Re: [PATCH] md: skip redundant raid_disks update when value is unchanged

[Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi <abd.masalkhi@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Apr 28, 2026 at 16:25 +0800, Yu Kuai wrote:
> Hi,
>
> 在 2026/4/25 16:58, Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi 写道:
>> Calling update_raid_disks() with the same value as the current one
>> can trigger unnecessary work. For example, RAID1 will reallocate
>> resources such as the mempool for r1bio.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi <abd.masalkhi@gmail.com>
>> ---
>> It returns -EINVAL for the same value. If silent success is preferred
>> instead, please let me know so I adjust its behavior.
>> ---
>>   drivers/md/md.c | 9 ++++++---
>>   1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
>> index 0e55639211f2..cb66c4ebbafa 100644
>> --- a/drivers/md/md.c
>> +++ b/drivers/md/md.c
>> @@ -4409,9 +4409,12 @@ raid_disks_store(struct mddev *mddev, const char *buf, size_t len)
>>   	err = mddev_suspend_and_lock(mddev);
>>   	if (err)
>>   		return err;
>> -	if (mddev->pers)
>> -		err = update_raid_disks(mddev, n);
>> -	else if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector) {
>> +	if (mddev->pers) {
>> +		if (n != mddev->raid_disks)
>> +			err = update_raid_disks(mddev, n);
>> +		else
>> +			err = -EINVAL;
>
> Changing return value in this case is not expected, especially from
> success to failure.
>

I’ll adjust the behavior to return success instead.

>> +	} else if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector) {
>>   		struct md_rdev *rdev;
>>   		int olddisks = mddev->raid_disks - mddev->delta_disks;
>>   
>
> -- 
> Thansk,
> Kuai

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Best Regards,
Abd-Alrhman