From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758044AbYEQTjT (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 May 2008 15:39:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751539AbYEQTjL (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 May 2008 15:39:11 -0400 Received: from arx.rabbit.us ([76.244.88.238]:34911 "EHLO arx.rabbit.us" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751512AbYEQTjK (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 May 2008 15:39:10 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 602 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 17 May 2008 15:39:10 EDT Message-ID: <482F3201.9080908@rabbit.us> Date: Sat, 17 May 2008 21:29:05 +0200 From: Peter Rabbitson User-Agent: Mozilla-Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080509) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: David Lethe CC: LinuxRaid , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Mechanism to safely force repair of single md stripe w/o hurting data integrity of file system References: <482DC043.5000307@dgreaves.com> <482DD981.5070004@sandeen.net> <482EEFDA.50101@dgreaves.com> <482EF6A7.2020909@sandeen.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org David Lethe wrote: > I'm trying to figure out a mechanism to safely repair a stripe of data > when I know a particular disk has a unrecoverable read error at a > certain physical block (for 2.6 kernels) > > > > As such, anybody up to the challenge of writing the code? I want it > enough to paypal somebody $500 who can write it, and will gladly open > source the solution. > Damn, here goes $500 :) Unfortunately the only thing I can bring to the table is a thread[1] about a mechanism that would fit your request nicely. Hopefully someone will pick this stuff up and make it a reality. Peter [1] http://marc.info/?l=linux-raid&m=120605458309825