linux/drivers/md
Mike Snitzer 07f2b6e038 dm thin: ensure user takes action to validate data and metadata consistency
If a thin metadata operation fails the current transaction will abort,
whereby causing potential for IO layers up the stack (e.g. filesystems)
to have data loss.  As such, set THIN_METADATA_NEEDS_CHECK_FLAG in the
thin metadata's superblock which:
1) requires the user verify the thin metadata is consistent (e.g. use
   thin_check, etc)
2) suggests the user verify the thin data is consistent (e.g. use fsck)

The only way to clear the superblock's THIN_METADATA_NEEDS_CHECK_FLAG is
to run thin_repair.

On metadata operation failure: abort current metadata transaction, set
pool in read-only mode, and now set the needs_check flag.

As part of this change, constraints are introduced or relaxed:
* don't allow a pool to transition to write mode if needs_check is set
* don't allow data or metadata space to be resized if needs_check is set
* if a thin pool's metadata space is exhausted: the kernel will now
  force the user to take the pool offline for repair before the kernel
  will allow the metadata space to be extended.

Also, update Documentation to include information about when the thin
provisioning target commits metadata, how it handles metadata failures
and running out of space.

Signed-off-by: Mike Snitzer <snitzer@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Joe Thornber <ejt@redhat.com>
2014-03-05 15:25:35 -05:00
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bcache Merge branch 'bcache-for-3.14' of git://evilpiepirate.org/~kent/linux-bcache into for-linus 2014-01-30 12:57:55 -07:00
persistent-data dm: fix Kconfig indentation 2014-03-03 17:31:07 -05:00
bitmap.c kernfs: s/sysfs_dirent/kernfs_node/ and rename its friends accordingly 2013-12-11 15:28:36 -08:00
bitmap.h kernfs: s/sysfs_dirent/kernfs_node/ and rename its friends accordingly 2013-12-11 15:28:36 -08:00
dm-bio-prison.c dm: add cache target 2013-03-01 22:45:51 +00:00
dm-bio-prison.h dm: add cache target 2013-03-01 22:45:51 +00:00
dm-bio-record.h dm: Refactor for new bio cloning/splitting 2013-11-23 22:33:55 -08:00
dm-bufio.c Merge branch 'for-3.14/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2014-01-30 11:19:05 -08:00
dm-bufio.h dm snapshot: use dm-bufio prefetch 2014-01-14 23:23:03 -05:00
dm-builtin.c dm sysfs: fix a module unload race 2014-01-14 23:23:04 -05:00
dm-cache-block-types.h dm: add cache target 2013-03-01 22:45:51 +00:00
dm-cache-metadata.c dm cache metadata: check the metadata version when reading the superblock 2013-11-11 11:37:49 -05:00
dm-cache-metadata.h dm cache: add passthrough mode 2013-11-11 11:37:49 -05:00
dm-cache-policy-cleaner.c dm cache: policy change version from string to integer set 2013-03-20 17:21:27 +00:00
dm-cache-policy-internal.h dm cache: add remove_cblock method to policy interface 2013-11-11 11:37:50 -05:00
dm-cache-policy-mq.c dm cache mq: fix memory allocation failure for large cache devices 2014-02-28 12:18:29 -05:00
dm-cache-policy.c dm cache: add policy name to status output 2014-01-16 13:44:11 -05:00
dm-cache-policy.h dm cache: add policy name to status output 2014-01-16 13:44:11 -05:00
dm-cache-target.c dm cache: fix truncation bug when mapping I/O to >2TB fast device 2014-02-28 09:23:02 -05:00
dm-crypt.c block: Convert drivers to immutable biovecs 2013-11-23 22:33:51 -08:00
dm-delay.c Merge branch 'for-3.14/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2014-01-30 11:19:05 -08:00
dm-exception-store.c dm: replace simple_strtoul 2012-07-27 15:07:59 +01:00
dm-exception-store.h
dm-flakey.c block: Abstract out bvec iterator 2013-11-23 22:33:47 -08:00
dm-io.c dm io: fix I/O to multiple destinations 2014-02-17 11:00:05 -05:00
dm-ioctl.c dm: allow remove to be deferred 2013-11-09 18:20:22 -05:00
dm-kcopyd.c dm: stop using WQ_NON_REENTRANT 2013-08-23 09:02:13 -04:00
dm-linear.c block: Abstract out bvec iterator 2013-11-23 22:33:47 -08:00
dm-log-userspace-base.c dm log userspace: allow mark requests to piggyback on flush requests 2014-01-21 23:46:27 -05:00
