[RFC PATCH v2] md: remove legacy 1s delay in md_notify_reboot

[RFC PATCH v2] md: remove legacy 1s delay in md_notify_reboot

[Tarun Sahu]

During system shutdown, the md driver registered notifier function
(md_notify_reboot) currently imposes a hardcoded one-second delay.

This delay was introduced approximately 23 years ago and was likely
necessary for the hardware generation of that time. Proposing this
patch to make sure there are no known devices that need this delay.

Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
---
v2:
	Added linux-scsi mailing list

 drivers/md/md.c | 11 -----------
 1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index b086cbf24086..66c4d66b4b86 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -9704,7 +9704,6 @@ static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
 			    unsigned long code, void *x)
 {
 	struct mddev *mddev;
-	int need_delay = 0;
 
 	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 	list_for_each_entry(mddev, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
@@ -9718,21 +9717,11 @@ static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
 				mddev->safemode = 2;
 			mddev_unlock(mddev);
 		}
-		need_delay = 1;
 		spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 		mddev_put_locked(mddev);
 	}
 	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
 
-	/*
-	 * certain more exotic SCSI devices are known to be
-	 * volatile wrt too early system reboots. While the
-	 * right place to handle this issue is the given
-	 * driver, we do want to have a safe RAID driver ...
-	 */
-	if (need_delay)
-		msleep(1000);
-
 	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
-- 
2.52.0.rc2.455.g230fcf2819-goog

Re: [RFC PATCH v2] md: remove legacy 1s delay in md_notify_reboot

[Yu Kuai]

在 2025/11/22 3:14, Tarun Sahu 写道:
> During system shutdown, the md driver registered notifier function
> (md_notify_reboot) currently imposes a hardcoded one-second delay.
>
> This delay was introduced approximately 23 years ago and was likely
> necessary for the hardware generation of that time. Proposing this
> patch to make sure there are no known devices that need this delay.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu<tarunsahu@google.com>
> ---
> v2:
> 	Added linux-scsi mailing list
>
>   drivers/md/md.c | 11 -----------
>   1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)

LGTM
Reviewed-by: Yu Kuai<yukuai@fnnas.com>

-- 
Thanks,
Kuai

Re: [RFC PATCH v2] md: remove legacy 1s delay in md_notify_reboot

[Yu Kuai]

在 2025/11/22 3:14, Tarun Sahu 写道:

> During system shutdown, the md driver registered notifier function
> (md_notify_reboot) currently imposes a hardcoded one-second delay.
>
> This delay was introduced approximately 23 years ago and was likely
> necessary for the hardware generation of that time. Proposing this
> patch to make sure there are no known devices that need this delay.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
> ---
> v2:
> 	Added linux-scsi mailing list
>
>   drivers/md/md.c | 11 -----------
>   1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
> index b086cbf24086..66c4d66b4b86 100644
> --- a/drivers/md/md.c
> +++ b/drivers/md/md.c
> @@ -9704,7 +9704,6 @@ static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
>   			    unsigned long code, void *x)
>   {
>   	struct mddev *mddev;
> -	int need_delay = 0;
>   
>   	spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
>   	list_for_each_entry(mddev, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
> @@ -9718,21 +9717,11 @@ static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
>   				mddev->safemode = 2;
>   			mddev_unlock(mddev);
>   		}
> -		need_delay = 1;
>   		spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
>   		mddev_put_locked(mddev);
>   	}
>   	spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
>   
> -	/*
> -	 * certain more exotic SCSI devices are known to be
> -	 * volatile wrt too early system reboots. While the
> -	 * right place to handle this issue is the given
> -	 * driver, we do want to have a safe RAID driver ...
> -	 */
> -	if (need_delay)
> -		msleep(1000);
> -
>   	return NOTIFY_DONE;
>   }
>   

Applied to md-6.19
-- 
Thanks,
Kuai

Re: [RFC PATCH v2] md: remove legacy 1s delay in md_notify_reboot

[Pasha Tatashin]

On Sat, Nov 29, 2025 at 8:58 PM Yu Kuai <yukuai@fnnas.com> wrote:
>
> 在 2025/11/22 3:14, Tarun Sahu 写道:
>
> > During system shutdown, the md driver registered notifier function
> > (md_notify_reboot) currently imposes a hardcoded one-second delay.
> >
> > This delay was introduced approximately 23 years ago and was likely
> > necessary for the hardware generation of that time. Proposing this
> > patch to make sure there are no known devices that need this delay.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Tarun Sahu <tarunsahu@google.com>
> > ---
> > v2:
> >       Added linux-scsi mailing list
> >
> >   drivers/md/md.c | 11 -----------
> >   1 file changed, 11 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
> > index b086cbf24086..66c4d66b4b86 100644
> > --- a/drivers/md/md.c
> > +++ b/drivers/md/md.c
> > @@ -9704,7 +9704,6 @@ static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
> >                           unsigned long code, void *x)
> >   {
> >       struct mddev *mddev;
> > -     int need_delay = 0;
> >
> >       spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
> >       list_for_each_entry(mddev, &all_mddevs, all_mddevs) {
> > @@ -9718,21 +9717,11 @@ static int md_notify_reboot(struct notifier_block *this,
> >                               mddev->safemode = 2;
> >                       mddev_unlock(mddev);
> >               }
> > -             need_delay = 1;
> >               spin_lock(&all_mddevs_lock);
> >               mddev_put_locked(mddev);
> >       }
> >       spin_unlock(&all_mddevs_lock);
> >
> > -     /*
> > -      * certain more exotic SCSI devices are known to be
> > -      * volatile wrt too early system reboots. While the
> > -      * right place to handle this issue is the given
> > -      * driver, we do want to have a safe RAID driver ...
> > -      */
> > -     if (need_delay)
> > -             msleep(1000);
> > -
> >       return NOTIFY_DONE;
> >   }
> >
>
> Applied to md-6.19

Awesome, thanks.

Pasha