kernel_optimize_test/drivers
NeilBrown 6985c43f39 [PATCH] Three one-liners in md.c
The main problem fixes is that in certain situations stopping md arrays may
take longer than you expect, or may require multiple attempts.  This would
only happen when resync/recovery is happening.

This patch fixes three vaguely related bugs.

1/ The recent change to use kthreads got the setting of the
   process name wrong.  This fixes it.
2/ The recent change to use kthreads lost the ability for
   md threads to be signalled with SIG_KILL.  This restores that.
3/ There is a long standing bug in that if:
    - An array needs recovery (onto a hot-spare) and
    - The recovery is being blocked because some other array being
       recovered shares a physical device and
    - The recovery thread is killed with SIG_KILL
   Then the recovery will appear to have completed with no IO being
   done, which can cause data corruption.
   This patch makes sure that incomplete recovery will be treated as
   incomplete.

Note that any kernel affected by bug 2 will not suffer the problem of bug
3, as the signal can never be delivered.  Thus the current 2.6.14-rc
kernels are not susceptible to data corruption.  Note also that if arrays
are shutdown (with "mdadm -S" or "raidstop") then the problem doesn't
occur.  It only happens if a SIGKILL is independently delivered as done by
'init' when shutting down.

Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
2005-10-19 23:04:30 -07:00
..
acorn [ARM] Fix pcf8583 to build 2005-09-20 21:01:13 +01:00
acpi [PATCH] Fix /proc/acpi/events around suspend 2005-10-17 17:03:57 -07:00
atm [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
base [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
block [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
bluetooth [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
cdrom [PATCH] drivers/cdrom: fix-up schedule_timeout() usage 2005-09-10 10:06:38 -07:00
char Add some basic .gitignore files 2005-10-18 08:26:15 -07:00
connector [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
cpufreq
crypto
dio
eisa
fc4
firmware [PATCH] dell_rbu: changes in packet update mechanism 2005-10-11 09:46:53 -07:00
hwmon [PATCH] hdaps: small update. 2005-09-22 22:17:34 -07:00
i2c [PATCH] ppc64: SMU driver update & i2c support 2005-09-22 22:17:35 -07:00
ide [PATCH] ide: Workaround PM problem 2005-10-10 08:40:47 -07:00
ieee1394 [PATCH] raw1394: fix locking in the presence of SMP and interrupts 2005-10-19 23:04:30 -07:00
infiniband [PATCH] gfp flags annotations - part 1 2005-10-08 15:00:57 -07:00
input [PATCH] uniput - fix crash on SMP 2005-10-17 17:03:57 -07:00
isdn [PATCH] proc_mkdir() should be used to create procfs directories 2005-09-29 08:46:26 -07:00
macintosh [PATCH] Fix ppc64 smu driver locking 2005-09-29 15:42:58 -07:00
mca
md [PATCH] Three one-liners in md.c 2005-10-19 23:04:30 -07:00
media [PATCH] fix black/white-only svideo input in vpx3220 decoder 2005-10-17 08:59:10 -07:00
message [PATCH] Fix I2O config-osm init to return proper error 2005-09-21 10:11:54 -07:00
mfd [ARM] 2956/1: fix the "Fix gcc4 build errors in ucb1x00-core.c" 2005-10-10 18:22:17 +01:00
misc [PATCH] hdpu_cpustate.c: misc_register() can fail 2005-09-10 10:06:25 -07:00
mmc [MMC] Clean up wbsd detection handling 2005-09-12 20:36:19 +01:00
mtd Merge master.kernel.org:/home/rmk/linux-2.6-arm 2005-09-30 08:39:56 -07:00
net [PATCH] orinoco: limit message rate 2005-10-19 23:04:30 -07:00
nubus
oprofile
parisc [IPV4]: Replace __in_dev_get with __in_dev_get_rcu/rtnl 2005-10-03 14:35:55 -07:00
parport [PATCH] parport: fix-up schedule_timeout() usage 2005-09-10 10:06:38 -07:00
pci Add some basic .gitignore files 2005-10-18 08:26:15 -07:00
pcmcia [PATCH] zaurus: fix soc_common.c 2005-10-14 17:10:12 -07:00
pnp Merge linux-2.6 with linux-acpi-2.6 2005-09-08 01:45:47 -04:00
s390 [PATCH] s390: ccw device reconnect oops. 2005-10-11 09:46:53 -07:00
sbus [PATCH] Remove unnecessary check_region references in comments 2005-09-13 08:22:29 -07:00
scsi [PATCH] Fix and clean up quirk_intel_ide_combined() configuration 2005-10-17 15:01:53 -07:00
serial [SERIAL] Add SupraExpress 56i support 2005-10-15 10:43:35 +01:00
sh
sn
tc [PATCH] Remove unnecessary check_region references in comments 2005-09-13 08:22:29 -07:00
telephony [PATCH] telephony: fix-up schedule_timeout() usage 2005-09-10 10:06:39 -07:00
usb [PATCH] USB: fix bug in handling of highspeed usb HID devices 2005-10-17 14:45:49 -07:00
video [PATCH] vesafb: Fix display corruption on display blank 2005-10-18 08:43:29 -07:00
w1 [PATCH] Dallas's 1-wire bus compile error 2005-10-14 17:10:13 -07:00
zorro
Kconfig [NET]: Add netlink connector. 2005-09-11 19:15:07 -07:00
Makefile [NET]: Add netlink connector. 2005-09-11 19:15:07 -07:00