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* External bitmap disappears
@ 2008-06-20 13:17 Jon Nelson
  2008-06-20 13:45 ` Michael Tokarev
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jon Nelson @ 2008-06-20 13:17 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Linux-Raid

I've configured a raid10,f2 with an external bitmap:

mdadm --grow --bitmap=/md0.bitmap /dev/md0

The root ('/') filesystem is NOT on the raid. It's a normal partition
(/dev/sdb1, the boot device actually).
After reboot, cat /proc/mdstat does not show a bitmap. What's up with
that? That sure doesn't seem right.

-- 
Jon

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* Re: External bitmap disappears
  2008-06-20 13:17 External bitmap disappears Jon Nelson
@ 2008-06-20 13:45 ` Michael Tokarev
  2008-06-20 13:48   ` Jon Nelson
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Michael Tokarev @ 2008-06-20 13:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jon Nelson; +Cc: Linux-Raid

Jon Nelson wrote:
> I've configured a raid10,f2 with an external bitmap:
> 
> mdadm --grow --bitmap=/md0.bitmap /dev/md0
> 
> The root ('/') filesystem is NOT on the raid. It's a normal partition
> (/dev/sdb1, the boot device actually).
> After reboot, cat /proc/mdstat does not show a bitmap. What's up with
> that? That sure doesn't seem right.

If a bitmap isn't stored inside a superblock, you have to
specify the same filename when ASSEMBLING the array.

Add it to mdadm.conf file.

/mjt


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* Re: External bitmap disappears
  2008-06-20 13:45 ` Michael Tokarev
@ 2008-06-20 13:48   ` Jon Nelson
  2008-06-21  5:33     ` NeilBrown
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 4+ messages in thread
From: Jon Nelson @ 2008-06-20 13:48 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Michael Tokarev; +Cc: Linux-Raid

I'd like to offer a suggestion, then:

perhaps mdadm --detail --scan
could add bitmap= to it's output as appropriate?


On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:45 AM, Michael Tokarev <mjt@tls.msk.ru> wrote:
> Jon Nelson wrote:
>> I've configured a raid10,f2 with an external bitmap:
>>
>> mdadm --grow --bitmap=/md0.bitmap /dev/md0
>>
>> The root ('/') filesystem is NOT on the raid. It's a normal partition
>> (/dev/sdb1, the boot device actually).
>> After reboot, cat /proc/mdstat does not show a bitmap. What's up with
>> that? That sure doesn't seem right.
>
> If a bitmap isn't stored inside a superblock, you have to
> specify the same filename when ASSEMBLING the array.
>
> Add it to mdadm.conf file.
>
> /mjt
>
>



-- 
Jon

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* Re: External bitmap disappears
  2008-06-20 13:48   ` Jon Nelson
@ 2008-06-21  5:33     ` NeilBrown
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 4+ messages in thread
From: NeilBrown @ 2008-06-21  5:33 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Jon Nelson; +Cc: Michael Tokarev, Linux-Raid

On Fri, June 20, 2008 11:48 pm, Jon Nelson wrote:
> I'd like to offer a suggestion, then:
>
> perhaps mdadm --detail --scan
> could add bitmap= to it's output as appropriate?

That's an excellent suggestion.

(makes note in ever-growing TODO list)

Thanks.

NeilBrown



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