From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Peter Rabbitson Subject: Re: Mechanism to safely force repair of single md stripe w/o hurting data integrity of file system Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 21:29:05 +0200 Message-ID: <482F3201.9080908@rabbit.us> References: <482DC043.5000307@dgreaves.com> <482DD981.5070004@sandeen.net> <482EEFDA.50101@dgreaves.com> <482EF6A7.2020909@sandeen.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Sender: linux-raid-owner@vger.kernel.org To: David Lethe Cc: LinuxRaid , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: linux-raid.ids David Lethe wrote: > I'm trying to figure out a mechanism to safely repair a stripe of data > when I know a particular disk has a unrecoverable read error at a > certain physical block (for 2.6 kernels) > > > > As such, anybody up to the challenge of writing the code? I want it > enough to paypal somebody $500 who can write it, and will gladly open > source the solution. > Damn, here goes $500 :) Unfortunately the only thing I can bring to the table is a thread[1] about a mechanism that would fit your request nicely. Hopefully someone will pick this stuff up and make it a reality. Peter [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-raid&m=120605458309825