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From: "Chen Cheng" <chencheng@fnnas.com>
To: <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>, <yukuai@fygo.io>, <xiaon@kernel.org>
Cc: <chencheng@fnnas.com>, <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [RFC PATCH 4/5] md/raid1: use rot policy when no nonrot disk is readable
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2026 15:06:45 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260818070646.1029149-5-chencheng@fnnas.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260818070646.1029149-1-chencheng@fnnas.com>

From: Chen Cheng <chencheng@fnnas.com>

has_nonrot selects mixed policy or rot-only policy.

Current:
1. has_nonrot is true if conf->nonrot_disks > 0.
2. nonrot_disks counts every nonrot disk.
3. A Faulty disk, a rebuild disk, and a WriteMostly disk still
   count.

Problem:
1. The array is NVMe + HDD. The NVMe fails. Only the HDD can
   take reads.
2. nonrot_disks is still 1. The code thinks this is a mixed
   array.
3. Sequential reads on the HDD do not stay on the HDD. Mixed
   policy will not keep a rot disk.
4. Every read still advances the nonrot round-robin, though no
   nonrot disk can take the read.

Improve:
1. Look at disks that can take this read.
2. If none of them is nonrot, use the rot-only policy.

Signed-off-by: Chen Cheng <chencheng@fnnas.com>
---
 drivers/md/raid1.c | 20 +++++++++++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/raid1.c b/drivers/md/raid1.c
index 523b55d42779..f476d4dea4be 100644
--- a/drivers/md/raid1.c
+++ b/drivers/md/raid1.c
@@ -793,10 +793,28 @@ struct read_balance_ctl {
 static int raid1_rr_pos(int disk, int start, int n)
 {
 	return ((disk % n) - start + n) % n;
 }
 
+static bool raid1_has_readable_nonrot(struct r1conf *conf,
+				      struct r1bio *r1_bio)
+{
+	int disk;
+
+	for (disk = 0; disk < conf->raid_disks * 2; disk++) {
+		struct md_rdev *rdev;
+
+		if (r1_bio->bios[disk] == IO_BLOCKED)
+			continue;
+		rdev = conf->mirrors[disk].rdev;
+		if (rdev_readable(rdev, r1_bio) &&
+		    test_bit(Nonrot, &rdev->flags))
+			return true;
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
 static bool is_better_disk(unsigned int pending, int disk, bool nonrot,
 			   const struct read_balance_ctl *ctl,
 			   int rr_start, int n)
 {
 	if (ctl->min_pending_disk < 0)
@@ -814,11 +832,11 @@ static bool is_better_disk(unsigned int pending, int disk, bool nonrot,
 
 static int choose_best_rdev(struct r1conf *conf, struct r1bio *r1_bio)
 {
 	int disk;
 	int rr_start = 0;
-	bool has_nonrot = READ_ONCE(conf->nonrot_disks);
+	bool has_nonrot = raid1_has_readable_nonrot(conf, r1_bio);
 	struct read_balance_ctl ctl = {
 		.closest_dist_disk      = -1,
 		.closest_dist           = MaxSector,
 		.min_pending_disk       = -1,
 		.min_pending            = UINT_MAX,
-- 
2.55.0

  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-18  7:07 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-18  7:06 [RFC PATCH 0/5] md/raid1: improve choose_best_rdev read balance Chen Cheng
2026-08-18  7:06 ` [RFC PATCH 1/5] md/raid1: balance reads across non-rotational disks Chen Cheng
2026-08-18  7:16   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-18  7:06 ` [RFC PATCH 2/5] md/raid1: do not move nonrot reads onto a rot disk Chen Cheng
2026-08-18  7:26   ` sashiko-bot
2026-08-18  7:06 ` [RFC PATCH 3/5] md/raid1: do not send random reads to " Chen Cheng
2026-08-18  7:06 ` Chen Cheng [this message]
2026-08-18  7:34   ` [RFC PATCH 4/5] md/raid1: use rot policy when no nonrot disk is readable sashiko-bot
2026-08-18  7:06 ` [RFC PATCH 5/5] md/raid1: clarify choose_best_rdev comments Chen Cheng

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