[PATCH] md: improvements to raid5 handling of read errors
Two refinements to the 'attempt-overwrite-on-read-error' mechanism.
1/ If the array is read-only, don't attempt an over-write.
2/ If there are more than max_nr_stripes read errors on a device with
no success, fail the drive. This will make sure a dead
drive will be eventually kicked even when we aren't trying
to rewrite (which would normally kick a dead drive more quickly.
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>
diff --git a/include/linux/raid/md_k.h b/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
index 4169c11..200c69e 100644
--- a/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
+++ b/include/linux/raid/md_k.h
@@ -134,6 +134,9 @@
* only maintained for arrays that
* support hot removal
*/
+ atomic_t read_errors; /* number of consecutive read errors that
+ * we have tried to ignore.
+ */
};
typedef struct mdk_personality_s mdk_personality_t;