If mdadm.conf contains
HOMEHOST <ignore>
or commandline contains
--homehost=<ignore>
then the check that array metadata mentions the given homehost is
replace by a check that the name recorded in the metadata is not
already used by some other array mentioned in mdadm.conf.
This allows more arrays to use their native name rather than having
an _NN suffix added.
This should only be used during boot time if all arrays required for
normal boot are listed in mdadm.conf.
If auto-assembly is used to find all array during boot, then the
HOMEHOST feature should be used to ensure there is no room for
confusion in choosing array names, and so it should not be set
to <ignore>.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Sometimes we want to ensure particular arrays are never
assembled automatically. This might include an array made of
devices that are shared between hosts.
To support this, allow ARRAY lines in mdadm.conf to use the word
"ignore" rather than a device name. Arrays which match such lines
are never automatically assembled (though they can still be assembled
by explicitly giving identification information on the mdadm command
line.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Rather than appending the md minor number, we now append a small
sequence number to make sure name in /dev/md/ that aren't LOCAL are
unique. As the map file is locked while we do this, we are sure
of no losing any races.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
When a 'container' gets started, we need udev to notice, but the
kernel has no way of knowing that a KOBJ_CHANGE event is needed. So
send one directly via the 'uevent' sysfs attribute.
Also, uevents don't get generated when md arrays are stopped (prior to
2.6.28) so send 'change' events then too.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
We previously only updated /var/run/mdadm/map when starting an
array with --incremental. However we now make more use of
that file (to pass the dev name to udev) so always update it.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
We will shortly be feeding more information into the process of
creating array devices, so delay the creation. Still open them
early if the device already exists.
This involves making sure the autof flag is in the right place
so that it can be found at creation time.
Also, Assemble, Build, and Create now always close 'mdfd'.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
This reflect that fact that more often than not it is creating things
in /dev, and allows for a new open_mddev which does just that.
Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.de>
Fix on call that passed an invalid mode to open
Don't pass a third arg unless we also pass O_CREAT
Use symbolic args for 2nd and 3rd args
Signed-off-by: Doug Ledford <dledford@redhat.com>
From: Luca Berra <bluca@comedia.it>
- Fix a bug where mdassemble didn't close a filedescriptor and so couldn't assembele
stacked arrays.
- Allow mdassemble, when run a second time, to mark all arrays as writable.
This is useful if they are started read-only as is best at boot-time.
pass CFLAGS to mdassemble build, enabling -Wall -Werror showed some
issues also fixed by the patch.
From: Luca Berra <bluca@vodka.it>
Signed-off-by: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
NeilBrown
Doug Ledford
Luca Berra