dm-log-userspace-transfer.c connector/userns: replace netlink uses of cap_raised() with capable() 2012-05-10 23:21:39 -04:00
dm-log-userspace-transfer.h
dm-log.c dm: use memweight() 2012-07-30 17:25:16 -07:00
dm-mpath.c dm mpath: fix stalls when handling invalid ioctls 2014-02-26 09:44:44 -05:00
dm-mpath.h
dm-path-selector.c md: Add module.h to all files using it implicitly 2011-10-31 19:31:18 -04:00
dm-path-selector.h
dm-queue-length.c dm: reject trailing characters in sccanf input 2012-03-28 18:41:26 +01:00
dm-raid1.c dm raid1: fix immutable biovec related BUG when retrying read bio 2014-02-18 10:48:57 -05:00
dm-raid.c MD: Remember the last sync operation that was performed 2013-06-26 12:38:24 +10:00
dm-region-hash.c block: Abstract out bvec iterator 2013-11-23 22:33:47 -08:00
dm-round-robin.c dm: reject trailing characters in sccanf input 2012-03-28 18:41:26 +01:00
dm-service-time.c dm: reject trailing characters in sccanf input 2012-03-28 18:41:26 +01:00
dm-snap-persistent.c dm snapshot: fix metadata corruption 2014-03-03 17:58:13 -05:00
dm-snap-transient.c md: Add in export.h for files using EXPORT_SYMBOL 2011-10-31 19:31:19 -04:00
dm-snap.c Merge branch 'for-3.14/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2014-01-30 11:19:05 -08:00
dm-stats.c dm stats: initialize read-only module parameter 2013-12-10 19:13:21 -05:00
dm-stats.h dm: add statistics support 2013-09-05 20:46:06 -04:00
dm-stripe.c block: Abstract out bvec iterator 2013-11-23 22:33:47 -08:00
dm-switch.c block: Abstract out bvec iterator 2013-11-23 22:33:47 -08:00
dm-sysfs.c dm sysfs: fix a module unload race 2014-01-14 23:23:04 -05:00
dm-table.c dm table: remove unused buggy code that extends the targets array 2014-01-07 10:11:44 -05:00
dm-target.c dm: allow error target to replace bio-based and request-based targets 2013-09-05 20:46:05 -04:00
dm-thin-metadata.c dm thin: ensure user takes action to validate data and metadata consistency 2014-03-05 15:25:35 -05:00
dm-thin-metadata.h dm thin: ensure user takes action to validate data and metadata consistency 2014-03-05 15:25:35 -05:00
dm-thin.c dm thin: ensure user takes action to validate data and metadata consistency 2014-03-05 15:25:35 -05:00
dm-uevent.c md: Add in export.h for files using EXPORT_SYMBOL 2011-10-31 19:31:19 -04:00
dm-uevent.h
dm-verity.c block: Generic bio chaining 2013-11-23 22:33:56 -08:00
dm-zero.c dm: rename request variables to bios 2013-03-01 22:45:47 +00:00
dm.c Merge branch 'for-3.14/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2014-01-30 11:19:05 -08:00
dm.h dm sysfs: fix a module unload race 2014-01-14 23:23:04 -05:00
faulty.c block: Abstract out bvec iterator 2013-11-23 22:33:47 -08:00
Kconfig dm: fix Kconfig indentation 2014-03-03 17:31:07 -05:00
linear.c block: Introduce new bio_split() 2013-11-23 22:33:57 -08:00
linear.h md/linear: typedef removal: linear_conf_t -> struct linear_conf 2011-10-11 16:48:54 +11:00
Makefile dm sysfs: fix a module unload race 2014-01-14 23:23:04 -05:00
md.c Merge branch 'for-3.14/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2014-01-30 11:19:05 -08:00
md.h Driver core / sysfs patches for 3.14-rc1 2014-01-20 15:49:44 -08:00
multipath.c block: Abstract out bvec iterator 2013-11-23 22:33:47 -08:00
multipath.h md/multipath: typedef removal: multipath_conf_t -> struct mpconf 2011-10-11 16:48:57 +11:00
raid0.c block: Introduce new bio_split() 2013-11-23 22:33:57 -08:00
raid0.h md: add proper merge_bvec handling to RAID0 and Linear. 2012-03-19 12:46:39 +11:00
raid1.c md/raid1: restore ability for check and repair to fix read errors. 2014-02-05 12:26:04 +11:00
raid1.h raid1: Rewrite the implementation of iobarrier. 2013-11-19 15:19:18 +11:00
raid5.c md/raid5: Fix CPU hotplug callback registration 2014-02-13 13:46:45 +11:00
raid5.h md update for 3.13. 2013-11-20 13:05:25 -08:00
raid10.c Merge branch 'for-3.14/core' of git://git.kernel.dk/linux-block 2014-01-30 11:19:05 -08:00
raid10.h MD RAID10: Improve redundancy for 'far' and 'offset' algorithms (part 1) 2013-02-26 11:55:30 +11:00