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From: Jes Sorensen <jes.sorensen@gmail.com>
To: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
Cc: "Linux Raid" <linux-raid@vger.kernel.org>,
	"Bjørnar Ness" <bjornar.ness@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [mdadm PATCH] Incremental: Use ->validate_geometry instead of ->avail_size
Date: Wed, 1 Nov 2017 17:27:06 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <7e500a7f-093d-b7d7-f02a-1e120e7bac89@gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87k1zdb5z6.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name>

On 10/30/2017 12:43 AM, NeilBrown wrote:
> 
> Since mdadm 3.3 is has not been correct to call ->avail_size if
> metadata hasn't been read from the device.  ->validate_geometry
> should be used instead.
> 
> Unfortunately array_try_spare() didn't get the memo, and it can crash
> when adding a spare with no metdata.
> 
> So change it to use ->validate_geometry().
> 
> Only one place remains that uses ->avail_size(), and that is safe.
> 
> Also fix a comment with a typo.
> 
> Reported-and-tested-by: Bjørnar Ness <bjornar.ness@gmail.com>
> Fixes: 641da7459192 ("super1: separate to version of _avail_space1().")
> Signed-off-by: NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>
> ---
>  Incremental.c | 15 +++++++++------
>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

Memo sent to array_try_spare()!

Thanks,
Jes



      reply	other threads:[~2017-11-01 21:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 2+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-10-30  4:43 [mdadm PATCH] Incremental: Use ->validate_geometry instead of ->avail_size NeilBrown
2017-11-01 21:27 ` Jes Sorensen [this message]

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