Re: [PATCH RFC 5/6] md/raid1: Handle bio_split() errors

[John Garry <john.g.garry@oracle.com>]

On 23/09/2024 10:38, Yu Kuai wrote:
>>
>> Are you saying that some improvement needs to be made to the current 
>> code for badblocks handling, like initially try to skip bio_split()?
>>
>> Apart from that, what about the change in raid10_write_request(), 
>> w.r.t error handling?
>>
>> There, for an error in bio_split(), I think that we need to do some 
>> tidy-up if bio_split() fails, i.e. undo increase in rdev->nr_pending 
>> when looping conf->copies
>>
>> BTW, feel free to comment in patch 6/6 for that.
> 
> Yes, raid1/raid10 write are the same. If you want to enable atomic write
> for raid1/raid10, you must add a new branch to handle badblocks now,
> otherwise, as long as one copy contain any badblocks, atomic write will
> fail while theoretically I think it can work.

ok, I'll check the badblocks code further to understand this.

The point really for atomic writes support is that we should just not be 
attempting to split a bio, and handle an attempt to split an atomic 
write bio like any other bio split failure, e.g. if it does happen we 
either have a software bug or out-of-resources (-ENOMEM). Properly 
stacked atomic write queue limits should ensure that we are not in the 
situation where we do need to split, and the new checking in bio_split() 
is just an insurance policy.

Thanks,
John