linux/drivers
Jonathan Brassow b12d437b73 dm raid: support metadata devices
Add the ability to parse and use metadata devices to dm-raid.  Although
not strictly required, without the metadata devices, many features of
RAID are unavailable.  They are used to store a superblock and bitmap.

The role, or position in the array, of each device must be recorded in
its superblock.  This is to help with fault handling, array reshaping,
and sanity checks.  RAID 4/5/6 devices must be loaded in a specific order:
in this way, the 'array_position' field helps validate the correctness
of the mapping when it is loaded.  It can be used during reshaping to
identify which devices are added/removed.  Fault handling is impossible
without this field.  For example, when a device fails it is recorded in
the superblock.  If this is a RAID1 device and the offending device is
removed from the array, there must be a way during subsequent array
assembly to determine that the failed device was the one removed.  This
is done by correlating the 'array_position' field and the bit-field
variable 'failed_devices'.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Brassow <jbrassow@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Alasdair G Kergon <agk@redhat.com>
2011-08-02 12:32:07 +01:00
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accessibility
acpi Merge branch 'drm-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6 2011-07-26 09:21:09 -07:00
amba
ata drivers: use kzalloc/kcalloc instead of 'kmalloc+memset', where possible 2011-07-25 20:57:13 -07:00
atm atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
auxdisplay
base atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
bcma Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-07-25 13:56:39 -07:00
block atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
bluetooth Merge branch 'master' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/linville/wireless-next-2.6 into for-davem 2011-07-15 10:05:24 -04:00
cdrom
char Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jmorris/security-testing-2.6 2011-07-27 19:26:38 -07:00
clk ARM: Consolidate the clkdev header files 2011-07-19 18:09:45 +02:00
clocksource Merge branch 'timers-clocksource-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/linux-2.6-tip 2011-07-23 10:34:47 -07:00
connector atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
cpufreq Merge branch 'drm-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/airlied/drm-2.6 2011-07-26 09:21:09 -07:00
cpuidle
crypto Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-07-25 12:53:15 -07:00
dca
dio
dma Merge branch 'next/devel' of ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/linux-arm-soc 2011-07-26 17:41:04 -07:00
edac atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
eisa eisa/pci_eisa.c: fix section mismatch 2011-07-25 20:57:14 -07:00
firewire atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
firmware Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6 2011-07-25 23:06:24 -07:00
gpio Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-07-25 13:56:39 -07:00
gpu atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
hid Merge branches 'roccat', 'upstream' and 'wiimote' into for-linus 2011-07-22 22:47:08 +02:00
hwmon atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
hwspinlock
i2c i2c-eg20t : Fix the issue of Combined R/W transfer mode 2011-07-27 00:02:28 +01:00
ide Merge branch 'master' into for-next 2011-07-11 14:15:55 +02:00
idle
ieee802154
infiniband Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2011-07-27 13:21:40 -07:00
input Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/dtor/input 2011-07-27 09:24:56 -07:00
iommu iommu/amd: Don't use MSI address range for DMA addresses 2011-07-06 17:14:44 +02:00
isdn atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
leds arch/arm/mach-ux500/board-u5500.c: calibrate ALS input voltage 2011-07-25 20:57:15 -07:00
lguest lguest: Fix in/out emulation 2011-07-22 14:39:51 +09:30
macintosh drivers: fix up various ->llseek() implementations 2011-07-20 20:47:58 -04:00
mca
md dm raid: support metadata devices 2011-08-02 12:32:07 +01:00
media atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
memstick
message atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
mfd Merge branch 'next/devel2' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/arm/linux-arm-soc 2011-07-26 17:42:18 -07:00
misc atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
mmc MMC / TMIO: Fix build issue related to struct scatterlist 2011-07-26 11:52:55 -07:00
mtd Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-07-25 13:56:39 -07:00
net atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
nfc NFC: pn533: add NXP pn533 nfc device driver 2011-07-05 15:26:58 -04:00
nubus
of Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2011-07-25 22:59:39 -07:00
oprofile atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
parisc
parport Merge branch 'tty-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/tty-2.6 2011-07-25 23:09:27 -07:00
pci Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/viro/vfs-2.6 2011-07-26 18:30:20 -07:00
pcmcia Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-07-25 13:56:39 -07:00
platform asus-wmi: ->is_visible() can't return negative 2011-07-24 10:12:19 -04:00
pnp Merge 'akpm' patch series 2011-07-25 21:00:19 -07:00
power
pps
ps3
ptp
rapidio
regulator regulator: Convert tps65023 to use regmap API 2011-07-23 07:57:02 +01:00
rtc rtc: fix hrtimer deadlock 2011-07-26 16:49:42 -07:00
s390 atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
sbus atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
scsi Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2011-07-27 13:21:40 -07:00
sfi
sh switch assorted clock drivers to debugfs_remove_recursive() 2011-07-20 20:47:51 -04:00
sn
spi Merge branch 'spi/next' of git://git.secretlab.ca/git/linux-2.6 2011-07-22 14:52:44 -07:00
ssb Merge branch 'for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jikos/trivial 2011-07-25 13:56:39 -07:00
staging staging: brcm80211: Fix double include introduced by bad merge 2011-07-27 09:23:35 -07:00
target Merge branch 'for-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/nab/target-pending 2011-07-27 13:21:40 -07:00
tc
telephony
thermal
tty atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
uio Merge branch 'driver-core-next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/gregkh/driver-core-2.6 2011-07-25 23:06:24 -07:00
usb atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
uwb uwb: Fix misspelling of neighbourhood in comment 2011-07-21 14:03:41 +02:00
vhost atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
video atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
virt drivers/virt: add missing linux/interrupt.h to fsl_hypervisor.c 2011-07-22 09:24:39 -05:00
virtio virtio: expose for non-virtualization users too 2011-07-23 16:20:30 +09:30
vlynq
w1 atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
watchdog atomic: use <linux/atomic.h> 2011-07-26 16:49:47 -07:00
xen xen/balloon: memory hotplug support for Xen balloon driver 2011-07-25 20:57:08 -07:00
zorro
Kconfig Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2011-07-25 22:59:39 -07:00
Makefile Merge branch 'next' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/benh/powerpc 2011-07-25 22:59:39 -07:00