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* [PATCH v2] md: skip redundant raid_disks update when value is unchanged
@ 2026-04-28 13:05 Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi
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From: Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi @ 2026-04-28 13:05 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: song, yukuai; +Cc: linux-raid, linux-kernel, Abd-Alrhman Masalkhi

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>
---
 drivers/md/md.c | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/md/md.c b/drivers/md/md.c
index ac71640ff3a8..21b8ad17685f 100644
--- a/drivers/md/md.c
+++ b/drivers/md/md.c
@@ -4409,9 +4409,10 @@ 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 if (mddev->reshape_position != MaxSector) {
 		struct md_rdev *rdev;
 		int olddisks = mddev->raid_disks - mddev->delta_disks;
 
-- 
2.43.0


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