md_do_sync() exits its main loop on MD_RECOVERY_INTR but then blocks > forever at: > > wait_event(mddev->recovery_wait, > !atomic_read(&mddev->recovery_active)); > > After the fix recovery_active drains to zero, md_do_sync() prints > > md/raid:md0: Cannot continue operation (2/5 failed). > md: md0: reshape interrupted. > > v2 -> v3: > - just kick sashiko-bot to review my patch.. > > changes v1 -> v2: > - handle reshape write deadlock while failed devices more than max degraded > > Signed-off-by: Chen Cheng<[email protected]> > --- > drivers/md/raid5.c | 74 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 74 insertions(+) Applied to md-7.3 with change log removed. -- Thanks, Kuai