From 2214c260c72b0bd94e6c1c19bf451686212025d3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Artur Paszkiewicz Date: Mon, 8 May 2017 11:56:55 +0200 Subject: md: don't return -EAGAIN in md_allow_write for external metadata arrays This essentially reverts commit b5470dc5fc18 ("md: resolve external metadata handling deadlock in md_allow_write") with some adjustments. Since commit 6791875e2e53 ("md: make reconfig_mutex optional for writes to md sysfs files.") changing array_state to 'active' does not use mddev_lock() and will not cause a deadlock with md_allow_write(). This revert simplifies userspace tools that write to sysfs attributes like "stripe_cache_size" or "consistency_policy" because it removes the need for special handling for external metadata arrays, checking for EAGAIN and retrying the write. Signed-off-by: Artur Paszkiewicz Signed-off-by: Shaohua Li --- drivers/md/md.h | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'drivers/md/md.h') diff --git a/drivers/md/md.h b/drivers/md/md.h index 4e75d121bfcc..11f15146ce51 100644 --- a/drivers/md/md.h +++ b/drivers/md/md.h @@ -665,7 +665,7 @@ extern int sync_page_io(struct md_rdev *rdev, sector_t sector, int size, bool metadata_op); extern void md_do_sync(struct md_thread *thread); extern void md_new_event(struct mddev *mddev); -extern int md_allow_write(struct mddev *mddev); +extern void md_allow_write(struct mddev *mddev); extern void md_wait_for_blocked_rdev(struct md_rdev *rdev, struct mddev *mddev); extern void md_set_array_sectors(struct mddev *mddev, sector_t array_sectors); extern int md_check_no_bitmap(struct mddev *mddev); -- cgit v1.2.3